Getting to know. Tapestry of grace

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1 Gtting to know Tapstry of grac

2 On autumn night, I grtd my husband on his way in from work with ths words: This is whr w stop homschooling. I mant it. Contnts Philosophy of Education Classic and Rdsignd Our Wbsit Classic Layout Rdsignd Layout Thrads Evaluations Rading Assignmnts Wkly Ovrviw Writing Studnt Activity Tachr s Nots Pagant of Philosophy Supplmnts Optional Extras Yar Plan Contnts Yar On Contnt Yar Two Contnt Yar Thr Contnt Yar Four Contnt Bookshlf Information Final Thoughts

3 homschooling why I didn t stop ach studnt studid th topic at his or hr own lvl using ag-appropriat rsourcs. Thus, whn studying Egypt, th youngst child rad pictur books and discovrd that thr was a Nil Rivr and it flowd up! Oldr grammar studnts larnd mor that th Nil was hom to intrsting animals and plants, lik hippopotami, crocodils, and papyrus. Junior high studnts larnd that th Nil was th lif s blood of Egypt s socity, and also dominatd th scn that Moss saw out of his palac window ach morning. My high school studnts larnd vn mor: that th Nil was th cntral god of th Egyptians, and whn God turnd th Nil to blood, H was proving His powr ovr this dity. Wk by wk, my studnts did vocabulary and tim lin work, rad litratur, and T HAD BEEN OK to mak arly for six wks, xhaustd my hu- studid th gography, govrnmnts, mistaks during grad school; man strngth, and run low on faith. and arts of th on historical priod w I still had tim to gt srious So, as I calmly assssd my situation wr on. And wk by wk I found that, about high school crdits. But that cold Octobr day, my bst option sinc all my studnts wr on on topic, in th fall of 1995, I had six childrn to smd to b to admit dfat. But God I could lad thm in a rich, dlightful study in which I found myslf larning tach, ranging from my baby, who was had a bttr ida. ntring kindrgartn, to my 8th grad Ovr th nxt month or two, as much as thy did! I latr saw, through lading a co-op boys, who wr rady to start high through a combination of prayr, th school. For six wks, I had givn my ncouragmnt from womn who had of othr childrn along with my own, all. I had attmptd to faithfully plan, walkd th homschool high school that th plan now calld Tapstry of implmnt, corrct, and rcord 150 road bfor m, and circumstancs Grac involvd a mthod of study that lssons a wk using a mishmash of (such as th fact that I d had a clas- had grat flxibility, yt offrd ral hlp to moms with a publishd currigod ld m to dfin my prioritis mor clarly, chang my vision and a dcula. My vision had bn to giv mthods drastically, and prsvr in wll-doing nrgtically. sir to implmnt a Christian, clasmy childrn th rich ducational xprinc I had n- sics-basd high school ducation and sics-basd, apologtics-orintd, rich, joyd in my youth at a top prp school; a dgr in History from Dartmouth intgratd program for vry child in yt as dilignt and organizd as I was, Collg), God ld m to dfin my thir hous. What mrgd was a synthsis of I wasn t vn mting basic taching prioritis mor clarly, chang my rquirmnts. Daily, I had flt con- mthods drastically, and prsvr in sound ducational mthods which had dmnation, guilt, and anxity as I put wll-doing nrgtically. I saw that I xdd my hops and drams for my workbooks bfor my kids and trid could rorganiz our homschool. I childrn s ducation and mor! to bliv that somhow thy would dtrmind to put vry studnt in MARCIA SOMERVILLE tach thmslvs indpndntly. I had my hom on on historical topic ach author of Tapstry of Grac workd hard, stayd up lat and arisn wk. Intgrating all possibl subjcts, I 11

4 Philosophy of ducation What is our goal? Tapstry of Grac sks to hlp parnts discrn th thrads and pattrns in th tapstry of tim wovn by God in ags past. Through th study and discussion of chronological history, w tach our childrn th facts, thoughts, and xprincs of humankind as it unfoldd. This organizational framwork ncompasss most of what our childrn nd to larn. Aftr all, vrything w want to tach thm happnd in history! Using componnts of Classical Education, rsourcs ar arrangd for larning lvls stags not ags. Thus, ach Yar-Plan mntors tachrs in instructing Grammar, Dialctic, and Rhtoric lvl studnts. A labor of lov Marcia s goal in publishing Tapstry of Grac is to shar a taching plan with parnts who ar rsponsibl for thir childrn s minds, harts, bodis, and souls. Tapstry of Grac attmpts to show how th Word of God and th Hand of God ar th warp and woof of God s tapstry of tim. It offrs a mthod which parnts can follow to ffctivly communicat a compassionat and biblical worldviw to thir childrn. Ultimatly, th goal of Tapstry of Grac is to hlp parnts rais childrn who will undrstand thir plac in God s trnal plan, dsir to srv Him in thir gnration, and vntually ris unafraid to compassionatly answr God s nmis in thir gats, in th hop that thy may win som to Christ. What dos Tapstry of Grac includ? This curriculum is writtn for four lvls of study in four major subjcts: History, Fin Arts, English (including Writing and Litratur), and Church History. It includs optional lctivs in Gography, Govrnmnt, and a history of Philosophy. In othr words, you can us Tapstry for all subjcts xcpt Phonics, formal English Grammar, Math, forign languags, and traditional high school lab scincs (Gnral Scinc, Biology, Chmistry, and Physics). Rmmbr, a curriculum is a plan of study. This is a plan, not a txtbook. You will nd to us many rsourcs bsids Tapstry in ordr to implmnt th ducation of your childrn. But w hop this plan will mak finding rsourcs, planning, and taching lssons asir. 2 How is Tapstry diffrnt? Tapstry of Grac is uniqu among today s homschool curricula. Hr ar som faturs that st it apart:» It is a plan that tachs ach historical ra to all grads simultanously but at thir own lvls, vastly simplifying th parnttachr s job whil strngthning hr ability to tach.» Using componnts of Classical Education, rsourcs ar arrangd for larning lvls stags, not ags. Thus, ach Yar-Plan mntors tachrs in instructing Grammar, Dialctic, and Rhtoric lvl studnts.» Chronological, worldwid history organizs all th matrials covrd.» Our worldviw mphasis quips parnts to mntor studnts in discovring that God has had a plan from th bginning of tim, and that H has purposs to fulfill in thir gnration through thm. Worldviw Studis ar cntral: w ask ach wk what God was doing during th tim priod and how His actions inform our dcisions today.» Biblical authority is uphld throughout as our guid for all intrprtation, faith, and practic.» Th mthodology of th curriculum may b bst dscribd as: rad think writ. Studnts rad indpndntly to larn dtaild information, thn thy discuss (think) with mntors to larn ovrarching concpts or major thrads. Lastly, thy writ about what thy hav rad and discussd.» Th rading plan is both maty for thos who dsir a challng and flxibl, making it asily adaptabl to ithr slowr or giftd larnrs.» Oldr studnts study original litratur from ach historical priod. Most of ths ar th classic works of Wstrn Civilization. Youngr childrn rad historical fiction prtinnt to th priod undr study.» Th history and dvlopmnt of th fin arts ar studid in historical contxt.» Th study of church history is likwis placd in historical contxt.» A Govrnmnt lctiv is fully outlind, nabling th high schoolr to complt (in th four-yar study) at last on full Govrnmnt crdit and, mor importantly, to undrstand th dvlopmnt of govrn »» mnts on arth whil biblically assssing thir strngths and waknsss. Hands-on projcts kp studis fun and intrsting (spcially for youngr studnts). Th curriculum is idally suitd for th formation of co-ops, which afford a contxt for group discussion and hlp busy moms shar burdns and strngths so that vryon bnfits. W call this plan K through Mom. It is dsignd, if you will, first for th mothr (or parnt-tachr), thn for studnts of all ags. Childrn nd to b mntord and, in homschooling, most of th mntoring falls to th mom as primary tachr. Tapstry of Grac sks to nabl a busy parnt to mntor hr childrn acadmically and spiritually. Parnt-tachrs ar srvd by:» Writing lssons, prsntd in clar chartbasd formats so that tachrs hav an ida of whr thy hav bn and whr thy ar going.» Pr-plannd rading assignmnts for all grad lvls ach wk for a 36-wk school yar.» Wkly chat shts (Tachr s Nots), which summariz studnts radings and provid insights and connctions btwn facts and worldviw dvlopmnts so that tachrs can lad wll-informd, maty discussions with a minimum of prparation tim.» Writing assignmnts and suggstd rsourcs providd for twlv lvls nabl th tachr to tach and studnts to dvlop indpndnt larning habits.» Crafts and activitis for childrn in both individual and group sttings (spcially hlpful for childrn who larn bst through hands-on assignmnts).» Onlin hlp and ncouragmnt through an intrnt-basd bulltin board, availabl through our wbsit.

5 Hav I told you latly what a blssing you ar and hav bn to my family? Thank you so much for Tapstry for two of our bst yars of school. Th blssing dosn t nd with th wondrful ducation my childrn ar rciving, but xtnds to thir parnts, as wll. I hav prsonally larnd so much about world history and its application to my faith. This has bn an nlightning and faith-building xprinc for m. I truly can t thank you nough. I pray that God will sustain you as you continu to rfin your work. I am xcitd for th blssing you will b to othrs. Larn to tach by asking qustions» Th grat Grk thinkr Socrats taught his studnts by asking thm qustions. This Socratic mthod has bcom on of th most ffctiv ways to tach.» Tapstry mntors inxprincd parnttachrs in using this powrful mthod to build in thir childrn a solid Christian worldviw.» Tach by first allowing studnts to rad various rsourcs on a topic. Thn lad thm through a guidd discussion informd by biblical thinking, hlping thm to com to thir own conclusions and convictions about th grat books.» Tachrs larn right along with studnts and dvlop habits of liflong larning and confidnc for Socratic discussion with high schoolrs.» Th plan sks to mntor moms in undrstanding and taching th works cntral to a classical ducation. Tach all your childrn at th sam tim Whil all subjcts ar intrrlatd (sinc thy all com from th hand of God) thy nd not all b studid at th sam lvl at all tims. God s story is at onc simpl and complx. It is constructd in layrs of maning and rvlation, lik th layrs of an onion. Young childrn ar abl to viw th onion from th outsid, prhaps pling back a layr or two. Oldr studnts can gt mor of th onion xposd. As skills grow, and as maturity incrass, mor and mor layrs ar pld away. Evn as adults, w want to b constantly larning mor, sking to pl back mor layrs of th trnal story! This onion imag can rprsnt facts and vnts of history, th charactr of God, and vn th Christliknss formd in us. W nvr stop larning nw things about ths subjcts. Th rason that you can succssfully tach all th abov subjcts to all of your childrn simultanously is that th contnt has bn organizd so simply. Also, rmmbr that contnt is not th only thing not vn th primary thing you r taching. You ar primarily sking to mak discipls of your childrn and scondarily to giv thm skills that will nabl thm to succd at whatvr God may call thm to do in His srvic. Tach ths biblical skills» Biblical intrprtation (2 Timothy 2:15: Do your bst to prsnt yourslf to God as on approvd, a workman who dos not nd to b ashamd and who corrctly handls th word of truth. )» Analysis & synthsis (1 Chronicls 12:32:...that thy may b lik mn of Issachar, who undrstood th tims and knw what Isral should do )» Organization (1 Corinthians 14:40: But vrything should b don in a fitting and ordrly way. )» Gracious and winning writtn communication and oral articulation (1 Ptr 3:15: Always b prpard to giv an answr to vryon who asks you to giv th rason for th hop that you hav. But do this with gntlnss and rspct, kping a clar conscinc, so that thos who spak maliciously against your good bhavior in Christ may b ashamd of thir slandr. ) You want your studnts to b quippd for vry good work (skill) and to do that work with th right attitud (Colossians 3:23-24: Whatvr you do, work at it with all your hart, as working for th Lord, not for mn, sinc you know that you will rciv an inhritanc from th Lord as a rward. It is th Lord Christ you ar srving. ) Biblical and Classical Education In studying history and rlatd subjcts, our childrn ar larning God s story, but thy ar also larning about God Himslf. Thy ar changing and growing as thy larn. Undr th Tapstry plan, thy will study th sam historical priods vry four yars. But, bcaus thy chang and grow, as thy rturn to th sam subjct mattr again and again, thy will b sing mor and mor layrs of both God s charactr and thirs rflctd in and rvald by th dpr layrs of th onion of history! Anothr way to put this is to apply th trms usd by proponnts of th Classical Mthod of ducation: childrn will larn World History, Phi- losophy, and Thology at th Grammar, Dialctic, and Rhtoric stags. As studnts larn thir history, thy can bttr sns thir dstiny, which is to fulfill th purposs of God in thir gnration. Romans 8:28-30 rassurs us concrning th ultimat dstiny of all our savd childrn: And w know that in all things God works for th good of thos who lov him, who hav bn calld according to his purpos. For thos God forknw h also prdstind to b conformd to th liknss of his Son, that h might b th firstborn among many brothrs. And thos h prdstind, h also calld; thos h calld, h also justifid; thos h justifid, h also glorifid. Thr is too much knowldg in th world for your child to bcom an xprt in all filds. W can confidntly prdict that your child will not b a brain surgon and an architct and th Prsidnt of th Unitd Stats. God has calld ach child for a crtain rol that is vry spcific. But sinc w cannot s th finishd tapstry yt, daily growth in Christliknss and a solid, classical ducation basd on a dp, biblically informd knowldg of history, litratur, church history, philosophy, and various worldviws may hlp bst prpar your child for good works in both th prsnt world and for grat joy in th world to com. 3

6 Classic and Rdsignd Tapstry of Grac: Hr s on of th bst things about Tapstry of Grac: It s just bcom so much bttr. Tapstry of Grac has providd high-quality, Christian, chronological unit study guids for familis for almost a dcad now, and in that tim priod w v larnd a fw things. W v larnd that som parnts want Tapstry in a Box. Thy want to hav mor dirction and mak fwr choics. So w v found a way to giv nw moms mor dirction and still provid lots of choics for xprincd moms. W v larnd that it s bttr to lay out a wkplan in th ordr that most popl us it. And w v figurd out that if w us offst printing w can add full color to whit papr and crat a mor inviting, radabl product. Classic Tapstry of Grac»»»»» A unifid, multi-lvl plan for what w lik to call lvls K-Mom. On plan that covrs history, litratur, writing, gography, fin arts, govrnmnt, and mor. Chronological history study with rich classical contnt and scop. Structur, support, and flxibility. Acclaim from magazins and (mor importantly) from moms. In ordr to srv homschool familis bttr, w hav takn th format of Tapstry of Grac back to th drawing board. Th procss of xamination, thought, prayr, and hard work is producing an xciting nw dition w call Tapstry of Grac: Rdsignd. What s changd? Wll, at th cor, nothing has. Tapstry of Grac: Rdsignd is still focusd on multi-lvl, Christian, worldviw ducation. W rmain committd to topical study, to ral discussions, and to flxibl taching plans. Most of all, w ar still writing bcaus w lov to s (and to show othrs) th hand of God as H wavs th ral tapstry of history. Our cntral valus and approachs rmain unchangd. But that dosn t man Tapstry of Grac: Rdsignd isn t a significant improvmnt upon Classic Tapstry of Grac! Rdsignd is boldr, brightr, and stramlind to mak taching, larning, and futur updats asir than vr bfor. G B I Tapstry of g rac a U O Unit ON: TH BOOKS of MOSES s YaR 1: Th History of REdmption k C Tapstry of Grac: Rdsignd»»»»» All of th abov, PLUS: Mor guidanc for thos dsirous of fwr choics, whil still maintaining flxibility. Improvd organization and structur for asist possibl us. Nwly intgratd writing sction. Nw onlin componnts mak rsourc gathring and implmntation asir than vr. 4

7 W hav just compltd 5 wks of Tapstry and it is awsom! I dcidd aftr w compltd th fiv wks that w would spnd a wk rviwing. I am so proud of how much th boys hav rtaind. My two boys ar 9 and 7. W rad th storis togthr and thn discuss thm aftr w rad and of cours w continu to talk about thm as tim gos on. I lov this curriculum and fl so blssd to hav it. Thank you again! W v always providd xtnsiv onlin support. But now thr s mor! Th Forums of our Onlin Bulltin Board Support is availabl 24/7 on our wll-organizd onlin bulltin board. Ovr 50 forums ar linkd to vry pag of our wbsit. Ths allow you to ask virtually any qustion, day or night, and rciv spdy answrs from Tapstry authors and from vtran moms. Two classic wbsit aras: fr to all! An information sction xplains how th program is laid out and provids rviws, tstimonials, and printabl sampls of actual wk-plans that you can hold in your hands and brows to your hart s contnt whil you ar in th procss of dciding whthr Tapstry is right for your family. Nw and improvd bookstor: Th Bookshlf! Tapstry of Grac has providd links to rsourcs it has rcommndd in th past, using th Amazon.com intrfac. As w procd with th rdsign of Tapstry volums, w ar going to mov byond suggsting grat books to buy. Now our publishr, Lampstand Prss, will hav thm for sal! For th first tim vr, com can b your on-stop shopping spot for all your Tapstry rsourc nds. You can purchas book packags for Tapstry of Grac: Rdsignd plans by unit, Yar-Plan, and larning lvl. Or, if you r mor slctiv, you can choos individual books from th packags. Our support has nvr bn mor immdiat, hlpful, or xciting! Onc you v mad your purchas, a hlps sction, dividd logically by Yar-Plan and thn by disciplins (history, gography, litratur, tc.) contains litrally thousands of informativ links that support your studis. This sction also contains pags that link rcommndd book titls to onlin book vndors and an onlin bulltin board (forums) whr you can find nws about dvlopmnts in th curriculum and liv, supportiv hlp any tim, night or day! H I Still trying to dcid whthr or not to us Tapstry? Our wbsit offrs lots of additional information (lik our Fan Mail and Collg and ToG pags) that will hlp you mak an informd dcision about whthr Tapstry of Grac is right for your family! Nw, third wbsit ara: Th Loom On of th most important changs of Tapstry of Grac: Rdsignd is th rbirth of th classic BASE unit as th rdsignd Loom. For ach Classic Yar-Plan, it was ncssary to purchas a sparat BASE unit, which includd Introductory Nots, th Rsourc List, and th Writing Componnt. W hav incorporatd th information common to all four Yar-Plans into a nw lmnt calld Th Loom. This Intrnt-dlivrd product allows accss to ths sam matrials in thir nw, rdsignd format. W r also proud to prsnt anothr nw fatur which xcits us vry much: our rdsignd Rsourc List. Classic Rsourc Lists dtaild all of th books that w rcommnd in a Yar-Plan in (ncssarily static) print. Lampstand Prss has now dvlopd a sarchabl, sortabl, printabl Rsourc List databas for your convninc. Now you can sort and print shopping lists for books by wk usd, author s nam, ISBN, larning lvl, or titl! Printabl matrials Not wb-savvy? No problm! W v mad our Intrnt-basd rsourcs printabl for your convninc. Nobody says you hav to liv on th Intrnt. Just mak on trip to your local library, print off what you nd, and you r good to go! 5

