General
- Great site! You can look up words and make your own glossary. Input the words you want included and push send. You will get a professional looking glossary of all your words. Best of all IT IS FREE!
- 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
- Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Pre-read before letting them loose, but wholesome for most children, I think.
Unit 1 – The Books of Moses
Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile
- Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
Week 2: Pharaohs & Pyramids
- The Golden Goblet study questions.
- Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
- The Tale of Isis and Osiris
- The Sphinx and the Prince
Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism & the Judgment of God
- Khnemu of the Nile
- The Book of Thoth
- Se-Osiris and the Sealed Letter
- The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor: links here and here
- The Greek Princess
- Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
Week 4: Creation Through Noah
- Egyptian Creation Mythology
- Lower and Upper Kingdom creation myths
- Flood Stories from Around the World.
Week 5: Abraham & Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations
- 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”.
- Free copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh in translation.
- Gilgamesh summarized, good detailed summary. If you would like to edit your students reading of the lewd parts of the story, you can read here and find where they are and avoid them. A good “in between” site for students too advanced for picture books and not quite ready for the actual text! You can get the full tale from this site!
- Gilgamesh questions
Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Canaan to Egypt
- No helpful links this week.
Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle & the Law
- Shabbat Stories for children.
Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness – Worshipping God as God
- Good information about Rosh Hashanah.
- The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors
- A good explanation of the Passover.
Unit 2 – All Governments Are Established by God
Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, & Buddhism
- Very good site on Indian mythology. Supervise students: all ages.
Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius & Taoism
Week 12: Ancient Americas
- At this excellent site, read in translation from the original Creation myth of the Ancient Mayans, Popol Vuh.
- Indian mythology and Legends: Click on Native American Legends on the left and you can search the people groups alphabetically.
Week 13: Early Greek Cultures of the Bronze Age
- Spark Notes for The Iliad
- By Right of Conquest – online book.
Week 14: Early Greek Cultures of the Archaic Period
- A fun link for Greek mythology and learning about Greek gods
- The Odyssey, a short version and a detailed version from this website.
- By Right of Conquest – online book.
Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest & Settlement
- No helpful links this week.
Week 17: The Rise of Saul & the Philistines
- An excellent study guide for the book Hittite Warrior (.pdf file). If warning comes up for your Adobe Reader click cancel and the page will load.
Week 18: King David and the Phoenicians
- No helpful links this week.
Unit 3 – Preparing the World for its Savior
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 worksheets on Jonah.
- Jonah (NIV), 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
- Study guide for the book of Esther
Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars
- 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 youngersMiddle students and up can read independently, read aloud for younger students.
- 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 The 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.)
Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian Wars
- 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
- An introduction to Greek tragedy.
- All you need to know about Greek theatre.
- A simpler, shorter summary of Greek theatre. Middle students and up can read independently, read aloud for younger students.
- Background on Plato’s Apology.
- 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.
Unit 4 – In the Fullness of Time
Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome
Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life
- The Story of the Aeneid. Summary information for the teacher, but will also work as a good substitute for a Dialectic student.
- The Aeneid
- Spark Notes for The Aeneid.
- Short review for In Search of a Homeland
Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars
- The Story of the Aeneid. Summary information for the teacher, but will also work as a good substitute for a Dialectic student.
- The Aeneid
- Spark Notes for The Aeneid
Week 31: From Republic to Empire
- Here is the full version of Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar.
- The Story of the Aeneid. Summary information for the teacher, but will also work as a good substitute for a Dialectic student.
- The Aeneid
- Spark Notes for The Aeneid.
Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement
- Here is the full version of Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar.
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
- No helpful links this week.
Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils