Second Grade Earth and Space Science

I used the Visual Factfinders as my "spines" for this year, but other science encyclopedia type books could be used, too (or you could just read the topical books listed for each week)....

Planet Earth – 18 weeks

Course Overview:

Sections:

Our Planet:  2 weeks (2 spreads each week, plus experiments and other reading)

The Land:  4 weeks (3 spreads each of first three weeks and 2 the last w/exp., etc.)

Water:  3 weeks (2 spreads first two weeks and 1 the last)

Weather and Climate:  3 weeks (2 spreads each week)

Landscapes:  3 weeks (2 spreads each week)

Past, Present, Future:  3 weeks (2 spreads first two weeks and one the last)
　
I know we included a lot of extra reading in some weeks, but at this age, I did science for one hour daily because my son loved it. You could easily cut down on the extra reading – we can never read ALL the great books out there! (Too bad….)
　
Extra reading tied to various spreads:

The Earth in Space -

Earth and Space, Susan Mayes and Sophy Tahta
Earth Picturepedia pages 6-9 (DK)
You’re Aboard Spaceship Earth

Gravity and the Earth –

Autumn Across America
Spring Across America
Winter Across America
all by Seymour Simon (Is there one for summer? My library didn't have it....)

Let’s Explore Seasons and Weather

The Structure of the Earth –

Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth
Picturepedia pages 10-11 (DK)
　
Land, Water, and Air –

Magic School Bus: Waterworks

Earthquakes –

Complete Book of Science 1/2 and 3/4 (American Publishing; McGraw Hill) – experiments from earth sections.  MSNucleus.org also has an elementary earth science section that includes activities.
Danger! Earthquakes, S. Simon
Danger from Below: Earthquakes Past, Present and Future, Simon
Earthquakes, Simon
Picturepedia pages 16-17 (DK)

Volcanoes –

Volcanoes, Simon
Volcanoes and Other Natural Disasters
Picturepedia pages 14-15 (DK)

Plate Tectonics –

Usborne What’s The Earth Made Of?
Picturepedia pages 12-13 (DK)

Mountains –

Mountains, S. Simon

Rocks –

Delta Education Science in a Nutshell Rock Origins is a great kit!
The Rockhound’s Book, S. Simon
Let’s Go Rock Collecting
Picturepedia pages 18-19 (DK)

Minerals and Gems –

Rocks and Minerals at Your Fingertips
Picturepedia pages 20-21 (DK)

(Attended a local gem and mineral show; also attended our local university's Geology open house, where they have exhibits on lots of fossils, rocks, and minerals, etc.)

Frozen in Time –

Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs
New Questions and Answers About Dinosaurs, S. Simon
Picturepedia pages 22-23 (DK)
DK Big book of Dinosaurs
Big Creatures from the Past
DK Picturepedia: Dinosaurs
National Geographic, Feathered Dinosaurs
Woolly Mammoth
Dinosaur Bones
Where are all the Dinosaurs?
Let's Dig-a-Dinosaur
Dinosaur's: A First Discovery Book (Scholastic)
Dinosaur Dinners, Lee Davis (Eyewitness Readers: Level 2)
A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Find of the Century, Fay Robinson w/ the Field Museum team (Hello Reader, Level 4)
Time Flies, Eric Rohmann, pictures only
I Can Read About Dinosaurs, John Howard (Troll, level 3 or 4)
Dinosaur Days, Joyce Milton (Step into Reading, Level 2)
Dinosaurs, Liza Charlesworth (Scholastic, level 2 or 3)
McGraw Hill (American Ed. Pub.) Complete series workbook entitled: Dinosaurs Archaeologists Dig for Clues

(Visited the dinosaur exhibit area at an area natural history museum.)

Shaping the Earth –

One Small Square: Cave
Picturepedia pages 24-25 (DK)
Caves: Hidden Worlds (A First Discovery Book – Scholastic)

The Work of Ice –

Icebergs and Glaciers, S. Simon
Picturepedia pages 30-31 (DK)

(Visited some caves in our area and also an ice cave mock-up exhibit at an area natural history museum.)

Oceans and Seas –

How to be an Ocean Scientist in Your own Home, S. Simon
Magic School Bus: Ocean Floor
Complete Science 1/2 and 3/4 – experiments from water section

The Life of the Ocean –

Oceans, Simon
What Makes an Ocean Wave?
Usborne What’s Under the Sea?
Picturepedia pages 26-27 (DK)

The Seashore –

One Small Square: Seashore
Picturepedia pages 28-29 (DK)

(Identified shells and also visited our area aquarium.)

