Ancient History Curriculum Our primary spine will be Mystery of History, but since this is our first time venturing out of a boxed curriculum I added in other possible spines to find the one that fits best. Some of the scheduling of the books was found in the files of the Mystery of History yahoo group. Here are the materials we are using: MOH- Mystery of History Volume 1 (2 nd edition) SOTW- Story of the World Volume 1 CHOW- A Child's History of the World UAH- Usborne World History: Ancient World JttB- David C. Cook Journey through the Bible (formerly Victor Journey Through the Bible MT- MapTrek Volume 1: Ancient World Extra Reading- the different marks at the beginning of the books only categorizes them for me to identify which library has them HP- History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations (grades 1-3) *At the end of the curriculum is a list of read alouds. While putting the list together I noticed there were clusters of good books during certain time periods so my intention is to read through the books chronologically even if it doesn't match up completely with what we are currently studying in Mystery of History. The number after the book will show you which lesson it best lines up with. We will start this curriculum in January and I will try to update anything that may need it as we work our way through it. Please let me know if you find anything that needs fixed. Enjoy!
Ancient History (Creation-33AD) Week Topic MOH SOTW CHOW UAH JttB MT Extra Reading (Picture books) HP 1 Creation (4004BC) Adam & Eve (4004BC) Jubal & Tubal-Cain (10 gen. after Adam) 1 2 Int. Int. 10,11 8,9 12 21 3 1 12,13 13 -When the World Was New -A is for Adam *Archaeologists Dig for Clues 1 2 Noah and the Flood (2349BC) The Ice Age (2300-1600BC) Dinosaurs (created on day 5 & 6) 3 The Sumerians (2300BC) Tower of Babel (2242BC) Epic of Gilgamesh (2000BC) 4 5 2 2 14,15 23 6 3 14-17 25 *The True Story of Noah's Ark +Adventures in the Ice Age +Dinosaurs of Eden +What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? 7 5 4 18,19 27 *The Sumerians 8 9 8 8 8 20,21 16,17 *Stories from Silk Road -Tower of Babel +Gilgamesh the King -The Revenge of Ishtar -The Last Quest of Gilgamesh 2 4 Stonehenge (2000BC) Early Egypt (3 rd and 4 th CenturyBC) Minoan Civilization (2000BC) 10 11 4 4 12 18 5, 7 24,25 71 52,54,55, 86-89 150-151 (90-97, 138-139) 33 41 +Adventures in Ancient Egypt *Pyramids (Macaulay) -Usborne Time Traveler (pg.98-111) +Mummies Made in Egypt *Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt *The Search for Lost Cities +Egyptians Gods and Goddesses 3
5 Abraham (1922BC) Jacob and Esau (1836BC) Joseph (1728BC) 6 Hammurabi (1792BC) 13 6 9 152-155 18,19 29 14 9 22-23 15 6 18-31, 32-39 16 7 8 26,27 51 31 40-50 37 *Seekers of Knowledge *Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphs *Joseph (Wildsmith) -Usborne Time Traveler (pg. 112-128) Israelites in Slavery (?) 17 12, 10 44,45, 124,125 *Tikki Tikki Tembo +Adventures in Ancient China China & the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046BC) 18 14 28,29 (84-85,110) 59 7 Moses and the Exodus (1481BC) Ark of the Covenant/ the Tabernacle (1491BC) Joshua, Jericho, & Rahab (1451BC) 19 20 21 14 13 pt. 1 130,131, 140-143 56-59, 104-107 108-110, 132-134 52-71 39 72,73 74-85 43 *The Prince of Egypt (DVD) *Exodus (Wildsmith) *Moses in the Bulrushes 8 Amenhotep IV & Nefertiti (1353BC) Tutankhamen (King Tut) (1333BC) Ramses II the Great (1304-1237BC) 22 23 24 13 6 60-63,78,79 64,65,80-83 66,67,46-49, 136,137 68-76,50,51, 98-103,148,149, 156-159 37 +Ancient Egypt (Crosher) *Nefertiti of Egypt +Who Was King Tut? *Tutankhamen's Gift +You Wouldn't Want to Be Tutankhamen *5000 Year Old Puzzle 9 Legend of the Trojan Horse (1200-1844BC) 25 19 10 160-165 4 Ruth and Naomi (1200BC) 26 19 11 94,95 Gideon (1199BC) 27 86-89 *The Search for Lost Cities *Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
10 Samson (1117BC) Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (1046-256BC) 28 90-93 29 28-29 Samuel (1095BC) 30 96-101 45 11 King Saul (1095BC) David (1055BC) Solomon (1015BC) 31 12 32 33 102-103 104-131 132-135 49 53 +Black Ships Before Troy +Ancient Israelites and their Neighbors (activity guide) 12 Phoenicians (1000BC) Kingdoms of Israel Divides (975BC) 34 15 13 51 35 30-33 136-137 55 Elijah, the Fiery Prophet (896BC) 36 15 138-149 13 Elisha (895BC) 37 20 150-159 Joel and Obadiah (587BC?) 38 *Jason and the Argonauts Homer (800BC) 39 20 166-168, 186 14 India and Hinduism (?) The Olympic Games (776BC) Jonah and Amos (760BC,808BC) 40 20 57 41 20 pt.3 14 228,229, 170,171 42 15 160, 161 41 +Adventures in Ancient Greece *Finders Keepers (Arnett) *Hour of the Olympics (w/ Companion Book) *Jonah and the Great Big Fish
