OK, I promised Ava Rose I would list the books I have that correspond to Mystery of History I. This is a list I got off a MOH list I was on a while back. I've read some, but not all, of these books. I will be typing exactly what I have. If I have any personal comments, I will add these in a different color! (All typos are mine, too, lol!) Week 1 & 2 Adam and His Kin: The Lost History of Their Lives and Times by Ruth Beechick Drawing on linguistics, archeology, astronomy, the bible and other history, Dr. Ruth Beechick writes an enlightening and entertaining history of Adam and his offspring. ( I read this book aloud, and enjoyed it.) Week 3 & 4 Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become a master goldsmith...like their fatehr in this exciting tale of ancient Egyptian mystery and intrigue. Newbury Honor Book (We read this, too, THe kids enjoyed the mystery!) Week 5 & 6 Tirzah by Lucille Travis Fleeing with Moses fsrom captivity in Egypt, twelve-year-old Tirzah learns a song of hope as she tries to survive to reach the promised land. Week 7 Casting the Gods Adrift: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Geraldine McCaughrean, Patricia Ludlow In this thriller set in ancient Egypt, two boys accompany their father to the new capital city to help him bring animals to the pharaoh Akhenaten. The boys and their father are delighted, but have no idea what the pharaoh's strange new religion will mean for them. Week 8 & 9 Hittite Warrior by Joanne S. Williamson When Uriah Tarhund's Hititte home is dedstroyed by invading Greeks, his dying father tells him to go seek a Canaanite named Sisera. "He will help you. For my sake...." When Uriah reaches Judea and saves a young boy from being sacrificed to Molech, he is given succor for a time by the Hebarews. Later, he finds Sisera and joins him in war against these same people. When the canaanites are defeated, the young Hititte has the opportunity to come to peace with himself, the Hebrew people adn their God. Week 10 & 11 Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds herself playing the dangerious role of double spy for two arch enemies - each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt. Against her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters, the noble Sheftu, and she starts to believe in his plans of restoring Thutmose III to the throne. But just when Mara is ready to offer Sheftu her heolp and her heart, her duplicity is discovered, and a battle ensues in which both Mara's life and the fate of Egypt are at stake. Week 12 Mysterious Visitor: Stories of the Prophet Elijah by Nina Jaffe, Elivia Savedier Jaffe has collected eight stories about the prophet Elijah from around the world. In Jewish tradition, Elijah is believed to be a messenger from Heaven to Earth. Hundreds of legends from around the world tell of his travels and his many roles as comforter, healer, and miracle-worker. He appears in disguise in many tales. Int his book, Eastern Europe,l Egypt, Morocco, and ancient Palestine are all represented. Beautifully illustrated by Savadier, these stories are wonderful read-aloud, as well as for children who can read on their own. (I really enjoyed this book. But keep in mind that these are JEWISH FOLK TALES! They give Elijah powers that some people might have trouble dealing with. I know my MIL would have disapproved of it! I happen to enjoy fok tales, and really appreciated this book from that aspect.) Week 13 & 14 Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life. Rachael just informed me that "Hey! I read that book! It was pretty good!" She must have picked it up on her own, because I didn't assign it to her. She says it's kind of neat, because it's about Odysseus when he was younger. Week 15 & 16 The Trojan War by Olivia Coolidge Crafts heroes and gods into real, multidemensional characters, not just the igures of legend. Vibrant storytelling and finely wrought action have made her viersion of the classic tale of the Fall of Troy accessible to generations of young readers. (I am going to stop here! Will add some more tomorrow!)
