Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Fifth Grade Ancient History/Literature

Week 1

Introduction to What is History?
Discussion of Archaeology, etc.

Kingfisher Book of Ancient World, intro 6-9
Kingfisher (red), vii and pages 1-5
SOTW, pgs 13-18

Pre-historic Peoples

Kingfisher 10-15 (up to 8000 BC)
Kingfisher (red) 6-8 (40,000-4000 BC)
SOTW chapter 1

Books from home:

Egyptology
from 100 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries, pgs 11-27 (excluding 17, 27)
Eyewitness Early Humans
Cave Man (Cro-Magnon) coloring book - Son read
The Stone Age News
Painters of the Caves, P. Lauber - Son read
Usborne Who were the First People? - Son read
Usborne Living in Prehistoric Times - Son read
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 3-5
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes and Shamans, intro to mythology


Week 2 - 4

Mesopotamia

Kingfisher pages 16-27
Kingfisher (red) pages 9; 20; 21; 22-23; 36-37
SOTW chs. 3, 5, 7, 8, 16, 17

Books from Home:

Science in Ancient Mesopotamia, Carol Moss
Heroes and Warriors: Nebuchadnezzar, Scourge of Zion, Mark Healy
from Ten Kings: Hammurabi - Son read
from 100 Greatest pgs 29; 32-33; 35; 39-40; 45; 48-49; 56
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 6-9
To Ride the Gods’ Own Stallion, Diane Wilson
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes and Shamans, pg 64 - 71
The Crystal Pool, pg 18 - Son read

Books from library:

(revisit) Gilgamesh the King, The Revenge of Ishtar, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh,
all by Ludmila Zeman - Son read this time around
The Babylonians (Calliope)
The Assyrians, Elaine Landau
Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian Book of the Seasons, Christopher Moore
Life Long Ago: The Beginnings of Cities (Mesopotamia), Leonard Weisgard
Greece vs. Persia - Cobblestone
Famous Scientists of the Ancient World, Margaret J. Anderson re: Al Khwarizmi?


Week 5 - 6

Ancient Egypt

Kingfisher (red) pgs 10-11
Kingfisher pgs 28-31
SOTW chs 2, 4

Books from home:

History in Stone: Ancient Egypt, pgs 8-15
Eyewitness Ancient Egypt, pgs 6-13
Fast Forward Pyramid, pgs 5-21 - Son read
read from Ancient Egypt: Life, Myth, and Art, J. Fletcher
Crafts from the Past: The Egyptians
from 100 Greatest pgs 28; 31
Mysteries of History, pg 16 re: pyramids
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 10-13
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes.... pgs 72 - 77
The Waters of Life, intro pg 4 and pgs 22-25 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 50 - Son read

Books from library:

Ancient Egyptian Art, Susie Hodge
Ancient Egypt, Philip Steele
How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? Jacqueline Morley
Secrets of the Mummies, Harriet Griffey - Son read
The Golden Goblet, Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Video: Macaulay - Pyramid


Week 7

Hebrews

Kingfisher (red) pgs 24-25; 61
SOTW chs 6, 14

Books from home:

The Holy Land, Peter Connolly
King David: Warlord of Israel, Mark Healy
Joshua: Conqueror of Canaan, Mark Healy
David’s Songs: His Psalms and Their Story, Colin Eisler, Jerry Pinkney - Son read
Moses in Egypt, Brad Kessler (Rabbit Ears CD) - Son listened to this on his own
Behold the Trees, Sue Alexander
Eyewitness Bible Lands
from Ten Kings: David - Son read
from 100 Greatest, pg 74
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 36; 38-39
Young Heroes of the Bible, Kirk Douglas - Son read
God's People: Stories from the Old Testament, Geraldine McCaughrean
Eyewitness Mythology

From library:

The Flower of Sheba, Doris Orgel, et al - Son read
Queen Esther the Morning Star, Mordicai Gerstein - Son read
The Mysterious Visitor: Stories of the Prophet Elijah, Nina Jaffe
The Wailing Wall, Leonard E. Fisher - Son read
Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven, Francine Prose - Son read
The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion, Barbara Diamond Goldin 
King Solomon and His Magic Ring, Edie Wiesel - Son read
The Hanukkah Story, Marylin Hirsh - Son read


