Just as the Bible uses the stories of the Patriarchs, Judges, Prophets, and Kings to teach us, so we hope that our history units on Israel, Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Reformation will be useful in teaching your children about the traits God desires. The Greenleaf Guides and the companion titles in the Famous Men series emphasize biography, so that you can focus on issues of character and the consequences, both temporal and eternal, of the choices which historical figures made so that we--and our children-- can learn to make wise choices in our lives. The ten lessons in this guide can be used with students in a wide range of grade levels. Selections from the accompanying books can be read aloud to younger students, or read independently by older students, either as the focus of their study or as a supplement to a broader course in Western History. Parents and teachers have successfully used this history unit with students from second grade through senior high.