Rivers –

The River: A First Discovery Book (Scholastic)
Picturepedia pages 32-33 (DK)

Lakes and Swamps –

One Small Square: Swamp and Pond

The Atmosphere –

Complete Science 1/2 and 3/4 – experiments from air section
Weather, Simon
Weather: A First Discovery Book (Scholastic)
Eyewitness Explorer: Weather
Picturepedia pages 36-37 (DK)

Climate –

Picturepedia pages 38-39 (DK)

Winds and Storms –

Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane
Magic School Bus: Electric Field Trip
Lightning, Simon
Storms, Simon
Tornadoes
Why Does Lightning Strike? Questions About Weather
Picturepedia pages 42-45 (DK)

The Types of Clouds –

Picturepedia pages 40-41 (DK)

(Attended a talk by a NOAA scientist about cloud types.)

Rain and Snow –

This is the Rain

The Changing Scene –

Used Delta Education Science in a Nutshell Soil Studies kit.
A Handful of Soil, Simon
One Small Square: Backyard
Usborne What’s Under the Ground?

Polar Regions and the Tundra –

One Small Square: Arctic Tundra

Temperate Woodland –

One Small Square: Woods

Grasslands –

One Small Square: African Savannah

Deserts –

One Small Square: Cactus Desert
Deserts, Simon
Picturepedia pages 34-35 (DK)

There are activities and dioramas to make in the Complete Science books associated with biome studies (under animal sections).

Tropical Rain Forests –

One Small Square: Tropical Rainforests

Natural Resources: Energy –

Magic School Bus: Water and Electricity books if not used previously….

Conservation –

Picturepedia pages 46-47 (DK)

　
Stars and Planets – 18 weeks

Sections:

Cosmic Time and The Solar System – 9 weeks

(3 spreads during week 1, and 2 spreads the other 8 weeks, with experiments)

Beyond the Solar System – 1 week, three spreads

The Stars – 3 weeks, 2 spreads per week

Observing the Skies – 2 weeks, 2 spreads per week

Space Exploration – 3 weeks, 2 spreads per week 　


Used many of the activities/experiments in Reader's Digest How the Universe Works.

Extra reading listed by spread:

A Timescale of the Universe –

How to be a Space Scientist in Your own Home, Simon
The Universe

Beginnings –

Kids’ Science – experiments from sky section
Destination: Space, Simon
Our Solar System, Simon
Space Picturepedia pages 26-27 (DK)
The Earth and Sky: A First Discovery Book (Scholastic)

The Sun –

Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
The Sun, Simon
I Didn’t Know That the Sun is a Star

The Planets –

The Long Look Into Space, Simon
The Planets in our Solar System
Looking at the Planets

Mercury –

Mercury, Simon

Venus –

Venus, Simon

The Moon –

The Moon, Simon
The Moon Book (Troll, w/ tape)

The Earth and the Moon –

Earth, Our Planet in Space, Simon

Mars –

Mars, Simon

Jupiter –

Destination, Jupiter
Jupiter, Simon

Saturn –

Saturn, Simon

Uranus –

Uranus, Simon

Neptune –

Neptune, Simon

Minor Planets and Meteoroids –

Comets, Meteors and Asteroids, Simon

Comets –

The Long Journey From Space, Simon

The Milky Way –

Eyewitness Explorer: Night Sky
One Small Square: Night Sky
Mysterious Lights and Other Cases, Simon
Night Sky Sticker Book (DK)

Clusters and Superclusters –

Galaxies, Simon

The Life of a Star –

Stars, Simon
Star Walk, Simon (poetry)
Stargazers
Do Stars Have Points?

Extraordinary Stars –

Stars: A new way to see Them, H.A. Rey
The Starry Sky
Picturepedia pages 40-41  (DK)
Discovering the Stars

The Moving Sky –

Space Picturepedia pages 6-9 (DK)

The Constellations –

Find the Constellations, H.A. Rey
Look to the Night Sky: An Introduction to Star Watching, Simon

Optical Astronomy –

Picturepedia pages 38-39 (DK)

A Rocket to the Moon –

Can You Hear a Shout in Space?
I Didn’t Know That you can Jump Higher on the Moon
Picturepedia pages 10-11, 14-15, 22-25 (DK)
Moonwalk: The First Trip to the Moon

Artificial Earth Satellites –

Picturepedia pages 18-21 (DK)

Space Probes –

Space Sticker Book (DK)

Life in Space –

Picturepedia pages 12-13 (DK)

Space Shuttles and Space Stations –

Picturepedia pages 16-17 (DK)

The Future in Space –

Picturepedia pages 42-47 (DK)

We attended a nearby planetarium several times to view shows that were related to topics we were studying in various weeks.
　
We visited the USAF Museum in Dayton.  They have a nice exhibit hall covering space.  They do homeschool days twice yearly, too, with classes that often include space.

You'll see that I used lots of Seymour Simon books for the year.  He has great photographs in his books and my son was very interested in non-fiction books at the time that included actual photographs. 

Any of the One Small Square books can be used as a longer term study for a season or the entire year if you're interested in doing longer range nature studies.

