Explorers to 1815 - Self-Paced Course
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Help your child discover the explorers, revolutions, and ideas that shaped the modern world
History becomes unforgettable when students see it as a story of adventure, courage, and discovery.
From daring explorers crossing unknown oceans to the founding of America and the birth of new nations, this period of history is filled with people and events that changed the world forever.
The Explorers to 1815 Self-Paced Course helps students journey through these world-changing centuries with engaging storytelling, interactive learning, and a classical Christian approach to history.
✔ No teaching required
✔ No grading required
✔ Fully self-paced
✔ 1 full year of access
Explore the Age That Changed the World
What drove explorers into the unknown?
How did the discovery of new lands reshape nations and cultures?
What ideas led to the American Revolution and the founding of the United States?
This course helps students connect:
- the great age of exploration
- early American history
- world-changing discoveries and inventions
- the rise of nations and empires
- the people and ideas that shaped the modern world
Students study 32 key events spanning from Prince Henry the Navigator to the Missouri Compromise in the early 19th century.
Instead of disconnected facts, students build a meaningful understanding of how exploration, faith, leadership, and ideas influenced history.
A Classical Christian Approach to History
At Veritas, we believe history should be taught chronologically and through the lens of Scripture.
Learning history in sequence helps students:
- develop long-term retention
- understand cause and effect
- connect events across time
- build a framework for deeper learning later
The Veritas history cycle helps students gain a comprehensive timeline of history while understanding how God’s providence unfolds through cultures, nations, and historical events. ()
This is more than memorization.
It’s learning how history fits together.
What Your Child Will Experience
This course combines timeless classical methods with engaging modern learning tools.
🎬 Interactive Video Lessons
Students learn through story-driven teaching that makes history memorable and exciting
🎮 Games & Interactive Review
Reinforces learning through participation, repetition, and fun
🧠 Chronological Learning
Students build a mental timeline that helps history finally “click”
🗺 Exploration & Early America Brought to Life
Students encounter explorers, settlers, pioneers, revolutions, discoveries, and the founding of America
🎭 Memorable Characters & Storytelling
James and Abigail—a newlywed couple living on the 18th-century American frontier—along with Ikuhabe, a humorous talking totem pole, guide students throughout the course.
Why Parents Love It
✔ No prep required — everything is ready to go
✔ No teaching stress — expert instruction is built in
✔ No grading needed — progress tracking is automatic
✔ Flexible pacing — adapts to your family’s schedule
✔ Faith-centered learning — integrates history and Scripture through a biblical worldview
Why Students Love It
✔ Lessons feel interactive—not passive
✔ Games and storytelling make history easier to remember
✔ Students can progress independently at their own pace
✔ Learning feels more like adventure than memorization
This course is designed to support families seeking an exceptional classical Christian education without overwhelming the parent.
How It Works
- Format: Online, self-paced course
- Access: 12 months from activation
- Lesson Structure: Teaching + review + interactive reinforcement
- Pacing: Flexible and student-friendly
- Device Friendly: Desktop, tablet, or laptop
Students can log in anytime and continue where they left off.
Why This Course Matters
The period from the explorers through America’s founding shaped the modern world. When students understand this era, they begin to understand:
The Rise of Nations and Spread of Ideas
The Development of Liberty and Government
How Historical Events Continue to Shape the World TodayIt’s not just learning history. It’s understanding how civilizations are built.
Extend the Learning Beyond the Screen
Many families pair this course with:
Explorers to 1815 Flashcards
Explorers to 1815 Flashcards cover 32 events from Prince Henry to early American events. Students will learn through informative and engaging flashcards. Our history series applies the time-proven classical method of memorizing a timeline with supporting facts.
$29.00Explorers to 1815 Project Workbook
This full-color collection of projects provides fun and meaningful activities to enhance your student's engagement with the lessons in our Explorers to 1815 course, whether you are teaching it yourself or using the self-paced online course. We've updated the projects in our teacher's manual and added many more. Do as few or as many as you want. Provides projects that are specific for each event studied as well as extra resources, like a full-color map, timeline summaries, chronology review and answer keys, plus many fun memory tools that can be used over and over again.
