Story of the World 1

Here it is, our list of updated books and more. The activities are not all written down as I have chosen to skip some of them. And, I will add more that I will find online as we work though chapters. I will also nee dto add cd's and dvds to certain chapters. What I wil do is completely prepare four chapters at a time and post everything again with all the details one month in advance, in case anyone wants to use my planning. I will work on the intro, dinosaurs and chapters 1 & 2 tonight and post it all again soon.

Story of the World 1 Ancient Times

Book
Activity book
CD from Jim Weiss
Encyclopedia of Ancient World (Usborne)


INTRODUCTION How Do We Know What Happened?

Books:

Me and My Family Tree
Archaeologists Dig for Clues
Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archaeology
Writing Down the Days

Activities:

Make family tree.
Visit an archaeology site.
Bake some coconut rocks.
Paint different sized rocks.

The Dinosaurs

Books:

Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs
Prehistoric World (Usborne)
First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life (Usborne)

Fun Books:

Construis tes Dinosaures (Usborne)
Imaginext Dinosaurs Jumbo Coloring Poster Pad
Les Rois de la Préhistoire
Il y a des Dinosaures
School Days Parties
La Danse des Dinos
Stories of Dinosaurs
Dinosnores
Dinosaur Two of a Kind
The Dinosaurs Next Door
The Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar
Les Dinosaures (Usborne)
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?
How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends?
Great Dinosaur Search (Usborne)

CD:

Wee Sing Dinosaurs

DVDS:

Sur la Terre des Dinosaures
The Land Before Time Series
Diego and the Dinosaur Rescue
Dinosaur (Disney)
L'Île aux Dinosaures
T-Rex Back to the Cretaceous (Imax)

Activities:

Go digging for fossils.
Create a dinosaur land using the Usborne book *Construis tes dinosaures*.
Draw and paint dinosaurs.
Bake and decorate dinosaur shaped cookies.
Have a dinosaur theme meal: frothy lime punch, guess-the-dinosaur toast, ancient animal bones, prehistoric fish scales, dinosaur cake.


Chapter 1 The Earliest People

Books:

Who Were the First People? (Usborne)
Ancient Agriculture

Fun Books:

It's Disgusting and We Ate It!
One Small Blue Bead
The First Dog
Little Grunt and the Big Egg
Great Prehistoric Search (Usborne)
Adventures in the Ice Age
Stone Age Sentinel (Usborne)
Living Long Ago
1001 Things to Spot Long Ago (Usborne)
J'Apprend à Dessiner la Préhistoire

DVDS:

Il Était une Fois...l'Homme (Imavision)

Activities:

Read books.
Make a drawing of a cavern.
Draw cavemen, mammouth, hunters, ...
Put together a prehistoric scenery (Rois de la Préhistoire p. 10-13).
Sow a hunter's bag.
Build a hide out in the forest.
Read p. 2-3 of Living Long Ago.
Do p. 4-5 of 1001 Things to Spot Long Ago.
Do project: Ancient Art History Project (www.teachartathome.com/fishmosaic.htm)

Chapter 2 Egyptians Lived on the Nile River

Books:

Ancient Egyptian Jobs
Tales of the Dead: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Les Egyptiens (Comment Vivaient-ils?) (Usborne)

Fun Books:

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
Croco'nile
Gift of the Nile: An Egyptian Legend
Life in Ancient Egypt Coloring Book

CD:

Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths (Jim Weiss)

DVDS:

Activities:

Build your own Nile River.
Make the White Crown of Upper Egypt.
Read books.
Listen to the cd of Jim Weiss.
Color pages of Ancient Egypt.

Chapter 3 The First Writing

Books:

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Casting the Gods Adrift
Pharaohs & Pyramids (Usborne)
See Inside Ancient Egypt (Usborne)

Activities:

Read books.
Make a cuneiform tablet.
Make a hieroglyphic roll.
Draw hieroglyphics (Pharaohs & Pyramids p.15)

Chapter 4 The Old King of Egypt

Books:

Who Built the Pyramids? (Usborne)
I am the Mummy Heb Nefert
The Great Pyramid: The Story of the Farmers, ...

Fun Books:

Magic Tree House: Mummies in the Morning
J'apprend à Dessiner l'Égypte

Activities:

Make perfumed oil.
Make a canopy jar.
Build a pyramid with sand.
Draw: pyramids, an Egyptian male, a Sprinx, a boat on the Nile, an Egyptian woman, Toutankhamon, a pharoah, Raw & Anubis.

Chapter 5 The First Sumerian Dictator

Books:

Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors

Fun Books:

The Three Princes: A Tale From the Middle East
The Golden Sandal

Activities:

Make a Sumerian seal.