The DK Picturepedia books are old and long OOP.  They do have other books out that are comparable, however, such as this:

http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/6240709/used/Space

Here's the actual space book:

http://www.amazon.com/Picturepedia-1-Space-None/dp/0863189733

DK now has out the Eye Wonder books, which are also a good substitute:

http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405306799,00.html

Here are the Visual Factfinders:

Earth

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Visual-Factfinders-Curtis/dp/1856978478

Space

http://www.librarything.com/work/622055

Kingfisher also has out Visual Factfinders now that would work well for this course of study....　

Pertinent books from the Let's-Read-and-Find-out-About-Science series (many written by Franklyn Branley) would also be useful!

Regena

Some Good Elementary Level Books for studying non-western countries....

Middle East:

The Golden Sandal, Hickox
The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East, Kimmel
Arabian Nights: Three Tales, Lattimore
Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent 10,000-539 BC
Tower of Babel
Gilgamesh books, Ludmilla Zeman (3 in series)
The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Kimmel
Abu Ali: Three Tales of the Middle East, Van Woerkom
Israel (Countries of the World), Fisher
Eyewitness: Bible Lands
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Yeoman
The Persian Empire, Zinert
The Persian Empire: World History Series, Nardo
The Legend of the Persian Carpet
The Persian Cinderella
The Red Lion: A Tale of Ancient Persia
The Wailing Wall, Leonard E. Fisher
The Story of Masada: Retold for Young Readers, Gerald Gottlieb (VERY GOOD! about the excavation of Masada during the 1960's)
The Assyrians, Elaine Landau
To Ride the God's Own Stallion, Diane Lee Wilson
Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian Book of the Seasons, Christopher Moore
Life Long Ago: The Beginnings of Cities (Mesopotamia), Leonard Weisgard
Nebchadnezzar: Scourge of Zion, (Heroes and Warriors series), Mark Healy
The Seven Wise Princesses, Wafa' Tarnowska (VERY good Persian tale!)
The Persian Empire, Karen Zeinert　

Egypt:

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Rumford
Flash, Old Dog of Egypt
The Nile River, Meister
Egyptian Myths, Morley
Growing up in Ancient Egypt, David
Ancient Egypt (Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures), Cole
Look What Came From Egypt
Mummies Made in Egypt, Aliki
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert, Bunting
Look Inside: An Egyptian Tomb, Moses
Macaulay Pyramid Video
Kids Discover: Pyramids
Hatshepsut, His Majesty Herself
Hatshepsut and Ancient Egypt
Mystery of King Karfu
World in the Time of Tut
Tut’s Mummy, Lost and Found
Science in Ancient Egypt
The Prince Who Knew His Fate
Nefertari
Pharaohs and Pyramids
Tutankamun: The Life and Death of the Pharaoh
Tut, Tut
Egypt, the Culture Rulers of Ancient Egypt
Cat Mummies
Tales of Ancient Egypt
Seeker of Knowledge
Pharaoh’s of Ancient Egypt
Remains to be Seen: Exploring Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Art, Susie Hodge
The Egyptian News, Scott Steedman
Cleopatra, Diane Stanley
How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? Jacqueline Morley
Secrets of the Mummies, Harriet Griffey
Mummies and Their Mysteries, Charlotte Wilcox　

India:

Rama and the Demon King
Monkey Bridge
Just So Stories
Jataka Tales
Take a Trip to India
Tiger and the Brahim
Blue Jackal
Seven Blind Mice
Magic Cooking Pot
Gifts of the Wali Dad
The Prince Who Ran Away
The Prince Who Became a Beggar
The Cat who Went to Heaven
Our Most Dear Friend
On Grain of Rice
Fat Gopal
The Sacred River
Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha
My Friend’s Beliefs: A Young Readers Guide to World Religions
World Religions, The Great Faiths Annotated and Explained
India, Countries of the World, Dahl
Buddha Stories, Demi
The Ringdoves
The Ganges, Sacred River of India, Violet Weingarten
The Art of India, Shirley Glubok (LOVE all her books!)
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　

General:

Great Wonders of the Ancient World (DK), Russel Ash
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Cox and Morris
Famous Scientists of the Ancient World, Margaret J. Anderson (I like this book)

China:

Growing up in Ancient China
They Lived Like This in Ancient China
Ancient China Treasure Chest
Ancient China, J. Simpson
Maples in the Mist
The Story About Ping, Flack
Tikki Tikki Tembo, Mosel
Books on the orient by Demi from library
Long is a Dragon
Ancient China, Williams
Growing up in Ancient China
The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors
The Magic Tapestry: A Chinese Folktale
Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend
The Dragon Prince
The Ch’I-Lin Purse
The Great Wall of China, Mann (also one by Fisher)
Confucius
Science in Ancient China
Seven Chinese Brothers
Ballad of Mulan
The Empty Pot
Exploration into China
Long-haired Girl
Lon Po Po
The Chinese Book of Animal Powers
The Ancient Chinese, Hazel M. Martell
Confucius: The Golden Rule, Russell Freedman
Tales of a Chinese Grandmother, Francis Carpenter
Images Across the Ages: Chinese Portraits, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (VERY
good)
Chinese Myths and Legends, O.B. Duane and N. Hutchinson　

