For students wanting to study a full-year of Ancient History,
here is a suggested course of study. This program could
be followed up by House of Education Year 7 Middle Ages very nicely.
Feel free to use this outline for your own student and modify
it to suit your needs.
| Subject |
Suggested
Books or Curricula |
| Bible |
Option 1: Read through the
KJV Bible using Penny Gardner's suggested outline of bible
stories>
Old Testament | New
Testament
Option 2: Read through the KJV Bible using Calvary
Chapel's Online Sunday School Curriculum>
Old Testament | New
Testament
Option 3: Use a Bible Curriculum of your choice
Trial and Triumph (Church History)
by Richard Hannula for older students (5th grade and up)
|
| Math |
Option 1: Use one of Ambleside
Online's suggested Math programs: Math-U-See, Developmental
Math, or Making Math Meaningful
Option 2: Use a Saxon 7/6, BJUP Math 6, or another
textbook type program
Option 3: Use a Living
Math approach
|
| Foreign Language |
Begin Latin and if time allows
a modern language (Spanish, French or German) |
| Grammar and Composition |
Option 1: Review parts of
speech usage using either DailyGrammar.com
or Teaching
Basic English Rules
Option 2: Use Easy Grammar 5/6 (may be spread over
2 years)
Option 3: Use a Grammar program of your choice
Begin weekly written narration on either history or literature
readings. Narrations should be 3-5 well-written sentences
(proper capitalization and punctuation.)
Copy Bible verses neatly from Bible study or use prepared
copywork from either a handwriting course or the AOCopywork
Group list.
|
| History and Historical Tales
and Biographies |
Augustus Caesar's World by
Genevieve Foster
Term 1:
Genesis: Finding Our Roots by Ruth Beechick
|
| Literature |
The Age of Fable (continued from
previous years) by Thomas Bullfinch or D'Aulaires Book of
Greek Myths
Term 1: The Iliad by Homer or Tales of Troy by Andrew
Lang or Rosemary Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy or The
Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred Church
Term 2: The Odyssey by Homer or The
Odyssey for Boys and Girls by Alfred Church
Term 3: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare or The
Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
|
| Science |
Option 1: Read Secrets of
the Universe by Paul Fleisher or The Boy Scientist by John
Bryan Lewellen or The Sciences by Edward Holden (online)
if you haven't already done so. If you have, consider
option 2.
Option 2: Choose a science textbook of your choice
or use one of Apologia Elementary science books. A
Beka's Observing God's Creation is a very good choice (not
real textbook-y). Christian Liberty Press sells the
student book only and it can be read once per week with
one day for a project (low-cost, household items).
Option 3: For older students, choose a science curriculum
based on your student's needs.
Term 1:
Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
Term 2:
Galileo and the Magic Numbers by Sidney Rosen
Term 3: Biography of another early scientist
|
| Nature Study |
Continue with Ambleside Online
Nature Study rotation. Keep a nature journal, practice
drawing and sketching from life.
Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
B. Comstock
If you haven't followed Ambleside Online's Natural History
readings thus far, suggested books to read (one per term):
Term 1: Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long
Term 2: School of the Woods by William J. Long
Term 3: Wild
Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton
|
| Geography |
Missionary
Travels by
David Livingstone (dry and dull) or choose David Livingstone:
Man of Prayer and Action (Christian Liberty Press) instead.
Other choices include Halliburton's
Book of Marvels (OOP) or V.M. Hillyer's A Child's Geography
of the World (OOP).
|
| Poetry |
Follow Ambleside Online's
Poetry rotation or read through the Oxford Book of Children's
Verse over the course of this year. |
| Special Studies |
Continue with Ambleside Online's
Artist, Composer, Folk and Hymn rotation. Read Plutarch
following the posted schedule or read through John White's
Boys
and Girls Plutarch here. |
| P.E./Health |
Include some physical education
each week. |
