Government
- Primary Source documents: an exhaustive site for teacher and older students. Begins at 500 BC and keeps going. Organizing principle is "documents that pertain to Early American history. Obviously, a broad view of our "roots!"
- Another massive site: teacher's use, probably, initially, although you'll use it to find sites for your children to read. If they want to read the originals, here they are!
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Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids
- Chronology of the Great Pharaohs
- Simple definition of Mosaic Law
Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God
- There are no Government objectives for this week.
Week 4: Creation Through Noah
Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia
- The law code of Hammurabi: scroll down to see a translation of the actual text, and read commentary that sums up the actual text. Rhetoric and up.
- A simpler visual treatment of Hammurabi's code. Upper Grammars and Dialectics might view this site for interest's sake.
Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt
- There are no Government objectives for this week.
Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law
Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God
Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors
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Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism
- Read more about Indian history and their laws here.
Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism
Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas
- Definitions of forms of government
- Mesoamerican Governments
Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures
- No objectives
Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology
- No objectives
Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement
- Read one person's opinion about the leadership qualities of Joshua
Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures
Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines
Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians
- Six-page download entitled "Leaders are Equipped", which examines the life of David
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Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart
- Solomon (scroll down to bottom of the page)
Week 20: The Divided Kingdom
Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported
Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity
Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home
Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta
Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War
- Easy-to-read biography of Pericles
- Scroll down to read about "Democracy and the Age of Pericles"
- "Pure Democracy"
Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy
- Aristotle's Politics
- SparkNotes on Politics
Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation
- Aristotle's Politics
- SparkNotes on Politics
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Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome
- Scroll down just a bit to read about the early government in Rome
- Plato's Republic
Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life
- Plato's Republic
Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars
- Plato's Republic
Week 31: From Republic to Empire
- Plato's Republic
Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement
Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church
Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church
- Augustine's City of God
Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies
- Augustine's City of God
Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils
- Augustine's City of God
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