8 Th color cod Classic Tapstry of GracLayout Colors ar an important clu to whr you ar in Tapstry of Grac. To mak things asir for you, th tachr, w v printd th diffrnt sctions of Classic Tapstry of Grac on diffrnt colord papr. For instanc, do you nd to gt to th Wkly Ovrviw in a hurry? No problm! Just flip to th yllow pags. Hr s a guid to th colors and what thy man: Each Unit: Unit Introduction. In th BASE: Gnral Introduction and Introduction to th Writing Componnt. Each Unit: Tachr s Nots. In th BASE: Supplmnts and tmplats with Introductory Nots and Ovrviws in Writing Componnt. Each Unit: Rading Assignmnt Charts and Wkly Ovrviw Charts. In th BASE: Topical Ovrviw and Rsourc List Each Unit: Studnt Activity Pags. Each Unit: Pagant of Philosophy. Each Unit: Supplmnts (ths ar found in various wk-plans as ndd not all wks will hav thm). In th BASE: Supplmnts to th Writing Componnt. In th BASE: Writing assignmnts ar part of th Writing Componnt. Th Classic Yar Plan Tapstry of Grac was first concivd as a curriculum plan that would srv on family on all larning lvls for on yar. W coind th trm Yar- Plan to xprss this ida. As mor and mor parnts rqustd th ability to buy Tapstry in units so thy could bgin th program whrvr thy wr in currnt History studis, w rpackagd Classic Tapstry as fiv units: a BASE unit and four contnt units. Th BASE unit contnts apply to th Yar-Plan as a whol, and contain matrials ssntial to th implmntation of th program ovr th cours of th yar. Th BASE contains an introduction to th ducational philosophy of Tapstry and to th Yar-Plan as a whol. It also contains th ntir Writing Componnt Scop and Squnc, actual assignmnts for studnts, and supplmnts that offr you a complt Writing curriculum on 12 larning lvls and our Rsourc List, which is a dtaild chart listing all books rcommndd for th Yar-Plan and giving valuabl information for usr familis as thy ar shopping for ncssary print rsourcs. Th othr four units in a Classic Tapstry of Grac Yar-Plan contain th matrials studnts and tachrs will us wk to wk. If you look at th diagram on th facing pag, you will s that ach wk contains whit Tachr s Nots, yllow Rading Assignmnt and Wkly Ovrviw Charts, and blu Studnt Activity Pags. Slctd wks may also contain purpl Unit Introduction pags, gray Pagant of Philosophy scripts, and grn Supplmnts that contain important information that dosn t asily fit into th xisting organizational matrix. Classic Tapstry of Grac is printd in black ink on colord papr in a thr-hol punchd format, suitabl for placing in bindrs. Lampstand Prss dos not sll bindrs, but w do sll inxpnsiv, sturdy, custom-printd tab sts that will hlp you organiz your curriculum in whatvr bindr schm you adopt. Each unit is individually wrappd and includs its own covr. You can choos how you st up your curriculum in your uniqu family stting. Som popl plac th ntir Yar-Plan in two 2 family bindrs. Othrs plac ach unit in a sparat bindr. Som plac it in pag protctors; othrs prfr to tak nots all ovr thir pags. As with many aspcts of Tapstry of Grac, flxibility is a built-in quality. Tapstry of Grac plans follow chronological history. Each plan covrs on ra of history for all lvls. Each of our four contnt units covr slf-containd sub-units of th historical ra. Dpnding on whr you ar in your historical studis, you can pick up Tapstry of Grac right whr you lft off with othr programs, or bgin your ntir homschool journy right at th bginning. You can ordr Tapstry of Grac by th unit or by th Yar-Plan. Again, w aim to b as flxibl as possibl. Thr is a significant savings bnfit to ordring a full yar s work at on tim, but w mak it as asy as possibl for you to ntr th Tapstry flow whrvr it is bst for your uniqu family

9 TEACHER S NOTES supply you with background information. You larn in summary what your childrn ar rading about in dtail. Bcaus you ar in th know, you can b th tachr vry wk with a minimum of prparation tim. Tan bars man that ths thr pag typs ar always found in vry wk plan. READING ASSIGNMENTS and WEEKLY OVER- VIEW ar your at-a-glanc guids to all you ll b doing that wk. Assignmnts and thms ar organizd so that all studnts ar studying th sam historical topic, ach at thir own larning lvl. Yar Plan Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 36 Wk Plans Gray bars man that ths thr typs of pags ar not found in vry singl wk plan. STUDENT ACTIVITY is hom for your studnt. Ths pags giv studnts dtaild instructions so that thy can larn indpndntly, and prpar to work with you in shortr, intnsiv sssions whr you tach what thy cannot larn alon. UNIT INTRODUCTIONS ar only found in th first wk-plan of ach unit. Ths pags introduc major thms for th ntir unit to th tachr, giving you concrt taching objctivs for th unit study you ar undrtaking. PAGEANT OF PHILOSOPHY is th uniqu way Tapstry of Grac approachs philosophical idas in human history... and has fun doing it! Writtn in play format, studnts and parnts follow th advnturs of Simplicio, th qustionr, as h dialogus with th famous minds of th ags. SUPPLEMENTS ar what w giv you whn w v got so much to say w just can t fit it all in th Tachr s Nots. Supplmnts can b anything, from in-dpth articls to xtra craft instructions! Think of it as a bonus for th wks w includ it. Bas GENERAL INTRODUCTION includs our philosophy of ducation and dtaild instructions for ach individual Yar-Plan. W includ information on stting up studnt notbooks, figuring High School crdits, and planning a studnt s wkly schdul and much mor! THE RESOURCE LIST is a 30-pag chart that shows you dtaild information that hlps you choos books for your childrn without actually nding to ordr thm for rviw. It is organizd by wk and by lvl, and it offrs commnts about ach book and its possibl uss within th largr scop of th curriculum as a whol. Invaluabl! WRITING COMPONENT consists of thr sgmnts: purpl and whit Scop & Squnc (contains how to s of implmntation as wll as supplmntary tips on taching writing), grn Writing Supplmnts (mak taching lssons asir), and coral Writing Assignmnt Charts (addrssd to th studnt, giving wkly dirctions). 7

