Week 1: Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt pp. 44-47

Look through the treasures found in Tut’s tomb

Read through this Ancient Egypt timeline

Listen to “The Gift of the Nile” from Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt CD

Read EAW Ancient Egypt 50-52

Explore a clickable map of Ancient Egypt

Listen to “The City and the Desert” from Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt CD

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Early Egypt and The Old Kingdom & Times of Change pp. 54-59

Watch this video about the Hyksos invasion.

Listen to “Akhenaten: The Outlaw Pharaoh” from Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt CD

Listen to chapters 2-4 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Growth of Empires & The Queen Who Became King pp. 60-63

Listen to “Hatshepsut: the Woman Pharaoh” from Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt CD

Listen to chapters 12-13 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Times of Tutankhamun, Ramesses II, and The New Kingdom Ends pp. 64-71

Listen to “Tutankhamun: The Golden Pharaoh” from Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt CD

Listen to chapter 14 (SOTW)

Watch Egypt’s Golden Empire; write a summary + response (minimum 200 words). Add the response to your notebook.

Week 2: Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Role of King, Government and Power pp. 78-81

Read about the social pyramid in AE. Draw and label one for your notebook.

Listen to tracks 6-8 from Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt CD

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Fighting Forces pp. 82-83

Listen to a soldier’s account of battle

Begin watching Unwrapping the Pharaohs

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Trade and Diplomacy pp. 84-85

Listen to an explorer’s account

Finish watching Unwrapping the Pharaohs

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Egyptian Religion pp. 86-87

View creation myth; write a paragraph comparing/contrasting this to the creation account in Genesis. Add it to your notebook.

Listen to The Cat of Bubastes ch. 1-2 + color one page in Gods of Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: More About Myths pp. 88-89

Listen to The Cat of Bubastes ch. 3-6 + color Gods of Ancient Egypt

Week 3: Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Temple Life and Buildings Fit for Gods pp. 90-93

Explore the six parts of the temple

Draw a diagram of a temple and add it to your notebook.

Listen to The Cat of Bubastes ch. 7-9 + color Gods of Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Great Cult Temples, Religion in Daily Life pp. 94-97

Take a photo tour of a temple

Listen to The Cat of Bubastes ch. 10-13 + color Gods of Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Death and the Afterlife pp. 98-99

Plan Your Afterlife (Egyptian style); write down your plan and add it to your notebook.

Listen to The Cat of Bubastes ch. 14-16 + color Gods of Ancient Egypt

Listen to The Cat of Bubastes ch. 17-20 + Research Project: Create a guide to the gods and goddesses (Glog, Powerpoint, print book, or Prezi).

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Embalming and Mummies, Coffins & Tombs pp. 100-103

Watch TedEd Lesson - How to Make a Mummy

Look at 10 photos of mummified animals

Read from Tales of Ancient Egypt: 1. Ra and his Children 2. Isis and Osiris

Week 4: Ancient Egypt

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza, Buried in the Rocks pp. 104-107

Climb inside Khufu’s Great Pyramid

Read from Tales of Ancient Egypt: 1. Horus the Avenger 2. Khnemu of the Nile 3. The Great Queen Hatshepsut 4. The Prince and the Sphinx

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Mortuary Temples, A Royal Barque pp. 108-110

Explore a Pharaoh’s Boat

Read from Tales of Ancient Egypt: 1. The Princess and the Demon 2. The Golden Lotus 3.Teta the Magician 4. The Book of Thoth

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Houses and Homes pp. 112-113

Read through this information about Egyptian homes Another model (read information here, too)

Read from Tales of Ancient Egypt: 1. Se-Osiris and the Sealed Letter 2. The Land of the Dead

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Women and Family Life pp. 114-115

Read “A Day in the Life of an Egyptian Woman”

Begin reading Mara, Daughter of the Nile Parts 1-2

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: The Farming Life pp. 116-117

Read “The Nile File” and take the quiz

Read Mara, Daughter of the Nile Part 3

Week 5: Finish Ancient Egypt; Begin Ancient Greece

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Skilled Craftsmen & Jobs for All pp. 118-119, Feasting and Fun 126-127

Read Trades/Crafts

View paintings from a nobleman’s tomb

Read Mara, Daughter of the Nile Part 4

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: All Dressed Up, Travel and Transport pp. 128-131

Take a trip down the Nile (listen to audio tour)

Read Mara, Daughter of the Nile Part 5

Read EAW Ancient Egypt: Medicine and Magic, Beauty Care pp. 132-134

Read Ancient Egyptian Health Problems and Cures

Read Mara, Daughter of the Nile Part 6

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The First Greeks, The Minoans, Minoan Palaces and Religion pp. 148-155

Tour the palace of Knossos

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Explosions and Invasions, The Mycenaeans, Mycenaean Royal Tombs, Warriors and Traders pp. 156-163

Watch this short video about Atlantis

Listen to chapter 18 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Troy and the Trojan War, Things Fall Apart, The Dark Ages pp. 164-168

Listen to the story of the Trojan Horse

Listen to chapter 19 (SOTW)

Week 6: Ancient Greece

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Archaic Period, Greek City-States pp. 170-173

Read Who Were the Ancient Greeks?

Print a blank map and label the Greek City-States; add it to your notebook.

