Ancient History Curriculum

Our primary spine will be Mystery of History, but since this is our first time venturing out of a boxed curriculum I added in other possible spines to find the one that fits best. Some of the scheduling of the books was found in the files of the Mystery of History yahoo group. Here are the materials we are using:

MOH- Mystery of History Volume 1 (2nd edition)SOTW- Story of the World Volume 1CHOW- A Child's History of the WorldUAH- Usborne World History: Ancient WorldJttB- David C. Cook Journey through the Bible (formerly Victor Journey Through the BibleMT- MapTrek Volume 1: Ancient WorldExtra Reading- the different marks at the beginning of the books only categorizes them for me to identify which library has themHP- History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations (grades 1-3)

*At the end of the curriculum is a list of read alouds. While putting the list together I noticed there were clusters of good books during certain time periods so my intention is to read through the books chronologically even if it doesn't match up completely with what we are currently studying in Mystery of History. The number after the book will show you which lesson it best lines up with.

We will start this curriculum in January and I will try to update anything that may need it as we work our way through it. Please let me know if you find anything that needs fixed. Enjoy!

Ancient History (Creation-33 AD )

Week Topic MOH SOTW CHOW UAH JttB MT Extra Reading (Picture books) HP

1 Creation (4004BC)

1Int. pt.1

10,11

-When the World Was New-A is for Adam

*Archaeologists Dig for Clues 1

Adam & Eve(4004BC)

2Int. pt.2

8,9 12 21

Jubal & Tubal-Cain (10 gen. after Adam)

3 1 12,13 13

2 Noah and the Flood(2349BC)

42

pt.114,15 23

*The True Story of Noah's Ark +Adventures in the Ice Age

+Dinosaurs of Eden +What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?

2The Ice Age

(2300-1600BC)5

2 pt.2

Dinosaurs(created on day 5 & 6)

6 3 14-17 25

3 The Sumerians (2300BC)

7 5 4 18,19 27 *The Sumerians *Stories from Silk Road

-Tower of Babel+Gilgamesh the King -The Revenge of Ishtar

-The Last Quest of Gilgamesh

Tower of Babel(2242BC)

88

pt.18 20,21 16,17

Epic of Gilgamesh(2000BC)

98

pt.2

4 Stonehenge(2000BC)

104

pt.124,25 71

+Adventures in Ancient Egypt *Pyramids (Macaulay)

-Usborne Time Traveler (pg.98-111)+Mummies Made in Egypt

*Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt *The Search for Lost Cities

+Egyptians Gods and Goddesses

3Early Egypt(3rd and 4th CenturyBC)

114

pt.25, 7

52,54,55,86-89

33

Minoan Civilization(2000BC)

12 18150-151 (90-97, 138-139)

41

5 Abraham(1922BC)

136

pt.19 152-155 18,19 29

*Seekers of Knowledge *Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphs

*Joseph (Wildsmith) -Usborne Time Traveler (pg. 112-128)

Jacob and Esau(1836BC)

14 9 22-2318-31, 32-39

31

Joseph(1728BC)

156

pt.240-50 37

6 Hammurabi(1792BC)

16 7 8 26,27 51

*Tikki Tikki Tembo +Adventures in Ancient China

Israelites in Slavery(?)

1712, 10

44,45,124,125

China & the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046BC)

1814

pt.128,29

(84-85,110)59

7 Moses and the Exodus(1481BC)

1914

pt.2130,131,140-143

52-71 39

*The Prince of Egypt (DVD)*Exodus (Wildsmith)

*Moses in the Bulrushes

Ark of the Covenant/ the Tabernacle (1491BC)

2056-59,

104-10772,73

Joshua, Jericho, & Rahab (1451BC)

