Review: Drive Thru History® Adventures

 Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review.  I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.  

Do you have a child that loves history, exploration or learning more about biblical characters? If so, then Drive Thru History® Adventures might be something your family will enjoy. You'll have access to the Drive Thru History shows, course guides, articles and much more.  We've spent the last few weeks going through a new course that's coming out called Bible Unearthed.  This course is quite different from the typical shows you've seen before with Dave Stotts.  In this course we have Dave Stotts the host of Drive Thru History, Randall Niles the lead writer for the show and Dr. Titus Kenney an archeologist.  This course has the three men sitting around a room talking and discussing history and how archaeology plays into it. We are shown artifacts, slides of excavation sites and much more.  For anyone with an interest in how history has been proven through excavation this is a great course for you to watch.
My 13 year old son and I started out watching the first episode which is What is Archaeology? I felt like a nice introduction was given about the three men as well as their background. There's a quick video, about 15 minutes long, as well as a question/answer guide that can be printed.  You could watch the video as a stand alone study, but the guide that comes with it had some great information.  We used the guide as we were watching the video and then went back after and compared the answers given to what we came up with to see what we might have missed. There weren't many questions, but it was nice to be watching the video with a purpose of learning specific ideas.  After this part of the course is completed there is additional information, pictures, scripture reading and Dig Deeper articles.  There is the right amount of information I felt to learn, get excited and branch off in other directions, but not be overwhelmed. This course is fairly short in that it's 12 lessons, but depending on how much of the course you do and if you add to it you could turn it into a nice elective for a high school student or a cool family learning project.  I think most people know what archaeology means, but I'm not sure that we all realize how much work truly is involved. It's not just the book learning, but all the hard and physical labor of doing the excavations. As Dr. Kennedy said the work can be monotonous, but once you have a finding it makes it all worth while.  I believe studying archaeology is a true labor of love.

As you log in each time you will be brought to your current lesson. You can also see on the right hand side while watching each lesson which one you are on and how far through the course you advanced.   

One of my favorite parts was all the artifacts that we were able to see and learn about.  

The historical and biblical information was amazing to learn.  In lesson 7 Dr. Kennedy gives us his top 25 archaeological discoveries.  

Here is an example of one of the scripture readings from the course.  It's always great to have those verses to back up what we are learning.  

I found that as we watched I was really drawn to Dr. Kennedy. He was well spoken, knowledgeable and had great "extras" to show us like his slides and artifacts.  He truly made this course interesting to me and I could see myself watching him in his own show.  My son has loved Dave Stotts in the past in his shows, but he didn't seem to care for him in this course. I think he's used to the action/adventure of the other shows and this course was totally the opposite.  I would recommend this course for those in high school unless they are truly interested in the subject. My son can sit and watch the original Drive Thru History shows for hours, but he just couldn't seem to get interested in the Bible Unearthed. I on the other hand was fascinated. 

I highly recommend following them on their social media sites to find out when Bible Unearthed will be available: Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. There were 84 reviewers of Bible Unearthed, so check out how the other families used the program and what they thought about it.