Discover more about Life in Athens

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Sparta—A Warrior State pp. 174-175

Read the story about Sparta and explore the artifacts

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Greek Armies, Hoplites, Greek Warships pp. 176-179

Learn more about weapons and warfare (click on “Victory & Conquest” then “Battling for Victory”)

Try commanding a Trireme Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Persian Wars, The Decline of Persia pp. 180-183

Begin to build a model of the Parthenon while you listen to chapters 20-21 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Birth of Literacy, The Golden Age of Athens 186-189

Take a Tour of Ancient Athens

Continue to build a model of the Parthenon while you listen to chapter 22 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Acropolis, The First Democratic States, Life in Sparta pp. 190-195

Watch how the Parthenon was built

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Peloponnesian Wars, The End of an Era pp. 196-198

Read about the Ancient Greeks at war

Continue to build a model of the Parthenon

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Religion and Mythology pp. 230-231

Read Bullfinch chapters 1-3

Finish Parthenon while you listen to chapter 23 (SOTW)

Week 7: Ancient Greece

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Temples and Worship pp. 232-233

Learn more about the temples (scroll to bottom of page)

Read Bullfinch chapters 4-6

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Talking to the Gods pp. 234-235

Read more about the Oracle at Delphi

Look through these photos of Delphi

Read Bullfinch chapters 7-9

Make a chart and compare/contrast the Greek myths with the account in Genesis 1. Add it to your notebook.

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Death & the Underworld, Funerals & Burials pp. 236-238

Read Greek Myths: Men’s Rivalry with Gods pp. 81-101

Read Bullfinch chapters 10-12

Read EAW Ancient Greece: pp. 200-201 Growing Up

Read this overview of Greek family life

Examine Greek pots to learn more about growing up in Ancient Greece

Read Bullfinch chapters 13-15

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Women and the Home pp. 202-203

Read this overview of Greek culture

Compare the lives of men & women in Sparta & Athens

Read Bullfinch chapters 16-18

Week 8: Ancient Greece

Watch Greeks: Crucible of Civilization; write a summary + response (minimum 200 words). Add the response to your notebook.

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Greek Houses, Fashion pp. 204-207

Take the house challenge!

Begin reading The Odyssey chapters 1-3

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Farming & Food pp. 208-209

What did the Ancient Greeks eat?

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Marketplace pp. 210-211

Read The Odyssey chapters 4-5

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Architecture pp. 212-213

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Building pp. 214-215

Build a Greek Temple

Read The Odyssey chapters 6-8

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Sculpture pp. 216-217

Listen to Influence of Greece

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Pottery pp. 218-219

Explore the different shapes & uses of pots; create a page for your notebook (draw the pots and write the uses)

Read The Odyssey chapters 9-10

Week 9: Finish Ancient Greece

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Metalwork pp. 220-221

Watch Music and Creativity in Ancient Greece

Read The Odyssey chapters 11-13

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Feasting & Fun pp. 224-225

Listen to how Homer’s poems may have been sung

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Plays & Players pp. 226-227

Watch The Battle of the Greek Tragedies

Read The Odyssey chapters 14-16

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Games pp. 228-229

Watch The Origins of the Olympics

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Rise of Macedonia pp. 240-241

Read The Odyssey chapters 17-19

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Alexander the Great

View marble portrait of ATG

Read The Odyssey chapters 20-22

Read EAW Ancient Greece: The Hellenistic World, Macedonia 244-247

Watch The Science Behind the Myth: Homer's Odyssey

Read The Odyssey chapters 23-24

Read EAW Ancient Greece: Inquiring Minds, The Roman Conquest pp. 248-250

Week 10: Ancient Rome

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Pompeii, The Founding of Rome pp. 264, 266-267

Listen to chapter 27 (The Rise of Rome SOTW)

Read The Eagle of the Ninth chapters 1-4

Read EAW Ancient Rome: The Birth of the Empire, Emperors of Rome, The City of Rome pp. 282-287

Read The Eagle of the Ninth chapters 5-9

Read EAW Ancient Rome: The Roman Empire, A Soldier’s Life, Expanding the Empire pp. 288-293

Listen to chapter 28 (SOTW)

Read The Eagle of the Ninth chapters 10-14

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Running the Empire, Travel & Trade, Crime & Punishment pp 294-298

Listen to chapter 29 (SOTW)

Read The Eagle of the Ninth chapters 15-19

Read EAW Ancient Rome: The Life of Caesar pp. 280

Listen to chapter 34 (SOTW)

Read The Eagle of the Ninth chapters 20-21

Weekend: Watch The Eagle; write a compare/contrast essay highlighting the similarities/differences between the book and the movie (400 word minimum).

Week 11: Ancient Rome

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Family Life, Growing Up, Roman Women pp. 300-305

Watch Four Sisters in Ancient Rome

Watch A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome

Julius Caesar book + audio 30 minutes

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Living in a Town, A House in Town, Living in the Country, A Country Villa pp. 300-313

Julius Caesar book + audio 30 minutes

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Food & Cooking, At a Dinner Party pp. 316-317

Julius Caesar book + audio 30 minutes

Read EAW Ancient Rome: At the Games, At the Races, Plays & Pantomimes pp. 322-327

Julius Caesar book + audio 30 minutes

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Gods & Goddesses, Beliefs & Superstitions pp. 32-331

Julius Caesar book + audio 30 minutes

Week 12: Ancient Rome

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Builders & Engineers, Amazing Architecture, Painting & Sculpting, Mosaics pp. 336-342

Listen to chapter 35 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Rome: The Empire Weakens, The Rise of Christianity 344-347

Listen to chapters 37, 39, and 40 (SOTW)

Read EAW Ancient Rome: Barbarians and Byzantines pp. 348-349

Listen to chapters 41-42 (SOTW)

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