10 Taching Objctivs: Cor Thrads: History # Not: if you do not wish for your studnt to study Egyptian mythology, plan to skip th Wk 3 plan (xcpt for Bibl radings) and strtch this wk s plan ovr two wks. Thr s mor than nough btwn rading and hands-on projcts to kp young studnts busy for two wks. Larn th locations of major landforms & citis of Egypt. Larn about farming in ancint Egypt: its pattrns and crops. Larn about th many ways th Nil was important to arly Egyptian lif, and why Egypt has bn calld th gift of th Nil. Introduc studnts to classs of popl, xplaining that not all Egyptians livd at th sam conomic lvl; som wr slavs, and othrs indpndnt farmrs, craftsmn, or mrchants. Som popl wr prists, or srvd th pharaoh. Discuss vryday things as much as possibl: clothing, food, transportation, ducation, rcration and housing. Connct familiar facts and imags from youngr yars (crocodils, papyrus, th Nil and pyramids, for xampl) with th Egyptian cultur. Not th connction btwn this cultur and Moss childhood. As you larn about th Egyptians lifstyls, discuss what God would hav thought about som aspcts of it. Bring out th fact that th Egyptians wr advancd for thir day, and a mighty civilization, but lost and without hop for trnity. Today, thir onc proud houss and tmpls li abandond and crumbling to dust. So will our homs: w ar lost, too, without th saving grac of th Lord Jsus. Prpar for our study of Moss. Not that Egyptian cultur was a nation of farmrs, and that as it prosprd and grw in powr, it cam to b mor and mor an conomy basd on slav labor. Draw out particulars on farming and on slavry for th studnts. (W will not in our Bibl Survy that Isralits wr shphrds, and that thy srvd as slavs in Egypt for 400 yars.) Thrads: Writing # Tachrs should consult th Writing Scop Chart and studnts th Writing Assignmnt Chart for th appropriat grads. B sur your child writs vry wk! Thrads: Litratur # Mummis in th Morning Bgin Th Goldn Goblt by Elois Jarvis McGraw (Wk 1 of 2) Bgin Mara, Daughtr of th Nil by Elois Jarvis McGraw (Wk 1 of 2) Pharaohs and Pyramids (Tim Travlr) by Tony Alln (J 932 ALL) p , (Wk 2 of 3) Tut s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnlly (J DON) Building th Pyramids (Stickr Book) by A.G. Smith Dsrts by Angla Wilks (J ) (Wk 2 of 2) DK Rvald: Ancint Egypt by Ptr Chrisp (J CHR) p (Wk 2 of 3) Egyptian Myths by Jacqulin Morly (J M) (Wk 2 of 3) Pyramids! 50 Hands- On Activitis to Exprinc Ancint Egypt by Avry Hart & Paul Mantll (J 932 HAR) p , 61. Rproducibl Maps, Charts, TimLins & Illustrations, p. 19 altrnat or xtra RsouRcs Th Story of th World, Strams of Civilization, Volum 1 by Susan Vol. I, p (stop at Wis Baur, chaptr 4 Th Hbrw Challng ), p (lft column) Scrts of th Mummis by Shlly Tanaka (J 932 TAN) Cat of Bubasts, a Tal of Ancint Egypt by G. A. Hnty (Juvnil Fiction) (Wk 2 of 3) Ancint Egyptian Fashions by Tom Tirny Wstrn Civilization (Sixth Edition, Combind Volum), p , Th Riddl of th Rostta Ston by Jams Cross Giblin (J GIB) Mara, Daughtr of th Nil by Elois Jarvis McGraw (Juvnil Fiction) (Wk 2 of 2) lowr grammar uppr grammar dialctic RhtoRic Larn th basics about Egyptian govrnmnt: that Pharaoh was its ladr. Larn many fascinating facts about th pyramids. Viw and apprciat Egyptian artistry and styl. Larn about som of th mor famous pharaohs! Larn why pharaohs built pyramids and wr mummifid. Connct our studis with th Pharaoh of Exodus 5. Akhnatn Tutankhamun Ramsss II (th Grat) Ramsss III Rcogniz or spll (optional): Pharaoh immortal dynasty tomb grav robbr royal rbllion battl warrior aftrlif mummy tomb organs linn PharaOhs and Pyramids Larn th basics about Egyptian govrnmnt: that Pharaoh was its ladr. Larn many fascinating facts about th pyramids. Viw and apprciat Egyptian artistry and styl. Larn about som of th mor famous pharaohs! Larn why pharaohs built pyramids and wr mummifid. Connct our studis with th Pharaoh of Exodus 5. All LG words, plus: mastaba prsrv Ra or R Osiris Isis St Horus Anubis coffin sarcophagus pyramid natron anopic jars corps amult cartouch mbalmd funral mask funral last rits vizir Larn that th Egyptian govrnmnt was stabl for thousands of yars, and why this was so. Do a dtaild study of th kingdoms and ras in th long history of th Egyptian Empir. S that Egyptian arts, govrnmnt, and civilization wr th apx of human achivmnt in th ancint Mditrranan World. Undrstand th rlationship btwn pharaohs, mummification, blifs about th aftrlif, and pyramid construction. Ti in this wk s history studis with our Biblical survy. On your tim lin, add th dats that ths Egyptian ladrs rignd: Tuthmosis I Hatshpsut Tuthmosis III Akhnatn Add ths dats from Ancint World to your tim lin: 31 BC Egypt unitd by Mns BC Th Archaic Priod BC Th Old Kingdom BC Rign of Ppi II BC 1st Intrmdiat Priod 2040 BC Mntuhotp II runits Egypt XI. Th Middl Kingdom bgins BC Dynasty XII BC Dynasty XIII 1674 BC Eastrn dlta ovrrun w/ popl from Middl East BC Scond Intrmdiat Priod BC Nw Kingdom BC Third Intrmdiat Priod BC Th Lat Priod BC Th Prsian Priod BC Egyptians rgain indpndnc BC Prsians rgain control of Egypt BC Ptolmis: Clopatra s dath nds this priod. lowr Grammar uppr Grammar dialctic rhtoric Pharaohs and Pyramids gnrs Build your Word Bank: nouns Draw & caption: Pharaoh and Moss Build a Word Bank: nouns and pronouns Add othr words, too Writing sntncs Start taking dictation (continu for th rst of this unit as your tachr dircts) Writing is a procss: Focus on pr-writing skills: graphic organizrs Mor practic using th handbook RHETORIC LEVEL PhArAohS And PyrAmidS Prparing for History discussion tim: Accountability Qustions: suggstd assignmnts Rad about nouns in your handbook. This wk, add as many nouns as you can to your Word Bank. Rad about draw & caption tchniqus in your handbook. Start a Popl of th Ancint World book. For ach famous prson or popl group you study this yar, mak a on-to-two-pag draw & caption rprsntation. This wk, your draw & caption rprsntations should b of Pharaoh and Moss: Us coloring book picturs or draw picturs of Pharaoh and Moss. Includ facts such as th supposd dity of Pharaoh and th story of Moss birth. Rad about pronouns in your handbook. If your notbook has a Grammar sction, rcord a dfinition of a pronoun. This wk, add as many pronouns as you can to your Word Bank. You can also add mor nouns if you want to! Rad in your handbook about sntnc parts, problms, and combinations. Practic joining or combining sntncs using sampl sntncs your tachr givs you. If your tachr so dircts, start th daily disciplin of taking dictation. You ll do this daily for th rst of th unit; it will hlp you larn to proprly fix problm sntncs and prfct your punctuation and capitalization skills. Your tachr will giv you handbook scavngr hunts1 to fill in this wk. Larn (rviw) th stps in th writing procss. Rviw various graphic organizrs, and rcall (or larn) what organizrs ar bst usd for diffrnt writing gnrs. Th topics blow will giv you practic in organizing your thoughts for at last two spcific writing gnrs. (Don t writ th paragraphs, just practic organizing thoughts.) Fil ths for nxt wk s us whn complt. Dscrib Pharaoh s court. (Dscribing whl or snsory chart) What do Pharaohs, pyramids, and mummis hav in common? (Clustring) As you rad this wk, tak nots on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt. Mak a chart and includ th following hadings: Priod: Nam & dats dynastis and thir charactristics achivmnts and vnts Plas bring this chart to your discussion tim! Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (southrn, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (nar th dlta). Whn did thy bcom unitd? Whr was th nw capital of th unitd kingdom? What did th pharaoh s crown com to look lik, and what did it symboliz? Dscrib Egyptian armis: anything you know about thir wapons, thir tactics, and thir structur. Outlin th dvlopmnt of various typs of tombs. Mntion how pyramids dvlopd from mastabas to stp pyramids, to straight-sidd pyramids. Thr ar varying thoris on how th Egyptians constructd thir pyramids. S if your library has a vido dscribing th diffring thoris, if you wish. If you hav tim, go to th Tapstry Yar 1 History wb pag, and spnd som tim looking at th wbsits linkd undr Wks 2-3. Nxt wk, w ll study mor about Egyptian mythology, so focus on sits that hav to do with pyramids, mummis, and picturs of Egyptian artifacts. Thinking Qustions: Why do you think th pharaohs spnt so much tim and attntion on thir pyramids? Try to think byond slfish dsirs som of ths ar accurat rasons, but thr ar mor. Summariz in a brif paragraph Egyptian blifs about th aftrlif. If your tachr so dircts, us a Vnn diagram to compar/contrast Biblical viws of th aftrlif with Egyptian blifs. What do mummis, pyramids, and pharaohs hav in common? Why do w study mythology? What did this wk s radings tach you about Egyptian cultur? Whr do w find most of our xampls of Egyptian art? What dos it tll us about th Egyptians? What skills did th Egyptians mploy in crating thir arts? Did Egyptians hav any concpt of judgmnt? Bgin a chart that compars th charactr of Egyptian idols with God s charactr. (You ll finish this chart nxt wk. Only fill in th idols [gods] associatd with dath and th aftrlif this wk.) Dscrib th procss involvd in an Egyptian funral of a noblman or pharaoh. Explain th rasons Egyptians had for doing what thy did. 10. Compar and contrast Egyptian customs with our cultur s customs around dath. What do thos practics tll us about th blifs of ach cultur and how thy diffr? Gography: If you did not finish all th suggstd Gography work from last wk, try to do thos assignmnts first. Thn, labl ths political placs and pyramid locations on a clos-up (ovrlay or papr) map of Egypt: Mmphis Abydos Thbs Hliopolis Abusir Sakkara Midum Hraklopolis Nubia Cush Location of Sphinx & Grat Pyramid (Th Narrator stands on a bar stag.) th Pagant of PhilosoPhy: mt simplicio Narrator: Onc upon a tim thr was a youth namd Simplicio who was full of qustions. (Simplicio ntrs, looking around curiously.) Simplicio: Whr am I? Who ar you? Narrator: (ignoring his qustions) As a young child, Simplicio wantd to know vrything. Simplicio: (to himslf and th audinc) Why is th sky blu? What do frogs at? Narrator: As Simplicio grw oldr, th qustions grw hardr. Simplicio: Why do popl di? Who mad God? Is thr a God? Narrator: Simplicio wantd to do what was right but didn t know what to do. Simplicio: Oh, dar! Should I vn ask such qustions? Narrator: Thn, on day, Wisdom calld Simplicio, saying, Whoso is simpl, lt him turn in hithr. Simplicio: (looking around, as if th voic cam from th audinc) Hithr? Whithr? Narrator: To him who lacks sns sh says, Com, at of my brad, and drink of th win which I hav mingld. Forsak th foolish, and liv; and go in th way of undrstanding. 2 Simplicio: Who ar you? Whr ar you? Narrator: Har th voic of Wisdom: Happy is th man that findth wisdom, and th man that gttth undrstanding. Simplicio: H is? Narrator: Oh ys! For th mrchandis of it is bttr than th mrchandis of silvr, and th gain throf than fin gold. 4 Simplicio: Tll m mor! Narrator: Wisdom is mor prcious than rubis: and all th things thou canst dsir ar not to b compard unto hr. Lngth of days is in hr right hand; and in hr lft hand richs and honour. Hr ways ar ways of plasantnss, and all hr paths ar pac. Sh is a tr of lif to thm that lay hold upon hr: and happy is vry on that rtainth hr. 5 Simplicio: That s what I want! Narrator: Unfortunatly, Wisdom was not th only voic calling out to Simplicio. Th woman Folly was also calling him. Sh sat at th door of hr hous, on a sat in th high placs of th city, saying, Whoso is simpl, lt him turn in hithr. Simplicio: Simpl? I guss that would b m. Narrator: Sh calld out to him that lackd undrstanding and said to him, Stoln watrs ar swt, and brad atn in scrt is plasant. Simplicio: (uncrtainly) It is? Narrator: Simplicio did not know that hr gusts ar in th dpths of hll. Simplicio: I v got a bad fling about this Narrator: Simplicio was tmptd, but Wisdom did not giv up so asily. Sh crid out, calling in th strts and th gats of th city, saying, How long, y simpl ons, will y lov simplicity? Simplicio: Who, m? Narrator: Sh crid, How long will fools hat knowldg? Turn you at my rproof: bhold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will mak known my words unto you. 0 Simplicio: (dspratly) I m sorry! I ll turn. Tll m how to find wisdom! Narrator: Th far of th Lord is th bginning of wisdom: and th knowldg of th holy is undrstanding. Prov. :4. 2 Prov. :5-. Prov. :. 4 Prov. :4. 5 Prov. :5-. Prov. :. Prov. :. Prov. :. Prov. :22. 0 Prov. :22-2. Prov. :0. history: BackgrouNd information 25 On ncssary lmnt of a grat civilization is a strong, stabl, cntralizd govrnmnt. This wk, w will study th govrnmnt of Ancint Egypt, whos focal point was hr pharaoh (king). A pharaoh was blivd to b th incarnat sun god who, whn h did, mountd th sun s rays to rjoin his clstial countrpart. This blif volvd, and was wll stablishd by th tim th Grat Pyramids wr constructd; indd, scholars bliv that th pyramid shap rprsntd th rays of th sun and was constructd as a mans by which th god might mor asily ascnd aftr laving his arthly hom. Bcaus pharaohs, pyramids (thir tombs), mummis (thir rmains), and th gnral Egyptian blifs about lif aftr dath ar intimatly connctd, w will covr thm all in ths nots. Nxt wk, w will xpand our study to th ntir body of Egyptian mythology. Blow ar som gnral idas about thrads you might sk to covr thoroughly with your childrn in discussion. Eyptian Govrnmnt Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (south, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (north, nar th dlta). Lowr Egypt is calld lowr bcaus th land is lowr! As w larnd last wk, th highlands ar in Cntral Africa, whr Lak Victoria is. Egyptian pharaohs wr always titld King of Uppr and Lowr Egypt. Thir crowns wr doubl crowns. Bfor unification, th crown of Uppr Egypt was a whit conical hadpic, and th crown of Lowr Egypt was a rd, cylindrical on. Aftr unification, kings wor a doubl crown, whit within rd, and addd somtim latr, th royal cobra mrging from thm. On rason that Egyptian govrnmnt rmaind so scur was th blif in its king as a dity. Bring this fact out whn discussing Egyptian govrnmnt. Oldr childrn should larn about th dynastis from thir print rsourcs, and thn rcord ths dynastis and kingdoms into tim lins. Ths dats will srv as rfrnc points as w continu our studis of th Ancint World, so you should ask your studnt to rcord all th dats daling with Egyptian pharaohs or govrnmnts down to th tim of Julius Casar and Clopatra. W v offrd a chart in th Studnt Activity Pags and sampl answrs for this charts so you can hav a good ida of how dtaild th studnt s work should b. Look for this sampl chart at th nd of th History Discussion Outlin. Youngr studnts will njoy thir first glimpss of th fascinating livs of th pharaohs. Rsist th urg to rquir a lot of analytical discussion with littl ons. Simply allow thm to xplor facts and dtails about Egyptian pharaohs. Pyramids and Groundwork for Bibl Study Young studnts usually njoy discovring th mystris and marvls that surround th building procsss of th mighty pyramids. If your oldr studnt is intrstd in pyramid construction, by all mans, lt him div into som of th books rcommndd for youngr studnts this wk! With all studnts, whn discussing th pyramids this wk, lay groundwork for nxt wk s Bibl survy topic: God s judgmnt of th idols of Egypt through th tn plagus. Mak a strong connction btwn th fact that whil pyramids wr constructd to srv as tombs, thy wr also intndd to b monumnts to th gratnss of both th pharaoh and th Egyptian civilization. In Bibl tims, Egypt was th strongst, most advancd civilization of th Mditrranan World. As such, Egypt was nvid, fard, and rvrd and also copid. Egypt rprsntd th apx of human prid and accomplishmnt in its day, and th pharaoh was th focal point of this prid and slf-importanc. Small wondr that God chos to display His powr in Egypt whn h calld his popl out of slavry and bgan to prpar th world for its Savior! Mummis, Funral Rits, and Egyptian Blifs About Dath: All lvls will rad about th mummification procsss and rituals associatd with funrals. W will study both th tombs thmslvs, and th mn and womn ntombd in thm. A tricky aspct of this part of th wk is that Egyptian funral rits ar tid to rligious blifs, and studnts hav not yt studid thos blifs in dtail. Indd, you may not b planning to study thm at all with youngr studnts. Try to focus this wk s discussions on th physical aspcts of th procss th who, what, whn, and whr and lav th why for nxt wk. World Book on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt: Excrptd from a World Book articl ntitld Ancint Egypt, Contributor: Lonard H. Lsko, Ph.D., Profssor of Egyptology and Chairman, Dpart- history: Background information 27 On ncssary lmnt of a grat civilization is a strong, stabl, cntralizd govrnmnt. This wk, w will study th govrnmnt of Ancint Egypt, whos focal point was hr pharaoh (king). A pharaoh was blivd to b th incarnat sun god who, whn h did, mountd th sun s rays to rjoin his clstial countrpart. This blif volvd, and was wll stablishd by th tim th Grat Pyramids wr constructd; indd, scholars bliv that th pyramid shap rprsntd th rays of th sun and was constructd as a mans by which th god might mor asily ascnd aftr laving his arthly hom. Bcaus pharaohs, pyramids (thir tombs), mummis (thir rmains), and th gnral Egyptian blifs about lif aftr dath ar intimatly connctd, w will covr thm all in ths nots. Nxt wk, w will xpand our study to th ntir body of Egyptian mythology. Blow ar som gnral idas about thrads you might sk to covr thoroughly with your childrn in discussion. Eyptian Govrnmnt Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (south, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (north, nar th dlta). Lowr Egypt is calld lowr bcaus th land is lowr! As w larnd last wk, th highlands ar in Cntral Africa, whr Lak Victoria is. Egyptian pharaohs wr always titld King of Uppr and Lowr Egypt. Thir crowns wr doubl crowns. Bfor unification, th crown of Uppr Egypt was a whit conical hadpic, and th crown of Lowr Egypt was a rd, cylindrical on. Aftr unification, kings wor a doubl crown, whit within rd, and addd somtim latr, th royal cobra mrging from thm. On rason that Egyptian govrnmnt rmaind so scur was th blif in its king as a dity. Bring this fact out whn discussing Egyptian govrnmnt. Oldr childrn should larn about th dynastis from thir print rsourcs, and thn rcord ths dynastis and kingdoms into tim lins. Ths dats will srv as rfrnc points as w continu our studis of th Ancint World, so you should ask your studnt to rcord all th dats daling with Egyptian pharaohs or govrnmnts down to th tim of Julius Casar and Clopatra. W v offrd a chart in th Studnt Activity Pags and sampl answrs for this charts so you can hav a good ida of how dtaild th studnt s work should b. Look for this sampl chart at th nd of th History Discussion Outlin. Youngr studnts will njoy thir first glimpss of th fascinating livs of th pharaohs. Rsist th urg to rquir a lot of analytical discussion with littl ons. Simply allow thm to xplor facts and dtails about Egyptian pharaohs. Pyramids and Groundwork for Bibl Study Young studnts usually njoy discovring th mystris and marvls that surround th building procsss of th mighty pyramids. If your oldr studnt is intrstd in pyramid construction, by all mans, lt him div into som of th books rcommndd for youngr studnts this wk! With all studnts, whn discussing th pyramids this wk, lay groundwork for nxt wk s Bibl survy topic: God s judgmnt of th idols of Egypt through th tn plagus. Mak a strong connction btwn th fact that whil pyramids wr constructd to srv as tombs, thy wr also intndd to b monumnts to th gratnss of both th pharaoh and th Egyptian civilization. In Bibl tims, Egypt was th strongst, most advancd civilization of th Mditrranan World. As such, Egypt was nvid, fard, and rvrd and also copid. Egypt rprsntd th apx of human prid and accomplishmnt in its day, and th pharaoh was th focal point of this prid and slf-importanc. Small wondr that God chos to display His powr in Egypt whn h calld his popl out of slavry and bgan to prpar th world for its Savior! Mummis, Funral Rits, and Egyptian Blifs About Dath: All lvls will rad about th mummification procsss and rituals associatd with funrals. W will study both th tombs thmslvs, and th mn and womn ntombd in thm. A tricky aspct of this part of th wk is that Egyptian funral rits ar tid to rligious blifs, and studnts hav not yt studid thos blifs in dtail. Indd, you may not b planning to study thm at all with youngr studnts. Try to focus this wk s discussions on th physical aspcts of th procss th who, what, whn, and whr and lav th why for nxt wk. World Book on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt: 27 Tapstry of Grac: RdsigndLayout Excrptd from a World Book articl ntitld Ancint Egypt, Contributor: Lonard H. Lsko, Ph.D., Profssor of Egyptology and Chairman, Dpartm Yar Plan Lowr Grammar Uppr Grammar Rhtoric Dialctic All Lvls Lowr Grammr Rhtoric Dialctic Pharaohs and Pyramids 2 Thrads THREADS is a brand nw tratmnt of a Classic Tapstry fatur! Now its vry own sction, Thrads provid th main mphass of th wk at a glanc, for th bnfit of both tachr and studnt. Thrads offr th tachr objctiv goals for th wk s study so ncssary to Unit Study. Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 gnral nrichmnt/rfrnc church history Fin arts/activitis litratur history: supplmnt txts Rading assignmnts READING ASSIGNMENT CHARTS ar organizd so that all studnts ar rading about th sam historical topic, but using rsourcs spcially chosn for thir rading ability and lvl of comprhnsion. Not xciting Rdsign additions and rfinmnts in assignmnts and catgoris! 36 Wk Plans Tan bars man that ths pag typs ar always found in vry wk plan. Ovrviw vocabulary/tim lin dats POPl Thrads 2 WEEKLY OVERVIEW CHARTS show you th wk at a glanc for all suggstd activitis xcpt rading. Thy ar writtn to th studnts to ncourag indpndnt planning, but you ar th tachr and will b abl to guid th studnt s choics ach wk. INTRODUCTORY NOTES introduc nw usrs to our philosophy of ducation; this documnt applis to all four Yar-plans. A sparat st of four documnts provids usrs with information spcific to ach Yar-Plan about st up and implmntation. Loom Download and print from th Intrnt WRITING COMPONENT SCOPE & SEQUENCE provids additional support to parnts working with th Writing Componnt of any of our four Yar-Plans. WRITING SUPPLEMENTS provid xtra aids for tachrs whn implmnting th writing assignmnts for all four Yar-Plans. Handy forms, workshts, and instructions ar includd in ths pags. Gray bars man that ths typs of pags ar not found in vry wk plan. Writing assignmnts Studnt Activity 2 2 Pharaohs and Pyramids 2 Pharaohs and Pyramids 2 pharaohs and pyramids 2 Pagant of PhilosoPhy Tachr s NoTs Supplmnt WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ar anothr lmnt w changd just for you! Now xtractd from th old BASE componnt, and intgratd ach wk, writing with Tapstry has nvr bn asir. As with Classic Tapstry, 12 lvls instad of 4 will kp your studnts challngd at thir own lvls! STUDENT ACTIVITY pags ar hom for your studnts. Ths pags dtail projcts mntiond in th Wkly Ovrviw. Information is writtn to th studnt so that h or sh can larn through a varity of modalitis visual, tactil, or auditory. PAGEANT OF PHILOSOPHY is th uniqu way Tapstry of Grac approachs philosophy throughout human history... and has fun doing it! Enjoying a play format, studnts and parnts follow togthr th advnturs of Simplicio, th qustionr, as h dialogus with th famous minds of th ags. TEACHER S NOTES supply dtaild information to you by disciplin. You larn in summary what your childrn ar rading about in dtail. Bcaus you ar in th know, you can b th tachr vry wk with a minimum of prparation tim. SUPPLEMENTS ar what w giv you whn w v got so much to say w just can t fit it all in th Tachr s Nots. Supplmnts can b anything, from in-dpth articls to xtra craft instructions. Think of it as a bonus for th wks w includ it

11 Thank YOU so much...for your wondrful curriculum!! I don t know how you found th tim to writ it all down and organiz it, but I am so gratful that you did. Bcaus of your fforts and th Grac of God thr is a littl hom schooling family in California xprincing a rjuvnation of thir days and a sns that w CAN do it!!! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! G B I Tapstry of g rac a U O Unit ON: TH BOOKS of MOSES s YaR 1: Th History of REdmption k C Th Rdsignd Yar Plan Tapstry: Rdsignd taks th organization of our Classic Yar-Plan to a whol nw lvl! Capitalizing on th yars of fdback from our customrs, w v sought to smooth your homschooling path vn mor by prsnting ssntially th sam contnt in bttr ways. Th first chang w v mad is to go from photocopir production to offst printing. This opns up a whol nw world of possibilitis! Ths days, all printing is don digitally, which mans that thr s no xtra charg for what usd to b calld four-color printing. This mans that all of th Tapstry: Rdsignd wk-plans ar printd on whit papr with full-color cods that connct you with our formr organizational schm, but offr you vn clarr indications of whr what you nd is found in your Tapstry volum. Nxt, w r-ordrd th wk-plan. Th wk s matrials ar now prsntd in th ordr that w v found most of our moms us thm. W start with a rdsignd prsntation of th Thrads ths ar stramlind, brightr, and mor intuitiv, sinc w v assignd colors to lvls as wll as componnts. Nxt com th Rading Assignmnt Charts and Wkly Ovrviw sctions, ach in two-pag sprad prsntations. Following ths ar th nwly intgratd Writing Assignmnt Charts. In Classic Tapstry of Grac, ths ar found sparatd, and organizd by lvl and by unit. In Tapstry: Rdsignd, w hav rorganizd thm so thy ar right thr whr you nd thm: all 12 lvls ar now organizd by wk and at your fingrtips, and sporting larning lvl color cods as wll. Aftr th Writing sction, you ll find nwly dsignd Studnt Activity Pags. Th biggst chang hr is that w v carrid through th sam, nw larning-lvl color cods. Th lowr cornr of ach pag is tippd with color that tlls you (and your studnt who is working indpndntly) whr his work is. Th color cod Evry aspct of Tapstry: Rdsignd was cratd with you, th homschool tachr, in mind, so w try to mak our organization as simpl as possibl so you can concntrat on th important thing: taching your kids. W v placd colorcodd bars at th top of ach sction. Formr Classic Tapstry lovrs will fl right at hom, though. Ths colors corrlat to Classic Tapstry of Grac! Hr s a guid to th colors, and what thy man: Thrads Ovrviw/Rading Assignmnts Writing Assignmnts Studnt Activity Pags Pagant of Philosophy Tachr s Nots Supplmnts In addition to th abov, Tapstry: Rdsignd maks us of color to distinguish btwn its four larning lvls. Look for ths colors to dnot lvl labls on charts and in th Studnt Activity Pags. Pagant of Philosophy follows th Studnt Activity Pags in many wks, and if thr s a Supplmnt, it s placd aftr th Pagant. Finally, thr is a rorganizd Tachr s Nots sction. Again, it flows in th ordr that most popl us it: all History data (background and discussion outlins) ar placd togthr, followd by all Litratur data, thn nots on Gography, Govrnmnt Studis, Fin Arts/Hands-on projcts, Bibl Survy/Church History information, and finally, Worldviw Studis nots. Th sidbars hav bn rmovd, and th information is prsntd in a largr, clarr font. Bcaus th volum is now don with offst printing, th color and txt will b consistntly sharp and clar. lowr grammar dialctic uppr grammar rhtoric 9

