Memoria Press Christian Studies

Memoria Press Christian Studies I to IV is the publisher's Bible course for Grades 3-8; its series page also lists church history titles for older grades. The same page says the program is designed to develop Bible literacy, knowledge of church history, and a strong faith and Christian consciousness. Christian Studies I, II, and III are labeled Grades 3-6 on the publisher's pages, and Christian Studies IV is labeled Grades 6-8.

Last updated: 2026-10-08 · Every Homeschool Editorial Team

At a glance

Method	Classical and subject-specialist (Every Homeschool classification); the publisher describes its philosophy as classical Christian education
Worldview	Christian; the publisher's Christian Studies page says its beliefs are that the Christian faith is true and that reason and history support this belief, and its FAQ says the entire curriculum is Christian. Every Homeschool classifies it as Christian · Ecumenical, a term the publisher does not use to describe its curriculum, and it states no denominational affiliation on the pages we read
Grades	Christian Studies I, II, and III Sets: Grades 3-6; Christian Studies IV Set: Grades 6-8
Formats	Print Student Guides and Teacher Manuals (a Teacher Guide for level IV); the I and III Sets include digital flashcards for the Memoria Press App, and the I-III Set includes three digital flashcard sets
Cost tier	Budget (Every Homeschool classification); the publisher's level sets run from $44.25 for Christian Studies II to $58.35 for Christian Studies IV, retrieved October 2026
Parent intensity	3 (Every Homeschool rating)
ESA-common	Not verified
Accredited	Not applicable: a curriculum product, not a school
Established	Not stated for the program; the product pages show copyright dates, such as 2017 on the Christian Studies I Student Guide
Website	memoriapress.com

Our scoreboard (1-5)

Criterion	Score	One-line reason
Academic rigor	4	In our assessment, the lessons in the Christian Studies I Student Guide sample that we read pair facts to know and a memory passage with written comprehension questions; the series page calls the program an academic course
Ease of teaching	4	The publisher says the Teacher Manual gives background for each lesson plus discussion, composition, or research prompts and notes; lesson plans are sold separately
Content quality	4	In our assessment, a chronological course through Scripture, built on The Golden Children's Bible for levels I to III and a Bible overview text for level IV
Flexibility	4	Each level is sold as its own set, and the publisher says Christian Studies IV can stand alone as a survey study of the Bible
Value for money	4	Level sets run from $44.25 to $58.35 and the I-III Set is $181.18, retrieved October 2026; The Golden Children's Bible is a separate $25.99 purchase for a single-level set
Worldview scope	3	The publisher says its belief is that the Christian faith is true, and its article on the program says grades three to seven discuss concepts it describes as common to all Christian faith traditions
Visual/design	3	In our assessment, the guide pages in the publisher's Student Guide sample are plain black-and-white text pages with writing lines; the publisher says The Golden Children's Bible is illustrated on every page
Support resources	3	Teacher Manuals, separately sold lesson plans, digital flashcards in the Memoria Press App, wall maps, and a live Memoria Academy Bible Literacy class for grades 6-9

Who the publisher is

Memoria Press's About page describes it as a family-run publishing company that produces classical Christian education materials for home and private schools. The page says the company has developed a K-12 classical curriculum at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky, where it says its programs are written and field-tested, and it lists Highlands Latin School among the institutions it calls the Memoria Press Family.

The product pages name the authors of the Christian Studies books. The Student Guides and Teacher Manuals for Christian Studies I (Student Guide, Teacher Manual) and Christian Studies III (Student Guide, Teacher Manual) list HLS Faculty as the author, the Christian Studies II Student Guide and Teacher Manual list Cheryl Lowe and Leigh Lowe, and the Christian Studies IV Student Guide lists Sean Brooks. The Christian Studies IV text lists Paul Drake.