2113

pt. 1108-110,132-134

74-85 43

8 Amenhotep IV & Nefertiti(1353BC)

2260-63,78,7964,65,80-83

37 +Ancient Egypt (Crosher)*Nefertiti of Egypt

+Who Was King Tut? *Tutankhamen's Gift

+You Wouldn't Want to Be Tutankhamen*5000 Year Old Puzzle

Tutankhamen (King Tut) (1333BC)

2313

pt.26

66,67,46-49,136,137

Ramses II the Great(1304-1237BC)

2468-76,50,51,

98-103,148,149,156-159

9 Legend of the Trojan Horse (1200-1844BC)

25 19 pt.1

10160-165

*The Search for Lost Cities *Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War

4

Ruth and Naomi(1200BC)

26 19 pt.2

1194,95

Gideon (1199BC) 27 86-89

10 Samson(1117BC)

28 90-93

Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (1046-256BC)

29 28-29

Samuel(1095BC)

3096-101

45

11 King Saul(1095BC)

31 12102-103

+Black Ships Before Troy +Ancient Israelites and their Neighbors

(activity guide)

David(1055BC)

32104-131

49

Solomon(1015BC)

33132-135

53

12 Phoenicians(1000BC)

3415

pt.113 51

Kingdoms of Israel Divides (975BC)

35 30-33136-137

55

Elijah, the Fiery Prophet(896BC)

3615

pt.2138-149

13 Elisha(895BC)

3720

pt.1150-159

*Jason and the Argonauts Joel and Obadiah

(587BC?)38

Homer(800BC)

3920

pt.2166-168,

186

14 India and Hinduism(?)

40 20 57+Adventures in Ancient Greece

*Finders Keepers (Arnett)*Hour of the Olympics (w/ Companion Book)

*Jonah and the Great Big Fish

The Olympic Games(776BC)

41 20 pt.3

14 228,229,170,171

41

Jonah and Amos(760BC,808BC)

42 15 160,161

15 City of Rome(748BC)

4327

pt.116 266-271 61

*King Midas and the Golden Touch 5Isaiah and Micah

(740, 735BC)44

27 pt.2

162-163

Israel Falls to Assyria(721BC)

45 16164-165

47

16 Hosea(721BC)

46

Hezekiah & Sennacherib(710BC)

47166-167

Ancient Native Americans (700BC)

48 26

17 The Rise of Athens and Sparta (700-500BC)

4922

pt.121 176-179

*D'Aulaires' Greek Myths *Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths

*The Search for Lost Cities

Manasseh(677BC)

5022

pt.2

Powers of Mesopotamia(668-626BC)

51 34-35

18 King Josiah(630BC)

52168-169

Nahum & Zephaniah(630, 629BC)

53

Jeremiah(629BC)

54170-171

19 Nineveh Destroyed(626BC)

55 17 36-37

*Jerusalem, Still Shining Habakkuk & Huldah(609, 7th Century BC)

56 18

Babylonian Captivity(605,599,588BC)

57 19 172-173

63

20 Nebuchadnezzar II & the Hanging Gardens

5817

pt.138-39

*Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Daniel(604BC)

5917

pt.2174,

176-7

Aesop's Fables(600BC)

6030

pt.1224-227

21 Ezekiel(595BC)

6128

pt.1

+Buddha Stories Shadrach, Meshach, &

AbedNego (mid 6thCent.)62

30 pt.2

175

Buddha(563BC)

6330

pt.3

22 Pythagoras & the Temple of Diana (547,550BC)

64 27 252-253

+How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek? Confucius

(547BC)65 33 21

Belshazzar & Cyrus the Great (539,538BC)

66 21 19 65

23 Darius I(522BC)

6728

pt.124

Zerubbabel(520BC)

6828

pt.25,25,31,34 180

Haggai & Zechariah(520BC)

6928

p.3,4

24 The Roman Republic(510BC)

70 22 272-273 +Time Traveler (pg.66-81)+City (Macaulay)+A Roman Villa *A Roman Fort

*A Roman Town *I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas

The Battle of Marathon(490BC)

