2010 Curriculum

Ben-7th grade (Whaaaaaat?  Junior high?)

  1. Gilgamesh the Hero
  2. Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
  3. Tales of Ancient Egypt
  4. Herodotus and the Road to History
  5. Learning Through History Magazine, various issues
  6. The Lightening Thief
  7. Adventures of the Greek Heroes
  8. Alexander The Great
  9. Cleopatra 
  10. In Search of a Homeland (the Aeneid)
  11. Rome in Cross Section
  12. Select chapters from Oxford Ancient Egypt
  13. Select chapters from K12 The Human Odyssey
  14. Reading and outlining from Kingfisher World History (white book)
  15. Additional non-history related books TBD


 William-4th grade

  • Bravewriter/Writer's Jungle suggestions)
  • English From the Roots Up (Greek and Latin Roots/Vocab)
  • Independent reading will match history topics
  1. Gilgamesh the King
  2. The Revenge of Ishtar
  3. The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
  4. Seeker of Knowledge-The Man Who Deciphered Hieroglyphics
  5. The Shipwrecked Sailor-Egypt's Oldest Tale
  6. The Egyptian Cinderella
  7. Exodus by Wildsmith
  8. Herodotus and the Road to History
  9. Tut's Mummy Lost and Found-Will Reads to Charlie
  10. The Lightening Thief
  11. d'Aulaires' Greek Myths
  12. Pandora
  13. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
  14. Alexander the Great
  15. Rome in Cross Section
  16. The Parables of Jesus- Tomie DePaola
  17. Pompeii Lost and Found
  18. Usborne World History Encyclopedia, selected pages
 Charlie-Officially a  K'er

  • Horizons math K
  • Calendar work with stickers
  • Poetry/memory work-A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • All About Spelling levels 1 and 2  (in depth phonics)
  • Elemental Science-Intro to Science K                                                 
  • Literature will be childhood favorites/classics
  1. The Important Book
  2. Blueberries for Sal
  3. Johnny Appleseed
  4. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
  5. Stella Luna
  6. Roxaboxen
  7. The World of Robert McCloskey
  8. Miss Rumphius
  9. d'Aulaires' Columbus
  10. Ox-Cart Man
  11. Mike Mulligan and More-A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury
  12. Among the Forest People
  13. Story of Ferdinand
  14. Tapenum's Day
  15. Various Winter/Holiday books
  16. Owl Moon
  17. My Father's Dragon
  18. Beatrix Potter Treasury-selected tales
  19. Story of Ping
  20. Gregory's Shadow 
  21. Washington-A Picture Biography Book Biography by James Cross Giblin
  22. A House for Hermit Crab
  23. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge
  24. Whatever else we drag home from the library-Charlie's Choice
  • Charlie will also read out loud to me a few times a week
  1. Little Bear Books
  2. Me on the Map
  3. Frederick
  4. Owl at Home (Arnold Lobel, several short stories)
  5. Adventures with Arnold Lobel (several short stories)
  6. Billy and Blaze series (6 books or so?)
  7. Whatever else we drag home from the library-Charlie's Choice