Literature

General

  • 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!"
  • You won't believe this site. You can look up any word, you can even make your own glossary. You type in a list of vocabulary words, decide what you would like included and push send. You then get a professional paged glossary of all your words. AND IT IS FREE! (You do have to register first.) Contributed by Dody.
  • Highland Heritage has a number of resources you might love to use; however, there is no answer key for some of the literature helps.
  • Norton online quizzes - Western Literature

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Unit 1

  • Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Pre-read before letting them loose, but wholesome for most children, I think.

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

Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God

Week 4: Creation Through Noah

Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia

  • You'll definitely want to read "The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Gilgamesh" from the Institute for Creation Research. Look for the chart of parallels midway down the page. For Rhetoric students and teacher information.
  • Another excellent choice is from Answers in Genesis: "Noah's Flood and the Gilgamesh Epic." For Rhetoric students and teacher information.
  • Free copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh in translation.
  • Gilgamesh summarized, with commentary. Very good, detailed summary. If you don't want your students to read the lewd parts of this story, you can read here to find out where they are and avoid them in your version, or you can have your students read this summary, which refers to them but gives no detail. This is a great "in between" site--students who are too advanced for the recommended picture books, but not ready for the actual text (and who is, with all its sexual references?) can get the full tale from this excellent site.
  • Gilgamesh questions
  • One-page pdf file of excellent questions for Gilgamesh

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt

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

  • Stories for children: these are often read during Shabbat. This is one substitute for the books we have recommended.

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

Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors

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Unit 2

Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism

Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism

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

  • At this excellent site, read in translation from the original Creation myth of the Ancient Mayans, Popol Vuh. Younger children, with supervision and discussion. Dialectic and up independently. Scroll down to find resources where interested scholars can read more of these myths in translation.
  • Very good site on Indian mythology. Supervise students: all ages.

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

Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures: 

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

 

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement

Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures

Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines

  • Excellent study guide for the Hittite Warrior (pdf file). Includes comprehension questions and tests.

Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians

  • Use this site to teach a unit on Hebrew poetry.

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Unit 3

Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart

  • Scroll almost all of the way down for an excellent study guide for the King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Includes comprehension questions and tests. (Dig around...this is a very helpful site!)

Week 20: The Divided Kingdom

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

  • Click here for a worksheet on Jonah
  • Jonah (NIV, KJV), Amos (NIV, KJV). Just the first chapter of each will come up.You'll have to click on "next chapter" to continue reading.

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

  • Excellent introduction to Greek tragedy. Covers its place in religious life, its forms, and lots of background information. Not too long. Good for Rhetoric and teacher preparations.
  • All you need to know about Greek theatre.
  • A simpler, shorter summary of Greek theatre with some good pictures. Suitable for Dialectics and up independently, and you can read aloud from this site to youngers.
  • Spark Notes and summaries for: Agamemnon, Antigone, and Oedipus the King. You may want to make sure the subject matter is not too much for your child.
  • Spark notes for Libation Bearers
  • The complete Xenophon is here: you'd choose the Anabasis if you want to read Xenophon.
  • Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)
  • Another source from which you can read/download/print a free copy of Aesop's fables.

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

  • Spark Notes and summary for Medea. You may want to make sure the subject matter is not too much for your child. Here is another wonderful guide to Medea.
  • Great site: all the Aesop's Fables you'll ever need! All ages, but supervision is recommended. (We've not previewed this entire site, and it seems that stories from other sources are also posted.)

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

  • Excellent introduction to Greek tragedy. Covers its place in religious life, its forms, and lots of background information. Not too long. Good for Rhetoric and teacher preparations.
  • All you need to know about Greek theatre.
  • A simpler, shorter summary of Greek theatre with some good pictures. Suitable for Dialectics and up independently, and you can read aloud from this site to youngers.
  • Background on Plato's Apology. Gives questions for comprehension. Great for Rhetoric students and their teachers.
  • The text of Plato's Apology to read on screen or print and read. 
  • Text of Euthyphro to read/print.

Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation

  • Background on the true Eratosthenes. How does this week's story for young children compare with known facts from this resource?
  • Plato's Crito to read on screen or print and read.
  • Plato's Phaedo to read on screen or print and read.

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Unit 4

Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome

Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life

Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars

Week 31: From Republic to Empire

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

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

  • Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
  • Learning guide for Ben Hur (pdf file). This is meant to be used if you watch the movie, but you can certainly mine this for good ideas.

Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils

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