71 24 pt.1

23 180-185, 260-261

Herodotus(484BC)

72 222-223,79,85,175,182,191

25 Xerxes I(480BC)

73 23 25 67

*Esther's Story Esther

(?)74 26

178-179

Golden Age of Athens(478-399BC)

75188-191,202-205

69

26 Socrates(469-399BC)

76200-201,206-209 *The Book of Virtues

*Pandora's Vase: a Retelling *Wise Guy: The Life & Philosophy of Socrates

+You Wouldn't Want to be a Slave in Ancient Greece

Hippocrates & the Statue of Zeus (?-377, 456BC)

77210-211,216-217

Ezra & Artaxerxes(467Bc)

78180-1,186-7

27 Nehemiah(454BC)

79152,158,

159182-185

Pericles(443-429BC)

80192-193,212-215

Peloponnesian War(431-404BC)

8124

pt.228 194-198

28 Malachi(mid 5th Century BC)

82 156-159 190

*The Librarian Who Measured the Earth Plato & Aristotle

(427-347, 384-332BC)83 29 218-221

Philip II of Macedonia (359-336BC)

84 240-241

29 Alexander the Great(336BC)

8525

p.1,230 242-245 73

+The Life of Alexander the Great Division of Alexander's

Empire (323BC)86 25

pt.331

246-247

Archimedes(287-212BC)

87 29248-249

30 Emperor Asoka of India(273-232BC)

8831

pt.1

*Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China *Terra Cotta Army of Emperor Qin

6Septuagint & Colossus of

Rhodes (277,292BC)89

31 pt.2

230-238

The Quin (Chin) Dynasty (221-206BC)

90 32

31 Hannibal, Elephants, & Punic Wars (218BC)

91 32 274-277 75

*The Story About Ping+You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Soldier

*Hanukkah at Valley Forge

Han Dynasty(206-165BC)

92 33

The Maccabean Revolt(165BC)

93 300-303

32 Spartacus(?-71BC)

9434

p.1,2304-307 -Time Traveler (pg.82-96)

+You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator

+You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Soldier *Julius Caesar:Great Dictator of Rome

The First Triumvirate(60BC)

9534

p.3,434

308-311,278-279,318-321

Julius Caesar(49BC)

96 35

33 The Second Triumvirate(43BC)

97 35250,

316-317

*Cleopatra (Stanley)+Mysteries of the Bible (DVD)

Cleopatra(37BC)

98 282-283

Herod the Great(37BC)

99 36 322-327

34 The Battle of Actium(31BC)

100355-357,332-333,362-363

Augustus Caesar & the Roman Empire (27BC)

101284-291

John the Baptist(5BC-32)

102 36334-337

192-199

35 Jesus Christ, His Birth(4BC)

10337

pt.1338-341

200-211

77

+Close Your Eyes So You Can See (CD)Jesus, His Teachings & Miracles (30-33AD)

104328-331,342,354

212-303

Tiberius Caesar, Pilate, Herod

105 292-298

36 The 12 Disciples of Christ(30-33AD)

106 344-345

*The Greatest Story Ever Told (DVD)*The Robe (DVD)

Jesus, His Death & Resurrection (33AD)

10737

pt.2346-347

304-343

Jesus, the Mystery of History

108 348-352

Read Alouds-Adam and His Kin (1)

-Life in the Great Ice Age (5)-Gilgamesh Trilogy (9)

-Golden Goblet (10)-Secret of the Scribe (13)

-Corn Grows Ripe (17)-Tizrah (19)

-Mara, Daughter of the Nile (23)-Cat of Bubastes (24)

-The Children's Homer (25)-Hittite Warrior (27)

-Adara (37)-God King (46)

*Aesop's Fables for Children (60)-Hadassah (70)

-Victory on the Wall (76)-Archimedes and the Door of Science (87)*Jason's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story (93)

*The Bronze Bow (103)-Fountain of Life (104)