Africa:

Why Spider Spins Tales
The Hunterman and the Crocodile
Anansi, w/ tape (Rabbit Ears Productions)
Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa
Zomo the Rabbit
Too Much Talk
Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!
Exploration into Africa
Anansi’s Feast
Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock
Golden Deer
The King’s Drum and Other Stories, Courlander
The Tortoise and the Tree (Bantu), Janina Domanska
The Orphan Boy (Maasai), Tololwa M. Mollel
The Name of the Tree (Bantu), Celia Barker Lottridge
Growing up Maasai, Tom Shachtman
Tokoloshi, Diana Pitcher
The Art of Africa, Shirley Glubok
A Glorious Past: Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia and Nubia, Ernestine Jenkins　

Japan:

The Ancient Japanese, Odjik
Sho and the Demon of the Deep
Spring: A Haiku Story
Exploration into Japan
The Japanese, Clare Doran　

Australia and Oceania:

The Biggest Frog in Australia
Exploration into Australia
Australia and Oceania
Wandering Girl
The Flying Emu and other Australian Stories
The Giant Devil Dingo
Tales Told to Kabbarli: Aboriginal Legends
The Aboriginal People of Australia
Rainbowbird: An Aboriginal Folktale
Rainbow Serpent
Waltzing Matilda
The Pacific
South Pacific Islanders
Pacific Islands
The Woman on the Moon
Kon-Tiki
Polynesians, Stephen Currie
Easter Island, Caroline Arnold
Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea and Sky, Vivian L. Thompson

Most books regarding Native Americans deal with those of South and Central
America. Here are a few that deal with the peoples of the far North, direct
descendants of the Asians who migrated to the North American continent:

The Enchanted Caribou, Elizabeth Cleaver (I believe ds really liked this one, too)
Building an Igloo, Ulli Steltzer
The Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales, John Bierhorst
The Story of Comock the Eskimo, Robert Flaherty (VERY good)
Inuit, Bryan and Cherry Alexander
Art of the Far North, Carol Finley
　
For myth collections, we read most of the stories in the following:

The Bronze Cauldron
The Silver Treasure
The Crystal Pool
all by Geraldine McCaughrean
　
Also read all or most of the Landscapes of Legend series books:

Beneath the Earth
Cities of Splendour
Sacred Skies
Mighty Mountains
The Waters of Life

Also read: Tree of Dreams: Ten Tales from the Garden of Night

Hope you find these helpful,

Regena

First Grade History and Literature

First Grade History/Reading

　

Used Usborne World History and SOTW 1 as “spines”.

Spread topics were based on Usborne, since it includes some topics SOTW does not.

This mixed up the flow of SOTW a little, but I thought it still worked. Alternately, you could switch and keep SOTW chapters in order, skipping around in Usborne.

Did History 4 days per week, one hour each (or less); reading of literature selections was at a separate time (generally in the mornings).

I did not include author names in my book lists that year, but re-visited many of these books again in fifth grade and authors are listed in that list....

Week 1:

M - Digging up History

SOTW pgs. 8-10; Act. Guide Intro.

Me and My Family Tree, Sweeney (L)
Archaeologists Dig for Clues, Duke (H)
The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells, Posner (L)
I can be an Archaeologist, Pickering (L)
Coloring pages from Prehistoric Man coloring book 　

T - First Settlers

continued books from day one…
Made cave art
Made a coil pot　

W - Jericho/Catal Huyuk

Did weaving

SOTW pgs 10-13; Act. Guide Ch. 1

Story of Big Bone Lick (H)
It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! Solheim (L)
How People First Lived, Jaspersohn (L)
Mik’s Mammoth, Gerrard (L)
One Small Bead, Baylor (L)
The First Dog, Brett (L)
　
R - First Great Civilizations

SOTW pgs. 23-25; Act. Guide ch. 5

Who Were the First People? (H)
Living in Prehistoric Times (H)
The Golden Sandal, Hickox (L)
The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East, Kimmel (L)
Arabian Nights: Three Tales, Lattimore (L)


Week 2:

M - Daily Life/ Invention of Writing

Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent ( L)
Tower of Babel (L)

SOTW pgs. 16-19; Act. Guide ch. 3

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Rumford (L)

Did picture writing　

T - First Settlers on the Nile

Flash, Old Dog of Egypt (L)
Growing up in Ancient Egypt (L)
Ancient Egypt (L; 3 titles available)

SOTW pgs. 13-16; Act. Guide ch. 2

The Nile River, Meister (L)
Egyptian Myths, Morley (L)