12 Enough of th big pictur. Lt s gt down to spcifics. G B I a Tapstry of g rac O Unit ON: TH BOOKS of MOSES s U k C Rdsignd Thrads Back again, for th vry first tim... On way to dscrib th Tapstry program is that it is pr-plannd Unit Study. Though many homschoolrs hav larnd th valu of Unit Study (whr various disciplins ar organizd around a singl topic, and intrsts ar followd until th topic is xhaustd), many hav also xprincd frustration in planning thir own Unit Studis. YaR 1: Th History of REdmption Pharaohs and Pyramids 2 Taching objctivs: cor subjcts Thrads: History Tachr s Nots p. 25 Lowr Grammar Uppr Grammar Rhtoric Dialctic All Lvls All Lvls Not: if you do not wish for your studnt to study Egyptian mythology, plan to skip th Wk 3 plan (xcpt for Bibl radings) and strtch this wk s plan ovr two wks. Btwn rading and hands-on projcts, thr is mor than nough to kp young studnts busy for two wks. Larn th locations of major landforms & citis of Egypt. Larn about farming in ancint Egypt: its pattrns and crops. Larn about th many ways th Nil was important to arly Egyptian lif, and why Egypt has bn calld th gift of th Nil. Introduc studnts to classs of popl, xplaining that not all Egyptians livd at th sam conomic lvl; som wr slavs, and othrs indpndnt farmrs, craftsmn, or mrchants. Som popl wr prists, or srvd th pharaoh. Discuss vryday things as much as possibl: clothing, food, transportation, ducation, rcration and housing. Connct familiar facts and imags from youngr yars (crocodils, papyrus, th Nil and pyramids, for xampl) with th broadr dimnsions of Egyptian cultur. Consistntly connct this cultur with dtails of Moss childhood. As studnts larn about th Egyptians lifstyls, hlp thm analyz what God would hav thought about som aspcts of it. Bring out th fact that th Egyptians wr advancd for thir day, and a mighty civilization, but individuals wr lost and without hop for trnity. Today, th formrly proud Egyptian houss and tmpls li abandond and crumbling to dust. So will our homs: w ar lost, too, without th saving grac of th Lord Jsus. Enrich studnts study of Moss. Not that Egyptian cultur was comprisd mostly of farmrs, and that as it prosprd and grw in powr, it cam to b mor and mor a socity basd on slav labor. Dwll on particulars of farming and slavry with th studnts. (W will not in our Bibl Survy that Isralits wr shphrds, and that thy srvd as slavs in Egypt for 400 yars.) Thrads: Writing Writing Assignmnt Charts p. 8 Tachrs should consult th Writing Scop & Squnc (availabl in Th Loom) ach wk for additional hlp in taching th wk s assignmnt. Studnt assignmnts ar found in th Writing Assignmnt Charts containd in this wk-plan. Mak sur your child writs vry wk! Thrads: Litratur Tachr s Nots p. 32 Tachrs will find background information, discussion scripts, and answrs to studnt work shts or qustions in th Tachr s Nots. Studnts should consult th Litratur row of th Rading Assignmnt Charts for this wk s rcommndd assignmnts. Optional work shts for studnts in Dialctic, Uppr Grammar, and Lowr Grammar ar found in th Studnt Activity Pags. Thrads First of all, which rsourcs do w choos? Whr do w find thm? Must w pr-rad vry on to mak sur that our childrn ar not surprisd by unsavory matrial or rronous information? And thn, onc w do clar th planning hurtl, w bgin to fl that th rac w ar running is ndlss. Whn is a topic xhaustd? Whn ar w don with all th fascinating facts about Egypt? Txt books and work books bgin to look awfully inviting, yt w know our kids wr bord and gtting turnd off to school th last tim w trid that approach. W don t want our kids to miss anything, and thy r having a grat tim, but w hav bn in Egypt for two yars now and w hav scrtly bgun planning to brib our husband to drss up lik Moss and lad us out! W fl trappd btwn our idalistic ducational dsirs and th dmands of ral lif. Who says you can t hav it all? Tapstry of Grac is a dp and rich Unit Study, plannd on four distinct larning lvls, with spcific, pr-scrnd rsourcs rcommndd (and now sold!). Each wk, tachrs ar strongly guidd by our Thrads, which list masurabl goals for ach wk s study on ach larning lvl. Classic Tapstry incorporats Thrads into Tachr s Nots ach wk. In Tapstry: Rdsignd, w v movd th Thrads to th front of ach wk-plan and addd color coding

13 Evaluations Just to mak your lif asir: Evaluations Evn mor hlp is on th way from Lampstand Prss for parnts who wish to assss how ffctiv thy hav bn at achiving th goals that thy st whn thy bgan thir taching. W ar currntly dvloping custom-dsignd quizzs and tsts that ar basd on th goals and suggstd contnt of our wk-plans. Evaluations ar dlivrd on CD-ROM, and constitut an optional add-on. Th wkly quizzs and tsts ar dsignd to hlp you assss studnts on our four larning lvls. Each lvl is assssd diffrntly; qustions ar dsignd for th rasonabl xpctations of mntal procssing skills. Thus, for non-rading Lowr Grammar studnts, quizzs only ar offrd. Ths ar in oral quiz, writtn quiz, and projct assssmnt formats. Uppr Grammar studnts hav similar quiz formats, but ths ask for mor dtaild factual information, and add cumulativ writtn tsts. Uppr Grammar valuations mploy mor complx vhicls in lik formats than do thos of th non-rading Lowr Grammar quizzs. W giv you hlp on both lvls by taching you to assss your studnt using a st of critria, not just with ys or no answrs to arbitrary qustions w might ask. Dialctic-lvl studnts ar constantly making nw connctions btwn concrt facts. Our quizzs for this lvl ar highly graphical and rquir vry littl pncil work. Rathr, thy valuat how wll th studnt has larnd th connctions btwn th facts in th wk-plan that h s larnd. Cumulativ unit tsts for this lvl may look mor familiar to you with thir short answr, mulitpl choic, and chart-basd qustions. Th purpos for ths is to mak sur that junior high studnts hav practic in traditional tst formats in ordr to prpar thm for high school and collg sttings. Rhtoric-lvl studnts ar xrcisd in th skills of analysis and synthsis by Tapstry of Grac studis. Our valuations mirror this mphasis. Optional wkly quizzs ar all formattd alik: studnts answr tn factual qustions (using fill in th blank or : T/F formats) and thn choos on of two ssay qustions. Th quizzs G T W build (in contnt) to longr unit xams, which incorporat a vari4 ty of componnts including accountability for important 1 T W M tim lin dats and map labls from th unit.,. rvd rs ts righ All lc tic M in th Fill s with t nk bla ropria r p o ap ms a s. n trm id s la oin hc an, wit ym m. frr tyx d th y th r S v uri a ri b p s tiv l to ross th ab rla ac ar m os s h ls w ir y l th po Sou r th, to ov Dia ill. nnow rld, o as l h rw by sou Und Th th ys, d nth tr must b ama d it o d Rha but wh ould os, us, Min Aac it sh rdr a and whth or rw ld d as cid ish it h pun lif b th rth. for a d on us pio and stry od y go m nd da of th nny a s l su. l ha initiat u th an so nt to If th r if it is is s,o n it lif s, th lt u c ful as joy hw r art n d no o o go l s lif t to sou sn ry v is If th hr ad, it nit b dull, nd vry a d yish rift an th ra d to is g but rth ing a do ryth on v ul to ack. b r th so r h ns. H r o fo am vd c ing lo l th its o op is n from ost p r gs th rin up. M and r off r it it fo kd ch wa wic to t n sn sb,a l ha it is sou thn in l, pa If th sinfu ting and cia ru c x of c pla Dia lc tic M :. rvd G rs Evaluations disks ar bing producd, and thn bta tstd, yar by yar. Chck out our onlin bookstor (Th Bookshlf) for th availability of this optional add-on product whn you gt rady to ordr your Yar-Plan. f ro riv st at u gr lm, ks this sou r ross d, th ac g rl o do c rw d On g Und orribl -had livin th h op r nth st th ss s U pa iou is to ng th s c it ro d ri Ha a f job nt p os from ut. k wh to go l in d op, an com p d rl m so rwo ts fr m d jc, th th sub ts ad, m od ly-d it r g nw ids g n a s f gu. l o and orld sou rw n rso Und p th into d t l ho,w. n tha by ndrrou cult as su l of s w ystry ool oo P d a M blu at p of H lars. th p Th alac m o lt s p p rink fro ir cu it ds h th d w lan r th by nlit ould mb d sc su ll. iat to rm to th it in dw in r uls ass rd in o and p ious so p ts cr whr ts righ ly n io lig n so wa 14 ll l. A ar, r lif y it olg kol yth yd vr r th f Qu ths o his pa c n ala orld pho p rw rs Und was th nd P th a us, b g on alm Er Am us. rk r da rb to E d th rul tfulrg yf fo c o l y o db po s d d ray oun ar Ha Ag surr n d th nss trs all omc s ss a. C pr. w c r la k th pa n f o l dra Poo souls n mo itlly r k a y log Tho il rv Som arcia As always in Tapstry of Grac, you ar in control. You choos, wk to wk, which (if any) quizzs or tsts to administr, and within ths, which qustions studnts should answr. Our goal in producing ths is to giv you just on mor aid in moving down th Unit Study homschool road. ay ryd v d an ks n, io lig My rv Som arcia r, r lif ay d an 11

14 txts (Wk 2 of 3) DON) Smith (Wk 2 of 2) (Wk 2 of 3) p , 61. column) (J 932 TAN) Tirny 19, GIB) Classic Tapstry of Grac» Rcommndd radings collctd on on historical topic for all larning lvls ar collctd on on pag.» You choos ach wk from among our rcommndations th amount and typs of books.» Frly substitut your own books for th ons w rcommnd.» Many rsourcs ar shard by studnts at diffrnt larning lvls. This approach savs mony!» Supplmntal radings ar found on th back pag of th ovrviw sction of ach wk-plan.» Spac is givn to writ in your own slctions on th scond pag. Tapstry: Rdsignd» Our Rading Assignmnt Charts ar rdsignd with nwcomrs to homschooling in mind.» Our rcommndd radings ar now dividd into a two full-pag charts, ach with its own purpos.» Th first chart givs a simplifid list whr rsourcs ar dividd strictly by larning lvl and assignmnt lngth. If you want strong dirction with littl choic, implmnt this chart as writtn ach wk.» All th books on this first chart ar for sal at Th Bookshlf.» W v rtaind flxibility for thos who want mor choics and mor prsonal control ovr thir childrn s rading assignmnts. Our studnt qustions rmain topic-spcific, and th scond chart contains altrnat rsourcs for in-dpth study or simply mor choic. E Rading Assignmnts Thr s nothing lik a good book. Th Rading Assignmnt Charts ar writtn to th studnt, but you guid his choics. Each wk, you ar prsntd with a list of books that hav bn pr-scrnd and lovingly slctd to giv your studnts an intrsting, whol-book approach to larning. A uniqu fatur of all Tapstry of Grac plans is that all th studnts in your hom, rgardlss of larning lvl, ar studying th sam historical priod. This mans that you, as th tachr, only nd to brush up on on subjct a wk in ordr to tach maty lssons to ach of your studnts. In Classic Tapstry Rading Assignmnt Charts, much is lft to th tachr s discrtion. Each wk, thr ar mor than nough rading slctions offrd for ach lvl. Parnts dtrmin for thir uniqu studnts both th lvl of rading and th numbr of pags. Diffrnt typs of rsourcs ar rfrncd, with spcific pag numbrs assignd for ach. Wk to wk, for historical topics you will choos whthr your child will rad ovrviw txt book introductions to th subjct, spin book radings that ovrviw th historical priod in mor dpth,or nrichmnt radings for vn mor in-dpth study. Tapstry of Grac has a strong Litratur thrad. For oldr studnts, assignmnts ar from grat classic litratur of world. W dovtail ach Litratur slction with th historical priod of th wk, thus intgrating history and litratur, and nhancing th studnt s undrstanding of both. Choics for youngr childrn ar mor varid: thy ar most oftn historical fiction st in th ra or worthy books about th priod of study. history: supplmnt litratur Fin arts/activitis church history Pharaohs and Pyramids (Tim Travlr) by Tony Alln (J 932 ALL) p , Tut s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnlly (J altrnat or xtra RsouRcs For all studnts, radings on Fin Arts ar providd; for youngr studnts, rsourcs that hlp parnts provid crafting opportunitis for tactil larning ar includd. Finally, w hav our Worldviw Radings. This row of our chart is dvotd to hlping you dvlop a Christ-cntrd worldviw in your studnts. Radings for oldr studnts cntr in two disciplins: a full, on-crdit lctiv of ithr Bibl Survy or Church History runs through ach of th four Yar-Plans. Additionally and optionally, studnts may also choos to do a History of Philosophy lctiv, using our uniqu Pagant of Philosophy. Th Rading Assignmnt Chart suggsts background rading for Dialctic and Rhtoric lvl studnts in Philosophy. Th Story of th World, Strams of Civilization, Wstrn Civilization Volum 1 by Susan Vol. I, p (stop at (Sixth Edition, Combind Volum), p. 17- Wis Baur, chaptr 4 Th Hbrw Challng ), p (lft DK Rvald: Ancint Scrts of th Mummis by Shlly Tanaka Rostta Ston by Jams Th Riddl of th Egypt by Ptr Chrisp (J CHR) p Cross Giblin (J Egyptian Myths by Cat of Bubasts, a Tal Mara, Daughtr of th Jacqulin Morly (J of Ancint Egypt by G. Nil by Elois Jarvis M) (Wk 2 of A. Hnty (Juvnil Fiction) (Wk 2 of 3) tion) (Wk 2 of McGraw (Juvnil Fic- 3) 2) Building th Pyramids Pyramids! 50 Hands- Ancint Egyptian (Stickr Book) by A.G. On Activitis to Exprinc Ancint Egypt Fashions by Tom by Avry Hart & Paul Mantll (J 932 HAR) gnral nrichmnt/rfrnc Dsrts by Angla Wilks (J ) Rproducibl Maps, Charts, TimLins & Illustrations, p. 19 lowr grammar uppr grammar dialctic RhtoRic Rading assignmnts Classic Tapstry of Grac customrs hav th option of buying updatd book lists as thy ar producd for Tapstry: Rdsignd, calld Rtrofit Packags. If customrs own th rsourcs that thir Classic Tapstry plan rcommnds, thy hav no nd for th Rtrofit Packag. Howvr, many of our familis buy Tapstry whil thir childrn ar young, only purchasing books thy nd for youngr childrn at that tim. Four yars latr, thy nd books for now-oldr studnts, and th Rtrofit Packags srv thm wll, spcially sinc Th Bookshlf will carry th books w rcommnd in th Rtrofit Packags. In this way, your lif only gts asir as Lampstand Prss bcoms your onstop shopping cntr for libral arts studis

15 U Wkly Ovrviw Th littl big pictur Th Wkly Ovrviw Charts giv you a summary of th wk to com at a glanc. Lik th Rading Assignmnt Charts, thy ar writtn to th studnt, but you will guid him in his choics. Th first row of our Wkly Ovrviw Charts offrs a rstatmnt of th Thrads sction. It is a nw tratmnt of th sam information: again, writtn for th studnt s bnfit. Nxt, w highlight th nw popl studnts will ncountr in thir wk s rading. Som parnts don t do anything with this list. Othrs hav oldr studnts crat indx-card dcks whr ths popl ar faturd with picturs and short biographis. Still othrs giv thir studnts a brif oral quiz on th nams at th wk s nd to s how wll thy hav don at taching about thm. As with all th rsourcs in Tapstry of Grac, how you us this row is ntirly up to you. Th Wkly Ovrviw lists a fw hands-on projcts at ach lvl for individual studnts, and also suggsts on or two group activitis that might nhanc th wk s studis for co-ops. For Grammar studnts, vocabulary words ar providd. Again, parnts ar in control. Som us ths words as th studnt s only splling and vocabulary work. Othrs rquir studnts to giv vrbal dfinitions of th words. Still othrs us th words to introduc th studnts to th lsson, so thy will rcogniz thm whn thy com to thm in thir rading. As always, it s up to you, th parnt-tachr. For oldr studnts, w offr a list of tim lin dats ach wk in th Wkly Ovrviw. Studnts ar ncouragd to rcord ths in a prsonal tim lin (a four-yar projct for Dialctic and Rhtoric lvls). Doing so will nabl th studnts to mak connctions btwn tmporal contmporaris worldwid as h studis his way through world history on wk at a tim. Finally, thr s a summary of th wk s Gography assignmnt. Th studnt is ncouragd to do map work wkly, and th labls h is to us ar listd in th Studnt Activity Pags, but th lsson s goals ar summarizd hr for asy accss. Classic Tapstry of Grac Excpt for rading, studnts can s thir wk summarizd on ths two pags. Th following information is prsntd:» Major Thms: summariz and rstat for studnts th information givn to tachrs in th Thrads sction of th Tachr s Nots.» Popl: important popl that ar introducd in th wk s rading ar listd hr.» Group Activitis: idas for activitis that work wll with largr familis or co-op groups ar summarizd.» Vocabulary/Tim Lin: For Grammar lvls, unfamiliar words that appar in th wk s rading assignmnts ar listd hr. Parnts choos what to do with ths lists. Tim lin dats ar offrd for oldr studnts who ar crating a 4-yar prsonal tim lin projct.» Individual Hands-on Activitis: ach wk, w list activitis that offr a tactil approach to larning th wk s lsson.» Gography: th wk s work is summarizd in this row.» Litratur Discussion: for th thr youngst lvls, simpl narration prompts ar offrd so that moms can lad thir studnts in a simpl rviw of th wk s litratur slctions. Qustions involving litrary analysis qustions ar offrd lswhr for th Rhtoric Lvl studnts. Tapstry: Rdsignd Vry littl has changd in our updatd vrsion; th Wkly Ovrviw in our nw format srvs th sam usful purpos. Howvr, w hav rlabld on row and rmovd on row, so th chart is a littl simplr to follow.» Th Major Thms row has bn rnamd Studnt Thrads bcaus moms hav xprssd confusion as to how Major Thms rlat to othr sctions of th Tapstry wk-plan.» W v liminatd th Litratur Discussion row. Now, our Litratur assignmnts and aids ar fully containd in th Studnt Activity Pags and in th Tachr s Nots. 13