The publisher's own words on faith are these. Its Christian Studies page says its beliefs are that the Christian faith is true and that both reason and history support this belief. In an article on the program, it says "We are orthodox Christian and conservative in doctrine," says it professes the historic doctrines of the Christian faith that are taught in the ancient creeds of the Church, especially the Apostles' and the Nicene Creeds, and says grades three to seven discuss basic theological concepts common to all Christian faith traditions. The pages we read state no denominational affiliation. The Kindergarten set page says in its Christian Studies description that doctrine will not be taught but is left up to the church, family, and particular school.

The core pedagogy

The publisher says the Christian Studies I-III course is a three-year reading course that teaches Salvation History as real history, with students working through one-third of The Golden Children's Bible each year. The Golden Children's Bible page says the text is mostly simplified from the King James, is written at a 3rd to 5th grade reading level, has illustrations on every page, and does not include the deuterocanonical books. The same page lists it as a separate $25.99 book from Golden Books Publishing Company. It is not part of the single-level I, II, or III sets, and it is included in the I-III Set.

The levels, as the product pages describe them:

• Christian Studies I: "All Major Bible Stories up to the Entry into Canaan."
• Christian Studies II: "The Rise and Fall of Israel, the Period of the Prophets."
• Christian Studies III: "All Major New Testament Stories."
• Christian Studies IV: "A Chronological Overview of the Bible." The publisher says it was written as a review after Christian Studies I-III, can stand alone as a survey of the Bible, and is a preparation for studying early church history in the upper-school years. Early church history is a separate title, the History of the Early Church Set, which the Christian Studies page lists for Grades 9+.

On the Christian Studies I, II, and III pages, the publisher says each Student Guide offers 30 lessons and that each lesson has a Scripture memory passage, important facts to know (including people, places, dates, and events), vocabulary, and comprehension questions, with maps, timelines, activities, and discussion questions. It says the program follows the Bible's chronological order and is not ordered by student age. It says the Teacher Manual gives background for each lesson along with additional discussion, composition, or research prompts and notes. Lesson plans for each level, including one-year and two-year paces for Christian Studies I, are listed on the publisher's individual lesson plans page and sold separately.

The publisher's Third Grade set page says its lesson plans stretch Christian Studies I over two years. The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Grade sets include Christian Studies II, III, and IV. The publisher's pages give different grade ranges for the series in different places: its series page says Scripture is studied in K-6 and labels the sets Grades 3-6 and 6-8, and the Memoria Academy Bible Literacy course lists grade level 6-9. Families should rely on the label on the product page they are buying from.

A day in the life

The Christian Studies product pages do not state a daily time or a number of days per week, so none is given here. The publisher's own Christian Studies I Student Guide sample shows how a lesson is laid out:

• The sample table of contents lists five units, each with five lessons followed by a unit review, then a final review and an appendix (copybook verses, Old Testament drill questions, a "Who Said That?" page, a vocabulary review, a timeline, the books of the Old Testament, and a patriarch family tree).
• Lesson 1, "The Creation; The Garden of Eden," points to pages 14 to 19 of The Golden Children's Bible (Genesis 1-2). Its first page lists nine facts to know and the Genesis 1:26-28 memory verse with three questions. The second page has six comprehension questions with lines to write answers, followed by activities that include finding Mesopotamia and the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers on a globe or the unit map and memorizing the seven days of Creation.
• The publisher's Third Grade Curriculum Manual sample begins Christian Studies I Lesson 1 in week 1 and returns to it in week 2. Monday lists the facts to know, the vocabulary and expressions in the Teacher Manual, and the story on pages 14 and 15 of The Golden Children's Bible. Tuesday's Classical/Christian Studies block lists reading Genesis 1:26-28 together and discussing it with the Bible verse questions in the study guide. Wednesday lists reviewing the facts to know, reading pages 16 to 19, and activities 1 and 2. Wednesday through Friday list saying Genesis 1:26-28 aloud five times, with the first half memorized on Thursday and the second half on Friday.

