Our digital curriculum library

Learn History in All Seven Learning Styles

A full history program built around the books — read a chapter, meet the people in it, watch the lesson, hear the music, do the activity, then prove you have it.

How the curriculum works

Every chapter of every book becomes a lesson, and every lesson has eight tabs. The order is deliberate: you read first, then meet the people, then see and hear it, then do something with your hands, then find out whether it stuck.

  1. Overview — what the chapter covers, the themes to look for, and the words it introduces.
  2. Music — the era's music video, second because nothing sticks like a song: hear it once and it carries through everything after it.
  3. Subject Matter Expert — someone from the chapter tells it in the first person, from the Heroes & Villains series, with a written account of who they were. (The tab is labelled Expert, for room.)
  4. Reading — more of the documented story beyond the chapter: what the letters, chronicles and excavations record, and the details that stick.
  5. Lesson Video — every video for that chapter, in one place.
  6. Activity — the hands-on project from the book, with its objective, materials, instructions and learning outcome, and a journal the student writes afterwards.
  7. Extra — the same chapter free on the blog, for when the book is not to hand, and printable coloring pages to download.
  8. Exam — eight questions drawn at random from a bank of sixteen, marked instantly with an explanation either way, plus one written answer a parent grades.
The Adventure Box curriculum
Weekly, not daily. Chapters are grouped into weeks by region, so a family can do one week at a time with a shared set of living books.

All seven learning styles

Every student learns a little differently. Each chapter reaches the same history through reading, listening, discussion, hands-on activities and play, so every learner has a way in. Join each material to the learning style it serves.

  1. Living Textbook → Verbal / Linguistic
  2. Standard Textbook → Solitary / Intrapersonal
  3. Decks of Historical Conquest Cards → Social / Interpersonal
  4. Activities (for kinesthetic–tactile learners) → Physical / Kinesthetic
  5. Online Gaming → Logical / Mathematical
  6. Online History Course (goes along with all the materials) → Aural / Auditory
  7. Coloring Pages → Visual
Visual
Likes to take things in through pictures, maps, diagrams, colour and video.
Aural / Auditory
Likes to learn by listening: stories read aloud, talks, discussion, music and rhythm.
Verbal / Linguistic
Likes words, reading and writing: books, notes, word games and explaining in their own words.
Physical / Kinesthetic
Likes to learn by doing: handling things, building, moving about and hands-on projects.
Logical / Mathematical
Likes patterns, reasons and order: cause and effect, sorting facts, puzzles, numbers and strategy.
Social / Interpersonal
Likes learning with other people: talking it through, group work, games and teaching someone else.
Solitary / Intrapersonal
Likes working alone and thinking things over: self-paced study, journals and personal goals.

Learning styles describe how a student likes to learn — preferences, not fixed types. Most people use several, which is why every chapter offers all seven.

What a parent sees

Two pieces of written work per chapter come back to you — the rest a student marks themselves.

Marked in the browser

The multiple-choice exam is a self-check. It never leaves the student's device, and every answer is explained whether they got it right or not.

Sent to you

The written exam answer and the activity journal go to the Xogos parent account grade page, where you read and grade them yourself.

Nothing is lost

A half-finished exam and a half-written journal are kept, so a student can go back to the chapter and return to exactly where they were.