Week 8

Ancient India

SOTW ch. 9
Kingfisher (red) pgs, 14-15; 33
Kingfisher pgs 52-57

Books from home:

Take a Trip to India, Keith Lye - Son read
Once a Mouse....  Marcia Brown - Son read
from 100 Greatest pg 35
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 14-15
Indian Myths and Legends
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes.... pgs 100-109
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 51 - Son read
The Waters of Life, pgs 6-9 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 8 - Son read

Books from library:

The Ganges, Sacred River of India, Violet Weingarten
The Art of India, Shirley Glubok 
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India, Virginia Haviland
The Prince Who Gave up a Throne, Nancy Serage
Buddha, Demi
Buddha, Susan L. Roth
Religions of the World: Hinduism, V.P. Kanit Kar


Week 9

Ancient China

SOTW ch 10
Kingfisher (red) 18-19; 39
Kingfisher pgs 38-45

Books from home:

from 100 Greatest pgs 42; 58; 68
The Paper Dragon, Marguerite Davol - Son read
China: A Cultural Heritage, Jackdaw
Nature Company: Ancient China through page 17
The Treasure Chest: A Chinese Tale, Rosalind Wang - Son read
The Junior Thunder Lord, Laurence Yep - Son read
Ancient China, Scarpari - look at artwork up through page 44
The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China, Fisher
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 60-63
Ancient China Treasure Chest
Chinese Myths and Legends
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes.... pgs 110-115
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 77 - Son read
The Waters of Life, pgs 16-21 - Son read
Sacred Skies, intro pg 4 and pgs 12-15 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 41, 115 - Son read


Week 10

Megalithic Europe

Kingfisher (red) pgs 12-13
Kingfisher pgs 102-105

Books from home:

from 100 Greatest pgs 30; 37-38; 41; 51-52; 54-55
Ice Mummy, Dubowski - Son read
The First Europeans, pgs 4-7; 20-43; 52-55
Mysteries of History, pg 26 re: Stonehenge
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 16-19; 58-59;  78-79
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes..... pgs 32-53
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 56, 62, 87, 99, 106 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 57, 71, 82, 102, 107, 113 - Son read

Books from library:

The Mystery of Stonehenge, Harriette Abels
Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale, Margaret R. Macdonald - Son read
Skara Brae: The Story of a Prehistoric Village, Olivier Dunrea
Troubadour's Storybag: Musical Folktales of the World, Norma J. Livo


Week 11

Aegean Civilizations

Kingfisher (red) pgs 16-17; 28-29
Kingfisher pgs 62-67; 90-91
SOTW chs 15; 18

Books from home:

from The First Europeans, pgs 44-47
from The Mediterranean, Ingpen, pgs 13-29
from 100 Greatest, pgs 34; 43
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 20-23; 37; 40 - 41 
Crete: Land of Mystery, Cottrell,
beginning of Exploration of Africa, re: Phoenicians
Eyewitness Mythology

Books from library:

Crete: Land of Mystery, Leonard Cottrell
In Search of Ancient Crete, Piero Ventura, et al
The Ancient World: The Phoenicians, Pamela Odijk
The Phoenicians (Calliope)
Video:  Legacy of Ancient Civilizations: Carthage and the Phoenicians


Week 12

Ancient Africa

SOTW ch 11
Kingfisher (red) pgs 30-31
Kingfisher pgs 114-117

Books from home:

from Usborne Ancient Worlds, pgs 68-69
100 Greatest, pg 59
Why Spider Spins Tales, Palazzo-Craig - Son read
The Hunterman and the Crocodile, Diakite - Son read
Anansi, Brian Gleeson (Rabbit Ears cassette) - Son listened to this on his own
Eyewitness Mythology
Goddesses, Heroes.... pgs 54-63
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 72, 94 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 76, 91, 120, 128 - Son read

Books from library:

The Tortoise and the Tree (Bantu), Janina Domanska - Son read
The Orphan Boy (Maasai), Tololwa M. Mollel - Son read
The Name of the Tree (Bantu), Celia Barker Lottridge - Son read
Growing up Maasai, Tom Shachtman
Tokoloshi, Diana Pitcher - Son read
The Art of Africa, Shirley Glubok


