Ancient History

Textbook: –

Materials: Books listed below.

Supply Fee: $10 per year

Length: 1 hour class

Class Description: This class will use a combination of Beautiful Feet curriculum’s Ancient History Intermediate pack and Sr High pack as the outline. From the website:

“Discover the mysterious and fascinating Ancient world! This was a time when humankind was making leaps and bounds as the written word was established, the wheel invented, and ziggurats and pyramids arose amid societies typically thought of as rudimentary. Each section is built around engaging and historically accurate literature.” This course will cover ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo Persia, Greece, and Rome! This was a brutal time, and we will touch on some difficult topics. I’ll do my best to keep it age appropriate.

Homework will consist of vocabulary, map work, projects, and whatever else I can find for us to do to make this time period come alive!

We will be reading several books over the course of the year. Please have the book or books before the beginning of the month we read them.

Note: Books are from the Beautiful Feet Ancient History Curriculum. Please talk to me if you have any questions about which books you should get.

August: Both High School and Middle School
The Golden Bull by Marjorie Cowley
and   
Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green

September: 
High School – Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw    or
Middle School – The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McCraw

October:
High School – Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson    or
Middle School – Adara by Beatrice Gormley
and
High School – The Days of Elijah by John Noble    or
Middle School – God King by Joanne Williamson

November and January:
High School – Mythology by Edith Hamilton    or
Middle School – D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by the D’Aulaires
and
High School – Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff    or
Middle School – The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum

January: Both High School and Middle School
Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker

February: Both High School and Middle School
Legionary by Philip Matyszak

March and April:
High School – Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray    or
Middle School – The Bronze Bow by Elizaeth George Speare
and
High School – The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff    or
Middle School – The White Isle by Caroline Dale Snedeker

All of these books can be found at Beautiful Feet Books and at Thrift Books. I’ve also found a lot of their curriculum on Ebay. (The curriculum is a 35 week course, so, unfortunately, I had to cut some books but I’m going to try to cover those subjects in class.)