The goal is to kindle in the young reader a love of history. A practical reason for learning American History first is simply the abundance of excellent literature available. On the other hand, it is difficult to find good primary level literature for Ancient History. A cursory treatment of Ancient History, especially related to the Greek and Roman influences on our culture, undermines its contextual relevance. Also, much of Greek and Roman influences on our culture law, architecture, philosophy and art demands a maturity beyond the typical primary student.
L earning history is like building an enormous jigsaw puzzle.
We prefer to begin building that puzzle with the pieces that look familiar, then work out from there. That is not to say that one cannot build a puzzle from the upper-left corner, work across, then down until complete.