Week 13

Middle Kingdom Egypt

Kingfisher pgs 32-33
SOTW ch 12

Books from home:

from History in Stone: Ancient Egypt, pgs 16 - 19
from Fast Forward: Pyramid, pgs 22 - end
Eyewitness Ancient Egypt, pgs 14-21
continue with Ancient Egypt: Life, Myth, and Art
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 30-35
Write Like an Ancient Egyptian! - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 103 - Son read


Week 14

New Kingdom Egypt

SOTW ch 13
Kingfisher (red) pgs 26-27
Kingfisher pgs 34-37

Books from home:

from 100 Greatest, pg 46
Eyewitness Ancient Egypt, pgs 22 - end
History in Stone: Ancient Egypt, pgs 20 - end
Visual Dictionary of Buildings, pgs 6-7
first pop-up in Secret Treasures (National Geo.)
Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt - Son read
DK Pop-up, Pull-out Mummy
How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? - Son read


Books from library:

The Egyptian News, Scott Steedman
Cleopatra, Diane Stanley


Week 15

Early Greece

SOTW chs 19, 20
Kingfisher (red), pg 38
Kingfisher pgs 68-69

Books from home:

from 100 Greatest, pgs 44; 57; 62
from Visual Dictionary of Buildings, pgs 8-9
from The Mediterranean, pgs 31-60
from The First Europeans, pgs 8-19
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs
The Ancient World: Greece, Hull, begin - pg 14
Greece: Ancient Civ Series, activity book
Crafts from the Past: The Greeks
Ancient Greece, Robinson, begin - 12
The First Book of Ancient Greece, Robinson, begin - 9 - Son read
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths - Son read
A Children's Treasury of Mythology - Son read
Goddesses, Heroes.... pgs 78-95
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 19 - Son read
Sacred Skies, pgs 16-19 - Son read
The Waters of Life, pgs 26-end - Son read
Beneath the Earth, intro pg 4 and pgs 10-13 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 67 - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 27, 70 - Son read

Books from library:

Famous Scientists of the Ancient World, Margaret J. Anderson


Week 16

Medes and Persians / Parthians and Sassanids

SOTW ch 21
Kingfisher (red), pgs 40-47; 74-75
Kingfisher pgs 94-97

Books from home:

from 100 Greatest, pg 60
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 48-49
The Arabian Nights, Illus. Jr. Library - Son read
Arabian Nights CD, Jim Weiss
Usborne Stories from Around theWorld, pg 11 - Son read

Books from library:

The Seven Wise Princesses, Wafa' Tarnowska 
The Persian Empire, Karen Zeinert
Sheherazad (Arabian Nights)


Week 17

Americas

Kingfisher (red) pgs 32; 76-77
SOTW ch 26
Kingfisher pgs 124-131

Books from home:

Opossum and the Great Firemaker - Son read
Inca, Aztec, Maya activity book
How Night Came to Be: A Story from Brazil - Son read
The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico, Pohl
Usborne Ancient World, pgs 72-77
Mummies and Their Mysteries, Charlotte Wilcox re: Peru
Goddesses, Heroes..... pgs 14-31 and 126-143
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 28, 45, 112 - Son read
Sacred Skies, pgs 20-21 - Son read
The Waters of Life, pgs 14-15 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 1, 32, 45, 88 - Son read

Books from library:

The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote, Tony Johnston - Son read
People of the Corn (Mayan), Mary-Joan Gerson - Son read
Gods and Godesses of the Ancient Maya, Leonard Everett Fisher
Prehistoric North America: The People, Robert Pickering
Hands of the Maya, Rachel Crandell
Angela Weaves a Dream, Michele Sola'
The Art of the North American Indian, Shirley Glubok
The Mound Builders, William E. Scheele
Talking Bones, William O. Steele
The Night the Moon Fell, Pat Mora - Son read
Cities in the Sand, Scott Warren


Week 18 - 19

Classical Greece

Kingfisher pgs. 70-75
SOTW chs 22, 23, 24, 25
Kingfisher (red) pg 56

Books from home:

History in Stone: Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece, Robinson, 12 - end
The First Book of Ancient Greece, Robinson, pg 9 - end - Son read
The Ancient World: Greece, pg 14 - end
Archimedes Takes a Bath, Lexau - Son read
Archimedes and the Door of Science, Jeanne Bendick - Son read
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine, Bendick - Son read
Mysteries of History: Greece and Troy
Usborne Ancient World, pgs 50-57
DK Legend of a Warrior King: Alexander the Great - Son read
The Ancient Greece of Odysseus, Connolly
The Mediterranean, pgs 61 - end
from 100 Greatest, pgs 36; 72
Ancient Greece Treasure Chest
The Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge
The Adventures of Ulysses, Claybourne (Usborne)
Tree of Dreams, intro pg 7, and 53 - Son read