Chapter 6 The Jewish People

Books:

Dance, Sing, Remember: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays

Activities:

Make a coat like Joseph.

Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians

Books:

Ten Kings: And the Worlds They Ruled
The Rules (Marty Kelley)

Fun Books:

Abu Ali: Three Tales of the Middle East
The Winged Cat: And Other Tales form Ancient Civilizations

Activities:

Make a code of law.
Build a ziggurat.

Chapter 8 The Assyrians

Books:

Fun Books:

Gilgamesh the King
The Revenge of Ishtar
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh

Activities:

Draw a picture of Enkidu.
Write a tale.

Chapter 9 The First Cities of India

Books:

Fun Books:

One Grain of Rice
The Little Brown Jay: A Tale from India
Once A Mouse
Ancient India Coloring Book

Activities:

Make a brick.
Make a Mohenjo-Daro Dwelling.
Write down what happened to Mohenjo-Daro.

Chapter 10 The Far East: Ancient China

Books:

D is For Doufu: An Alphabet of Chinese Culture
First Thousand Words in Chinese (Usborne)

Fun Books:

The Master Swordsman - The Magic Doorway
The Story About Ping
Cloud Weavers: Ancient Chinese Legends
Ancient China Coloring Book

Activities:

Make a Ming bowl.
Draw some pictograms.

Chapter 11 Ancient Africa

Books:

Ancient West African Kingdoms

Fun Books:

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale From West Africa
Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!
The Pot of Wisdom: Anase Stories
Anansi and the Magic Stick
Monkey Business: Stories from Around the World
Ancient Africa Coloring Book
Ancient Africa Coloring Book Vol. 2

CD:

Tales From Cultures Far and Near (Jim Weiss)

Activities:

Make a paper necklace.
Make Anasi the Spider.
Draw hands and feet.
Cook an African feast.

Chapter 12 The Middle Kingdom of Egypt

Books:

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Fun Books:

Life in Ancient Egypt: A Coloring Book
Rimonah of the Flashing Sword: A North African Tale
Temple Cat

Activities:

Make a *gold* bracelet.
Burn ensens.

Chapter 13 The New Kingdom of Egypt

Books:

Tut's Mummy's Lost ... And Found
Look What Came From Egypt
His Majecty, Queen Hatshesut

Fun Books:

Tutankhamen's Gift
Tales of Ancient Egypt
Golden Goblet
Mara Daughter of the Nile
The Egyptian Echo

CD:

The Cat of Bubastes

Activities:

Build a monument.
Make an Egyptien mask.
Be an archaeologist.
Read books.

Chapter 14 The Israelites Leave Egypt

Books:

Exodus from Egypt
Exodus

Activities:

Experience famine.

Chapter 15 The Phoenicians

Book:

Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide

Fun Books:

In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid
Roman Myths and Legends
Roman Myths

Activities:

Make false stained glass.
Make violet coloring.
Make a pasta necklace.

Chapter 16 The Return of Assyria

Books:

Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide

Fun books:
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

Activities:

Make a book for Ashurbanipas's librairy.

Chapter 17 Babylon Takes Over Again!

Books:

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Wonders of the World

Fun Books:

Legend of the Persian Carpet
Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Iran
King Nimrod's Tower
The King in the Garden

Activities:

Draw the gardens of Babylon.
Build a Babylonian mountain garden.

Chapter 18 Life in Early Crete

Books:

Fun Books:

Atlantis: The Lost City
Monster in the Maze
Atlantis: The Legend of a Lost City
The Hero and thre Minotaur

CD:

Heroes in Mythology

Activities:

Build a volcano

Chapter 19 The Early Greeks

Books:

Famous Men of Greece

Fun Books:

Greek Myths for Young Children (Usborne)
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
The Trojan Horse

Activities:

Make a Mycenaean helmet.
Make a Mycenaean shield.
Make a greek vase.

Chapter 20 Greece Gets Civilized Again

Books:

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad
The Wondering of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey
Run With Me, Nike!: The Olympics in 420BC

Fun Books:

Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House #16)
Archimedes Takes a Bath

CDS:

She and He: Adventures in Mythology
Galiloa and the Stargazers
Greek Myths

Activities:

Write down your name in Greek letters.
Make Greek musical instruments
Make an olympic crown.
Make your own Olympic games followed by a feast.

Chapter 21 The Medes and the Persians

Books:

Fun Books:

King Midas and the Golden Touch
Esther's Story
Legend of the Persian Carpet
The Persian Cinderella
Ali and thr Magic Stew

Activities:

Make a sliver plate.
Make persian puppets.

