Chronological History, Year 1
Target Age: 1st- 4th Grade
Primary Texts:
The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times (Susan Wise Bauer) (SOTW1)
The Story of the World Activity Book 1
Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History (UILE)
Classical Conversations Acts & Facts Timeline Cards, Set 1: Ancient World (opt.)
Chapter Books to Read-Aloud:
Aesop's Fables for Children
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology
The Egyptian Cinderella
Tut's Mummy... Lost and Found
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Roman Myths
Detectives in Togas
Atlantis... the Lost City
The Trojan Horse
Time Required: Approx. 40 weeks (some could be combined or shortened to work more quickly or spread out to last longer) @ 2-3 days per week
Overview:
This is the first year of a three-year scheduled Chronological History of the World, incorporating history, art, literature, and geography. The primary text is The Story of the World series by Susan Wise Bauer. I did this year with a 2nd grader, and my kindergartner tagged along. You could easily do this with any elementary age. We typically spent 1-2 days reading the chapter from the book while we colored a coloring page, did extra reading books throughout the week, then used a third day (usually Friday) for fun projects or activities (although admittedly, by the end of the year we didn't put nearly as much effort into projects!).
We love Classical Conversations, so that is why I chose to add in the Classical Acts & Facts History Cards, Set 1 from CC. You could easily leave those out or make your own (see instructions on Week 2). We also did the maps included in the Activity Book, but in hindsight, I probably wouldn't have done ALL of them (at least not with the younger grades). I would probably get a good world map and just point out the location of the reading as you go.
I have included several historical fiction books in this schedule below. These are the longer chapter books that I would consider purchasing because they may take a week or longer. (Most could be easily read by a 2nd grader or above, or you can read them aloud together.) Many shorter books are included each week that I found at our small local library. I'm sure you could find plenty of acceptable replacements if you can't find the exact ones listed.
Schedule:
Week 1: Intro.
Week 2: Chapter 1 (Nomads) & 2 (Intro. to Ancient Egypt)
Week 3: Chapter 2 (Egyptian Gods)- Aesop's Fables for Children & Treasury of Egyptian Mythology
Week 4: Chapter 3 (Hieroglyphics)
Week 5: Chapter 4 (Mummies)
Week 6: Chapter 4 (Pyramids) & 5 (Sumerians of Mesopotamia)- The Egyptian Cinderella
Week 7: Chapter 6 (Abraham & Joseph)
Week 8: Chapter 7 (Hammurabi & the Babylonians) & 8 (Gilgamesh)
Week 9: Chapter 9 (India)
Week 10: Chapter 10 (China)- The Story About Ping
Week 11: Chapter 11 (Africa)
Week 12: Chapter 12-13 (Egypt)
Week 13: Chapter 13 (King Tut & Ancient Egypt) & 14 (Moses)- Tut's Mummy... Lost and Found
Week 14: Chapter 15 (Phoenicia)
Week 15: Chapter 16 (Assyrians)
Week 16: Chapter 17 (Babylon)
Week 17: Chapter 18 (Crete & Early Greeks)- Greek Myths (DK Readers)
Week 18: Chapter 19 (Mycenaeans & Greek Dark Ages)- Atlantis: the Lost City
Week 19: Chapter 20 (Greece)- The Trojan Horse
Week 20: The Trojan Horse & D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Week 21: Chapter 21 (Persia)- D'Aulaires' Greek Myths
Week 22: Chapter 22 (Athens & Sparta)- D'Aulaires' Greek Myths
Week 23: Chapter 24 (Peloponnesian War)- D'Aulaires' Greek Myths
Week 24: Chapter 25 (Alexander the Great)
Week 25: Chapter 26 (Early Native Americans)
Week 26: Chapter 27 (Rome)- Roman Myths
Week 27: Chapter 28 (Rome)- Roman Myths
Week 28: Detectives in Togas & Roman Myths
Week 29: Chapter 29 (Punic Wars)- Roman Myths
Week 30: Chapter 30 (India)- The Story of Religion
Week 31: Chapter 31 (China)
Week 32: Chapter 32 & 33 (China & Confucius)
Week 33: Chapter 34 & 35 (Rome/ Caesar)
Week 34: Chapter 35 (Rome/ Caesar)
Week 35: Chapter 36-37 (Jesus' Birth & Death)
Week 36: Chapter 38-39 (Rome/ Nero)- Peril & Peace: Chronicles of the Ancient Church
Week 37: Chapter 39- Pompeii... Buried Alive!
Week 38: Chapter 40-41 (Rome/ Attila the Hun)
Week 39: Chapter 41-42
Week 40: Chapter 42 (END)
Your Year 1 History outline has sure made my my first homeschool year schedule easier to implement for our 6/7 year old daughter. As I start thinking about planning for year 2 I wonder if you might have a year 2 outline you would also like to share?
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