W - Continue Egyptian Books

R - Farmers Year

Continue Egyptian books

SOTW pgs. 42-45; Act. Guide ch. 12

Growing up in Ancient Egypt, David (L)
Ancient Egypt (Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures), Cole (L)

Week 3:

M - Food and Drink

Look What Came From Egypt (L)

T - Tombs and Life After Death

Secrets of the Mummies (H)
Mummies Made in Egypt, Aliki (H)
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (L)
I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert, Bunting (L)

SOTW pgs. 19-23; Act. Guide ch. 4

Look Inside: An Egyptian Tomb, Moses (L)
　
W - Continue from yesterday

R - Building the Pyramids

Great Pyramids (L)
Pyramids (L)
Macaulay Pyramid Video (L)
Kids Discover: Pyramids (L)
Egyptian Pyramids (L)

SOTW cont. ch. 4

Week 4:

M - Sports and Leisure

Play Snake Race game

T - Continue Egyptian Pyramid books

W - A Great Island Civilization

Theseus and the Minotaur (L; Hutton and also one other title)
Warriors and Seafarers 1500-500 BC ( L)
Mysterious Places of the Mediterranean (H)

SOTW pgs. 60-63; Act. Guide ch. 18

Greek Myths, McCaughrean (L; on tape)
Atlantis: The Legend of a Lost City, Balit (L)

R - Continue from yesterday


Week 5:

M - Life on Crete

Continue books from last week

T - Cities of Ancient India

Rama and the Demon King (L)
Monkey Bridge (L)
Ancient India (L)
Just So Stories (L)
Jataka Tales (L)

SOTW pgs. 31-33; Act. Guide ch. 9

W/R - Continue India rest of week

　
Week 6:

M - Continue with India(Or, move on to give more time for Rome at end of year.)　

T - Rise of Babylon

Gilgamesh books (L)
Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent 10,000-539 BC (L)

SOTW pgs. 27-29; Act. Guide ch. 7

The Rules, Marty Kelley (L)
The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Kimmel (L)
Abu Ali: Three Tales of the Middle East, Van Woerkom (L)　

W/R - Continue rest of week　


Week 7:

M - Continue Babylon (Or, continue to give more time at end of year for Rome.)

T - Royal Graves of Anatolia

(Go ahead and move into Egypt studies.)

W - New Kingdom

Hatshepsut, His Majesty Herself (L)
Hatshepsut and Ancient Egypt (L)
Mystery of King Karfu (L)
World in the Time of Tut (L)
(several other titles on Tut, as well)
Tut’s Mummy, Lost and Found (L)
Science in Ancient Egypt (L)
The Prince Who Knew His Fate (L)
Nefertari (L)

R - Continue New Kingdom


Week 8:

M - Egyptian Empire

Continue library books from last week

T - Continue Egyptian books

SOTW pgs. 45-48; Act. G ch. 13

Pharaohs and Pyramids (L)
Tutankamun: The Life and Death of the Pharaoh (L)
Tut, Tut (L)

W - Houses and Furniture

Egypt, the Culture (L)
Continue other Egyptian books

R - Temples

Rulers of Ancient Egypt (L)
Cat Mummies (L)
Tales of Ancient Egypt (L)
Seeker of Knowledge (L)
Pharaoh’s of Ancient Egypt (L)
Remains to be Seen: Exploring Ancient Egypt (L)


Week 9:

M - Continue Temples　

T - Warriors of Anatolia

(Use extra time to finish up Egyptian books from last week.)　

W - Greece

Mysterious People From Greece (L)
Black Ships Before Troy (L)
Trojan Horse (L)
Myths and Civilization of Ancient Greeks (L)
In Search of Ancient Troy (L)
Myths and Legends (L)
Hercules (L)
Pegasus, the Flying Horse (L)
Persephone (L)
Cupid and Psyche (L)
Cyclops (L)
King Midas (L)
Odysseus and Cyclops (L)

R - Continue with Greece

SOTW pgs. 63-66; Act. Guide ch. 19

Fiona Macdonald has several titles available on Greece, as does John Malam
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War, Little (L)
The Trojan Horse, Hutton (L)

SOTW pgs. 81-83; Act. Guide ch. 23

Trojan Horse: The World’s Greatest Adventure, DK reader (L)
Greek Gods and Goddesses, McCaughrean (L)
The Robber Baby: Stories from Greek Myths, Rockwell (L)
Hercules, Burleigh (L)
Medusa, Lattimore (L)
Max and Ruby’s First Greek Myth: Pandora’s Box, Wells (L)
Max and Ruby’s Midas: Another Greek Myth, Wells (L)
The Illustrated Book of Myths: Tales and Legends of the World, Philip (L)


Week 10:

