• 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.
• The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon
• Have you chosen the Spielvogel books as an alternate textbook? If so, click here to find more teaching helps!
• Highland Heritage

Time Lines

• Time Line Book Instructions
• Time Line Forms
• Interesting information about ancient time line from Answers in Genesis
• Time line of "Famous People"
• 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!
• 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!
• 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 based upon the book, Pyramids, by David Macaulay
• Egyptian Armies

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God

• Read about Egyptian gods here. Link contributed by Janet W.
• See the 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

• Neat link about the theory of tectonic plates from a Christian perspective! Contributed by Joelle.
• 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.

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
• 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.
• Wonderful annotated (with pictures, text, and maps) time line of Mesopotamia.

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt

• Time Line of Patriarchs
• Jenn suggests another time line resource: Bible Time Line, includes Bible verses with no graphics
• The Significance of Passover. Contributed by Corrine.
• Hebrew for Christians

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

• Find out lots of information about practicing Shabbat.
• Shabbat Service
• Interactive 3-D model of Moses' Tabernacle
• 3-D animation of the Tabernacle!
• Jewish Calendar
• Jewish calendar diagram here
• Hebrew for Christians

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

• Jewish Prayer Services
• Judaism 101 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
• Hebrew for Christians
• Learn to read Biblical Hebrew

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

• Learn about the Great Wall of China.
• A Panorama of the Great Wall
• From EnchantedLearning: Chinese Inventors and Inventions.
• Compare China to another country (maybe Ancient India?) with this Venn Diagram (pdf file).

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

• Odyssey Online: Ancient Americas
• Mayan Civilization
• 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
• Synopsis of the Trojan War.
• Excellent site on the epochs of Greek history.
• Greek Mythology site
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• Minoans
• Mycenaeans

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

• Life in Ancient Greece
• Excellent website about Ancient Greece
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• Text of Famous Men of Greece

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement

• Israel’s Ancient Neighbors
• 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.

Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures

• Israel’s Ancient Neighbors
• Lydians
• Amorites
• Moabites. Another great link contributed by Robin!
• Brief, but helpful,overview site on Hittites.
• Another site on the Hittites
• Ancient Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent with comparison to Egypt

Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines

• Read 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.
• All Bible references to the Philistines
• The Catholic Encyclopedia on the Philistines
• 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.
• Ekron: A Philistine City
• Photo of excavation site and pottery from Ekron, one of the five Philistine cities.

Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians

• Great site on Phoenicians
• Phoenicians in Spain
• 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
• Ancient Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent with comparison to Egypt

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Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart

• Interactive site of Solomon's Temple.
• Very nice website on Solomon's temple.
• Queen of Sheba

Week 20: The Divided Kingdom

• 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

• Assyria

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

• Brief history of Babylonians.
• Information on the Babylonian Captivity with a nice hyperlink to a page on the Chaldeans.
• The Chaldeans

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

• Good history of Persians
• Brief history of Persians.
• Time line of the Persian Empire

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

• Excellent website for children about Ancient Greece
• Text of Famous Men of Greece
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette.
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• Useful summary of Persian Wars
• Herodotus
• Time line of the Persian Empire.
• The Rise of Athens and Sparta
• The Persian Wars
• The Athenian Empire

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

• Excellent website about Ancient Greece
• Odyssey Online: Greece
• Peloponnesian War
• 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.
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette.
• Hippocrates

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

• 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
• Great site on Ancient Greeks. Contributed by Colette.
• Jewish history during the Hellenistic Age.
• 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
• The life of Coriolanus, by Plutarch

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

• Punic Wars
• 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. Recommended by Laura M.
• Cicero
• Sulla
• Pompey
• Julius Caesar
• Mark Antony

Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement

• Odyssey Online: Rome
• Pompeii
• Text of Famous Men of Rome
• The Celts and the Romans in Britain
• 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
• From the Catholic Encyclopedia: Attila the Hun
• From EnchantedLearning: The Huns
• From the Cathloic Encyclopedia: Visigoths

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