16 Writing Componnt Writing Rincorporatd Th Writing Componnt is on of th strongst aspcts of Tapstry of Grac. Plannd on twlv lvls, our plan givs you and your studnt trmndous varity and flxibility. Yt th important gnrs ar rpatd in th spiral rotation, so your studnt has th opportunity to first larn a writing gnr, and thn rturn to it whn h s oldr and hon his skills with that gnr vn mor. Th Tapstry writing program is not th only possibl plan for taching a child to communicat ffctivly in writtn form, but it is a spcific, linar, complt on that can srv as a dfinitiv guid, a jump off point, or anything in btwn. As always with Tapstry, you ar in control. Th flxibility of our plan is spcially hlpful to moms whos childrn ar dlayd in writing skills. Bcaus th assignmnts ar arrangd on larning lvls, not by Grads, rmdial studnts can shor up wak skills, thn quickly advanc to a mor appropriat lvl typically within on school yar. W sk to mak writing assignmnts as intrsting as possibl. Oftn, writing pr s is somwhat disguisd as, say, a display board projct (whr th young studnt writs paragraphs to xplain his display), or a radio play (larning to writ dialogu), or nwspapr projct (larning summary skills as wll as how to do dtaild dscriptiv writing). Structurally, th Writing Componnt is dividd into ovrlapping aids, ach of which corrlats with th othr but givs you hlp with diffrnt parts of th procss. Planning is your first stp. Our Introductory Nots (purpl) provid you with a onpag ovrviw of th ntir program, which is thn xpandd on th Scop & Squnc Charts (whit). Gnrs listd hr ar also rpatd in th lft column of th Writing Assignmnt Charts (coral). Aftr you v plannd your studnt s writing cours for th yar, you ll nd mor hlp with actually taching th lssons. Again, Tapstry aids ar outstanding. Rturn to th purpl Introductory Pags to accss th copious nots and instructions that supplmnt th writing handbook of your choic. (W rcommnd highly th Writ Sourc handbooks, but th program will work with any writing instruction supplmnts you choos to accss.) Handbooks ar usd bcaus thy display for th studnt sampls that hlp him work towards succss, and thy also provid basic instruction that you only nd to augmnt by tailoring it to your studnt s nds and qustions. Finally, w also provid Supplmnts. Ths ar aids to various lssons that nabl you to b an vn mor ffctiv writing

17 Not th diffrncs btwn th layouts of Classic Tapstry and Tapstry: Rdsignd. Th basic contnt of th Writing Componnt is ssntially unchangd. Th information has, howvr, bn significantly rarrangd. Th Writing Componnt in Classic Tapstry is dlivrd as th major portion of a sparat componnt. Thus, whn purchasing a full Yar-Plan, you must purchas four units and a BASE componnt. As picturd on pag 9 of this catalog, th BASE contains documnts that ar mant to b usd ovr th cours of th ntir yar, and th Writing Componnt is a major part of that BASE unit. In Tapstry: Rdsignd, th Writing Componnt has bn brokn up btwn two diffrnt dlivry systms. W hav liminatd th BASE Componnt, incorporating th Writing assignmnts into th wk-plans, and dlivring aids to tachrs via th Intrnt, initially, and thn vntually in print whn th Rdsign dvlopmnt is compltd. Whthr in Intrnt or print format, w call this collction of documnts Th Loom. At last in th initial stags, thr will b no charg for Tapstry purchasrs to accss Loom documnts. coach. From prwriting forms to charts to grading rubrics, th Supplmnts (grn) to Tapstry s Writing Componnt will giv you th confidnc you nd to bcom an xcllnt writing instructor. Studnts work dirctly with th Writing Assignmnt Charts that spll out spcific, ag-appropriat writing projcts that ti right into th historical matrial your child is studying ach wk. Ths writing assignmnts us th studnt s history radings as th launching pad for th final stag of th Tapstry larning procss: READ THINK WRITE. Gnrs that rquir multipl wk projcts ar plannd, lvl to lvl, in concurrnt wks to mak your job as tachr asir. So, for instanc, if Lvls 3, 5, and 8 ar doing a nwspapr projct, that work is assignd in concurrnt wks. You only prpar onc to tach ths studnts this gnr. And though thy ar working on th sam gnr, studnts will find that assignmnts diffr in difficulty, from lvl to lvl. Our writing program rsts on th prmis that drop by drop, th buckt is full. Assignmnts, whthr on wk long or multiwk projcts, sk to hav th studnt complting a doabl portion that nsurs both ongoing practic and succss. Through wkly rptition, studnts larn to pr-writ, draft, polish, and prsnt thir writing. Classic and Rdsignd W ar having such fun. This is our 12th yar of hom schooling, and by far th bst. You hav combind all of th bst mthods of schooling, using bits of vrything I hav wantd to do for my childrn. It works so smoothly, just th right amount of indpndnt study, just th right amount of Mom involvmnt. I thank God that H ld you to do th considrabl amount of work it taks to mak this curriculum availabl to all of us. Oftn as I am rading and prparing, I cannot comprhnd what it taks for you to put this togthr. It is, I bliv, a gift. Thank you for sharing with us. BASE units in Classic Tapstry plans Tapstry: Rdsignd formats BASE BASE BASE BASE WEEK PLAN LOOM 15 Assignmnts hav bn changd from orang to rd, and movd from th BASE (whr thy wr organizd by lvl) to thir individual wks. Supplmnts and th Scop & Squnc havn t changd at all, xcpt for thir updatd look. You ll find thm in th Classic BASE, or in th Rdsignd Loom. Scop Writing Scop & Squnc 1 La facidunt Lor dolor Eliquat. Elit ilit lamtu do t, quatio consnim nullamt, volobor rassim vrcidunt lor squis num zzrilis dolorrcipis xrastrud molobor augiat am, sct min utat volor am ugiam vl ulla fuip rcipis modiam dolobor sct consd riusci bla facipsu sciliquat, commy nisi. 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Rud t tatm digna corpril ipit lor ilisisi. Dlit ulputtum zzrit wisim vl ip rassi. Acidunt nibh xrcilis ugu cons cor min hndigna adipsum um in utpat. Duis numsand ipsumsan hnt pratur ostrud tat dit xrilis nonsd dolorp rosti diam, commol sndr magnit prat. Ut vrat. Estrud r suscilit am ip xr squat, sim tum vlit, commoluptat. Ed t facilis niam quisit vlit, vliquamt alit iur conullum dolor t duiscilis snis ad molum zzriustrud minci rit lor vlismod min ut autt, si tionullan ullut lut num ilismodipit non utat lor consd lnisim nim vullum ip lisl ullamco nullam do odiam, quis nisiscil utm vliqui l ssit vlit la at x t do squatummy nulluptat wis non vnt dolum ro dolorm ros at vnis nissi bla conulput faccum nis nt ct mincinis nulla con hnibh sctt lor vl ut dl iriurt, vliquiscin u faci ndr dolortu uipit iur dipit ulput vlsti dignit adiat. 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Duisl ugait wis nit ut nonum vl do conulputat aliquat la fuis nullandipit lorprit wis nonsquatum vlis nos at aut rcidunt adipisi ctt, squat, commy nim qui t dolnt ugiamcons vlndigna faciliquamt vlis nibh xras quisl iliquis ugait vr ip ugur susciduis aut ad dolorm vnit, volort iriustrud ttu cor diam quat. Ros dlnis adit, cons vl iriusci lluptat consquam inibh um t vls do xro conulla fugu lit do dl r s vr sis nullaor sissit, commy nibh xr aliquisi tt aliquis niam do commolor a fu fu facidunt diat riur dit prasto dunt lobor fum iustrud tissi. Conummy non ugait pratismod umsand rrostrud t dolor dolort laorril diat, vullumsan vniat volor alit, quipis duisl l dolum nons nim in vulla aliquat nosto odo dolnibh strud min hndipis l ugait, consd magna faci rasto con snim nibh rcillam, vulputpat dio ct do r atu ting a facin uisl t tum adipisl ing xrosto nit nonsquat. Il iliquam atisi bla corrassit lummodolor con ut vniam vullum zzrilit luptat. Lorm illa fu fugait adiamco mmodolssi t nonsquissim vro odiam, commol squism olorpr sustin ulla fuisim in ulla aliscin vulputat. Ipit lor vlissquat, susto cor sisi Marcia Somrvill. All rights rsrvd. Larning Lvl 1 Wk Unit 1 Wk Unit 2 1 Starting to build a Word Bank 10 Dfining a sntnc Word Bank: practicing sntnc formation Draw & caption: Indus Vally Dwllrs 2 Building a Word Bank: nouns Draw & caption: Pharaoh and Moss 11 Capitalization and punctuation of sntncs Starting Pink Book aloud Draw & caption: Ancint China 3 Building a Word Bank: mor nouns Draw & caption: th Isralits lav Egypt 12 Mor capitalization and punctuation Mor Pink Book aloud Starting dictation using Word Bank Draw & caption: th Maya 4 Building a Word Bank: pronouns Adding othr words, too Draw & caption: Adam, Ev, and Noah 13 Mor capitalization and punctuation Pink Book aloud Writtn dictation: simpl sntncs Draw & caption: Early Grks 5 Building a Word Bank: vrbs Adding othr words, too Draw & caption: th Sumrians 14 Mor capitalization and punctuation Pink Book aloud Writtn dictation: simpl sntncs Draw & caption: a Grk myth 6 Building a Word Bank: mor vrbs Adding othr words, too Draw & caption: th Patriarchs 15 Mor capitalization and punctuation Pink Book aloud Writtn dictation: simpl sntncs Draw & caption: Trojan Wars 7 Building a Word Bank: prpositions Adding othr words, too Draw & caption: th Tabrnacl and Mosaic Law 16 Mor capitalization and punctuation Pink Book aloud Writtn dictation: simpl sntncs Draw & caption: Hittits and Lydians 8 Building a Word Bank: adjctivs Adding othr words, too Collcting this unit s draw & caption projcts for display 17 Mor capitalization and punctuation Pink Book aloud Writtn dictation: simpl sntncs Draw & caption: Th Philistins 9 Building a Word Bank: conjunctions and intrjctions 18 Mor capitalization and punctuation Pink Book aloud (continu as ndd through th yar) Writtn dictation: simpl sntncs Draw & caption: Phonicians Nots: Th draw & caption xrciss in Unit 1 and 2 and th clustr and dscrib xrciss in Units 3 and 4 can all b collctd into a book calld Popl of th Ancint World. Not that th book will start with rprsntations that ar mor pictorial than txtual, but by th yar s nd, thr will b mor txt than picturs in your studnt s rprsntations. This yar-long projct will b immnsly satisfying to your young studnt whn it is assmbld and displayd at your Yar s End Clbration. 27 Tachr s NoTs Pharaohs and Pyramids 2 27 history: BackgrouNd information On ncssary lmnt of a grat civilization is a strong, stabl, cntralizd govrnmnt. This wk, w will study th govrnmnt of Ancint Egypt, whos focal point was hr pharaoh (king). A pharaoh was blivd to b th incarnat sun god who, whn h did, mountd th sun s rays to rjoin his clstial countrpart. This blif volvd, and was wll stablishd by th tim th Grat Pyramids wr constructd; indd, scholars bliv that th pyramid shap rprsntd th rays of th sun and was constructd as a mans by which th god might mor asily ascnd aftr laving his arthly hom. Bcaus pharaohs, pyramids (thir tombs), mummis (thir rmains), and th gnral Egyptian blifs about lif aftr dath ar intimatly connctd, w will covr thm all in ths nots. Nxt wk, w will xpand our study to th ntir body of Egyptian mythology. Blow ar som gnral idas about thrads you might sk to covr thoroughly with your childrn in discussion. Eyptian Govrnmnt Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (south, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (north, nar th dlta). Lowr Egypt is calld lowr bcaus th land is lowr! As w larnd last wk, th highlands ar in Cntral Africa, whr Lak Victoria is. Egyptian pharaohs wr always titld King of Uppr and Lowr Egypt. Thir crowns wr doubl crowns. Bfor unification, th crown of Uppr Egypt was a whit conical hadpic, and th crown of Lowr Egypt was a rd, cylindrical on. Aftr unification, kings wor a doubl crown, whit within rd, and addd somtim latr, th royal cobra mrging from thm. On rason that Egyptian govrnmnt rmaind so scur was th blif in its king as a dity. Bring this fact out whn discussing Egyptian govrnmnt. Oldr childrn should larn about th dynastis from thir print rsourcs, and thn rcord ths dynastis and kingdoms into tim lins. Ths dats will srv as rfrnc points as w continu our studis of th Ancint World, so you should ask your studnt to rcord all th dats daling with Egyptian pharaohs or govrnmnts down to th tim of Julius Casar and Clopatra. W v offrd a chart in th Studnt Activity Pags and sampl answrs for this charts so you can hav a good ida of how dtaild th studnt s work should b. Look for this sampl chart at th nd of th History Discussion Outlin. Youngr studnts will njoy thir first glimpss of th fascinating livs of th pharaohs. Rsist th urg to rquir a lot of analytical discussion with littl ons. Simply allow thm to xplor facts and dtails about Egyptian pharaohs. Pyramids and Groundwork for Bibl Study Young studnts usually njoy discovring th mystris and marvls that surround th building procsss of th mighty pyramids. If your oldr studnt is intrstd in pyramid construction, by all mans, lt him div into som of th books rcommndd for youngr studnts this wk! With all studnts, whn discussing th pyramids this wk, lay groundwork for nxt wk s Bibl survy topic: God s judgmnt of th idols of Egypt through th tn plagus. Mak a strong connction btwn th fact that whil pyramids wr constructd to srv as tombs, thy wr also intndd to b monumnts to th gratnss of both th pharaoh and th Egyptian civilization. In Bibl tims, Egypt was th strongst, most advancd civilization of th Mditrranan World. As such, Egypt was nvid, fard, and rvrd and also copid. Egypt rprsntd th apx of human prid and accomplishmnt in its day, and th pharaoh was th focal point of this prid and slf-importanc. Small wondr that God chos to display His powr in Egypt whn h calld his popl out of slavry and bgan to prpar th world for its Savior! Mummis, Funral Rits, and Egyptian Blifs About Dath: All lvls will rad about th mummification procsss and rituals associatd with funrals. W will study both th tombs thmslvs, and th mn and womn ntombd in thm. A tricky aspct of this part of th wk is that Egyptian funral rits ar tid to rligious blifs, and studnts hav not yt studid thos blifs in dtail. Indd, you may not b planning to study thm at all with youngr studnts. Try to focus this wk s discussions on th physical aspcts of th procss th who, what, whn, and whr and lav th why for nxt wk. World Book on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt: Excrptd from a World Book articl ntitld Ancint Egypt, Contributor: Lonard H. Lsko, Ph.D., Profssor of Egyptology and Chairman, Dpart- Writing Scop & Squnc: Ovrviw 2002 Marcia Somrvill. All rights rsrvd. Explanatory Nots for Lvl 1: Ovrviw Lvl 1 is dsignd to b taught using ithr Writ ONE or Writ Away, or othr writing rsourcs you hav on hand. All topics rfrncd ar found in ths rsourcs, or you may alrady own rsourcs that contain information on th gnrs w covr. (This ovrviw pag rfrncs information/topics for all four Yar-Plans.) Lvl 1 studnts ar typically in first grad, and this curriculum assums that thy ar on track to b rading wll by mid-yar using som kind of indpndnt phonics program. Sinc larning to rad is th numbr ONE job of first gradrs, th writing program mant to b light and fun. It will dovtail with your phonics program in that it dircts you to hlp your child dvlop a Word Bank for us in lssons about languag structur and writing convntions. S xplanation of Word Bank (and its uss) on pags 6-7 of th Introductory Nots. W also rcommnd th frqunt us of common word gams as dtaild on pag 9 of th Introductory Nots. Th Pink Book 1 is rcommndd as supplmntary practic. W suggst you do it orally with your child, aftr h s bgun to rad. You can also us this book as a sourc for sntncs for dictation. Th Lvl 1 sction of th ovrviw chart on pag 2 of th Introductory Nots is rprintd hr for your convninc: Lvl Fiction/Crativ Writing Potry/Plays/Spch/ Prsntations Building Writing Skills 1 Story about m (3 wks) Ancint World, Colonial Amrica, Prsidnts, or Spac Rac books Introduc parts of spch What is a sntnc? Typs of sntncs Capitalization/punctuation Frindly nots and lttrs Draw & caption Clustr and dscrib Th Lvl 1 Handbook and Grammar Supplmnts from th chart on pag 3 of th Introductory Nots is rprintd hr for your convninc: Lvl Th Writ Sourc Sris Publishr Rcommnds Rcommndd Additional Supplmnts for Grammar/Mchanics Studis Marcia s commnts on Writ Sourc Handbooks: 1 Writ On (W usd 1997) Phonics program Pink Book 1 (waiting a yar is OK!) Taking dictation This is a GREAT book if: 1) you want your littl studnt to hav his own book, and 2) you don t mind buying anothr book nxt yar. You can also choos to buy Writ Away and us it both this yar (with hlp) and nxt (mor indpndntly). NOTE: Although Yar-Plans shuffl th ordr in which a gnr is covrd (and may vary its lngth by a wk hr or thr), th sam basic matrial is covrd for Lvl 1, no mattr whr in th cycl of Yar-Plans your child happns to b. Nots spcific to Yar-Plans follow hr: Yar 1 and Yar 3 studnts will bgin a Book of Ancint Popls or Book of Prsidnts almost right away. S gnral nots on book making on pag 8 of Introductory Nots, and bgin this projct, along with Word Bank projct, as indicatd in th Scop and in th Yar-Plan-spcific assignmnts. Ths books will b havily dpndnt on illustrations, which you can hlp your child procur or crat in a numbr of ways: Scoop illustrations from onlin links on th Tapstry wb sit Buy lin-drawing coloring books rcommndd in th Rading Componnt If you hav a scannr, scan from your rading assignmnts or library books, thn cut and past thm (lctronically or litrally) with your child s writing Hav your child draw his own uniqu illustrations! Th point of ths books is th writing, not th illustrations. Yars 1 and 3 studnts will start thir books with simpl Draw and Caption mthods and thn, as th yar progrsss, mov to Clustr and Dscrib approachs. Yar 3, Lvl 1 studnts who bgin a Prsidnts Book will want to continu it in Lvl 2 as thy do Yar 4. Spcific assignmnts for making Prsidnts Books ar not givn in th Scop for Lvl 2, but th suggstion for complting a nw pag is givn whnvr a nw Prsidnt is bing studid in Yar 4. Kindrgartn studnts whos familis bgin Yar 3 may want to start a vry simpl Prsidnts Book, thn complt it whil doing Yar 4, or just simply us th Spac Rac Book ida for Yar 4 and skip th Prsidnts Book altogthr. 1 Th Pink Book, as w call it around our hous, is ntitld Daily Guidd Taching and Rviw for 2nd and 3rd Grads by Wanda C. Phillips. It s th first book in th Easy Grammar Sris. In first grad, w only us about a third of it, and this orally. It is NOT ssntial to this program, if mony is tight. You ll not th wks it s usd in th Scop plan. Scop Writing Scop & Squnc 1 La facidunt Lor dolor Eliquat. Elit ilit lamtu do t, quatio consnim nullamt, volobor rassim vrcidunt lor squis num zzrilis dolorrcipis xrastrud molobor augiat am, sct min utat volor am ugiam vl ulla fuip rcipis modiam dolobor sct consd riusci bla facipsu sciliquat, commy nisi. Lum dit vliquat wisit acilla augura strud dolupta turostrud do ros am, quis nit nullan a cons adio xr ilit ipsustrud uisl iusti tin volobor mod lit vnim dolss ndrrcilit nostinit vnibh a fugait pratum dionsquam, si blan riliss ndipit lan ut wiscilla fugurit luptation xrcinim vulla faci t tt, cons modoln dipsustrud tin ullandignisl lsto commodit aci bla facilit, con rosto consnis auttu ugiam do diamt aliquis niam l t la conulput vr inciliquamt ro consd magna consquat lumsandr dlisci liquat augiatt, volssisis nulputpat ipit nonsnt laor s dolor dit volnis nim vl dl x ummolobor inci uis dolorp rcipissi. Squis duip u facilla fum vliquamt dolorr ciliquis nullan ut lniam vl dolorrci tis at. Ut wiscidui blamcom molorm adignim nons t pras con lit alis u fui nim vr sd dolndr tummo lorti vliquis ad a accum ip squisl ip r sis a fum quat. Ut pratis alis nim quipis adiat. Em digna fu faccum inci liquis nostions ad magnit lummy nulput ro odolobo rrilluptat. Ect ting t prasquat. Rud t tatm digna corpril ipit lor ilisisi. Dlit ulputtum zzrit wisim vl ip rassi. Acidunt nibh xrcilis ugu cons cor min hndigna adipsum um in utpat. Duis numsand ipsumsan hnt pratur ostrud tat dit xrilis nonsd dolorp rosti diam, commol sndr magnit prat. Ut vrat. Estrud r suscilit am ip xr squat, sim tum vlit, commoluptat. Ed t facilis niam quisit vlit, vliquamt alit iur conullum dolor t duiscilis snis ad molum zzriustrud minci rit lor vlismod min ut autt, si tionullan ullut lut num ilismodipit non utat lor consd lnisim nim vullum ip lisl ullamco nullam do odiam, quis nisiscil utm vliqui l ssit vlit la at x t do squatummy nulluptat wis non vnt dolum ro dolorm ros at vnis nissi bla conulput faccum nis nt ct mincinis nulla con hnibh sctt lor vl ut dl iriurt, vliquiscin u faci ndr dolortu uipit iur dipit ulput vlsti dignit adiat. Er squat autati facillam iurm ssis dolor ti magnismodiam vrcil utat wisisl ulputatt aliqui bla con utat, vlis rcing a faccum quam, corm volnim quatt ipsum autpatummy nons commy nosto dolobor rassis augu dolorpr alis autat. Duip a facilis nim iustrud magna cons nos t am zzriliquisl ipsummy numsandrro x um vlit lobor si. Mod dlnit vr iustrud xros dionsd modolor dl dolor iurrostin ugait ad ti tumsandr facip a facincil dionulputt alis att wiscili scipsum quisci bla adiam, cons magna corriustrud tm augiat, quis atu dolor tt nonummy num quipisismod tumsandigna faccum ugu vullaorti dolor s ugu molortion utm il utpat, volum doluptat. Ort ilis dliquam ct fu fugait nullut vulput tio nibh u faccum illamt, corm irit, vlndr dolnt nonsnis ugait aut alis r augiat tio dolor volorrat ullumsandr rcidunt wisi. Quisismodit autpat vnt am, vls vullutat. Duipsusto dl in vl t ut laorm lis autat wisl dolor sisiscidunt numsandiat aliquat in hnt irit la cor fugiamcons cons t tat. Duisl ugait wis nit ut nonum vl do conulputat aliquat la fuis nullandipit lorprit wis nonsquatum vlis nos at aut rcidunt adipisi ctt, squat, commy nim qui t dolnt ugiamcons vlndigna faciliquamt vlis nibh xras quisl iliquis ugait vr ip ugur susciduis aut ad dolorm vnit, volort iriustrud ttu cor diam quat. Ros dlnis adit, cons vl iriusci lluptat consquam inibh um t vls do xro conulla fugu lit do dl r s vr sis nullaor sissit, commy nibh xr aliquisi tt aliquis niam do commolor a fu fu facidunt diat riur dit prasto dunt lobor fum iustrud tissi. Conummy non ugait pratismod umsand rrostrud t dolor dolort laorril diat, vullumsan vniat volor alit, quipis duisl l dolum nons nim in vulla aliquat nosto odo dolnibh strud min hndipis l ugait, consd magna faci rasto con snim nibh rcillam, vulputpat dio ct do r atu ting a facin uisl t tum adipisl ing xrosto nit nonsquat. Il iliquam atisi bla corrassit lummodolor con ut vniam vullum zzrilit luptat. Lorm illa fu fugait adiamco mmodolssi t nonsquissim vro odiam, commol squism olorpr sustin ulla fuisim in ulla aliscin vulputat. Ipit lor vlissquat, susto cor sisi. 2 Pharaohs and Pyramids Writing assignmnts gnrs suggstd assignmnts 1 Build your Word Bank: nouns Draw & caption: Pharaoh and Moss Rad about nouns in your handbook. This wk, add as many nouns as you can to your Word Bank. Rad about draw & caption tchniqus in your handbook. Start a Popl of th Ancint World book. For ach famous prson or popl group you study this yar, mak a on-to-two-pag draw & caption rprsntation. This wk, your draw & caption rprsntations should b of Pharaoh and Moss: Us coloring book picturs or draw picturs of Pharaoh and Moss. Includ facts such as th supposd dity of Pharaoh and th story of Moss birth. 2 Build a Word Bank: nouns and pronouns Add othr words, too Rad about pronouns in your handbook. If your notbook has a Grammar sction, rcord a dfinition of a pronoun. This wk, add as many pronouns as you can to your Word Bank. You can also add mor nouns if you want to! 3 Writing sntncs Start taking dictation (continu for th rst of this unit as your tachr dircts) Rad in your handbook about sntnc parts, problms, and combinations. Practic joining or combining sntncs using sampl sntncs your tachr givs you. If your tachr so dircts, start th daily disciplin of taking dictation. You ll do this daily for th rst of th unit; it will hlp you larn to proprly fix problm sntncs and prfct your punctuation and capitalization skills. 4 Writing is a procss: Focus on pr-writing skills: graphic organizrs Mor practic using th handbook Your tachr will giv you handbook scavngr hunts1 to fill in this wk. Larn (rviw) th stps in th writing procss. Rviw various graphic organizrs, and rcall (or larn) what organizrs ar bst usd for diffrnt writing gnrs. Th topics blow will giv you practic in organizing your thoughts for at last two spcific writing gnrs. (Don t writ th paragraphs, just practic organizing thoughts.) Fil ths for nxt wk s us whn complt. Dscrib Pharaoh s court. (Dscribing whl or snsory chart) What do Pharaohs, pyramids, and mummis hav in common? (Clustring) 27 Supplmnt pharaohs and pyramids 2 27 history: Background information On ncssary lmnt of a grat civilization is a strong, stabl, cntralizd govrnmnt. This wk, w will study th govrnmnt of Ancint Egypt, whos focal point was hr pharaoh (king). A pharaoh was blivd to b th incarnat sun god who, whn h did, mountd th sun s rays to rjoin his clstial countrpart. This blif volvd, and was wll stablishd by th tim th Grat Pyramids wr constructd; indd, scholars bliv that th pyramid shap rprsntd th rays of th sun and was constructd as a mans by which th god might mor asily ascnd aftr laving his arthly hom. Bcaus pharaohs, pyramids (thir tombs), mummis (thir rmains), and th gnral Egyptian blifs about lif aftr dath ar intimatly connctd, w will covr thm all in ths nots. Nxt wk, w will xpand our study to th ntir body of Egyptian mythology. Blow ar som gnral idas about thrads you might sk to covr thoroughly with your childrn in discussion. Eyptian Govrnmnt Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (south, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (north, nar th dlta). Lowr Egypt is calld lowr bcaus th land is lowr! As w larnd last wk, th highlands ar in Cntral Africa, whr Lak Victoria is. Egyptian pharaohs wr always titld King of Uppr and Lowr Egypt. Thir crowns wr doubl crowns. Bfor unification, th crown of Uppr Egypt was a whit conical hadpic, and th crown of Lowr Egypt was a rd, cylindrical on. Aftr unification, kings wor a doubl crown, whit within rd, and addd somtim latr, th royal cobra mrging from thm. On rason that Egyptian govrnmnt rmaind so scur was th blif in its king as a dity. Bring this fact out whn discussing Egyptian govrnmnt. Oldr childrn should larn about th dynastis from thir print rsourcs, and thn rcord ths dynastis and kingdoms into tim lins. Ths dats will srv as rfrnc points as w continu our studis of th Ancint World, so you should ask your studnt to rcord all th dats daling with Egyptian pharaohs or govrnmnts down to th tim of Julius Casar and Clopatra. W v offrd a chart in th Studnt Activity Pags and sampl answrs for this charts so you can hav a good ida of how dtaild th studnt s work should b. Look for this sampl chart at th nd of th History Discussion Outlin. Youngr studnts will njoy thir first glimpss of th fascinating livs of th pharaohs. Rsist th urg to rquir a lot of analytical discussion with littl ons. Simply allow thm to xplor facts and dtails about Egyptian pharaohs. Pyramids and Groundwork for Bibl Study Young studnts usually njoy discovring th mystris and marvls that surround th building procsss of th mighty pyramids. If your oldr studnt is intrstd in pyramid construction, by all mans, lt him div into som of th books rcommndd for youngr studnts this wk! With all studnts, whn discussing th pyramids this wk, lay groundwork for nxt wk s Bibl survy topic: God s judgmnt of th idols of Egypt through th tn plagus. Mak a strong connction btwn th fact that whil pyramids wr constructd to srv as tombs, thy wr also intndd to b monumnts to th gratnss of both th pharaoh and th Egyptian civilization. In Bibl tims, Egypt was th strongst, most advancd civilization of th Mditrranan World. As such, Egypt was nvid, fard, and rvrd and also copid. Egypt rprsntd th apx of human prid and accomplishmnt in its day, and th pharaoh was th focal point of this prid and slf-importanc. Small wondr that God chos to display His powr in Egypt whn h calld his popl out of slavry and bgan to prpar th world for its Savior! Mummis, Funral Rits, and Egyptian Blifs About Dath: All lvls will rad about th mummification procsss and rituals associatd with funrals. W will study both th tombs thmslvs, and th mn and womn ntombd in thm. A tricky aspct of this part of th wk is that Egyptian funral rits ar tid to rligious blifs, and studnts hav not yt studid thos blifs in dtail. Indd, you may not b planning to study thm at all with youngr studnts. Try to focus this wk s discussions on th physical aspcts of th procss th who, what, whn, and whr and lav th why for nxt wk. World Book on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt: Excrptd from a World Book articl ntitld Ancint Egypt, Contributor: Lonard H. Lsko, Ph.D., Profssor of Egyptology and Chairman, Dpart-

