Story of the World Ancients Lesson Plans
Week
1
Day 1
R,R,N Introduction;
What is History
Day 2
Day 3
Read/Watch/Reserve
R,R,N Chapter 1:
Nomads, Farmers
R,R,N Introduction;
What is Archeology
Read:
Archeology McIntosh, Jane.
Map Work: The Earliest People
Page 4
Do: Cave Painting
AG Page 5
Little Grunt and the big egg : a
prehistoric fairy tale
Color: Page 5
Watch: Walking with Cavemen
Field Trip: Messel Pit
2
R,R,N: Chapter 2:
Two Kingdoms become One
R,R,N: Chapter 2
Gods of Egypt
R,R,N: Chapter 3
The First Writing
Read:
Bill and Pete go down the Nile
Map Work: Egyptians lived on
the river Nile
Page 6
Color: Osiris and Set
Page 7
Map Work: Writing
Page 9
Everyday life in ancient Egypt
Holm, Kirsten C. (Kirsten
Campbell)
Color: Hieroglyphs
Page 9
3
R,R,N: Chapter 4
Making Mummies
R,R,N: Chapter 4
Pyramids
Map Work: Old Kingdom of
Egypt
Page 11
Coloring Page: Pyramids
Page 12
Do: Cuneiform Tablets
AG Page 12, S page 10
Do: Start Mummy Kit
Watch:
Prince of Egypt
Read:
Mummy math : an adventure in
math
Neuschwander, Cindy.
MTH: Mummies in the Morning
Field Trip: Tut Museum
4
R,R,N: Chapter12
Egypt invades Nubia
R,R,N: Chaoter 12
Hykos invades Egypt
Map Work: Middle Kingdom
page 35
Coloring Page: Hykos Jewelry
Page 36
Do: Chicken Mummy
AG Page 17
Read:
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt
Payne, Elizabeth Ann.
The time traveller book of
pharaohs and pyramids
Allan, Tony.
The winged cat : a tale of
ancient Egypt
5
6
R,R,N: Chapter 13
General and the Woman
Pharaoh
R,R,N: Chapter 13
Amenhotep and King Tut
Do: Egyptian Death Mask
AG Page 50
Map Work: New Kingdom
Page 37
Color: Mask of King Tut
Page 38
R,R,N: Chapter 9
The River Road
R,R,N: Chapter 9
Mohenjo-Daro
R,R,N: Chapter 30
Life on Ganges River
Map Work: First Cities of India
page 28
Color: Statue
page 30
Map work: Aryans of India
page 93
Tutankhamun and the golden
age of the pharaohs
Hawass, Zahi A.
R,R,N: Chapter 30
Castes of Ancient India
Read:
One grain of rice : a
mathematical folktale
Demi
Once a mouse-- : a fable cut in
wood
Brown, Marcia.
Color: Ceremonial Mask
Page 29
7
Read:
I, Tut : the boy who became
pharaoh
Schlein, Miriam
R,R,N: Chapter 30
Siddhartha
Children Just Like Me:
Celebrate! India
Color: The Buddha
Page 94
Do: Make a Rakhi
Read:
Sacred river
Lewin, Ted.
Buddha : father of Buddhism
Carew-Miller, Anna.