M/T - Continue Greece first two days

Make a clay model

W - Palaces and Soldiers

Jason and the Golden Fleece (L)
Gods and Goddesses of Olympus (L)
Atlanta’s Race (L)
Arion and the Dolphin (L)
Growing up in Ancient Greece (L)

R - Continue Greece


Week 11:

Continue Greece all week


Week 12:

M - Philistines(Combine with Canaanites.)
M - Canaanites and…

Bible lands books from home
The Binding of Isaac (L)
Mission on a Mountain (L)
Joseph and his Coat (L)
Noah and the Great Flood (L)
Noah’s Ark (L)
Noah and the Ark (L)

SOTW pgs. 25-27, Act. Guide ch. 6

Dance, Sing Remember: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays

T/W/R - Continue Bible Lands rest of week
　　
　
Week 13:

M - Continue Bible lands
　
T - Nomads in the Desert

Moses in Egypt w/tape (H)
Exodus from Egypt, Auld (L)
Moses in the Bulrushes (L)
Story of King Saul and King David (L)
Exodus, Wildsmith (L)
David and Goliath (L)
When Solomon was King (L)
King Solomon and his Magic Ring (L)

W - Continue

SOTW pgs. 49-52; Act. Guide ch. 14

Israel (Countries of the World), Fisher (L)
Eyewitness: Bible Lands (H)
Moses, Fisher (L)
The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion, Goldin (L)
Exodus, Chaikin

R - Continue
　
　　
Week 14:

M – Continue Bible Lands
　
T - Phoenicians

Continue with Mysterious Places of the Mediterranean (H)
3 titles on Phoenicia from L

SOTW pgs. 52-55; Act. Guide ch. 15

SOTW pgs. 56-57; Act. Guide ch. 16

Fire into Ice: Adventures in Glass Making, Houston (L)
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Yeoman (L)

W/R - Continue


Week 15:

M - Life in Assyrian Empire

SOTW pgs. 29-31; Act. Guide ch. 8
　
T - Kings and Their Palaces/ Assyrian Army

SOTW pgs. 57-59; Act. G ch. 17

DK’s Great Wonders of the Ancient World (H)
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Cox and Morris (L)

W/R - City of Babylon


Week 16:

M - Monument Builders

Celtic Coloring Book
Cobblestone: Stonehenge, et al (L)
They Lived Like this in Ancient Britain (L)　

T – Continue
　
W - First Civilizations in China

Growing up in Ancient China (L)
They Lived Like This in Ancient China (L)
Ancient China (L; 2 titles)
Ancient China Treasure Chest (H)　

R - Continue

SOTW pgs. 33-35; Act. G ch. 10

Ancient China, J. Simpson (H)
Maples in the Mist (H)
The Story About Ping, Flack (L)
Tikki Tikki Tembo, Mosel (L)
Books on the orient by Demi from library
　　
　
Week 17:

M - Continue China
　
T - Continue China
　
W - First Farmers in America

Opossum and the Great Firemaker (H)
Do a serpent mound model in clay
Nature Company Native Americans (H)
Do Aztec drawings
　
R - India

Take a Trip to India (H)
Tiger and the Brahim (L)
Blue Jackal (L)
Seven Blind Mice (L)
Magic Cooking Pot (L)
Gifts of the Wali Dad (L)　


Week 18:

M - Continue India
　
T - Continue
　
W - Greek Dark Ages

Continue with mythology from earlier, i.e., D’Aulaire, etc.
Tales of Ancient Persia (L)

SOTW pgs. 67-72; Act. G ch. 20

The Wanderings of Odysseus, Sutcliff (L)
The First Olympic Games, Richards (L)
I Wonder Why Greeks Built Temples and Other Questions About Ancient Greece, McDonald (L)
Count Your Way through Greece, Haskins (L)
The Original Olympics, Ross (L)
She and He Adventures in Mythology, Weiss (L; audio)
Galileo and the Stargazers, Weiss (L; audio)　

R – Continue Greece


Week 19:

Continue Greece all week　


Week 20:

M - Conquerers
M - The Persian Empire

SOTW pgs. 73-76; Act. G ch. 21

Flower of Sheba (L)
The Story of Esther (L)
Queen Esther, Morning Star (L)
The Persian Empire (L)
Queen Esther Saves Her People (L)
The Persian Empire, Zinert (L)
The Persian Empire: World History Series, Nardo (L)
Esther’s Story, Wolkstein (L)
The Legend of the Persian Carpet (L)
The Persian Cinderella (L)
The Red Lion: A Tale of Ancient Persia (L)

T - Continue
　
W - Greeks at War

Adventures of Greek Heroes (L)
Hannibal and His 37 Elephants (L)
Hannibal vs. Rome (L)
Battle of Zama (L)
Battle of Marathon (L)
Odyssey, McCaughrean (L)
Olympians, Fisher (L)
Pomegranate Seeds, Geringer (L)　