18 RHETORIC LEVEL PhArAohS And PyrAmidS ing th diffring thoris, if you wish. If you hav tim, go to th Tapstry Yar 1 History wb pag, and spnd som tim looking at th wbsits linkd undr Wks 2-3. Nxt wk, w ll study mor about Egyptian mythology, so focus on sits that hav to do with pyramids, mummis, and picturs of Egyptian artifacts. Mmphis Abydos Thbs Hliopolis Abusir Sakkara Midum Hraklopolis Nubia Cush Classic Tapstry of Grac» Printd on blu papr, th Studnt Activity Pags ar organizd on four distinct larning lvls. Each lvl is indicatd by a uniqu symbol at th top of ach pag as wll as hadrs that tll you which pags apply to which lvls.» It is possibl to print studnt workbooks using ithr a photocopy machin or th Rproducibls CD ROM that coms fr with ach Classic Tapstry Yar-Plan. Studnt Activity Kping m busy Studnt Activity Pags xpand th lsson lmnts listd in th Wkly Ovrviw Charts. Spcific information, writtn to th studnts, xplains studnts assignmnts in dtail. Hr, Grammar and Dialctic studnts will find xtnsiv Gography map labls, hands-on projct idas, and workshts that rinforc Litratur assignmnts. Additionally, Dialctic and Rhtoric studnts find in-dpth, thought-provoking qustions that lad thm to glan as much from thir rading assignmnts as thy can without hlp from you. Th qustions also prpar studnts wll for th wk s discussion on historical topics. For many of th wks, you may want to tak tim to look at th rcommndd links on our xtnsiv wbsit that furthr support studnts study of th wkly topic. Answrs to studnt workshts ar found in th Tachr s Nots, as wll as Discussion Outlins that hlp you to answr studnts qustions whil larning tons about history yourslf! 2 Studnt Activity Prparing for History discussion tim: Accountability Qustions: As you rad this wk, tak nots on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt. Mak a chart and includ th following hadings: Priod: Nam & dats dynastis and thir charactristics achivmnts and vnts Plas bring this chart to your discussion tim! Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (southrn, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (nar th dlta). Whn did thy bcom unitd? Whr was th nw capital of th unitd kingdom? What did th pharaoh s crown com to look lik, and what did it symboliz? Dscrib Egyptian armis: anything you know about thir wapons, thir tactics, and thir structur. Outlin th dvlopmnt of various typs of tombs. Mntion how pyramids dvlopd from mastabas to stp pyramids, to straight-sidd pyramids. Thr ar varying thoris on how th Egyptians constructd thir pyramids. S if your library has a vido dscrib- =V Thinking Qustions: Why do you think th pharaohs spnt so much tim and attntion on thir pyramids? Try to think byond slfish dsirs som of ths ar accurat rasons, but thr ar mor. Summariz in a brif paragraph Egyptian blifs about th aftrlif. If your tachr so dircts, us a Vnn diagram to compar/contrast Biblical viws of th aftrlif with Egyptian blifs. What do mummis, pyramids, and pharaohs hav in common? Why do w study mythology? What did this wk s radings tach you about Egyptian cultur? Whr do w find most of our xampls of Egyptian art? What dos it tll us about th Egyptians? What skills did th Egyptians mploy in crating thir arts? Did Egyptians hav any concpt of judgmnt? Bgin a chart that compars th charactr of Egyptian idols with God s charactr. (You ll finish this chart nxt wk. Only fill in th idols [gods] associatd with dath and th aftrlif this wk.) Dscrib th procss involvd in an Egyptian funral of a noblman or pharaoh. Explain th rasons Egyptians had for doing what thy did. Compar and contrast Egyptian customs with our cultur s customs around dath. What do thos practics tll us about th blifs of ach cultur and how thy diffr? Gography: If you did not finish all th suggstd Gography work from last wk, try to do thos assignmnts first. Thn, labl ths political placs and pyramid locations on a clos-up (ovrlay or papr) map of Egypt: Location of Sphinx & Grat Pyramid Tapstry: Rdsignd» Rdsignd Studnt Activity Pags hav a blu bar at th top so that xprincd Tapstry usrs will asily find thm.» A chang in format is that lvls ar indicatd by a colord swatch in th lowr cornr of ach pag, rathr than lvl symbols at th top of ach pag. Howvr, hadrs rmain.» Instad of producing Rproducibls CD-ROMs, w plan to post copis of Studnt Activity work pags on our nw rstrictd wbsit ara for download and printing. This way, if thr ar corrctions to b mad, w can do so asily and inxpnsivly, and you will nvr nd up with disks that don t match your child s assignmnts. 16 =V