15 City of Rome (748BC) 43 27 16 266-271 61 Isaiah and Micah (740, 735BC) 44 27 162-163 *King Midas and the Golden Touch 5 Israel Falls to Assyria (721BC) 45 16 164-165 47 16 Hosea (721BC) 46 Hezekiah & Sennacherib (710BC) 47 166-167 Ancient Native Americans (700BC) 48 26 17 The Rise of Athens and Sparta (700-500BC) Manasseh (677BC) Powers of Mesopotamia (668-626BC) 18 King Josiah (630BC) Nahum & Zephaniah (630, 629BC) 49 50 22 21 176-179 *D'Aulaires' Greek Myths 22 *Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths *The Search for Lost Cities 51 34-35 52 53 168-169 Jeremiah (629BC) 54 170-171 19 Nineveh Destroyed (626BC) Habakkuk & Huldah (609, 7 th Century BC) 55 17 36-37 56 18 *Jerusalem, Still Shining Babylonian Captivity (605,599,588BC) 57 19 172-173 63
20 Nebuchadnezzar II & the Hanging Gardens 58 17 38-39 Daniel (604BC) 59 17 174, 176-7 *Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Aesop's Fables (600BC) 60 30 224-227 21 Ezekiel (595BC) 61 28 Shadrach, Meshach, & AbedNego (mid 6 th Cent.) 62 30 175 +Buddha Stories Buddha (563BC) 63 30 pt.3 22 Pythagoras & the Temple of Diana (547,550BC) Confucius (547BC) Belshazzar & Cyrus the Great (539,538BC) 64 27 252-253 65 33 21 66 21 19 65 +How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek? 23 Darius I (522BC) 67 28 24 Zerubbabel (520BC) 68 28 5,25,31,34 180 Haggai & Zechariah (520BC) 69 28 p.3,4 24 The Roman Republic (510BC) The Battle of Marathon (490BC) Herodotus (484BC) 70 22 272-273 +Time Traveler (pg.66-81) +City (Macaulay) 71 24 23 180-185, 260-261 +A Roman Villa *A Roman Fort 72 *A Roman Town 222-223,79,85, 175,182,191 *I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas
25 Xerxes I (480BC) 73 23 25 67 Esther (?) 74 26 178-179 *Esther's Story Golden Age of Athens (478-399BC) 26 Socrates (469-399BC) Hippocrates & the Statue of Zeus (?-377, 456BC) Ezra & Artaxerxes (467Bc) 75 76 77 78 188-191, 202-205 69 200-201, 206-209 *The Book of Virtues 210-211, 216-217 180-1, 186-7 *Pandora's Vase: a Retelling *Wise Guy: The Life & Philosophy of Socrates +You Wouldn't Want to be a Slave in Ancient Greece 27 Nehemiah (454BC) 79 152,158, 159 182-185 Pericles (443-429BC) 80 192-193, 212-215 Peloponnesian War (431-404BC) 28 Malachi (mid 5 th Century BC) Plato & Aristotle (427-347, 384-332BC) Philip II of Macedonia (359-336BC) 81 24 28 194-198 82 156-159 190 83 29 218-221 84 240-241 *The Librarian Who Measured the Earth 29 Alexander the Great (336BC) 85 25 p.1,2 30 242-245 73 Division of Alexander's Empire (323BC) 86 25 pt.3 31 246-247 +The Life of Alexander the Great Archimedes (287-212BC) 87 29 248-249
30 Emperor Asoka of India (273-232BC) 88 31 Septuagint & Colossus of Rhodes (277,292BC) 89 31 230-238 *Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China *Terra Cotta Army of Emperor Qin 6 The Quin (Chin) Dynasty (221-206BC) 31 Hannibal, Elephants, & Punic Wars (218BC) Han Dynasty (206-165BC) The Maccabean Revolt (165BC) 32 Spartacus (?-71BC) The First Triumvirate (60BC) Julius Caesar (49BC) 33 The Second Triumvirate (43BC) Cleopatra (37BC) Herod the Great (37BC) 90 32 91 32 274-277 75 92 33 93 300-303 94 95 34 p.1,2 34 p.3,4 96 35 97 35 304-307 34 308-311,278-279,318-321 250, 316-317 98 282-283 99 36 322-327 *The Story About Ping +You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Soldier *Hanukkah at Valley Forge -Time Traveler (pg.82-96) +You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator +You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Soldier *Julius Caesar:Great Dictator of Rome *Cleopatra (Stanley) +Mysteries of the Bible (DVD) 34 The Battle of Actium (31BC) 100 355-357,332-333,362-363 Augustus Caesar & the Roman Empire (27BC) 101 284-291 John the Baptist (5BC-32) 102 36 334-337 192-199
35 Jesus Christ, His Birth (4BC) 103 37 338-341 200-211 77 Jesus, His Teachings & Miracles (30-33AD) 104 328-331, 342,354 212-303 +Close Your Eyes So You Can See (CD) Tiberius Caesar, Pilate, Herod 105 292-298 36 The 12 Disciples of Christ (30-33AD) 106 344-345 Jesus, His Death & Resurrection (33AD) 107 37 346-347 304-343 *The Greatest Story Ever Told (DVD) *The Robe (DVD) Jesus, the Mystery of History 108 348-352
Read Alouds -Adam and His Kin (1) -Life in the Great Ice Age (5) -Gilgamesh Trilogy (9) -Golden Goblet (10) -Secret of the Scribe (13) -Corn Grows Ripe (17) -Tizrah (19) -Mara, Daughter of the Nile (23) -Cat of Bubastes (24) -The Children's Homer (25) -Hittite Warrior (27) -Adara (37) -God King (46) *Aesop's Fables for Children (60) -Hadassah (70) -Victory on the Wall (76) -Archimedes and the Door of Science (87) *Jason's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story (93) *The Bronze Bow (103) -Fountain of Life (104)