Year 1 Government

General

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!

Unit 1 – The Books of Moses

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

Week 2: Pharaohs & Pyramids

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism & the Judgment of God

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Week 4: Creation Through Noah

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Week 5: Abraham & Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations

  • 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.

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Canaan to Egypt

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

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

Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors

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Unit 2 – All Governments Are Established by God

Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, & Buddhism

  • Read more about Indian history and their laws here.

Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius & Taoism

Week 12: Ancient Americas

Week 13: Early Greek Cultures of the Bronze Age

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Week 14: Early Greek Cultures of the Archaic Period

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Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest & Settlement

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Week 16: Israel’s Judges and Neighbors

Week 17: The Rise of Saul & the Philistines

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Week 18: King David and the Phoenicians

Unit 3 – Preparing the World for its Savior

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

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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

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

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

Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation

Unit 4 – In the Fullness of Time

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

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

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils