It's time to start the cycle over again! Here we are, back at the beginning of time, studying ancient history. I'm so excited, and so are the kids. We took last year off from history to study geography, and boy did we miss it! I have a lot of fun things planned this year.
I'll be using A Little History of the World, by E.H. Gombrich as my spine, and adding on a lot of projects and videos to enhance our hands-on and visual learning experience.
I'll be using A Little History of the World, by E.H. Gombrich as my spine, and adding on a lot of projects and videos to enhance our hands-on and visual learning experience.
Without further ado, here is our 25 week ancient history plan:
Week 1 - Early People:
Read Chapter 1 - Once Upon a Time
Usborne World History - Browse through the "early people" section
Make mini javelins. Have a throwing contest at the park.
Read aloud: The Clan of the Cave Bear
Watch a couple videos about ancient people:
Week 2 - Greatest Inventors of All Times
Read Chapter 2 - Greatest Inventors of All Times
Artistic Pursuits lesson "Look at Cave Art"
Watch a video about nomads in Lapland
Week 3 - The Land by the Nile:
Read chapter 3 - The Land by the Nile
Read aloud: Tirzah
Millie to start reading: The Cat of Bubastes
Artistic Pursuits: Murals
Watch all the episodes of The Egyptian Code on Netflix throughout the week
Week 4 - Sunday, Monday...:
Read chapter 4 - Sunday, Monday
Do an activity from History Pockets
Read aloud: Tirzah
Millie to start reading: The Cat of Bubastes
Watch a couple Lego videos!
Read Pyramids! pages 7-20. Make scarab soap carvings
Read chapter 5 - The One and Only God
Read aloud: Tirzah
Millie to start reading: The Cat of Bubastes
Week 6 - Ancient Greece:
Read chapter 6 - I CAN READ (very short chapter)
Read Ancient Greece, pages 62-71
Go to Christos for lunch :) Greek food!
Watch a few Greek myths (Mythic Warriors on youtube! Way too many to list here)
Read aloud: Black Ships Before Troy
Week 7 - Ancient Greece:
Read Ancient Greece! P. 80-93
Artistic Pursuits p. 70 - make pinch pots
Read aloud: Black Ships Before Troy
Watch this video while the kids are sculpting
Week 8 - The Enlightened One:
Read chapter 10, The Enlightened One and His Land
Read aloud: Black Ships Before Troy
Have the girls fill details into a caste pyramid as they watch this video
Watch The Kite Runner (PG 13)
Week 9 - The Great Teachers:
Read Chapter 11 - The Great Teacher of a Great People
Learn and practice writing in calligraphy
Read aloud: The Tao of Pooh
Watch this video while they're writing in calligraphy:
Week 10 - Ancient Greece:
Read Ancient Greece! P. 94-100
Do this character defining project
Millie's reading: Pardons Price (Diane Yoder)
Week 11 - Rome:
Do an activity from Rome History Pockets
Week 12 - An Enemy of History:
Read Chapter 14 - An Enemy of History
Go to the Childrens Museum and make paper
Week 13 - Rulers of the Western World:
Read chapter 15 - Rulers of the Western World
Watch this video
Week 14 - The Good News:
Read chapter 16
Read Adventures in the Catacombs of Rome
Week 15 - The Storm:
Read chapter 18 - The Storm
Look at Justinian & Theodora portraits
Artistic Pursuits - Roman Portraits p 79
Week 16 - The Starry Night Begins
Read chapter 19 - The Starry Night Begins
Artistic Pursuits - Make a Mosaic p. 82
Watch/listen to this while the kids are creating art
Week 17 - There's No God But Allah:
Make an oil lamp
Read Aloud: Joan of Arc the Lily Maid
Week 18 - Knights & Castles:
Read Knights & Castles p, 19-24
Learn to play Chess
Read Aloud: Joan of Arc the Lily Maid
Week 19 - Knights & Castles:
Read Knights & Castles p. 34-43
Bake rose petal bread
Read aloud: Joan of Arc the Lily Maid
Week 20 - Knights & Castles:
Read Knights & Castles p. 56-64
Artistic Pursuits - Medieval embroidery p. 85 (just read, don't do activity)
Teach the girls to cross stitch
Read aloud: The Lacemaker and the Princess
Week 21 - Knights & Castles:
Make a book of birthdays (use fancy lettering and all that)
Read aloud: The lacemaker and the Princess
Week 22 - A New Age:
Make salt dough maps
Week 23 - Leonardo DiVinci:
Leonardo DiVinci For Kids and activities
Week 24 - Leonardo DiVinci:
Leonardo DiVinci For Kids and activities
Week 25 - Gutenberg and the Printing Press:
Read Marguerite Makes A Book
Make a book
Read aloud: The adventures of Sir Gawan
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