The Mystery of History: price, grades, and fit

The Mystery of History is a Christian world-history curriculum sold in four volumes: ancient, medieval, Renaissance and Reformation, and modern. The shop page that loaded on October 27, 2026 prices the four-volume set at $306.00, down from $399.80. Each volume in that set includes a digital Companion Guide, and the product page says a quarter of each audiobook is included as a gift. Best-seller bundles are listed separately: Volume I $157.00 (was $198.89), Volume II $158.50 (was $201.90), Volume III $156.50 (was $195.90), and Volume IV $161.50 (was $205.90). A Volume I student reader with the digital Companion Guide is $79.95, down from $99.95. The Volume I ebook is not one price. The shop prints a range, $49.95 through $76.41. Volume II’s student reader and Companion Guide is also a range, $49.95 through $79.95. Volumes III and IV in that format are $79.95 each, down from $99.95. Video lectures for Volumes III and IV are $107.00 for an 18-month membership. The courses page mentions a sibling rate reduced to $97 on one self-paced package. The starting figure is $49.95, the low end of the Volume I ebook range. It is one digital reader, not the $306 set and not a best-seller bundle. The four-volume page says the reading level starts at 4th–5th grade in Volume I and ends at 10th–11th grade in Volume IV, and that activities in every volume are meant for students of all ages. The matcher uses grades 4–11, the reading-level span. A named accreditor was not on the pages checked. A parent teaches the lessons. Our involvement estimate is high. Price the volume you would actually buy. The ebook floor is not the cost of four years of history.

Where this listing sits

The Mystery of History is filed under curricula (print & mixed). People also search The Mystery of History, Mystery of History. The directory name and the URL stay stable so an old link still lands here. CurriculumQuiz does not invent its own star score, run a parent poll, or sell a review. Third-party ratings quoted below stay in that section. Numeric ratings are combined into the independent average that orders program lists. That average is not a fact in the list above, and it is not a CurriculumQuiz score.

The price, read carefully

Price as shown: “On the shop, the four-volume set is $306.00, marked down from $399.80. Best-seller bundles are $157.00 for Volume I (was $198.89), $158.50 for Volume II (was $201.90), $156.50 for Volume III (was $195.90), and $161.50 for Volume IV (was $205.90). Volume I student reader and digital Companion Guide is $79.95 (was $99.95). The Volume I student reader ebook is a range, $49.95 through $76.41. Volume II student reader and digital Companion Guide is a range, $49.95 through $79.95. Volumes III and IV student reader and digital Companion Guide are $79.95 each (were $99.95). Volume III and Volume IV video-lecture memberships are $107.00 for 18 months. A courses page lists a sibling rate of $97 on one self-paced package..” The starting figure is $49.95. That number is item, Volume I student reader ebook, low end of the printed range. It is not a full-year total for every subject and every child. If you line it up next to a school tuition, you are comparing different kinds of purchases. Source: official price page, checked October 27, 2026.

Grades

The Mystery of History is listed for The four-volume set page says the reading level begins with Volume I at 4th–5th grade and ends with Volume IV at 10th–11th. The same answer says each volume includes activities so students of all ages can use the material.. In the quiz, that span is treated as grades 4 through grade 11. A program can still place a child by skill rather than age. Use the provider’s placement test when one exists, and do not force a level because of last year’s grade.

Accreditation and faith

Accreditation is unknown. We did not find a clear statement on October 27, 2026, so we did not guess. If you need a diploma from an accredited school, ask The Mystery of History directly or choose a listing where an accredited option is already recorded. Read the guide to accredited and non-accredited programs.

Faith stance recorded from how the provider describes the program: Christian. That is a description, not a rating. A Christian tag does not tell you how doctrine is handled. A secular tag means we did not record a religious claim. Catholic is more specific than Christian, and the quiz treats them differently when you ask for Catholic materials.

How the day is shaped

History

This tag is the provider’s approach, as recorded in the directory. For The Mystery of History, the tag is a filing label from the official description, not a review of how your child will feel on a Thursday.

Parent-directed delivery means a parent sets the pace and is usually in the lesson. Parent time is our estimate: high. A parent teaches, reads aloud, or guides the conversation most days. We estimate that from the program type (parent-directed books, living books, or mastery lessons), not from a stopwatch. If that is the part of homeschooling you want, this shape can fit. If you need the program to run while you work a shift, look at listings with a low estimate and then read their delivery tags.

Who it may suit

• You want materials the publisher presents as Christian.
• You want to teach, read aloud, or sit in the lesson.

Who may want a different listing

• You cannot be the teacher on a normal week.
• You need an accredited diploma and this listing does not record one.
• You want strictly secular materials.

These notes come from the type, the style tags, and the faith and accreditation fields. They are not a quality review. A program can be a poor fit for your week and still be well made.

What the official site itself describes

Recorded from the official site on October 27, 2026: The site title is Christian World History Curriculum. The four-volume set page calls the series biblical-worldview history and says Volumes I and II are the editions then listed (Volume I third edition, Volume II second edition, Volumes III and IV first edition). The $49.95 figure is the bottom of an ebook range, not the four-volume set. This sentence is a quotation of what we could verify. It is not a full catalog, and it is not a recommendation.

Questions to ask before you pay

• Does the price you were quoted include every subject, shipping, and a second child, or only the example on this page?
• Is there a placement test, and what happens if your child lands in a different level than their age?
• Who keeps grades and transcripts, you or The Mystery of History? That answer matters for your state’s official rules.
• What is the refund or trial window, in the provider’s own words?
• On a normal Tuesday, how many minutes is a parent in the lesson?

What we are willing to leave blank

Still unknown after the October 27, 2026 check: accreditation. Unknown is a result. It is not a blank we fill in to make the table look finished.

How to use this page with the quiz

The curriculum quiz ranks The Mystery of History against the other 137 listings using your grade, style, time, budget, faith, accreditation need, and pace. Your state adds a link when we have an official source. It does not change the score. You can also put this program next to others in the compare tool. Families often look at A Reason For, Abeka Homeschool, All About Learning Press in the same category. For the wider decision, read how to choose and the cost guide.

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