CONTINUED..... (These next two books don't follow the lessons int he book but provide additional information about Ancient Egypt for those who would like more!!) Week 17 & 18 Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green Legends from ancient Egypt - of gods, magic and adventure. These stories include the great myths of Amen-Ra, who created all the creatures in the world; of Isis, searching the waters for her dead husgband Osiris; of the Bennu Bird and the Book of Thoth. But there are also tales told for pleasure, about magic, treasure and adventure - even the first ever Cinderella story. Week 19 The Pharaohs of Ancent Egypt (Landmark Books) by Elizabeth Payne Discusses the life and history of ancient Egypt from earliest times through the reighn of Ramses II as it has been pieced together from the work of archaeologists. Week 20 & 21 Aesops Fables by Aesop (There are many versions available. Pick your favorite) Week 26 Pandora of Athens, 399 B.C. by Barry Denenburg Ancient Greece is brought brilliantly to life by renowned author Barry Deneberg. Pandora is trapped in the roles laid out for Greek women by her narrow-minded father. Much to her despair, she is engaged to marry a man more than twice her age, so that Pandora waits with dread for her fourteenth birthday, when she'll be old enough to marry. But one day, when Pandora goes to fetch water, she meets the Wise One, who is also called Socrates, and what he tells her changes her life. During his famed trial, Pandora finds herself caught up in the intrigue and turbulent politics of ancient Athens. Atticus of Rome by Barry Denenberg Acclaimed aughor Barry Denenberg brings to life the intrigue of Roman politics and the bloody violence of the gladiator games in this story about ancient Rome. Atticus, a young boy who has been torn from his family and home and sold as a slave to a Roman aristocrat, quickly learns that not all is as it seems in the republic of Rome. Politicians and greedy merchants plot against each other, and Atticus must do his best to protect his kindly master...and, in turn, the Emperor of Rome. Murder and lies fill his new loife as a spy for Lucius Opimius. Week 31 & 32 Ceasar's Gallic War by Olivia Coolidge An account, both factual and fictinal, of the Gallic War of 58 to 51 B.C., narrated by a fictitious soldier in Ceasar's army. Week 33 & 34 Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory Through compelling journal entries, this entry in the Royal Diaries series takes readers back to a time in ancient Egypt when Cleopatra was a 12-year-old princess, traveling to Rome to meet the likes of Caesar, Cicero, and Marc Antonly for the first time. Gregory imageins how the intelligent, literate princess might record events both large and small, proposing that even at such a young age, Cleopatra struggled to learn diplomacy. The attention to detail draws readers headlong into ancient Egypt, describing with immediacy and vigor the spices, views, tatstes, and smells that a young Cleopatra may have encountered. An epilogue, famly tree, historical notes, and numlerous black-and-white illustrations fill in the rest of her story. Week 35 & 36 The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion; to avenge his father's deat by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins an outlaw band and leads a dangerous life of spying, plotting, and impatiently waiting to seek revenge. Headstrong Daniel is devoid of tenerness and forgiveness, heading down a destructive path toward disaster until he hears the lessons taught by Jesus of Nazareth. With a brand new cover, young readers won't be able to pass up this timeless tale. This is one book you cannot afford to miss! Daniel is an angry young man whose only goal is revenge. He learns that those he has joined up with are nothing more than common theives and not the heros he imagines them. After meeting Jesus, he learns the importance of forgiveness. One more book that I want to add to this list is The God King. I'm not sure who wrote it, sorry to say! It's from Bethelehem Books. It's about a boy who is accidently made the Pharoah of Egypt, and then needs to flee for his life from his brother. He ends up in Israel during the time of King Hezekiah, as Senecharib is going up against Jerusalem.
Jackie, you can imagine, I'm reading this list with interest, since we've used so many of these resources also. Cleopatra, Daughter of the Nile and The Bronze Bow were some of our older daughter's favorites for that time period. How thoughtful of you to do this!
This is an awesome list! I can't wait to get a book and start reading it to my kids. We used to read a chapter a night out of a book that was relevant to what we were learning. I need to start that up again.
And Prairie, this is only Vol. I!!! Ava, when you're ready for Vol. II, let me know, lol! Prairie, did you ever read "Shadow Spinner"? Ava, I read the "relevent" stuff during the day. Classics, historical, biographies, etc. Carl reads to them in the evening the "fluff" stuff, lol!
Our younger daughter says The Golden Goblet was one of her favorites. Family reading times are my favorite. It seems that no matter how stressful the day or how many glitches we encounter in studies or in life, reading out loud as a family seems to knit our hearts together--and how much better if it ties in with our academics!
Jackie~ This is a great list! Thanks so much for taking the time to share it! We already have some of these books, but it's nice to know when they tie in with the MOH studies. Thanks,
Heidi, are you doing Vol. I or II? How is little Ezra doing? We've not heard anything for a while, which I assume is a good thing. I figure that if there was a problem, you'd let us know. Let Crystal know we're still praying for her little guy!
We're still on Vol. 1~ we're kinda going slow and adding in alot of extras~ which is why I LOVE this list. (Would you mind if I share this with some ladies in another group?) Ezra is doing well~ growing and thriving! He's off the vent and on the cpap machine. He's up to 3 lb. 7 oz. Crystal has started infant massage with him~ and they are both really enjoying it. She (and Rod) have been holding him daily now. You can see recent pictures of him on Crystal's blog~ www.homeschoolblogger.com/crysnrod~ it's amazing the change in him in 6 weeks time! Thanks for asking!