R - Continue

SOTW pgs. 76-81; Act. G ch. 22

DK Eyewitness Ancient Greece (H)
Paper through the Ages, Cosner (L)
Continue D’Aulaire
Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale (L)
Bright-eyed Athena (L)

SOTW pgs. 84-88; Act. G ch. 24

[visit Parthenon in Nashville]

The Greek Hoplite (L)
The X-ray Picture Book of Big Buildings of the Ancient World (L)
The Parthenon (L)
The Aesop for Children, Winter (L)
Cupid and Psyche, Craft (L)
Apollo and Daphne, Barber (L)


Week 21:

M/T - Continue Greece
　
W - Life in Athens

Buried City of Pompeii (L)
Golden Days of Greece (L)
Pompeii: Buried Alive (or L)
This is Greece (L)
　
R - Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great and Ancient Greece (L)
Alexander the Great (7 titles, L)
The Great Alexander the Great (L)
Perseus, Hutton (L)
Greek Myths, McCaughrean (L)

SOTW pgs. 88-92; Act. G ch. 25

Alexander the Great: The Greatest Ruler of the Ancient World (L)
Alexander the Great: The Legend of a Warrior King (L)


Week 22:

M - Continue Greece

T - Alexandria
　
W - What we Owe the Greeks

Archimedes Takes a Bath (H)
Ancient Greece Treasure Chest (H)
Aesop’s Fables (H)
Video: Ancient Greece: Birth of Thinking (L)
Eratosthenes: The Librarian who Measured the Earth (L)
Science in Ancient Greece (L)

R - Continue

Video: Ancient Greece (L)
Aristotle and Scientific Thought (L)


Week 23:

M/T - Continue Greece
　
W - Great Civilizations in the East

SOTW pgs. 113-117; Act. G ch. 32

Long is a Dragon (L)
Ancient China, Williams (L)
Growing up in Ancient China (or L)
The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors (L)
The Magic Tapestry: A Chinese Folktale (L)
Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend (L)
The Dragon Prince (L)
The Ch’I-Lin Purse (L)

R - Continue Eastern Civs

Books on world religions (H)
Look at Chinese coins
The Great Wall of China, Mann (also one by Fisher) (L)
Confucius (4 titles, L)
Science in Ancient China (L)
Seven Chinese Brothers (L)
Ballad of Mulan (L)
The Empty Pot (L)


Week 24:

M - Continue China
　
T - Writing and Inventions

Exploration into China (L)
Long-haired Girl (L)
Lon Po Po (L)

SOTW pgs. 117-119; Act. G ch. 33

[play with tangrams; make tea.]

The Chinese Book of Animal Powers (L)　

W - ContinueMake a wall hanging　

R - Continue　

Week 25:

M - Nomads and Horsemen

Make a felt hanging.　

M/T - Early American Indians

North American Coloring book pages
Exploration into North America (L)

T/W - Continue North America

SOTW pgs. 92-96; Act. G ch. 26

Growing up in Aztec Times (L)
You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice! (L)
The Incas (H)
Anasazi, Fisher (L)
Who Were the First North Americans? (H)
The Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend (L)
Jabuti the Tortoise (L)
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back (H)
Dancing Drum: A Cherokee Legend (H)
Ka-Ha-Si and the Loon: An Eskimo Legend (L)
Keepers of the Earth (L)　

R - Continue


Week 26:

M – Continue North America
　
T - The Maya

Technology in the Time of the Maya (L)
The Maya (L)
Why there is no Arguing in Heaven (L)

W - Continue Maya

Do Mayan style drawings　

R - Continue


Week 27:

M - Life in Ancient Africa

Why Spider Spins Tales (H)
The Hunterman and the Crocodile (H)
Anansi, w/ tape (H)

SOTW pgs. 36-42; Act. G ch. 11

Look Who Lives in the Desert (L)
Animals of the Desert (L)
Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa (L)
Zomo the Rabbit (L)
Too Much Talk (L)
Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper! (L)

T/W/R – Continue Africa all week


Week 28:

M - Continue Africa

Exploration into Africa (L)
Anansi’s Feast (L)
Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock (L)
Golden Deer (L)
The King’s Drum and Other Stories, Courlander (L)　

T - Continue

Draw Anansi　

W - Continue
　
R - Continue　


Week 29:

M - Buddha and Ashoka

Books on religion from home
The Prince Who Ran Away (L)
Buddha (2 titles, L)
The Prince Who Became a Beggar (L)
The Cat who Went to Heaven (L)
Our Most Dear Friend (L)
On Grain of Rice (L)
Fat Gopal (L)

T/W/R – Continue India all week

　
Week 30:

M – Continue India

SOTW pgs. 107-110; Act. G ch. 30

The Sacred River (L)
Buddha, Demi (L)
Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha (L)
My Friend’s Beliefs: A Young Readers Guide to World Religions (L)
World Religions, The Great Faiths Annotated and Explained (L)
India, Countries of the World, Dahl (L)
Buddha Stories, Demi (L)

SOTW pgs. 110-113; Act. G ch. 31

T/W - Continue
　
R - People of Northern Europe

What do we Know About the Celts? (L)
Names Upon the Harp (L)
Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Celts (L)
English Fairy Tales, Steel (L)
The Celts, Martell (L)　


Week 31:

M - Continue Celts

Celtic coloring book
(Or, begin Rome if time allows.)