Son also read:

Hercules and Other Greek Myths
The 12 Labors of Hercules, coloring book
Hercules and the Greek Gods, coloring book
Pegasus, Mayer
Usborne Tales of the Trojan War
The Iliad, retold by McCarty
from Ten Kings: Alexander the Great
The Librarian who Measured the Earth, Kathryn Lasky 

Books from library:

Hercules and Other Greek Myths, Mark Gave
The Nemean Lion, Bernard Evslin
The Greek Hoplite, Martin Windrow
The Greek Armies, Peter Connolly
The Dolphin Rider and Other Greek Myths, Bernard Evslin
The Ancient World: Greece, Robert Hull
Gianni and the Ogre, Ruth Manning-Sanders
Conquerer and Hero: The Search for Alexander, Stephen Krensky
Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff


Week 20 - 21

Founding of Rome

Kingfisher (red) pgs 34-35
Kingfisher pgs 76-79
SOTW chs 27, 28, 29

Books from home:

from The First Europeans, pgs 48-51
from Visual Dictionary of Buildings, pgs 10-11
from A Soldier’s Life, pgs 4-5
from Usborne Ancient World, pgs 80-87
Goddesses, Heroes..... pgs 96-99
Bullfinch’s Mythology (both Greek and Roman)
Aesop’s Fables - Son read
Beneath the Earth, pgs 6-9 - Son read


Week 22 - 23

India, Mauryan and Gupta

Kingfisher (red), pg 57; 78-79
Kingfisher, pgs 58-61
SOTW chs 30, 31

Books from home:

from 100 Greatest, pg 67
Indian Myths and Legends
Tree of Dreams, pgs 17, 81 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 95 - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 86 - Son read


Week 24 - 25

Qin and Han China

SOTW chs, 32, 33
Kingfisher (red), pgs 58-59, 70-71
Kingfisher, pgs 44-49

Books from home:

100 Greatest, pg 71
Ancient China, pgs 16 - end
Secret Treasures, second pop-up
Ancient China, Scarpari, pgs 40-55, look at art
Chinese Myths and Legends, O.B. Duane and N. Hutchinson
Tree of Dreams, pg 27, 35, 45, 75 - Son read

Books from library:

Confucius: The Golden Rule, Russell Freedman


Week 26 - 27

Glory of Rome

SOTW chs 34, 35, 36
Kingfisher (red) pgs 62-67

Books from home:

Mysteries of History, pg 44 - The Roman Empire
Rome in cross-section, Biesty
The Roman Fort, Connolly
The Cavalryman, Connolly
The Legionary, Connolly
Rome: Ancient Civ Series, workbook
The Parthenon, Chrisp
The Traveler’s Guide to Ancient Rome, Malam
Rome, Sheehan and Levy
The Colosseum, Chrisp
Eyewitness Ancient Rome
Hannibal, Green
History in Stone: Ancient Rome
Usborne Roman World
DK Revealed Ancient Rome
Augustus Caesar's World (good wrap-up)
Ancient Rome Treasure Chest
Gladiator Treasure Chest

Library books:

The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff
The Roman News, Andrew Langley and Philip De Souza
The Hydra, Bernard Evslin
The Ides of April, Mary Ray
The Silver Branch, Rosemary Sutcliff
The Calydonian Boar, Bernard Evslin
Lives of Famous Romans, Olivia Coolidge
Science in Ancient Rome, Jacqueline L. Harris
A Roman Fort, Fiona Macdonald
The Furies, Bernard Evslin
Medusa, Bernard Evslin
Macaulay's City


Week 28

Celtic Europe

Kingfisher (red), pgs 68-69
Kingfisher, pgs 106-113

Books from home:

100 Greatest, pgs 66; 69; 76; 82
The Celts, Hazel Martell
Scottish Myths and Legends
Mummies and Their Mysteries, Charlotte Wilcox
Beowulf, Rebsamen
The Anglo-Saxons
Beneath the Earth, pgs 20-23 and 24-end - Son read
Sacred Skies, pgs 26-end - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 31, 53, 75, 98, 121 - Son read