$35.00Explorers to 1815 Literature Kits
These kits contain exciting supplemental reading that partners with the Self-Paced course. Enrich your history experience in one easy purchase!
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These additions help students engage more deeply with the people, places, and events they study.
Frequently Asked Questions
Give your child more than historical facts. Help them understand the explorers, ideas, and events that shaped nations, cultures, and civilization itself.
The Explorers to 1815 Self-Paced Course is an interactive online classical Christian history curriculum for elementary students. Covering the Age of Exploration, early American history, and world history through 1815, this homeschool history course uses chronological learning, video lessons, games, and guided review to help students understand how exploration, faith, and ideas shaped civilization. Ideal for families seeking a flexible, self-paced Christian history curriculum with no teaching required.
With this purchase, you are receiving 1 year of access to the course from the date you start using it.
Details for enrolling your student in this course will be included with your purchase confirmation. The course cannot be accessed until you assign it to a student. You can begin using this course at any time. We recommend Chrome or Safari browsers.
Ratings & Reviews
9 Reviews
My kids LOVE this history!
Carol| 04/29/2026 1:32 pm
My kids LOVE this history! It’s fun, engaging, and they’re learning at the same time. It saves me time as a Mom to be able to reach around!
I wish I had been taught history as thoroughly as this!
Richard-Kyle| 04/29/2026 1:37 pm
We use the self paced courses (I have 5 kids). Each kid we've done it for, loves it and learns so much. And when I talk about how great they are to people, I often hear concern about having their kids in front of screens. But I'd say this: do you do TV *at all* with your child? Ok, turn that off and do this instead. They learn an incredible amount from this, and it is good, high level content. This is vetted stuff, unlike the television. This is filling their minds with good things, unlike the television. We don't do TV in our family at all (don't own one), or video games, etc, but we do Veritas' self paced programs. The kids' use their brains, and gain tons of knowledge in the process. So if you're concerned about screen time, there is a solution outside of not doing a highly educational learning program online. I wish I had been taught history as thoroughly as this! It engages all types of learners and connects the dots in history. It excites them and it is challenging.
It brought the history to life for my son.
Lina| 04/29/2026 1:42 pm
We did the SP courses for Bible and History. I appreciated the characters and the way the information was presented. Being able to visually see the areas that were being talked about helped in remembering the content. It brought the history to life for my son.
It is like they know their language or something! 😂
Alma| 04/29/2026 1:54 pm
Our favorite part [about Veritas Self-Paced courses] is how they mix teaching and games to make kids understand the lesson. It is like they know their language or something! 😂
We love the self paced History and Bible!
Becky| 04/29/2026 1:57 pm
We love the self paced History and Bible! We’ve already signed up for year #3! We all watch together in the kitchen every morning while I chop veggies and prep dinner.
IT'S AMAZING!!!
Michelle| 04/29/2026 2:10 pm
We just had the opportunity to try the new platform for Self-Paced. IT'S AMAZING!!! I've made my kids print off every worksheet and quiz in the past so we could review them together. This resulted in many tears each time a child forgot and we would get upset because we couldn't help them when they got a bad grade on something so they could understand what went wrong. I am SO HAPPY to see that I can now access their results in detail!! And my printer will be happy to not be printing several tests and worksheets and quizzes for 3 kids each week! Thank you!
Thanks for being a beacon of truth in this world!
Joyce| 04/29/2026 2:22 pm
Thanks for the great coursework in the Omnibus curriculum! I am a grown-up and I am taking these courses myself and they have been so inspiring to me. I have integrated a lot of materials into the worldview lessons I've been teaching in my church's youth group. Both my kids are taking Omnibus SP courses even though they are not homeschooled but go to a christian school. Omnibus and the Elementary level Bible and History courses are great additions to their school curriculum! Thanks for being a beacon of truth in this world!
Thanks for making it fun, engaging, and challenging 👏
Erica| 04/29/2026 2:52 pm
My elementary and middle school students proved to know much more about history using this program than the average public High School student. We love this program! Thanks for making it fun, engaging, and challenging 👏
I LOVE Veritas Press!
Amanda| 04/29/2026 3:24 pm
I’m a working mom, and I LOVE Veritas Press! We are doing self-paced courses now, and next year my son will be immersed into the Academy. 🙂