• You might want to start by having your oldest students read this selection on "How to Read a History Assignment."
• Diane has graciously shared her chart for using A Child's History of the World with our Year 1. This chart is available in MS Word format and in .pdf format.
• A real treasure: Study guide for the Holman Bible Atlas! This is a 69-page pdf download file.
• 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!
• The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon is now online: read from the screen or print to your heart's content.
• Eyewitness to History is GREAT! It has first-hand accounts, graphics, and a wonderfully user-friendly interface. Bookmark today and use it all four years! I recommend that you start by clicking on "index" and then scroll through, noting upcoming topics in your Year-Plan! Enjoy!
• Have you chosen the Spielvogel books as a spine? If so, click here to find more teaching helps! To navigate through this site, you'll want to click on the picture of your text, or one similar, to find interactive quizzes, internet activities, and more!
• Visit the Unmuseum's Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Follow the links on the left navigation bar. 
• Highland Heritage

Time Lines

• Time Line Book Instructions
• Time Line Forms
• Interesting information about ancient time line from Answers in Genesis
• Very helpful time line of the Persian Empire.
• Fascinating "Famous People" time line. The entire Ancient World at a glance! Great to print off for easy reference all year.
• All the time line links you could ever need for this year.
• Ancient History Time Line

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Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile

• Odyssey Online: Egypt
• GREAT site on Egypt: pharaohs, pyramids, great maps, wonderful for Upper Elementary and up!
• Ancient Egypt's dependence on the Nile.
• Wonderful overview site of Egyptian history.
• Text of the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids

• Odyssey Online: Egypt
• Dynasties of Egypt
• Chart on Dynasties of Egypt
• Excellent site for all ages on pyramids: take virtual tours!
• PBS site on pyramids: better for older kids. Dialectic +
• Another good site on pyramids: good for UG +
• Great interactive site on artifacts from King Tut's Tomb and how mummies were made.
• Mummies. Includes colorful pictures with simple text.
• Melinda recommends this site about Egyptian life after death.
• Complete CyberGuide for pyramids, designed for upper grammar.
• Text of the Rosetta Stone
• Egyptian Armies and The Army in Ancient Egypt

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God

• See article, "Why Did God Allow the Killing of All the Firstborn in Egypt?" for the correlation of each plague to an Egyptian god, plus more information on God's judgment of Egypt.
• Want to know more about Egyptian mythology? Look no further! Use images from this site to decorate writing projects, display boards, etc. Also great for art projects!
• Egyptian Religion from Kidipede.

Week 4: Creation Through Noah

• Creation Time Line
• Noah's Flood: a worldwide event? Yes, judging from the number of flood stories assembled here!
• Man builds a scale model of the Ark
• Scroll down just a bit for an interactive 3-D model of Noah's Ark
• Worksheets for younger grades:
  • The Creation
  • God makes Adam and Eve
  • The Garden of Eden
  • Adam and Eve are Tempted
  • Cain and Abel
  • Enoch
  • Noah Builds the Ark
  • God Sends a Great Flood
  • God's Covenant

Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia

• Treasure trove of site links concerning all Mid-eastern studies.
• Wonderful site on Mesopotamia: links/activities/maps for all ages--including the teacher!
• Writing in Mesopotamia
• Life in Mesopotamia
• The Tower of Babel worksheets for younger children.
• Examine this short collection of Tower of Babel pictures to understand the nature of ziggurats and how artists have used it to portray human sin.
• Summary of Sumerian mythology with pictures. Pictures for all ages, text for Dialectic and up.
• Wonderful annotated (with pictures, text, and maps) time line of Mesopotamia.
• For your grammar-level students: Click here for the pdf worksheet "Culture Graphic of Sumerians."

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt

• Creation Time Line includes the Patriarchs
• Time Line of Patriarchs
• Jenn suggests another time line resource: Bible Time Line, includes Bible verses with no graphics
• God Calls Abram worksheet set for younger children.
• The Significance of Passover. Contributed by Corrine.
• The Messiah in Passover
• Helpful pdf worksheets for grammar levels are "Passover and Lord's Supper Comparison"and "Hebrew Holidays."
• Hebrew for Christians

Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law

• Find out lots of information about practicing Shabbat
• Shabbat Service
• Messianic significance of Shabbat
• Messianic comparison of all Jewish holidays for lower grammar pdf worksheet.
• Feast of Tabernacles
• Interactive 3-D model of Moses' Tabernacle
• 3-D animation of the Tabernacle!
• Jewish Calendar
• One more good Jewish calendar for upper level students...this one you click on each month/year and it brings up a calendar page in pdf to print, with the torah reading of the day, the holidays, Jewish names the Calendar is set up with both our Calendar date and the Hebrew date and month together.
• Jewish calendar diagram here
• Hebrew for Christians

Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God

• The Hebrew Alphabet: pictures are for all ages, text is Dialectic and up.
• Learn to read Biblical Hebrew
• Jewish Prayer Services
• Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Pre-read before letting them loose, but wholesome for most children, I think.
• The Jewish Children's Learning Network: all kinds of useful information here. This site contributed by Kia.
• Rosh Hashanah site loaded with traditions, blessings, crafts, and more.
• Rosh Hashanah Home Ceremony
• Messianic Significance of Rosh Hashanah
• Yom Kippur site filled with traditions, blessings, crafts, and more.
• The Messiah in Yom Kippur
• Messianic comparison of all Jewish holidays for lower grammar pdf worksheet.
• Hebrew for Christians

Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors

• Hebrew for Christians

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Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism

• OUTSTANDING interactive site about the Indus Valley. Many photos, great text, super for all ages. Highly recommended! (Warning: a few bare breasted statues.) Find information about the "bead pot" mentioned in Year 1 Redesigned at this link.
• Art and Technologies in the Indus Valley
• The Indus Valley Civilization
• The Indus Valley
• Grammar level students will enjoy this interactive site about the Indus Valley. This link contributed by Micky.
• Good site for grammar students about India.

Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism

• The Yellow River Culture
• Short and sweet summary about the history of Ancient China
• Learn about the Great Wall of China. All ages.
• A Panorama of the Great Wall...Your kids will love this interactive website.
• Learn about Chinese inventors and inventions. All ages.
• Ancient Chinese Science: Textual information on this site is fine, but there are alternating ads that aren't always appropriate. Parents open this site first please.
• Ancient Chinese Religion
• Compare China to another country (maybe Ancient India?) with this Venn Diagram.

Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas

• Odyssey Online: Ancient Americas
• Everything you need to know to learn and teach about the Mayan Indians! Upper Grammar (with help and supervision) and up!
• Another Maya site, geared for younger students: Upper Grammar and up.
• Nice chart comparing the early Civilizations:  Olmecs, Mound Builders, Mayas, and Aztecs
• Mound Builders

Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures

• Life in Ancient Greece
• Excellent website about Ancient Greece
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• One more excellent site about the Ancient Greek world
• Synopsis of the Trojan War.
• Excellent site on the epochs of Greek history. Time lines, pictures, and a nice overview. Upper Grammar and up. 
• Greek Mythology site
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• The Minoans
• The Mycenaeans

Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology

• Life in Ancient Greece
• Excellent website about Ancient Greece
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• One more excellent site about the Ancient Greek world
• For your grammar-level students: Scroll down to "Culture Graphic of Greece"
• Text of Famous Men of Greece

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement

• Canaanite and Phoenician pantheon. Help here with definitions of the various gods and goddesses of ancient Canaan. Nice site: easy to read and maneuver. Dialectic and up.
• Very helpful summary of the relationship between the Canaanite/Phoenician cultures and the Israelites as they entered Canaan. Upper Rhetoric/Teacher.
• Very helpful map of the Canaanite tribes.
• Here's a map of many Canaanite/Phoenician towns and cities! Yikes! You probably won't need this too often, but if your older student simply must know where the action took place, this is the site to go to!
• More on the Canaanites.
• Great resource site for Greek Mythology.
• Pictures of artifacts from different periods of Jewish history.
• Study guide for each chapter in Edith Hamilton's Mythology.
• Land of Canaan: Scroll down for good information about topography
• Topographical map of Israel

Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures

• The Lydians
• The Amorites
• The Moabites. Another great link contributed by Robin!
• Brief, but helpful,overview site on Hittites.Upper Dialectic and up.
• Another site on the Hittites
• Ancient Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent with comparison to Egypt

Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines

• FABULOUS site. Has hyperlinks to pictures of ruins and artifacts, as well as maps and tons of information about the Philistine culture and its interactions with Israel. There is something for all ages here.
• For those who become curious about the latest archaeological finds regarding the Philistines, don't miss the link to the free online book Giving Goliath His Due by Neal Bierling.
• Clear and interesting article about the origins of the Philistines, with one particularly interesting suggestion about parallels/interactions between Homeric heroes (in the Iliad and the Odyssey) and heroes in Judges. Dialectic and up. Nice large print.
• Picture of Mycenaean pottery that shows warriors who look much like Goliath as described in 1 Samuel 17:4-7.
• Photo of excavation site and pottery from Ekron, one of the five Philistine cities. Or, take a look at the photos on this site.
• Ekron: A Philistine City
• Geography of the Book of Samuel
• All (and I do mean ALL) Bible texts about the Philistines in one handy list. All interested viewers.
• Nice summary from the Catholic Encyclopedia on the Philistines as they relate to Israel. Dialectic and up.

Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians

• Great site on Phoenicians. It's especially good because it links page with other similar pages on other ancient cultures that affected them. Upper Grammar and up. 
• Phoenicians and Spain: great site for all ages. Nice visuals. Great picture model of a Phoenician ship that little ones could draw, or make from paper. Did you know that Jonah probably hopped aboard a Phoenician ship bound for Spain when he was running from the Lord?
• Do many searches for all things Phoenician from this comprehensive site. Again, parental guidance suggested! We've done a few key searches for you:
  • Phoenician religion
  • Phoenician art/artifacts
  • Phoenician ships and trading practices
• Read about fringes and Murex snails! Fascinating connections between biblical characters and Phoenicians!
• Ancient Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent with comparison to Egypt

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Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart

• Interactive site showing a 3-D model of Solomon's Temple
• Very nice website on Solomon's temple. Floor plans, pictures, diagrams. Great for Dialectic levels and up.
• Interesting summation of the Temple from a Jewish perspective. Less (and simpler) text than the above website. Upper Grammar and up--with teacher's oversight. There are many hyperlinks embedded in the text and we couldn't follow them all. 
• Queen of Sheba  

Week 20: The Divided Kingdom

• Kings of Israel: time line: names and dates (note: these are not the only possible dates).
• Kings of Israel and Judah: time lines and short bios. Very helpful!
• Kings of Israel referenced Biblically.
• Worksheet for grammar level students about the Divided Kingdom

Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported  

• Super brief history of Assyria, with a great map of its territory at its height. Grammar and up.
• Brief history of Assyria. Dialectic and up.
• Two Assyrian Officials: frieze to use for hands-on projects this week.
• The Dying Lion: picture to use for hands-on projects this week.
• Assyrian warrior blinding the eyes of a captive, as they blinded King Zedikiah. Dialectic and up with parental permission.
• Painted models of Assyrian soldiers. Interesting for Grammar and up. Click on pictures to see them enlarged.
• More good friezes: again, text (message of website) to be previewed by parents, please.  

Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity

• Good thumbnail sketch of the interplay of history between the kingdoms of Israel, Assyria, Babylon, and Judah.
• Lion Figures on the Ishtar Gate from Babylon
• Brief history of Babylonians. Nice hyperlinks.
• Information on the Babylonian Captivity with a nice hyperlink to a page on the Chaldeans.
• Information and on the Chaldeans and a lovely brick frieze lion
• The Chaldeans

Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home

• Good history of Persians, with nice graphics, many details about culture and history, and a good map.
• Brief history of Persians. Nice hyperlinks. Dialectic and up.
• Another brief summary of the Persians. Dialectic and up.
• Zoroastrianism, the religion of Persia.
• Very helpful time line of the Persian Empire

Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta

• Excellent website about Ancient Greece
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• Very useful summary of Persian Wars, with links to connected topics. Dialectic and up.
• Biography of Herodotus. Dialectic and up. Nicely done.
• Very helpful time line of the Persian Empire.
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette.
• The Rise of Athens and Sparta
• The Persian Wars
• The Athenian Empire
• King Leonidas of Sparta - timeline

Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War

• Excellent website about Ancient Greece
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• One more excellent site about the Ancient Greek world
• The Peloponnesian Wars
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• war between Athens and Sparta as seen by these two families, told in play format.
• Another fun site on Ancient Greece. This link contributed by Teresa. 
• Lovely reproductions of Classical and Hellenistic pottery.
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette.
• Architecture: Greek orders of columns, with diagrams and pictures. Outstanding site for all ages.
• Sculptures of Classical Greece:
  • Reproduction of the Laokoon group
  • Athena mourning. Statue c. 450 BC.

Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy

• One more excellent site about the Ancient Greek world
• Ancient Catapults: Lots of historical information, but good illustrations that may prove helpful if you are making your own.
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• Learn about the original Olympics.
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette. 
• Hippocrates
• Pythagoras
• Socrates
• Plato

Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation

• Alexander the Great
• Reproductions of busts of Alexander, or try this site for more.
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette.
• Jewish history during the Hellenistic Age. Great maps! 
• The Maccabees,
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• Aristotle
• Alexander III (the Great)

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Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome

• The Etruscans
• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• Romulus and Remus for kids
• Coriolanus

Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life

• Odyssey Online: Rome
• Text of Famous Men of Rome

Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars  

• Simple and clear summary of the three wars. Helpful to 6th Graders and up.
• Text of Famous Men of Rome 

Week 31: From Republic to Empire

• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• The Celts and the Romans in Britain
• Iron Age Celts: Really nice interactive site for grammar students. Recommended by Laura M.
• Cicero
• Sulla
• Pompey
• Julius Caesar
• Cleopatra
• Mark Antony -timeline

Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement

• Odyssey Online: Rome
• Pompeii: Unraveling Ancient Mysteries: excellent site with lots of interesting features. Start anywhere, but Vesuvius might make the best beginning!
• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• The Celts and the Romans in Britain
• Jesus Christ
• Claudius
• Nero

Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church

• Text of Famous Men of Rome

Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church

• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• Foxe's Book of Martyrs

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• Diocletian
• Maximian
• Constantine I

Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils

• Successors of Rome
• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• Augustine
• Jerome
• Attila the Hun
• The Huns
• The Visigoths

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