I checked out the pictures. He's doing so well!!! (I also love that picture of Avery and Jess on the slide!) Thanks! This list is one I got off the MOH list, so it's not mine. As far as I'm concerned, feel free to share it with whoever will want it. It took me two years to get through Vol. I, but Vol. II is only going to take one. That's because Rachael is part of a co-op (about 7 or 8 girls ages 12-15), and so I'm stuck following their schedule. It's been very good for Rachael, but I would have liiked to go slower for my younger two. If you ever do Vol. II, let me know and I'll give you another book list for that. OH!!! Did I mention Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick!!! This is one you need to actually buy, from Bethlehem Books It's a great book about Archimedes. I got it from the library, and later bought it at the conference. We read parts of it for history last year, and got it out again recently when we were learning about the Archimedes Screw. We'll be reading more from it about the lever.
Aaarrrrrgh! I can get to Heidi's but I can't get to Crystal's! Wonder why?! Thanks for the update Heidi! ETA: It's the little squiggle at the end. I took that off and got there fine....
Jackie, we went to the library, thinking we'd inter-library loan the video, "Kingdom of Heaven," and The Lion in Winter, Shadow Spinner, Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam, and look for resources on Shakespeare. We got started talking about Shakespeare and ended up with two armloads of items, mostly by and about him. We may try to inter-library loan "King Lear" yet, and then I think we'll have had enough of him and will be more than ready to move on. In the meantime, I'll give the librarian that list I meant to the last time, so that those items can start coming in. There's just so very much, and I'm enjoying it so much and want the children to get as much out of it as they can that sometimes I tend to overdo a good thing, probably. Your co-op doing MOH together sounds fantastic! We did biology together last year--dissecting pig eyes, hearts, worms, fish, etc. It was great. I can imagine the history would be, too! Good for you!
Thanks, Jackie! I'd love the Vol. 2 list sometime. We'll be doing that~ sometime next year~ whenever we finish Vol. 1.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your timing is great. I have been wanting to work some quality fiction and historical fiction into our schooling. We have a lot of books, but not enough fiction that ties in with history learning. I was planning to find some titles, and we are going to the big new down town library for a family field trip TODAY, and have lunch at a swank sandwich shop nearby. My printer is printing right now. We read each night before bed. We used to read the Beverly Cleary books for a while and alternated between this and Uncle Arthurs bed time stories and others we got from the library. Now my dd has to read a reader story, or a little phonics reader, or Dr. Suess type books each night, then I read. We need some new material for me to read aloud. I actually get into the stories and look foward to this time as well.
Vantage, try reading "Hank the Cowdog" books. Great read alouds, Phillip LOVES Hank! And they are fun enough that parents can get a kick out of them, too! Here's a web site that has over 800 books to go along with history; it also has Living Books to go with science. Really worth looking into! http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/index.htm
okay, what grade would these be near? Grade school, or UP? ds15 read at least two of the ones on the list, I cut and pasted the information for dd to reserve as many as she can from library since we are doing our extra history learning this year, she is having so much fun learning through diaries so far! Maybe we can read books that go with her lessons in time periods on the side too! even though we dont do MOH, we are very ecectic this year in our little Highschool levels of homeschool I am really doing things diffeernt than I ever have .. Thanks to all of you and your wonderful infos! Where have you been all these years? I could have been great! WOW! Heheh
The books will vary as far as grades go. Keep in mind that I do history with all three of my kids at once...grades 1, 5, and 7! I might assign a book to one child to read during Silent Reading time, or I might read it aloud, knowing that Phillip's auditory comprehension is much greater than what he is able to actually sit down and read on his own. These books would be good for ANY ancient history study, not just MOH. It's just I was given them with the reference to where they fit with MOH!
Vantage, We read through the Uncle Arthur stories too. Even though they are "old fashioned", they're still interesting, and the kids learn from them. We sometimes thought of stories that we could tell in the same way, but using up-to-date things. It was fun! TMom, We were at our library yesterday, and there was a whole little section, obviously from the same publisher, that had history from diaries of people from differents time periods. Is that what your dd is using? Are these REAL diaries or fictional? I didn't have time to look through them, but am curious.
I think they're fiction; Rachael has picked up one or two of them. BUT at the library today, we found in the biography section Laura Ingalls Wilder's diary as she and Manly were traveling to the Ozarks with Rose! Faythe is going to try and read it, and I might, too!