8
9
R,R,N: Chapter 31
Empire United
R,R,N: Chapter 31
Jataka Tales
Watch:
Animated world faiths
Map Work: Mauryan Empire
Page 95
Color: Jataka Tales
Page 96
R,R,N: Chapter 5
The first Sumerian Dictator
R,R,N: Chapter 7
Hammuburi & the Babylonians
Read:
The golden sandal
Color: Sargon
Page 14
Color: Ziggurat of Ur
Page 24
Ten kings : and the worlds they
ruled
Meltzer, Milton, 1915
Do: Eat Indian Food
Do: Sumerian Seal
Map Work: Sumerian Dictator
Page 13
10
R,R,N: Chapter 10
Lei Zu and the Silkworm
Map Work: Hammuburi & the
Babylonians
Page 27
R,R,N: Chapter 10
Pictograms
R,R,N: Chapter 32
Farming
Map Work: Far East
Page 31
R,R,N: Chapter 32
Calligraphy
Color: Chin and his father
page 32
Read:
Nine animals and the well
Rumford, Jame
Watch Disney’s Aladdin
Read:
The story about Ping
Flack, Marjorie
D is for Doufu : an alphabet
book of Chinese culture
Map Work:
Page 97
11
R,R,N: Chapter 32
Warring States
R,R,N:
The first Empire
Watch: Disney’s Mulan
Do: Play with Tangrams
Student Reader: MTH
Day of the Dragon King
Read: Winter in Songming
12
R,R,N:
The Great Wall
R,R,N: Chapter 33
Confucius
Watch: China's great wall
Read: Tikki Tikki Tembo
13
14
Color: The Great Wall
Page 98
Color:
Page 99
R,R,N: Chapter 8
Shamsh-adad King of the
Whole World
R,R,N: Chapter 8
Gilgamesh
Map Work:
Page 26
Color:
Page 27
R,R,N: Chapter 15
Phoenician Traders
R,R,N: Chapter 15
Founding of Carthage
Map Work:
Page 45
Color:
Page 46
Do: Make the Great Wall
Read: You wouldnt' want to
work on the Great Wall of
China! : defenses you'd rather
not build
Read:
Gilgamesh trilogyGilgamesh the King
The revenge of Ishtar
The last quest of Gilgamesh
Do: Make Purple Dye
Read:
The Phoenicians : mysterious
sea people
Reece, Katherine
Field Trip: Ancient Shipbuilding
Museum, Mainz
15
R,R,N: Chapter 26
Nazca Drawings
Map Work: Americas
Page 82
R,R,N: Chapter 26
The Olmec’s
R,R,N: Chapter 26
Rabbit Shoots the Sun
Read:
If you lived with the Cherokee
Color:
Page 83
The Legend of the Indian
Paintbrush
16
17
18
The Mayflower
R,R,N: Chapter 16
Ashurbanipal’s Attack
Thanksgiving Break
R,R,N: Chapter 16
Library of Nineveh
Map Work:
Page 47
Color:
Page 48
R,R,N: Chapter 17
Nebuchadnezzar’s Madness
R,R,N: Chapter 17
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Map Work:
Page 49
19
20
Student Reader: MTH
Thanksgiving on Thursday
Holiday Family Crafts
Read:
Sinbad the sailor
Williams, Marcia
Holiday Family Crafts
Watch:
The Seven wonders of the
ancient world
Color:
Page 50
Read:
The legend of the Persian
carpet
R,R,N: Chapter 38
Jewish Nation
Color:
Page 111
The First Thanksgiving
Holiday Family Crafts
Do: Make a Dreidle
R,R,N: Chapter 37
Birth of Jesus
Do: Make Hanukkah Latkes
Holiday Family Crafts
Color:
Page 108
Holiday Break
End Semester 1
Read: Grandma’s Latkes
21
22
23
R,R,N: Chapter 18
Bull Jumpers and Sailors
R,R,N: Chapter 18
King Minos and the Minotaur
Coloring Sheet
R,R,N: Chapter 18
End of Minoans
Watch:
Atlantis the lost empire
Do: Make a Volcano
Read:
Atlantis : the lost city
Donkin, Andrew
R,R,N: Chapter 19
Myceneans
Map Work:
Page 51
R,R,N: Chapter 19
Greek Dark Ages
R,R,N: Chapter 20
Greece gets an alphabet
DK Ancient Greece
Mythology Printable book 1
Intro to Gods and Goddesses
Trojan War
Color:
Page 55
Map Work:
page 54
Do: Write name
page 59
R,R,N: Chapter 20
Stories of Homer
Do: Dress in Togas while telling
odyssey stories.
Color: Cyclops
Page 58
24
Student Reader: MTH Hour of
the Olympics
Mythology printable book
A Petrifying Quest
Perseus and Medusa
Read:
Mary Pope Osborne’s stories
from The Odyssey
R,R,N: Chapter 21
A New Empire
R,R,N: Chapter 21
Cyrus the Great
Map:
Page 60
Color:
Page 61
Mythology Printable book
Echo and Narcissus
Pandora
Do: Greek Stickers
Read:
Adventures in ancient Greece
Bailey, Linda,
Mary Pope Osborne’s stories
from The Odyssey
25
26
R,R,N: Chapter 22
Life in Sparta
R,R,N: Chapter 20
First Olympics
Color:
Page 64
Map:
Page 57
Do: Make an Olympic Wreath
Read:
You wouldn't want to be a slave
in ancient Greece! : a life you'd
rather not have
Macdonald, Fiona
Mary Pope Osborne’s stories
from The Odyssey
Mythology Printable Book:
Cupid and Psyche
Orpheus and Eurydice
R,R,N: Chapter 22
Life in Athens
Map Work:
Page 63
27
Mythology Printable Book:
Phaethon and Apollo
The Race for Love
Do: Paper Dolls
Read:
Mary Pope Osborne’s stories
from The Odyssey
R,R,N: Chapter 23
The Greek Gods
Mythology Printable book:
Daedalus and Icarus
Pygmalion
Color:
Page 70
Map:
Page 69
Watch: Disney’s Hercules
Top 10 worst things about
Ancient Greece
England, Victoria.