T - Rise of Rome

Romulus and Remus (L)
Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Romans (L)

SOTW pgs. 96-100; Act. G ch. 27

W - Continue Rome

SOTW pgs. 100-04; Act. G ch. 28

Gladiator, Watkins (L)
The Roman Colosseum, Mann (L)
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction (L)
Roman Roads and Aqueducts (L)
The Roman Colosseum, Nardo (L)
Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Russell (L)
Androcles and the Lion, Nolan (L)
The Roman Twins, Gerrard (L)
Asterix the Gladiator (L)
See You Later, Gladiator (Time Warp Trio) (L)　

R - Continue


Week 32:

M – Continue Rome

T - Life in the Roman Empire

Gladiators’ Treasure Chest (H)
Detectives in Togas (L)
Living in Roman Times (L)
Science in Ancient Rome (L)

SOTW pgs. 126-27; Act. G. ch. 36

Augustus and Imperial Rome (L)
The Story of Clocks and Calendars: Marking a Millennium (L)
　
W/R – Continue Rome


Week 33:

M - Continue Rome

SOTW pgs. 104-07; Act. G ch. 29

The Roman Army, Wilkes (L)
A Roman Fort, Macdonald (L)

T – Continue

SOTW pgs. 122-25; Act. G ch. 35

[learn Roman numerals]

The Romans, Hicks (L)
Roman Numerals I to MM (L)
Cleopatra, Stanley (L)
“Julius Caesar” from Tales from Shakespeare, Williams (L)
Shakespeare Stories II, Garfield (L)
Cleopatra: The Queen of Dreams (L) Rome Antics (L)
Julius Caesar (5 titles; L)

SOTW pgs. 128-31; Act. G ch. 37

The Parables of Jesus, dePaola (L)
The Miracles of Jesus, dePaola (L)

SOTW pgs. 131-134; Act. G ch. 38

Behold the Trees (H)
Israel in Pictures, Feinstein (L)
Jason’s Miracle (L)
Shabbat, Nerlove (L)
Journeys with Elijah, Diamond (L)
Miriam’s Cup, Manushkin (L)　

W - Continue

SOTW pgs. 134-39; Act. G ch. 39

I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas? (L)
What Do We Know About the Romans? (L)
Ancient Rome Treasure Chest (H)
Pompeii…Buried Alive (H)
Heroes, Gods, and Emperors from Roman Mythology (L)
Mystery of the Roman Ransom (L)

SOTW pgs. 139-42; Act. G ch. 40

Ancient Rome, Simpson (L, if not already used)
Celtic Fairy Tales, Jacobs (L)

R - Romans and Barbarians

Bronze Bow (L)
Aeneid (2 titles; L)
Caesar Augustus (5 titles, L)
Jesus of Nazareth (L)
Jesus, Dickens (L)
Wendy Becket’s Book of Saints (L)
Jesus’ Special Friends, the 12 Apostles (L)


Week 34:

M - Continue Rome

T - Continue

SOTW pgs. 119-22; Act. G ch 34

A Pirate’s Life for Me, Thompson (L)
The Legionary (H)

W - Byzantine Empire

SOTW pgs. 142-45; Act. G ch. 41

The Rotten Romans (L)

SOTW pgs. 145-48; Act. G ch. 42

(Science in Ancient Rome, if not used earlier)　

R - New Kings in Persia

(Continue books on Rome)　


Week 35:

M - Ancient Japan

Book on Ancient Japanese, Odjik (H)
Sho and the Demon of the Deep (H)
Book written in Japanese (H)
Spring: A Haiku Story (H)
Exploration into Japan (L)

T - Continue

Use Japanese activity book (H)　

W - Continue
　
R - Continue


Week 36:

M - Australia and Oceania

The Biggest Frog in Australia (H)
Exploration into Australia (L)
Australia and Oceania (L)
Wandering Girl (L)
The Flying Emu and other Australian Stories (L)
The Giant Devil Dingo (L)

T - Continue

Tales Told to Kabbarli: Aboriginal Legends (L)
Draw Aboriginal type art　

W - Continue

The Aboriginal People of Australia (L)
Rainbowbird: An Aboriginal Folktale (L)
Rainbow Serpent (L)
Waltzing Matilda (L)
The Pacific (L)
South Pacific Islanders (L)
Pacific Islands (L)
The Woman on the Moon (L)
Kon-Tiki (L)　
　
R - Continue