19 27 Tachr s Nots Classic Tapstry of Grac» Thrads bgin th sction and giv you a clar indication of doabl goals for th wk s lsson. No mor unit studis that nvr nd!» Th main information ach wk is prsntd in th cntral sction of ach pag.» Sidbars amplify th main idas by giving hlpful dtails or answrs to studnt work. Tachr s Nots put you in th know as tachr of th wk! history: BackgrouNd information Pharaohs and Pyramids 2 On ncssary lmnt of a grat civilization is a strong, stabl, cntralizd govrnmnt. This wk, w will study th govrnmnt of Ancint Egypt, whos focal point was hr pharaoh (king). A pharaoh was blivd to b th incarnat sun god who, whn h did, mountd th sun s rays to rjoin his clstial countrpart. This blif volvd, and was wll stablishd by th tim th Grat Pyramids wr constructd; indd, scholars bliv that th pyramid shap rprsntd th rays of th sun and was constructd as a mans by which th god might mor asily ascnd aftr laving his arthly hom. Bcaus pharaohs, pyramids (thir tombs), mummis (thir rmains), and th gnral Egyptian blifs about lif aftr dath ar intimatly connctd, w will covr thm all in ths nots. Nxt wk, w will xpand our study to th ntir body of Egyptian mythology. Blow ar som gnral idas about thrads you might sk to covr thoroughly with your childrn in discussion. Eyptian Govrnmnt Two kingdoms dvlopd arly: Uppr Egypt (south, but upland of th dlta rgion) and Lowr Egypt (north, nar th dlta). Lowr Egypt is calld lowr bcaus th land is lowr! As w larnd last wk, th highlands ar in Cntral Africa, whr Lak Victoria is. Egyptian pharaohs wr always titld King of Uppr and Lowr Egypt. Thir crowns wr doubl crowns. Bfor unification, th crown of Uppr Egypt was a whit conical hadpic, and th crown of Lowr Egypt was a rd, cylindrical on. Aftr unification, kings wor a doubl crown, whit within rd, and addd somtim latr, th royal cobra mrging from thm. On rason that Egyptian govrnmnt rmaind so scur was th blif in its king as a dity. Bring this fact out whn discussing Egyptian govrnmnt. Oldr childrn should larn about th dynastis from thir print rsourcs, and thn rcord ths dynastis and kingdoms into tim lins. Ths dats will srv as rfrnc points as w continu our studis of th Ancint World, so you should ask your studnt to rcord all th dats daling with Egyptian pharaohs or govrnmnts down to th tim of Julius Casar and Clopatra. W v offrd a chart in th Studnt Activity Pags and sampl answrs for this charts so you can hav a good ida of how dtaild th studnt s work should b. Look for this sampl chart at th nd of th History Discussion Outlin. Youngr studnts will njoy thir first glimpss of th fascinating livs of th pharaohs. Rsist th urg to rquir a lot of analytical discussion with littl ons. Simply allow thm to xplor facts and dtails about Egyptian pharaohs. Pyramids and Groundwork for Bibl Study Young studnts usually njoy discovring th mystris and marvls that surround th building procsss of th mighty pyramids. If your oldr studnt is intrstd in pyramid construction, by all mans, lt him div into som of th books rcommndd for youngr studnts this wk! With all studnts, whn discussing th pyramids this wk, lay groundwork for nxt wk s Bibl survy topic: God s judgmnt of th idols of Egypt through th tn plagus. Mak a strong connction btwn th fact that whil pyramids wr constructd to srv as tombs, thy wr also intndd to b monumnts to th gratnss of both th pharaoh and th Egyptian civilization. In Bibl tims, Egypt was th strongst, most advancd civilization of th Mditrranan World. As such, Egypt was nvid, fard, and rvrd and also copid. Egypt rprsntd th apx of human prid and accomplishmnt in its day, and th pharaoh was th focal point of this prid and slf-importanc. Small wondr that God chos to display His powr in Egypt whn h calld his popl out of slavry and bgan to prpar th world for its Savior! Mummis, Funral Rits, and Egyptian Blifs About Dath: All lvls will rad about th mummification procsss and rituals associatd with funrals. W will study both th tombs thmslvs, and th mn and womn ntombd in thm. A tricky aspct of this part of th wk is that Egyptian funral rits ar tid to rligious blifs, and studnts hav not yt studid thos blifs in dtail. Indd, you may not b planning to study thm at all with youngr studnts. Try to focus this wk s discussions on th physical aspcts of th procss th who, what, whn, and whr and lav th why for nxt wk. World Book on th dynastis of Ancint Egypt: Excrptd from a World Book articl ntitld Ancint Egypt, Contributor: Lonard H. Lsko, Ph.D., Profssor of Egyptology and Chairman, Dpart- Tachr s NoTs Your wkly chat sht Homschooling moms ar som of th busist popl on arth, and lik vrything ls in th Tapstry program, this sction is dsignd to hlp. Our suprvising authors ar xprincd homschooling moms who know that many tims moms ar forcd to bcom managrs of school tasks rathr than tachrs of acadmic contnt. With Tapstry plans, sinc vry studnt in your hom is studying th sam topic ach wk, actual taching rally is within your rach! Whil your studnts rad about historical happnings in dtail, you rad about it in summary in ach wk s Tachr s Nots. Furthrmor, you hav, in ths nots, th answrs to th studnts qustions, lctur nots, and discussion outlins for all th major disciplins: History, Litratur, Bibl Survy/Church History, Govrnmnt, and Worldviw Studis. A uniqu fatur of our discussion outlins is that w attmpt to mntor you in taching Socratically which mans that you tach by asking qustions, rathr than ithr lcturing in a monoton or playing a wkly gam of mind-dadning, qustion-and-answr ping pong. Our discussion qustions aim at hlping you lad your studnt by asking qustions that will hlp him mak connctions btwn facts or idas h found in his rading assignmnts. It is our blif that studnts who ar ld by qustioning rmmbr data longr and also own thir opinions for thmslvs. Thy undrstand how thy cam to an ida bcaus thy hav struggld to arriv at it thmslvs, rathr than bing spoon-fd passivly. Tapstry: Rdsignd» Thrads hav bn movd to thir own sparat sction at th start of th wk-plan.» Tachr s Nots hav bn r-ordrd to flow mor logically, rlatd to how most parnts us thm ach wk.» At th nd of ach Tachr s Nots, w v cratd a nw fatur: A Glanc Ahad... This chart givs you a hads-up on th rsourcs you ll nd nxt wk and how to choos thm. 17

20 Pagant of Philosophy Classic Tapstry of Grac» Pagant scripts ar printd on gray papr and includd in many, but not all wk-plans.» Tachr s Nots contain background information for tachrs and sampl answrs to studnt assignmnts.» Radings for studnts that round out th lctiv ar printd in th Rading Assignmnt Charts. Tapstry: Rdsignd» Pagant scripts hav bn intgratd into th wk-plans. As with Classic Tapstry not all wk-plans includ a Pagant script.» Tachr s Nots support is significantly nhancd in th Tachr s Nots of Tapstry: Rdsignd. Dp thoughts, fun format Th Pagant of Philosophy is an introduction to th history of philosophy for high schoolrs. It gntly introducs studnts to th main idas and prsonalitis of (mostly Wstrn) philosophy. W fl that studnts should b introducd to th idas that oppos Christianity and attract unblivrs, undrgirding (oftn without thir dirct knowldg) many of th unbiblical viws in th studnt s futur frinds and nighbors. Is your studnt collg-bound? You may b concrnd about th proponnts of conflicting worldviws that h will ncountr in collg dorm discussions lat at night. So ar w! That s why Scott Somrvill has undrtakn writing Pagant of Philosophy. Scott was a philosophy major at Dartmouth Collg and has ingniously dsignd a sris of playlts joind by a common charactr. Simplicio is a youth (who can b rad by a young man or woman) who is looking for Truth in all th wrong placs. H has rjctd th Bibl as a non-objctiv sourc of truth, and so, for many wkplans of all four Yar-Plans, h wandrs around asking thos h mts thir opinion of th sourc and foundations of Truth. As th wks unfold, h ncountrs th major thinkrs of history and ngags ach in turn in arnst convrsations, which compris th playlt scripts. Scott intnds that parnts will rad th rol of ach philosophr, and studnts th rol of Simplicio. Aftr rading th script, thr ar background dtails and discussion outlins that assist th tachr in complting ach lsson. If studnts wish to arn high school crdit for this portion of Tapstry, you may plan a fw light rading and writing assignmnts ach trm that round out th History of Philosophy lctiv. In ach Pagant script, Scott has clvrly intgratd dirct quots from ach philosophr and includd footnots. If you or your studnt bcom curious about a statmnt by a givn philosophr, you hav a plac to start in digging dpr into th philosophr s thoris. Dpnding on your and your studnt s tim availability, you can us Th Pagant in a numbr of diffrnt ways. Us it fully as writtn (including rading and writing assignmnts), or lightly, by rading just th playlt ach wk and discuss it, or choos not to us it at all. Usd fully, it is dsignd to b a on-crdit high school cours in th History of Philosophy takn ovr four yars (so, ach Yar-Plan affords 1/4 crdit). Supplmnts Whn vrything isn t nough Evry so oftn, w find information that simply dosn t fit nicly into th dsign schm of Tapstry of Grac. Somtims this is information for th tachr s us; othr tims, w want to provid a worksht or som additional information for th studnt. W hav cratd Supplmnts for ths rar but important xcptions. Supplmnts ar indicatd by th grn color in both Classic Tapstry and Tapstry: Rdsignd volums. Thy ar also prsnt in th Classic BASE componnt and Th Loom of Tapstry: Rdsignd, usually as Writing Supplmnts

21 Optional Extras Hlpful but optional products from Lampstand Prss MapAids: Trri Johnson, of Knowldg Qust, Inc., has cratd bautiful, custom-drawn maps for ach studnt lvl. For ach of th 36 wks of ach Tapstry plan, sh has cratd simpl and clar black lin maps (printabl in black and whit or color your choic) and tachr maps that show you th corrct placmnt of all labls suggstd to your childrn in thir lsson. Each Yar-Plan has a sparat disk, or you can buy thm as a st on on disk at a discount. S th Tapstry wbsit and Lampstand Prss bookstor (Th Bookshlf) for dtails and availability. Rproducibls: A uniqu, Yar-Plan spcific CD-ROM accompanis ach ordr of a full Yar- Plan of Classic Tapstry of Grac fr of charg. It contains copis of all th pags in your Tapstry volum that you will want to rproduc from wk to wk. If you ar ordring individual units, you can buy Rproducibls sparatly. Thy ar inxpnsiv and vry handy! Ordr thm from Th Bookshlf (our nw bookstor). Tab Sts: Organiz your Yar-Plan with this handy st of 40 tabs. Thy ar custom printd on havy stock with rinforcd hols and tabs, on which ar printd th wk numbrs. On st fits any Classic Yar-Plan, whil Rdsignd volum sts ar individualizd for spcific Yar-Plans. You won t find a st of 40 tabs anywhr for our pric!h h 19

22 s Yar On: Th History of Rdmption s s Unit 1: Th Books of Moss W bgin with a chronological study of th books of Moss, arrangd in th ordr h most probably wrot thm. Thus, our history studis bgin with a study of Egyptian cultur. W thn follow th Isralits into th dsrt, studying Cration, th Cradl of Civilization, th Patriarchs, and th Mosaic Law in a flashback approach. Th suggstd Unit Clbration involvs holding a Sdr mal. Unit 2: All Govrnmnts Ar Establishd by God Studnts of all ags njoy a whirlwind tour around th glob as thy bgin with a thr-wk study of th ancint culturs of India, China, and th Amricas. Rturning to th Middl East, thy thn study arly Grk culturs and thir mythology whil rading Homr s works (ithr in translation or in simplifid, storybook formats). In th final four wks of this unit, studnts larn of th stablishmnt of Isral as a nation in th Promisd Land as w rad th storis of Joshua, Judgs, Ruth, Saul, and David, God s shphrd king. Unit 3: Prparing th World for its Savior This unit bgins with a sad ra for Isral. Studnts start with Solomon s rign of tmporal glory and powr but not his sadly dividd hart and watch as his kingdom is dividd aftr his dath, thn plundrd and dstroyd by pagan mpirs that God raiss up: th Assyrians and Babylonians. In Wk 23, w study th pivotal Prsians, who both rstord th Isralits to thir homland and also attmptd to xpand into Grk trritory. Our focus rmains on Grc for th four final wks of Unit 3. Unit 4: In th Fullnss of Tim Our final unit focuss on th Roman Empir. W rad of its stablishmnt, growth, and dominanc in th Mditrranan World. It was into this contxt that Jsus Christ was born, ministrd, and did on th Cross for our sins. It nds with th Fall of th Roman Empir. Unit 4 contains rich studis in Roman cultur and litratur, Christian Church history, and Govrnmnt studis

23 s of Moss k Unit 1: Th Boo G Ia s B U Nil Egypt: Gift of th Curtain Riss on ramids Pharaohs and Py mnt of God m and th Judg is th ly Po Egyptian h Noah Cration Throug sopotamia rly History of M Babl to Ur: Ea t From Ur to Egyp Th Patriarchs: l and th Law ac rn b Ta ss: Th God In Th Wildrn shipping God as Holinss & Wor ss: n r ild W In Th riors ss: Slavs to War In Th Wildrn stablishd rnmnts Ar Unit 2: All Gov Buddhism lly, Hinduism, E Tapstry of grac Ok Mom! W will covr approximatly 3/4 of th Bibl, ithr in storybook format (youngr studnts) or in th translation of your choic (oldr studnts). Yar 1 offrs a dtaild study of pagan mythologis for all ags, but, rcognizing that many parnts will not want young childrn confusd by ths storis, w also offr altrnat radings for thm. Finally, w rad th works of Homr (th Iliad and th Odyssy) in thir historical contxt concurrnt with th biblical priod of th Judgs instad of in connction with th much latr Goldn Ag of Grc. Nw for Fall 2006 Yar 1 is a rich study for all family mmbrs including U C nit ON: TH BOOKS of MOSES YaR 1: Th History of REdmption by God and 10 Th Indus Va and Taoism ina: Confucius 11 Ancint Ch ricas: Inuits, Mound Buildrs, and Mayas Culturs 12 Ancint Am : Cycladic, Minoan, Mycnaan, and Trojan 13 Early Grks : Evryday Lif, Rligion, and Mythology Judgs 14 Early Grks d Sttlmnt: Joshua, Canaanits, and Early 15 Conqust anul, and Nighboring Culturs 16 Judgs, Samdgs, th Ris of Saul, and th Philistins 17 Th Last Ju hrd of Isral & th Phonicians ior rld For Its Sav o 18 David, Shp W th g in r a Unit 3: Prp Dividd Hart ns and th Foun ding of Rom 28 Th Etrusca Rpublic: Evryday Lif 29 Th Roman Rpublic Expands: Th Punic Wars 30 Th Roman Clts, Julius Casar, and th Gallic Wars 31 Th Ancintm: Evryday Lif and th Lif of Christ ch 32 Imprial Ro prial Rom and th Ris of th Early Chur 33 Mor on Im artyrs 34 Saints and nmconqur: Constantin 35 In This Sigof Rom 36 Th Fall For Classic Tapstry Yar On usrs, a Rtrofit Packag is now availab! 19 Solomon: A Kingdom d 20 Th Dividdn Scourg: Th Northrn Kingdom is Dport ptivity Ca ria an sy ni As lo by 21 Th ans) and th Ba ni ylo ab -B o ns (N 22 Th ChaldaPrsians: Th Isralits Rturn Hom d d an d Spar ta Unint s Wars, Athns, an 23 Md an rsi P Th s: Prsian 24 Grks and Ag of Grc: Ploponnsian Wars n ld Philosophy Go 25 Th athmatics, and nts: Scinc, M m v hi Ac k io at n 26 Gr ion for Proclam Grat: Prparat th r d an x llnss of Tim 27 Al Unit 4: In Th Fu 21

24 Yar Two: Btwn Ancint and Modrn Unit 1: Th Middl Ags Yar 2 bgins whr Yar 1 lft off: with Europ in chaos and Byzantium as th cartakr of th litrary works of antiquity. Soon, studnts study th ris of Islam and th Viking cultur and thn sttl down to focus on th rligious, political, social, artistic, and cultural distinctivs of th Middl Ags in Wstrn Europ. On highlight of Yar 2 is th suggstd Mdival Fast that compriss th rcommndd Unit Clbration. Unit 2: Rnaissanc & Rformation In Unit 2, studnts covr th intllctual and artistic dvlopmnts of th Rnaissanc. Oldr studnts xplor th connctions btwn th Rnaissanc and two crucial latr movmnts: th Ag of Exploration and th Rformation. Thy also continu to follow th dvlopmnt of th modrn nation-stats of Wstrn Europ. Unit 3: Colonial Amrica Whn thy first approach th contnt of Unit 3, oldr studnts may fl that thy hav spnt lots of tim on Colonial Amrica alrady. But thy should b plasantly surprisd as assignmnts in this unit at thir lvl will assum familiarity with th basic history of Colonial Amrica and build on this foundation by focusing qually on paralll vnts in Europ. For lmntary-agd studnts thr is plnty of tim for a dtaild study of Colonial Amrica. Many trrific hands-on projcts ar rcommndd for ths youngr studnts as wll. Unit 4: Th Ag of Rvolutions Unit 4 bgins with a survy of th dp divisions btwn th rgions of Colonial Amrica. W not profound diffrncs btwn thir founding govrnmnts, thnic makup, and gography. Studnts thn study th turbulnt ra of rvolutions in Amrica and Franc, noting important diffrncs btwn thm. Th yar nds with an in-dpth study of th Unitd Stats Constitution