28
29
30
31
R,R,N: Chapter 24
Greeks War with Persia
R,R,N: Chapter 24
The Greeks Fight Each other
Color:
Page 74
Map Work:
Page 73
R,R,N: Chapter 25
Philip and His Son
R,R,N: Chapter 25
Alexander’s Invasions
R,R,N: Chapter 25
Death of Alexander
Color:
Page 77
Map Work:
Page 76
Composition assignment:
Brave
(AG Page 101)
R,R,N: Chapter 27
Romulus and Remus
R,R,N: Chapter 27
Power of Rome
Color:
Page 85
Map:
Page 84
R,R,N: Chapter 28
The Roman Gods
Mythology Printable Book:
Perseus and Medusa
Journey to the Underworld
Read:
Black Ships before Troy
Student Reader: Vacation
under the Volcano
Read:
Black Ships before Troy
Alexander the Great : the
legend of a warrior king
Chrisp, Peter
Read:
Everyday life in ancient Rome
Holm, Kirsten C.
Do: Saturnalia Gift
Read: Detectives in Togas
R,R,N: Chapter
Roman Builders
Do: Build a Roman Road
Field Trip: Trier, Roman City
Read:
Top 10 worst things about
Ancient Rome you wouldn't
want to know!
England, Victoria
Read: Detectives in Togas
32
R,R,N: Chapter
Roman Gladiators
Color:
Page 87
R,R,N: Chapter 29
The Punic Wars
Color:
Page 90
Maze: Page 92
Color: Page 91
Do: Roman Mosaic
(AG Chapter 34)
Read: Detectives in Togas
Inside ancient Rome
Stewart, David
33
R,R,N: Chapter 34
Caesar is Kidnapped
R,R,N: Chapter 34
The Consuls of Rome
R,R,N: Chapter 34
Caeser and the Senate
Julius Caesar : great dictator of
Rome
Platt, Richard
R,R,N: Chapter 35
Caesar fights the Celts
R,R,N: Chapter 35
Caesar crosses the Rubicon
R,R,N: Chapter 35
Caesar and Cleopatra
Map Work:
Page 103
Color:
Page 104
Read:
Tales from Shakespeare : seven
plays
Williams, Marcia
Map Work:
Page 101
34
Cleopatra
Stanley, Diane
Field Trip: The World of the
Celts on the Glauberg
35
R,R,N: Chapter 36
The First Roman Prince
R,R,N: Chapter 39
Nero the Emperor
Color:
Page 106
36
Student Reader: MTH
Vacation under the Volcano
Do: Practice Roman Numerals
Map Work:
Page 105
R,R,N: Chapter 39
Christians in the Catacombs
R,R,N: Chapter 39
The Emperor is a Christian
Color:
Page 114
Map Work:
Page 113
Do: Catacombs
(make a sheet fort)
The story of clocks and
calendars : marking a
millennium
Maestro, Betsy.
Read:
You wouldn't want to live in
Pompeii! : a volcanic eruption
you'd rather avoid
Malam, John
Pompeii--buried alive!
Kunhardt, Edith
37
38
R,R,N: Chapter 40
The British Rebellion
R,R,N: Chapter 40
Rome Divided in Two
Read:
Kids in ancient Rome
Wroble, Lisa A
Map Work:
Page 115
Color:
Page 116
Do: Celtic Feast
R,R,N: Chapter 41
Attila the Hun
R,R,N: Chapter 41
Stilicho, Roman, Barbarian
R,R,N: Chapter 41
Coming of the Visigoths
Map Work:
Page 117
Color:
Page 118
Hannibal and the enemies of
Rome
Connolly, Peter
Read:
Attila the Angry
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman.
You wouldn't want to be a
Roman soldier! : barbarians
you'd rather not meet
Field Trip: Saalburg
Roman Fort
39
R,R,N: Chapter 42
Last Roman Emperor
Map Work:
Page 119
R,R,N: Chapter 42
The Gifts of Rome
Read:
Cattus petasatus : The cat in
the hat in Latin
Do: Roman Feast Party
Week 40- Review Timeline, Memory Cards, Finish Notebook, Celebrate
Ancient Rome : revealed
Chrisp, Peter.