Chapter 22 Sparta and Athens

Books:

How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek?
Inside Ancient Athens
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes Ciphers and Secret Writing

Fun Books:

Life in Ancient Greece Coloring Book
Spend the Day in Ancient Greece!

Activities:

Make a greek bowl.
Make greek clothes.
Make greek stickers.
Make greek paper dolls.

Chapter 23 The Greek Gods

Books:

The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
Illustrated Book of Myths

Fun Books:

A Coloring Book of Greek Goddesses

Activities:

Make the family tree of the greek gods of Olympus.
Draw a house for the Greek Gods.
Make a golden apple.

Chapter 24 The Wars of the Greeks

Books:

Fun Books:

The Aesop for Children
Cupid and Psyche
The Flying Horse: The Story of Pegasus
Apollo and Daphne: Masterpieces of Greek Mythology

Activities:

Make an ice cream Greek boat.
Make a gingerbread Parthenon.
Make a *stone* sculpture.
Make Athenian coins.

Chapter 25 Alexander the Great

Books:

Fun Books:

The Greek News

CD:

A Treasury of Wisdom

Activities:

Tie a Gordian knot.

Chapter 26 The People of the Americas

Books:

Machu Picchu: The Story of the Amazing Incas
Who Were the First North Americans?
The Lost World of the Anasazi: Exploring the Mysteries of Chaco Canyon

Fun Books:

Life in Ancient Mexico Coloring Book
Incas, Aztecs and Mayas Coloring Book
Traditional Stories from the Amazon
The Two Mountains
Jabiti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back
Is My Friend at Home? Peublo Fireside Tales
Keepers of the Easrth: Native American Stories and Env

CD:

DVDS:

Activities:

Make a seed mosaic map.
Make a native American headband.
Make a native American sand painting.
Make a Nazca line drawing.
Make tapioca pudding.
Make Navajo fry bread.

Chapter 27 The Rise of Rome

Books:

Who Were the Romans? (Usborne)
Tools of the Ancient Romans

Fun Books:

The Roman News: The Greatest Newspaper in Civilization
Roman Myths and Legends
Romulus and Remus

CD:

DVDS:

Activities:

Make a Saturnalia gift.
Run a Popinas.
Prepare a cecina.

Chapter 28 The Roman Empire

Books:

Gladiator (ISBN: 039582656x)
The Roman Colosseum (ISBN: 0965049337)

Fun Books:

Rome Antics (ISBN: 0395822793)
Astérix Gladiateur

CD:

DVDS:

Activities:

Make a Roman Archway and Aqueduct.
Make a Roman road model.

Chapter 29 Rome's War With Carthage

Books:

The Roman Army (ISBN: 0521072433)

Fun Books:

Hannibal (ISBN: 0531202402)
The Young Carthaginian (ISBN: 1406562599)
Hannibal and His 37 Elephants (ISBN: 0823403009)

CD:

The Young Carthaginian

DVDS:

Activities:

Make a cuff bracelet.
Bake Hannibal's elephant ears.

Chapter 30 The Aryans of India

Books:

The Ganges (ISBN: 0836854438)
The Sacred River (ISBN: 0618378391)
Buddha (ISBN: 0805042032)

Fun Books:

Stories from India (ISBN: 0739813358)
Savitri (ISBN: 185269361)
Buddha Stories (ISBN: 080548863)
The Wisdom of the Crows and Other Buddhist Tales (ISBN: 0613707362)
I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told (ISBN: 0374335486)
Cooking Along the Ganges (ISBN: 059524422x)

CD:

DVDS:

Activities:

Make a rakhi.
Color fingernails and lips.

Chapter 31 The Mauryan Empire of India

Books:

Festivals of the World (ISBN: 0836816838)

Fun Books:

The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale (ISBN: 0899195245)
Nine Animals and the Well (ISBN: 0618309152

Activities:

Learn how to cook rice; white rice; indian curried rice.
Play snakes and ladders.

Chapter 32 Writing and the Qin

Books:

The Great Wall: The Story of Thousands of Miles (ISBN: 19314141280
Long is a Dragon: Chinese Writing for Children (ISBN: 1881896013)
The Terra-Cotta Army of the First Emperor of China (ISBN: 962276003)

Ancient China Treasure Chest (ISBN: 0823413179)

Fun Books:

Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend (ISBN:
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty and the Beast Tale (ISBN: 0613114930)
The Chi'I-Lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories (ISBN: 0374411891)
Lord of the Cranes: A Chinese Tale (ISBN: 0735816999)
Da Wei's Treasure: A Chinese Tale (ISBN: 0689818351)
The Lost Horse: A Chinese Folktale (ISBN: 015205023x)

Activities:

Practice Chinese calligraphy.
Make the Great Wall of China.

