History Through Literature Ancient History a literature approach
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History
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Publication Year
1995
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Ancient History: A Literature Approach is available for two levels. Advanced Intermediate and Junior High Grades is for students in grades five through eight, and High School is for grades nine through twelve. Each book is a guide that presents a year-long course on ancient history. The courses use an assortment of literature and informational books along with the Bible, a timeline, and the internet. Beautiful Feet Books sells packages the include all of the books and the timeline, or you can purchase individual items. However, you might also be able to borrow some of the books from the library.
Both guides use The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World as a spine book that briefly covers most of the topics in the studies. The Ancient History Timeline (from Beautiful Feet Books) is also used with both study guides. Readings from the Usborne book and work on the timeline help to organize the studies and provide students with a chronological perspective.
Each guide lays out the lessons in a step-by-step fashion so that there’s no pre-planning required. Sometimes the guides include commentary along with the assignments. There are also occasional cautions about content in a required book or another suggested resource. These might be alerts about artistic nudity, instances of what the guide's author thinks might be questionable theology, or other subject matter that parents or teachers might want to skip or discuss with their students. Both guides include the study of ancient mythology, so Rebecca Manor has written a two-page article (found in both guides) titled, “Thoughts on Teaching Mythology,” wherein she presents arguments for including the mythology.
The lessons themselves have assignments for vocabulary work, reading, map work, and writing. They also have optional hands-on activities and direct students to use the internet for videos, articles, and research. Included within the lessons are comprehension and discussion questions based on the reading assignments. Discussion questions assume that the parent or teacher will be prepared for these questions, which might not always be possible. (Sometimes the answer keys have suggested responses for discussion questions to give parents and teachers an idea as to how the discussion might be directed.) Answer keys at the back of each book have suggested answers when a specific response is expected.
For most questions, students will write their responses in a notebook or binder that they will use for the course. The student notebook will also be the repository for other work, such as maps, essays, research notes, a student-created glossary, and drawings. Throughout both courses, students will also create a map of the ancient world. They can start with a large (at least 2’ x 3’) blank outline map that is pre-printed, or they can make their own.
These studies are written from a Christian point of view. Both guides have sections on ancient Israel and Judah. In other sections of the guides, there are assignments for reading from the Bible and questions about those readings. In addition, some of the required books, such as The Bronze Bow and God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah (in the lower level guide) and Hittite Warrior and The Days of Elijah (in the upper-level guide), relate directly to biblical history.
Both guides use The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World as a spine book that briefly covers most of the topics in the studies. The Ancient History Timeline (from Beautiful Feet Books) is also used with both study guides. Readings from the Usborne book and work on the timeline help to organize the studies and provide students with a chronological perspective.
Each guide lays out the lessons in a step-by-step fashion so that there’s no pre-planning required. Sometimes the guides include commentary along with the assignments. There are also occasional cautions about content in a required book or another suggested resource. These might be alerts about artistic nudity, instances of what the guide's author thinks might be questionable theology, or other subject matter that parents or teachers might want to skip or discuss with their students. Both guides include the study of ancient mythology, so Rebecca Manor has written a two-page article (found in both guides) titled, “Thoughts on Teaching Mythology,” wherein she presents arguments for including the mythology.
The lessons themselves have assignments for vocabulary work, reading, map work, and writing. They also have optional hands-on activities and direct students to use the internet for videos, articles, and research. Included within the lessons are comprehension and discussion questions based on the reading assignments. Discussion questions assume that the parent or teacher will be prepared for these questions, which might not always be possible. (Sometimes the answer keys have suggested responses for discussion questions to give parents and teachers an idea as to how the discussion might be directed.) Answer keys at the back of each book have suggested answers when a specific response is expected.
For most questions, students will write their responses in a notebook or binder that they will use for the course. The student notebook will also be the repository for other work, such as maps, essays, research notes, a student-created glossary, and drawings. Throughout both courses, students will also create a map of the ancient world. They can start with a large (at least 2’ x 3’) blank outline map that is pre-printed, or they can make their own.
These studies are written from a Christian point of view. Both guides have sections on ancient Israel and Judah. In other sections of the guides, there are assignments for reading from the Bible and questions about those readings. In addition, some of the required books, such as The Bronze Bow and God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah (in the lower level guide) and Hittite Warrior and The Days of Elijah (in the upper-level guide), relate directly to biblical history.
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