Year 1 Literature

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

Week 2: Pharaohs & Pyramids

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism & the Judgment of God

Week 4: Creation Through Noah

Week 5: Abraham & Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations

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

Unit 2 – All Governments Are Established by God

Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, & Buddhism

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

Week 14: Early Greek Cultures of the Archaic Period

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest & Settlement

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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

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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

Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars

Week 31: From Republic to Empire

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

  • The Bronze Bow study guides: here and here.

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

  • The Bronze Bow study guides: here and here.

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

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Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils