One of the great success stories in Christian home education is the “unit study.” This approach to learning is premised on the recognition that Jesus Christ is the central point of interpretation for all facts and academic disciplines. Advocates of the unit study argue that students learn best when given a hands-on, interdisciplinary approach to reading, writing, and study. They also argue that this approach best prepares the student for the life of faith in Christ and the real world, both of which require intensely practical and interdisciplinary applications. For example, the student of history must also understand art, warfare, music, literature, and theology if he hopes to make any sense of history or apply his knowledge in the real world.
At the heart of the 2006 Vision Forum Ministries History of the World Mega-Conference is this principle of the unit study, and the idea that history is meaningless unless it is interpreted through the lens of a biblical Christianity which speaks to every subject and academic discipline. For this reason, students and families attending this year’s conference will be treated to far more than abstract dates and data. They will learn the relationship between biblical chronology, weather, warfare, technology, art, theology, law, the sociology of the family, and much more—all within the context of a providential understanding of earth history.