25 Yar 2 survys 1400 yars of history from th fall of Rom to th ris of th Unitd Stats of Amrica. High school studnts nd to covr all of history in just four yars, but many familis with youngr childrn choos to covr Yar 2 in two school yars bcaus thr is so much rich contnt that thy do not want to hurry through. Thr ar also so many grat rsourc books for both th Middl Ags and Colonial Amrica that many tachrs want to lingr in ths intrsting historical ras. As always with Tapstry, th choic is yours! Highlights of Yar 2 includ instructions for an laborat Mdival Fast, cration of a Colonial nwspapr or play, and an outlin for a summr projct rnacting th writing of th U.S. Constitution! Unit 1: Th Middl Ags Grammar-Dialctic Rhtoric 1 Introduction: Rviw of Yar 1 Thms: Organizing for Study and Honing Rsarch Skills 2 Byzantin Empir and th Eastrn Orthodox Church 3 Ris of Islam 4 Th Dark Ags: Background of Far, Monastris, and Vikings 5 Th Making of Mdival Europ : Charlmagn, Alfrd, and Hnry 6 Mdival Lif: Fudalism 7 Th High Middl Ags Crusads, Indulgncs, and Inquisition; Magna Charta Signd 8 Th Mongols, Marco Polo & th Far East 9 Th Rshaping of Mdival Europ 10 Early Lights (Gutnbrg & Pr-Rformation Saints) Unit 2: Rnaissanc & Rformation 11 Southrn Rnaissanc 12 Ag of Exploration: Early Explorrs and Columbus 13 Ag of Exploration: Latr Explorrs 14 Spanish Dominion and th Nw World: Aztcs and Incas 15 Th Northrn Rnaissanc: Erasmus 16 Th Rformation: Martin Luthr and th Grman Stats 17 Th Rformation in Switzrland, England, and Scandinavia 18 Th Countr Rformation: Frnch Hugunots and th Nthrlands 19 Elizabthan England and th Scottish Rformation Unit 3: Colonial Amrica 20 Early English Colonis in Amrica: Jamstown 21 Early English Colonis in Amrica: Plymouth 22 Othr Early Europan Sttlmnts in Amrica: th 23 Dutch in NY & NJ, th Frnch/Nativ Amricans Othr Nw England Colonis: CT, NH, RI, and Local Nativ Amricans 24 Sttlmnt of th Middl Colonis: Historis of NJ, DE, PA, NY, and Local Nativ Amricans 25 Southrn Colonis: VA & MD Grow, Founding of NC, SC and GA and Local Nativ Amricans 26 Evryday lif in th Colonis: Colonial Trads and Skills/Nativ Amricans 27 Evryday lif in th Colonis: Childrn and Cloths, Homs, Chors, Food, and Rligion in Daily Livs/Nativ Amricans Early Non-English Sttlmnts in Amrica: Nw Franc and Early Documnts; Rviw Founding of Thirtn Colonis Ag of Rason I: Scinc Lads th Way Th Ris of Absolutism: Th Sun King and Othr Absolutist Monarchs Puritan England : th Civil War to th Glorious Rvolution of 1688 Ag of Rason II: Litratur and Philosophy Th Grat Awakning Unit 4: Th Ag of Rvolutions 28 Th Northrn Colonis 29 Th Middl Atlantic Colonis 30 Th Southrn Colonis 31 Europan Evnts that Shapd Amrica : Th Frnch and Indian War 32 Th Amrican Rvolutionary War: Its Foundation 33 Th Amrican Rvolutionary War: Its Cours 34 Th Amrican Rvolutionary War: Its Outcom Th Frnch Rvolution 35 Th U.S. Constitution: Its Incption 36 Th U.S. Constitution: Its Ratification G B I a Tapstry of g rac s U O Unit On: Th Middl Ags YaR 2: Btwn Ancint and Modrn k C Coming for Classic Tapstry Yar Two 23

26 Yar Thr: Th 1800 s Unit On: Napolon s World Yar 3 bgins by rviwing lat-yar 2 topics with a nw focus. W again study th Unitd Stats Constitution, but our attntion is not so much on its formation and ratification as on arly dvlopmnts of th Suprm Court. Whras in Yar 2 w studid th Frnch Rvolution brifly from th safty of th Amrican shor, this unit taks us to Europ and provid a much fullr xploration of what th Napolonic Wars mant thr. Th Unit Clbration for oldr studnts is a suggstd simulation of th Congrss of Vinna, which laid th foundations for a cntury of pac in Europ. Unit Two: Th Birth of th Modrn Unit 2 bgins with a look at on of th gratst missionaris of modrn tims: William Cary. W thn rturn to Amrica and focus on th Ag of Jackson, xploring important dvlopmnts in Amrican govrnmnt as wll as th rapid wstward xpansion (including th Mxican-Amrican War) and industrialization. Concurrnt vnts in world history ar also xplord, including th history of Australia. Unit Thr: Nations Dividing and Uniting Th cntrpic of this unit is th Civil War, but studnts bgin th unit by rading about anothr grat missionary of th 19th Cntury, Hudson Taylor, and by catching up on th history of th Orint. Thy also larn of a littl studid but important Europan conflict th Criman War. W spnd tim on th Rconstruction Era, and not with sadnss th xtrmination of many Wstrn Nativ Amrican tribs during th Indian Wars. Unit Four: Th Gildd Ag In Unit 4, w again study famous modrn missionaris, this tim on th African continnt. Also, oldr studnts ncountr Europan Imprialists as thy lingr in Africa. Youngr studnts dlight to study Europan socity in th Victorian Ag, th Ag of Immigration, and intrsting scintific advancs of th lat 1800 s. Oldr studnts xamin th challngs of rapid industrialization, including labor disputs, th ris of organizd labor unions, and th fantastic contrasts of walth and povrty

27 Th gnral organizational structur of Yar 3 is to follow th trms of Amrican prsidnts. Whil th Civil War is adquatly covrd, th largr goal of Yar 3 for oldr studnts is to furthr aid in worldviw dvlopmnt through th introduction of idas that shapd th 20th Cntury and continu to affct us today. Isms such as Marxism, Capitalism, Darwinism, Individualism, and th cult of Progrss ar thoroughly introducd and discussd. Youngr studnts will njoy in-dpth studis of Wstward Expansion and Immigration movmnts and will com to bttr undrstand th stps by which Amrica movd from an agrarian-basd socity to an urban-cntrd on. Unit 1: Napolon s World Grammar Dialctic-Rhtoric 1 Introduction: Rviw Yar 2 Topics and Popl 2 Rviw of John Adams Prsidncy & Robrt 3 Napolon: Th Man and His Carr Fulton Introduction: Rviw Yar 2 Thms and th Ag of Rason Th Frnch Rvolution: Rviw of Absolutism and th Trror 4 Lif in Europ During th Napolonic Wars; Romanticism 5 Early Industrial Rvolution in England and Amrica 6 Rviw th Unitd Stats Constitution and th Dvlopmnt of th Suprm Court 7 Prsidnt Jffrson and Lwis and Clark Th Jffrsonian Prsidncy in Focus 8 Jams Madison s Prsidncy and th War of Simon Bolivar and South Amrica Th Congrss of Vinna 1815; Simon Bolivar 10 Prsidnt Monro and th Monro Doctrin Congrss of Vinna, continud; Prsidnt Monro Unit 2: Th Birth of th Modrn 11 William Cary ( ) in India; Rviwing Hinduism 12 John Quincy Adams: Nationalism and Sctionalism 13 Prsidnt Jackson: Th Ris of Individualism and Jacksonian Dmocracy 14 Australia Europan Socity : Wavs of Rvolution and Australia 15 Ovrviw of Amrican Expansion: Manifst Dstiny ( ); Pionrs Had Wst! 17 Mor on th Pionrs and Prsidnt Polk Th Mxican-Amrican War 18 California Gold Rush, Pony Exprss, th Tlgraph Uprisings of 1848 In Focus; Nationalism; Marx and Communism Unit 3: Nations Dividing and Uniting 19 Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China Hudson Taylor: China, Japan, and th Opium Wars 20 Criman War, Sardinia, and th Unification of Italy 21 Undrground Railroad and Prsidnt Buchanan A Nation Dividing ( ) 22 Civil War I ( ): Ovrviw of th Gnrals, Battls, and Evnts; Prsidnt Lincoln 23 Civil War II ( ): Prsonalitis, Portraits, and Appomattox 24 Transcontinntal Railroad and Rconstruction Rconstruction ( ): Prsidnts Johnson and Grant 25 Lif of th Plains Indians Th Plains Indian Wars: 1850 s to 1870 s 26 Thomas Edison and Alxandr Graham Bll Unification of Grmany and Prussian Wars Unit 4: Th Gildd Ag 27 African History; Modrn Missions: David Livingston and Mary Slssor 28 Mor on Africa; Th Effcts of Imprialism Europan Imprialism Aftr Victorian England and th British Empir 30 Imprssionism and Cultur 1870 s to 1900: Focus on Amrica 31 Immigration and Th Statu of Librty Immigration: Statu of Librty; 32 Immigrants Who Mad Good: Carngi and Rockfllr Social Darwinism and Laissz Fair Economics Robbr Barons or Captains of Industry? 33 Immigration and Ellis Island; Invntors Labor Issus and Trust Bustrs 34 Gorg Washington Carvr Populists, Progrssivs, and Muckrakrs 35 Scintific Advancs: Louis Pastur and th Curis Rsults of Growth: Alcoholism and Povrty; Th 36 Spanish Amrican War, Roosvlt s Coming of Ag, and Hawaii Salvation Army and Charls Spurgon: Th Church Maks A Diffrnc Boxr Rbllion, Bor War, Spanish-Amrican War, Roosvlt s Coming of Ag, and Hawaii G B I a Tapstry of g rac O Unit On: NApolon s World s U k C Classic Tapstry Yar Thr Coming for YaR 3: Th 1800 s 25

28 Yar Four: Th Twntith Cntury Unit 1: Casting off th Moorings Yar 4 bgins with an in-dpth look at th Ag of Innocnc - that goldn tim whn it smd that scinc and tchnology would solv th ills of mankind within a gnration or two. Thn studnts rliv th dismay th world xprincd as World War I ruptd. Aftr this dvastating vnt, studnts larn that many in th youngr gnration abandond traditional valus in th 1920 s and wr thus ill-quippd to handl th trials of th Grat Dprssion in th 1930 s. Unit 2: Th World War II Era Unit 2 introducs th towring figur of FDR. Studnts study th birth of big govrnmnt in th contxts of th Grat Dprssion and World War II, and thn focus on th maturity of Russian Communism undr Josph Stalin and th onst of th Cold War. Th unit closs by studying th birth of modrn Isral. Unit 3: Post-War to Cold War - th 50 s & 60 s Unit 3 opns with a fascinating study of Gandhi s India and Mao s China. Prsidnt Truman thn taks cntr stag as th Cold War gts too warm for comfort. Th idyllic 50 s giv way to th turbulnt 60 s with thir Civil Rights movmnts, anti-vitnam War protsts, and drug culturs. Youngr childrn study brightr topics including th Batls music, nw tchnological advancs, and th Spac Rac. Unit 4: Th 70 s, 80 s, 90 s and a Look Ahad In this xciting unit, studnts ntr th arna of rcnt history. An in-dpth study of modrn Middl Eastrn history, with spcial attntion paid to vnts that ld to th currnt War on Trror is a strong thrad. Again, ach Prsidnt of this ra bcoms a focal point as many of today s issus ar discussd from a compassionat, biblical prspctiv. Room is lft in th last two wks for a study of currnt vnts

29 Th focus of this Yar-Plan is on Amrican history and organizd primarily by prsidncis. Yar 4 has bn challnging to plan bcaus of th xtrm amount of sin, dath, war, and misry that occurrd during th 20th Cntury. For youngr studnts, w hav highlightd th history of modrn invntions and th history of spac flight to kp things light. Oldr studnts will confront th vils of th cntury mor dirctly. Biblical prspctivs throughout th study provid hop in th midst of sorrow. For all lvls, spcial attntion is givn to th modrn history of th Middl East in Unit 4. Unit 1: Casting Off th Moorings 1 Rviwing th 19th Cntury and Outlining 20th Cntury Thms 2 Roosvlt, Amrican Imprialism, Hawaii, and Crumbling World Empirs 3 World War I: Europ in Flams 4 Amrica in World War I: Ovr Thr and Ovr Hr 5 Th Russian Rvolution 6 World War I: Costs, Tratis, and Consquncs 7 Amrican Cultur and th Rturn to Normalcy 8 Cracks in Normalcy: Prohibition and th Bull Markt 9 Lif During th Grat Dprssion Unit 2: Th World War ii Era 10 Franklin D. Roosvlt: Th Man and His Policis 11 Th Ris of Totalitarianism: Grmany, Italy, and Japan 12 Th Ris of Totalitarianism: Th U.S.S.R. Undr Stalin 13 Expansionism and Appasmnt 14 Blitzkrig! Winston Churchill and Th Battl of Britain 15 World War II: Global Conflict and th Holocaust 16 World War II: Parl Harbor to Hiroshima 17 Allid Victory: A Nw Europ 18 Survy of th Middl East: Th Establishmnt of Isral Unit 3: Nations Dividing and Uniting 19 Gandhi s India and Pakistani Indpndnc 20 Mao s China 21 Th Koran War 22 Eisnhowr: Th 50 s Oasis 23 Civil Rights in Amrica and Dcolonization in Africa 24 John F. Knndy: Th Early 60 s 25 Th Spac Rac and Mutually Assurd Dstruction 26 Lyndon B. Johnson: Th Grat Socity and Vitnam 27 Th Lat 60 s: Cultur and Abus Unit 4: Th Gildd Ag 28 Foundring on th Rocks of Individuality 29 Th Family Adrift 30 Th Nixon Yars 31 Ford s Intgrity and Cartr s Malais 32 Ragan s Rvolution 33 Gorg H. W. Bush s Nw World Ordr 34 Clinton s Opportunity 35 Gorg W. Bush and Th Early 21st Cntury 36 Currnt Evnts and Conclusions aftr th Scond Millnnium G B I Tapstry of g rac a s U O Unit On: Casting Off th MOorings YaR 4: Th Twntith Cntury k C Coming for Classic Tapstry Yar Four 27

30 Th Bookshlf And now, th srvic you v all bn waiting for. Announcing... So far, w v bn tlling you about our ducational philosophy and how Tapstry of Grac is structurd to hlp you to ducat your childrn on multipl larning lvls simultanously. W pray that w hav givn you frsh hop and vision for your homschooling journy. But now, w want to giv you a littl somthing ls, too. For yars, w v bn filding rqusts to sll th books w rcommnd in our rading assignmnts. Th rdsign of Tapstry of Grac finally allows Lampstand Prss to bgin providing this srvic. W call our nw bookstor Th Bookshlf! What books ar on our shlf? With Tapstry: Rdsignd (and Rtrofit Packags for Classic Tapstry usrs) w hav bgun to assign a mor limitd list of books on th first of two wkly Rading Assignmnt Charts (as xplaind on pag 12). Dsignd primarily for Tapstry customrs, Th Bookshlf aims to carry all cor, rcommndd rsourcs for this updatd Yar 1 Rading Assignmnt Chart and som optional xtra rsourcs. As tim progrsss, and as our othr Yar-Plan rading lists ar updatd, Th Bookshlf will carry books for Yars 2-4. You should chck our wbsit for currnt invntory. Bcaus of th intgratd natur of Tapstry volums, information in thm bcoms lss usful as tim passs and books that w rcommnd, and for which w provid discussion outlins, go out of print. W hop that by slling a significant volum of books, w can, ovr tim, stabiliz our Rading Assignmnt Charts and thus provid a mor valuabl product for you by rducing th numbr of tims that our book lists nd updating in futur yars. In choosing titls for Th Bookshlf, w hav found that publishrs from whom w ordr our books can b unrliabl concrning whn and how thy dtrmin print runs. so you nd to rmmbr that vn Rdsignd Tapstry volums may contain rading assignmnts in books that hav nwly gon out of print. For this rason, w ask you to considr buying books from Th Bookshlf. Only with significant volum sals can w hop to gain ndd influnc with publishrs and stabiliz our book lists. How can I gt thm? Th Bookshlf offrs both a printd ordr form and an onlin ordring systm. You may ordr with a crdit card by phon, by mail, or ovr th Intrnt. Prsonal chcks will b accptd by mail. W can t accpt cash or forign funds. W will offr th books in unit and larning lvl spcific packags, and as individual titls. Ar thr discounts? You bt! Hr s how it works. You can sav mony whn you buy a significant numbr of books from Th Bookshlf. W plan to offr rgular spcials (on our packags and on high-volum purchass of individual titls) that chang from sason to sason. Chck th pric list that accompanis your catalog, and bfor ordring, b sur to go onlin and chck out th spcials that Th Bookshlf is offring! Not using Tapstry plans? Not a problm. Th Bookshlf hops to also srv th ntir homschooling world with xcllnt books and srvic. W sll our books as individual titls and our volum discounts ar availabl to you. What ls dos Th Bookshlf carry? W ar hr to srv our customrs! Bsids th optional supplmntary products (listd on pag 19) that Lampstand Prss has ithr producd or collaboratd on, w offr othr miscllanous, optional rsourcs that Lampstand Prss dos not produc, but which many satisfid Tapstry customrs hav found usful. Ths ar shown on th pric list. On th pric list that accompanis this catalog, w list our multi-unit packags for all four larning lvls and our currnt book packag lists for Yar 1 usrs. If you d lik a mor dtaild dscription of any of our books or rsourcs, visit Th Bookshlf onlin! You can rach it from th hom pag of our wbsit. p W also would ask you to pray for us as w sk to srv th homschooling community. W ar sking to mak your lif asir, but ar inxprincd and nd God s grac and your prayrs!

31 Thank you As Lampstand Prss launchs out on th nw ndavors w hav outlind in this brochur, I am mindful of our history. God has bn good to us; H has ld us and providd for us stp by stp. W ar gratful for God s lov and for you. Many of you rading this ar old frinds, who prayd for us and ncouragd us as w wrot Classic Tapstry. W will continu to dpnd upon God s grac and your support in this nw sason of dvloping Tapstry Rdsignd. Mayb you ar nw to Tapstry, and hav yt to mak a dcision on whthr or not to us this curriculum. I undrstand that Tapstry is not for vryon! I pray that God will guid you as you sk Him for wisdom as to what is bst for your uniqu family. If that dcision causs you to join us, I would lik to b th first to wlcom you, and I look forward to your contributions to th larning community of Tapstry usrs. In all w do, may w sk to glorify God and magnify His Nam togthr. Blssings!