What they do exceptionally well

A chronological, content-first design. The publisher describes Christian Studies as an academic course in Bible chronological order, and the I-III course as a three-year reading course through The Golden Children's Bible. In our assessment, a family that wants Scripture taught as a body of material to learn, with facts, vocabulary, and memory passages in every lesson, will find that structure here.

Maps, timelines, and facts built into the lessons. The publisher lists maps, timelines, activities, and discussion questions in each Student Guide, and the Christian Studies I sample includes map activities and a timeline in the appendix. In our assessment, that gives geography and order of events a regular place in the course.

A single reading text across three years. The Golden Children's Bible is one illustrated book that carries levels I to III, so a family buys it once for the three-year span, either separately or in the I-III Set.

What they do poorly

Visually plain guides. In our assessment, the Student Guide sample pages are black-and-white text pages with writing lines. The illustrated reading text is a separate hardcover, and families who want a full-color workbook will not find one in the guides.

The Golden Children's Bible is a separate purchase for single levels. The Christian Studies I, II, and III sets do not include it. A family buying a single level should add $25.99, retrieved October 2026, to the set price.

No denominational instruction described. The publisher describes the grades three to seven discussion as concepts common to all Christian faith traditions, and the pages we read state no denominational affiliation. In our assessment, a family that wants instruction in a particular denomination's catechism or confession would need to add it from another source.

Limited video support. We found no instructional videos for Christian Studies I to IV in the publisher's Memoria Press App listing. The Memoria Academy Bible Literacy course is listed for grade level 6-9 and lists Christian Studies IV as required material, the Christian Studies IV page says students can take that course with a master teacher in a live online class, and we found no Memoria Academy course for Christian Studies I to III.

Who it fits / who it doesn't

• Pick Christian Studies if: you want a Bible course that the publisher describes as academic and chronological; you are comfortable with a publisher that describes its curriculum as Christian and its approach as orthodox Christian and conservative in doctrine; you want map work, timelines, and memory passages in each lesson; you already use Memoria Press for other subjects.

• Skip Christian Studies if: you want a full-color, multimedia Bible program; you need a catechism or confession of a specific denomination as your Bible course; you are looking for a program outside the Christian faith; you do not want a workbook-style course with written comprehension questions.

Cost honest assessment

All prices below are the publisher's, retrieved October 2026.

• Christian Studies I Set: $57.35 (Student Guide $20.50, Teacher Manual $23.75, and Old Testament flashcard app access $13.10).
• Christian Studies II Set: $44.25 (Student Guide $20.50 and Teacher Manual $23.75).
• Christian Studies III Set: $57.35 (Student Guide $20.50, Teacher Manual $23.75, and New Testament flashcard app access $13.10).
• Christian Studies IV Set: $58.35 (Text $14.10, Teacher Guide $23.75, and Student Guide $20.50).
• Christian Studies I-III Set: $181.18. It includes The Golden Children's Bible, the Student Guides and Teacher Manuals for I, II, and III, and three digital flashcard sets.
• The Golden Children's Bible: $25.99 on its own.
• Physical flashcards are also sold separately, and the set pages price the digital app access at $13.10 for the Old Testament and New Testament sets.

The sets for I and III include digital flashcards, and the II and IV sets do not list any. Set pages can show discounts that change, so the price on the page you order from is the one that applies.

ESA eligibility notes

Whether any state ESA marketplace lists Memoria Press or its Christian Studies products was not confirmed for this review. The publisher's pages that we read do not state which ESA programs accept its products. Families should confirm with their program administrator that the specific items they plan to buy are eligible and whether the program applies restrictions to religious curriculum.

Alternatives

In our assessment, a family that wants a Bible or religion program from a different publisher could compare these with Christian Studies. Each publisher's own site is the place to check its scope and prices.

• Veritas Press
• Catholic Heritage Curricula
• Telling God's Story (Well-Trained Mind Press)