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☐☐ City, by David
Macaulay (J 711) p.
56-111 (Week 2 of 2)
☐☐ Usborne Internet-Linked ☐☐ Usborne Internet☐☐ These Were the Romans, by
Encyclopedia of the
Linked Romans, by
G.I.F. Tingay and J. Badcock
Ancient World, by Jane
Anthony Marks and
(937) p. 63-69, 103-120, 144
Bingham, et al.
Graham Tingay, p. 24(about theater), 168 (bot(J 930) p. 262-264, 29227, 56-57, 66-67. Read
tom)-170, 183-194 (middle)
294, 305, 313, 326-327,
selectively on p. 9, 18
☐☐ Holman Bible Atlas, by
329-330, 354
(map), 32-47, and 74-75
Thomas C. Brisco, p. 213
for information about
(bottom)-215, 241-276
imperial Rome.
☐☐ You Wouldn’t Want
to Live in Pompeii,
by John Malam
☐☐ Famous Men of Rome,
by Haaren and Poland
(920) chapters on Titus,
Trajan, and Marcus
Aurelius
☐☐ Pompeii: Lost and
Found, by Mary Pope
Osborne (J 937)
History: Core
Arts/Activities
Worldview
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History: In-Depth
Reading Assignments
Primary Resources
☐☐ The Story of the Romans, by H.A. Guerber,
chapters LXXX-XC
☐☐ Pompeii, by Peter Connolly
☐☐ Foxe’s Book of Martyrs,
by John Foxe (272) chapter 1
☐☐ Warfare in the Classical
World, by John Gibson
Warry (355) p. 194-198 (stop
at Septimius Severus)
Suggested Read-Aloud
☐☐ Peril and Peace, by Mindy and Brandon Withrow, p. 11-56 (Week 1 of 4)
☐☐ Daily Life at the Time of Jesus, by Miriam Feinberg Vamosh, p. 75-79, 92-93
Government Elective
☐☐ Romans 12:1-13:7
☐☐ 1 Peter 2 :13-25, 3:8-22
☐☐ Matthew 5:1-12, 43-48; 17:2427; 21:12-13; 22:15-22; 26:
47-56
☐☐ Damon, Pythias, and ☐☐ Mystery of the Roman
☐☐ The Bronze Bow, by
the Test of FriendRansom, by Henry WinEliza­beth George
ship, retold by Teresa
terfeld (JUV FICTION)
Speare (JUV FICBateman
chapters 1-8 (Week 1
TION) chapters 1-12
of 3)
(Week 1 of 2)
Beginning and Continuing Levels
☐☐ Readings in the Gospels (see
Student Activity Pages)
☐☐ Readings in Poetics
☐☐ Words of Delight, by Leland
Ryken, chapter 16
☐☐ Literature Supplement (at the
end of this week-plan)
☐☐ Classical Kids, by
Laurie Carlson
(J 938) p. 163, 177179
☐☐ Ancient Rome!
Exploring the Culture,
People & Ideas of This
Powerful Empire,
by Avery Hart (J 938)
p. 18-19, 54-55, 77-84
Bible/Church History
Bible/Church History
☐☐ Listen to your
☐☐ Read stories about the
teacher read all that
Acts of the Apostles from
your Bible storybook
your children’s Bible.
has about the Acts of ☐☐ What the Bible is All
the Apostles.
