Suggested Supplemental Reading or DVD List for History the FUN Way!
Semester 1- Creation through Christ’s Resurrection
The Young Earth – John Morris
The Answers Book for Kids, Volume 1 – Ken Ham
Adam and His Kin The Lost History of Their Lives and Times – Ruth Beechick
Ancient Secrets of the Bible: Noah’s Ark – What Happened to it? 1997
In Search of Noah’s Ark – 1970
Uncovering the Mysterious Woolly Mammoth – Michael Oard
Life in the Great Ice Age – Michael Oard
The Sumerians – Jane Shuter
Ancient Secrets and the Bible – 1997
Tower of Babel Documentary – 1979
The Epic of Gligamesh – Anonymous
Gilgamesh – A New Rendering in English Verse
Prehistoric Stone Monuments – The World Heritage by Ana Martin (Library
Resource)
Golden Goblet – Eloise McGraw – Puffin Books
Ancient Mysteries: The Great Pyramids – A&E
Mummies and Wonders of Ancient Egypt – A&E
The Search for Lost Cities – Nicola Barber
Secret of the Scribe – Jennifer Johnson – Historical Fiction
Abraham -1994
Ancient Secrets of the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah – Legend or Real Event? 1997
Jacob – 1995
Great Cultures, Great Nations – China: The History and Mystery 1996
Tirzah – Lucille Travis
The Prince of Egypt – 1999
The Ten Commandments – 1956
Moses – 1996
Ancient Mysteries – The Ark of the Covenant – A&E -1994
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt – Landmark Books, Elizabeth Payne
King Tut: The Face of Tutankhamun – A&E, 1992
Mara: Daughter of the Nile – Puffin Books – Eloise McGraw
The Cat of Bubastes – G A Hently
Great Cities of the Ancient World: The Pyramids and the Cities of the Pharaohs-1994
The Great Pharoahs of Egypt – 1997 Four Part Series
Mysteries of Egypt – 1998
The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy -Padraic
Colum
Black Ships Before Troy – Rosemary Sutcliff
The Wanderings of Odysseus – Rosemary Sutcliff
Iliad – Homer
Ancient Mysteries: The Odyssey of Troy – 1995
The Odyssey – 1997 PG-13
Unshaken: Ruth by Francine Rivers
The Story of Ruth – 1960
Samson and Delilah 1949 (won 5 Academy Awards)
Samson and Delilah 1996
King David 1985
Adara – Beatrice Gormley
Handbook of Today’s Religions – Josh McDowell
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths – Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Great Cities of the Ancient World Series: Athens and Ancient Greece 1994
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – Lynn Curlee
Aesop’s Fables – various publishers
Esther the Girl Who Became Queen – 2000 Veggie Tales
Hadassah: The Girl Who Became Queen Esther – Tommy Tenney
One Night With the King – 2006 PG
The Life and Times of Socrates (Biography from Ancient Civilizations) Susan Zannos
Aristotle – Biography from Ancient Civilizations – Jim Whiting
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Life of Alexander the Great – Dr Nicholas Saunders
Archimedes and the Door of Science – Jeanne Bendick
Forbidden City: The Great Within – 1995
First Emperor of China – 1995
Hannibal: Rome’s Worst Nightmare – Philip Brooks
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of the Times of Hannibal – GA Hently
Africa’s Elephant Kingdom – 1998
The Life of Julius Caesar – DR. Nicholas Saunders
Shakespeare’s Tales: Julius Ceaser – Beverly Burch
Any books related to Cleopatra
Herod the Great – Robert Green
Herod the Great: Mysteries of the Bible – A&E
Augustus Ceasar’s World – Genevieve Foster
The Bronze Bow – Elizabeth Speare
Ben-Hur – 1959
Jesus of Nazareth, 1977
The Robe 1953
That the World May Know – series by Focus on Family
HISTORY THE FUN WAY
Are you ready for your student to embark on an adventure? Beginning fall 2014, we
will travel through time chronologically starting with creation and arriving at the
Resurrection by year-end. In Jan 2015, we will travel together beginning with early
church establishment and ending with the Middle Ages by summer break. Along our
trip together, we will learn about the geography of places we study as well as music
and art.
Remember this is at least a 2-year journey. The second year will include the
Renaissance, Reformation, and American History as well as a study of art and music
from these times and places. More geography will also be included through year 2.
Students who complete this 2-year journey will have earned credit for World
History, American History, Bible as an elective, Music Appreciation, Art
Appreciation, and Geography.
The only charge for the first year of this journey will be a supply fee to cover the cost
of copies, art supplies, notebooks, notecards and a few other items. I will be using
the Mystery of History Volumes 1 and 2 as the main history resource for this
adventure during the first year together.
Parents will be provided with a supplemental list of books and DVDs related to our
topics of study. These resources are not required but hopefully parents and
students can choose books or movie titles that interest them as we journey together.
Students will be given a user name and password, and directed to the secure website www.tarateaches.com for assignments, related info, and audio files of all lessons
for easy listening.
Worksheets, pre-tests, and post-tests will be provided to each student. Parents can
decide which sheets they prefer students complete. Parents will also be provided
access to an “answer key” for the handouts. Parents will be responsible for grading
the worksheets and calculating semester and final grades for their student.
Students will also be given black and white timeline figures to color, cut out, and
paste to a note card. They can fill in any info they learn about each event or person
on each notecard. The notecards will serve as a keepsake timeline of our historical
journey. Students will work on their timeline both years of study.
We may be able to travel together to some historical places such as our nation’s
capitol, or even Europe in 2-3 years. One mother has already agreed to begin
researching travel to Europe for our group 
I pray our time together will be productive, beneficial, and fun! History should be a
fun topic, not a burdensome one.