Chapter 33 Confusius

Books:

Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions (Usborne)
Confusius: The Golden Rule (ISBN: 0439139570)
The Life and Times of Confusius (ISBN: 158415246x)
Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China (ISBN: 1881896145)

Fun Books:

The Empty Pot (ISBN: 0805049002)

Activities:

Make tangrams.
Prepare a Chinese tea.

Chapter 34 The Rise of Julius Caesar

Books:

Julius Caesar, Great Dictator of Rome (ISBN: 0751339660)
Famous Men of Rome (ISBN: 1599150468)

Fun Books:

The Wadjet Eye (ISBN: 0618689273)

Activities:

Make a Roman mosaic.
Make a crown of leaves.

Chapter 35 Caesar the Hero

Books:

Roman Numerals I to MM: Numerabilia (ISBN: 0395745195)
Cleopatra, the Queen of Kings (ISBN: 1435273729)
Cleopatra (ISBN: 0688104134)
Life of the Ancient Celts (ISBN: 0778720756)

Fun Books:

Tales From Shakespeare (ISBN: 076362337)
Cleopatra, the Queen of Dreams (ISBN: 0199101930)
Shakespeare Stories II (ISBN: 0395891094)

Activities:

Measure your height.
Make Caesar's flag.
Mint your own coins.
Learn the Roman numerals.

Chapter 36 The First Roman Prince

Books:

The Story of Clocks and Calendars (ISBN: 0060589450)
Ancient Romans (ISBN: 1417649186)

Fun Books:

Cleopatra (ISBN: 0613457277)
Sun-day, Moon-day (ISBN: 1901223000)

Activities:

Make a mosaic calendar.
Make a Roman toga.

Chapter 37 The Beginning of Christianity

Books:

Fun Books:

The Very First Christmas (ISBN: 0570050642)
The Very First Easter (ISBN: 0570070538)
The Jesus Story

Activities:

Draw *The Night with a brillant star*.

Chapter 38 The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation

Books:

Festival of Lights: The Story of Hannukkah (ISBN: 0689830831)
Shabbat (ISBN: 0613316800)

Fun Books:

First I Say the Shema (ISBN: 080740232x)
Masada (ISBN: 1590780639)
Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holiday (ISBN: 0439430526)
Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet (ISBN: 0152004459)
Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story (ISBN: 0590677209)

Activities:

Make a Shabbat sand art candle holder.
Prepare Shabbat meal and day.
Make Hannukkah latkes.

Chapter 39 Rome and the Christians

Books:

I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas? (ISBN: 0753407620)

Fun Books:

The Roman Record: Hot News From The Swieling Mist of Time (ISBN: 0746027532)
Rome Coloring Book (ISBN: 0883880616)
Pompeii... Lost and Found (ISBN: 0375828898)
Pompeii... Burried Alive (ISBN: 0394888669)
Mystery of the Roman Ranson (ISBN: 061356538x)
Magic School Bus Blows Its Top (ISBN: 0590508350)

CD:

Beric the Briton (Jim Weiss)

Activities:

*Blow* a volcano.
Make Nero's new crown.
Make a salt dough map of Italy.

Chapter 40 Rome Begins to Weaken

Books:

The Celts (ISBN: 0237525765)
Raiders of the North (ISBN: 184215401x)
The Ancient Celts (ISBN: 053116845x)

Fun Books:

Celtic Fairy Tales (ISBN: 140651814x)
Celtic Fairy Tales (ISBN: 0670883875)
Celtic Memories (ISBN: 1841480975)

Activities:

North, South, East, West.
Have a Celtic feast.

Chapter 41 The Attacking Barbarians

Books:

Ten Kings: And the Worlds They Ruled

Fun Books:

Why Are You Calling Me a Barbarian? (ISBN:

Activities:

Make barbarian bracelets.
Reassemble a Roman pot.
Draw a picture of Attila the Hun.

Chapter 42 The End of Rome

Books:

Ancient Rome (ISBN: 075663766x)
Science in Rome (ISBN: 0531159167)

Fun Books:

Caltus Petasatus! (ISBN: 086516472x)
Quomodo Indiviosulus Nomino Grinchus (ISBN: 0865164207)
Vivent Ova! Viret Perra! (ISBN: 0865165556)

Activities:

Make the Emperor's scepter.
Make a *Gifts of Rome* collage.
Have a Roman party.