About: Bible Handbook
for Kids, by Blankenbaker and Mears, p. 231-244
☐☐ Bible Atlas & Companion, by Barrett, Hudson,
and Bolin, p. 146-163
Lower Grammar
☐☐ Spend the Day in Ancient Rome, by Linda
Honan (J 937) p. 79-81
(stop at Tiara), 89-91
Bible/Church History
☐☐ Acts
☐☐ Journey Through the
Bible, by V. Gilbert
Beers, p. 342-399
☐☐ The Church in History,
by B.K. Kuiper, chapter
1 (Week 1 of 4)
Bible/Church History Elective
☐☐ Acts
☐☐ What the Bible is All About,
by Henrietta C. Mears
(220.6) chapter 31
☐☐ Church History in Plain
Language, by Bruce Shelley,
chapters 2-3
Philosophy Elective
☐☐ Pageant of Philo­sophy
supplement: The Wisdom
and Folly of Paul
Upper Grammar
Dialectic
4
Rhetoric
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History: Supplement
☐☐ Who Were the
Romans? by Phil
Roxbee Cox (J 937)
p. 18-19
☐☐ The Story of the World,
Volume 1, by Susan Wise
Bauer, chapter 38
☐☐ Streams of Civiliza­tion,
Volume 1, by Hyma,
Stanton, and McHugh,
p. 162-163 (stop at “Life in
the Roman Empire”), 187
(“The Fall of Rome”)
☐☐ The Ancient Romans, by
Rosemary Rees, p. 13, 2627, 39 (bottom)
☐☐ Emperors and Gladiators,
by Anita Ganeri, chapter
6
☐☐ Ancient Rome, by Peter
Connolly (J 937) p. 24-25,
28-31, 52-55, 60-61
☐☐ Pompeii: City of Ashes, by
Sarah Pitt Kaplan
☐☐ Through Time: Pompeii,
by Richard Platt (J 937)
☐☐ The Ancient Romans, by
☐☐ The Ancient City, by
Allison Lassieur (J 937)
Peter Connolly (938)
p. 31 (text box), 79-83
p. 121, 130-133, 176☐☐ Ancient Roman Women, by
179, 182-189, 218-237
Brian Williams, p. 42-43
☐☐ Women of Ancient
☐☐ The Buried City of Pompeii,
Rome, by Don Nardo,
by Shelley Tanaka (J 937)
chapter 5
☐☐ Technology in the Time
☐☐ The Roman Fort, by
of Ancient Rome,
Peter Connolly
by Robert Snedden
(J 937) p. 4-5, 16-17, 32-33
Literature
☐☐ Tabitha’s Travels,
by Arnold Ytreeide
(Week 3 of 4)
☐☐ Western Civilization
(Combined Edition) by
Jackson J. Spielvogel,
p. 144-152 (stop at “The
Gladiatorial Shows”),
155
☐☐ Ben Hur, by Lew Wallace (FICTION) (Week
1 of 4)
☐☐ Quo Vadis, by Henryk
Sienkiewicz (FICTION) (Week 1 of 4)
Arts/Activities
Worldview
☐☐ Reproducible Maps,
Charts, Time Lines & Illustrations, published by
Gospel Light, p. 211-223,
227, 231
☐☐ A Short History of the
Early Church, by Harry
R. Boer (270) p. 6-12
(stop at “Religion in
the Empire”), 14, 17-22
(stop at “The Pauline
Mission”)
Enrichment
☐☐ Invitation to the Classics,
by Louise Cowan and
Os Guiness (809) p. 25-28
Upper Grammar
Dialectic
5
☐☐ VIDEO: Quo Vadis
(NR) starring Robert
Taylor and Deborah
Kerr
Rhetoric
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☐☐ Life in Ancient Rome
☐☐ Clothes and Crafts in Ro☐☐ Art of the Ancient
(Coloring Book) by John
man Times, by Philip Steele
Mediterranean World,
Green, p. 16-17, 36-37,
(J 937) p. 14-15, 28-29
by Bernice Wilson (709)
44, 47
☐☐ The Romans (Crafts from
chapters 23-24 about
☐☐ Ancient Rome: Make it
the Past), by Gillian Chap“Roman Art”
Work! by Peter Chrisp
man (J 937) p. 22-23, 32-33 ☐☐ The Story of Painting,
(J 937) p. 8-9, 16-19, 32-33,
by Sister Wendy Beckett
58-59
(759) p. 30 (start at “Roman Portraiture”)-33
Lower Grammar
Reading Assignments
Textbooks
Alternate or Extra Resources