Library books:

Tristan and Iseult, Rosemary Sutcliff
Myths and Civilization of the Celts, Hazel Mary Martell
The Other World: Myths of the Celts, Margaret Hodges
Ancient Celts - Calliope
The Mouth of the Night, Iris Macfarlane


Week 29 - 30

Beginning of Christianity; end of Jewish nation

SOTW chs 37, 38
Kingfisher, pgs 92-93; 98-101
Kingfisher (red), pgs 72-73

Books from home:

The Silver Treasure, pg 51 - Son read

Library books:

The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Spear
Jesus of Nazareth: A Life of Christ Through Pictures, Simon and Schuster
Christian Church (Places of Worship), Angela Wood
World Beliefs and Cultures: Christianity, Sue Penrey
The Life of Saint Paul, Hary E. Fosdick
Eyewitness Bible Lands
Jesus of Nazareth: Teacher and Prophet, Ramsay M. Harik (a more secular look at Jesus)


Week 31

Africa

Kingfisher, pgs 118-123
Kingfisher (red), pg 60

Books from home:

Tree of Dreams, pg 67 - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 6 - Son read

Library books:

A Glorious Past: Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia and Nubia, Ernestine Jenkins


Week 32

Americas

Kingfisher, pgs 132-137
Kingfisher (red), pgs 86-87
Read some chapters from the first volume of A History or US, Hakim

Books from home:

The Enchanted Caribou, Elizabeth Cleaver 
Secret Treasures, last two spreads - Son read
Tree of Dreams, pg 59 - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 1, 42, 114 - Son read

Library books:

Building an Igloo, Ulli Steltzer
The Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales, John Bierhorst
Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon, Leonard Fisher - Son read
City of the Gods:Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Caroline Arnold
The Story of Comock the Eskimo, Robert Flaherty 
Land of the Five Suns (Aztecs), Kay McManus - Son read
Clamshell Boy: A Makah Legend, Terri Cohlene - Son read
Inuit, Bryan and Cherry Alexander
The Makah, Jeanne O. Eder 
Art of the Far North, Carol Finley


Week 33

Oceania

Kingfisher (red), pgs 88-95
Kingfisher, pgs 138-144

Books from home:

This Place is Lonely, Vicki Cobb - Son read
The Biggest Frog in Australia - Son read
Goddesses, Heroes.... pgs 122-125 and 144-153
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs 6, 32, 123 - Son read
Sacred Skies, pgs 22-25 - Son read
Beneath the Earth, pgs 14-17 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 24, 36, 79 - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 14, 57, 81 - Son read

Library books:

Polynesians, Stephen Currie
Easter Island, Caroline Arnold
Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea and Sky, Vivian L. Thompson
The Woman in the Moon, Jama Kim Rattigan - Son read


Week 34

Japan

Kingfisher (red), pgs 84-85
Kingfisher, pgs 50-51

Books from home:

The Japanese, Clare Doran
Japan Activity Book
look at book written in Japanese
The Sea Maidens of Japan - Son read
Goddesses, Heroes...... pgs 116 - 121
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg 118 - Son read
Tree of Dreams, pg 9 - Son read
Sho and the Demons of the Deep - Son read
Beneath the Earth, pgs 18-19 - Son read
Sacred Skies, pgs 6-11 - Son read
The Waters of Life, pgs 10-13 - Son read
The Crystal Pool, pg 61 - Son read
The Silver Treasure, pg 91 - Son read

Library books:

Sunrise Island, Carella Aldan
The Warrior and the Wise Man, David Wisniewski


Week 35 - 36

Decline of Rome

SOTW chs 39, 40, 41, 42
Kingfisher (red), pgs 80-83
Kingfisher, pgs 86-87

Books from home:

Secret Treasures, third spread
Pompeii, Connolly
Masada, Waldman
Cleopatra: The Queen of Kings, MacDonald
Hadrian’s Wall Jackdaw
Famous Men of Rome, for wrap-up
100 Greatest, pgs 64; 70; 75; 78
The Story of Masada, Yadin

Son read:

Usborne Roman Soldier’s Handbook

Library books:

read excerpts from Plutarch's "Lives"









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