Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 1 (weeks 1-6)
+Subjects considered to be essential at this level.
(N) Books/subjects intended for narration.
*Key curriculum ~ Highly Recommended ~ Optional extras
Subject
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
+RELIGIOUS ED.
New Testament
p. 81-83
p. 84-86
p. 87-89
Catechism
(N)* Faith and Life 3: Our
1. God Loves Us
2. God Created
the World
3. Learning
about God
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
Lessons
83-84
+LITERATURE
Tales
*Classic Myths to Read Aloud
Poetry
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
p. 90-92
93-95
4. The Promise
of a Savior
5. Abraham: the
Father of God’s
People
6. The Prophet
Moses
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
Lessons
85-86
Lessons
87-88
Lessons
89-90
Lessons
91-92
Lessons
93-94
Perseus and the
Gorgon’s Head
The Riddle of
the Spinx
The Story of
Helen of Troy:
The Judgment of
Paris
The Stealing of
Helen
The Quarrel
The Gods Take
Sides
O Captain! My
Captain (HLW
99)
Sheridan’s Ride
(HLW 100)
The StarSpangled
Banner (HLW
103)
Solitude (HLW
104)
The Wonderful
World (PLL
Lesson 91)
The Destruction
of Sennacherib
(HLW 105)
Ch. 64 Washington
First in War,
First in Peace
Ch. 65 - Adams-How He Kept
Peace with
France
Ch. 66 Jefferson: How
the Territory
was Doubled
Ch. 67 Jefferson: How
the Door Was
Opened
Ch. 68 Jefferson: An
American Who
Wanted to Be
Kind
Ch. 69 Madison: The
Shooting Star
and the Prophet
(N)* A Life of Our Lord for
Children
Life With Jesus
Saints
(N)* A Child’s Illustrated
Lives of the Saints OR Saints
for Young Readers for Every
Day
Liturgical Year
+MATHEMATICS (daily)
Math Program of Choice
and Short Daily Drills
+ENGLISH
*Primary Language Lessons
Writing: Handwriting and
Copywork (daily)
* The Harp and the Laurel
Wreath
+NATIONAL HISTORY
(N) * This Country of Ours
(N) * The Catholic Faith
Comes to the Americas
Ch. 11 Demetrius
Gallitzen
Ch. 11 - St.
Elizabeth Ann
Seton
Supplemental National
HIstory Reading
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 1 (weeks 1-6)
Ch. 12 - Benedict
Flaget
Subject
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
+ANCIENT HISTORY
(1) pp. 3 – 6
(2) pp. 6 – 10
(3) pp. 10 – 14
(4) pp. 14 – 19
(5) pp. 20 – 24
(6) pp. 24 – 29
(end of 2nd
para) & (7) pp.
29 (3rd para) –
32 (2nd line)
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
(N) * The Pharoahs of Ancient
Egypt
Supplemental Ancient History
Reading
+GEOGRAPHY AND
EARTH STUDIES
People and Places: Asia
The Children of China
Earth Studies
*The Earth: Mountains and
Volcanoes
1. Set up
notebook. The
Earth, p.46-7;
M&V, p.30-1
How I became a
*52 Days by Camel: My Sahara Desert
Explorer/52 days
Adventure by Lawrie Raskin
by camel/ map of
Sahara p.6
Deserts
*2. Local
Geography
3. Start a
4. Inside the
mountain map.
Earth. The Earth,
The Earth, p.28-9; p.30; M&V, p.6
M&V, p.4-5
5. Movement of
6. Tectonic plates.
liquid rock. The
The Earth, p.32;
Earth, p.31; M&V, M&V, p.8
p.7
Ch. 1 Fun Times in
Fez p. 7-13 (Fez,
spices, eating,
Moslem)
Ch. 2 Chills ‘n’
Thrills p. 14-19
(Atlas Mountains,
Ksar es Souk,
Morocco)
Ch. 4 A Camel
Tale p. 30-43
(Marrakesh,
Zagora, Mhamid,
Arabic, camels,
bread, turban)
Ch. 3 What a
Blast! pg. 20-29
(Desert,
Merzouga, nomad
Tent, Sandstorm)
Catch up, review
map of Sahara,
cities and
landforms from
Ch. 1-4
+SCIENCE
*The Universe in My Hands
1. Size and
Smallness
2. Page Zero-1 m
3. Page (-1)--1 dm 4. Page (-2)--1 cm 5. Page (-3)--1 mm 6. Magnitude
Review
Adventures With a
Microscope
Surprises in Your
Microscope
The Art of
Observation
Magnification
The Fabric of
Reality
NATURE STUDY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MUSIC
APPRECIATION
PICTURE STUDY
ART
MUSIC
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 1 (weeks 1-6)
Up Close With
Crystals
The Amazing
Crystalization
Experiment
Classic Children’s
Literature (Free
Reads):
Choose at least one
per term
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S.Lewis
All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank
L.Baum
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
Little House in the Big Woods and other
books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and
other books by E.Nesbit
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Additional History
Readings (Optional)
Recommended Reading:
Additional Ancient
History Readings
(Optional)
NON-FICTION
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth
Yates
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Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
Thomas Jefferson:
Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barrett
Other:
Susanna of the Alamo: a True Story by John Jakes
The Mexican Story by May McNeer and Lynd Ward —
Catholic perspective
PICTURE BOOKS
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy
Donnelly. Easy reader telling the story of the
discover of Tutenkhamun’s tomb.
The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun by Noel
Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of
Tutenkhamun by a gifted author of both
children’s fiction and historical non-fiction.
Out of print.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. A clear,
thorough description of the mummification
process.
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by
James Baike
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MYTHOLOGY
●
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The Princess and Curdie and The
Princess and the Goblin by George
MacDonald
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite
Henry
Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
●
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Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn
Green.
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and
Myths told by Jim Weiss (audio).
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Senefer by Beatrice Lumpkin
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton
Walsh
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie
de Paola. Just for fun! (Not historical)
HISTORICAL FICTION
Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of
Ancient Egypt by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of
Ancient Egypt by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The following books are written for slightly
older children and may be more suitable for
Level 2:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis
McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise
Jarvis McGraw
God King by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 1 (weeks 7-12)
Subject
Week 7
+RELIGIOUS ED.
New Testament
p. 96-98
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
99-101
103-105
107-109
(N)* A Life of Our Lord for
Children
Catechism
L. 7 - God’s Laws
of Love
L. 8 - King David
L.9 - Loving God
Most of All
Week 12
(N)* Faith and Life 3: Our
Life With Jesus
Saints
(N)* A Child’s Illustrated
Lives of the Saints OR Saints
for Young Readers for Every
Day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
Liturgical Year Advent
*The Life of Mary
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
The
Annunciation &
The Visitation
The Nativity,
The
Presentation at
the Temple, &
The Flight into
Egypt
The Finding of
Jesus in the
Temple, The
Wedding at
Cana, &The
Crucifixion
The Ascension,
Pentecost, & The
Assumption or
Dormition
+MATHEMATICS (daily)
Math Program of Choice
and Short Daily Drills
Lessons
95-96
Lessons
97-98
Lessons
99-100
Lessons 101-102
Lessons 103-105
Lessons 106-108
+LITERATURE
Tales
The Wrath of
Achilles
The Wooden
Horse
The Return of
Ulysses: The
Greeks Set Sail
Circe’s Palace
The Perilous
Voyage
Homeward
What Had
Happened in
Ithaca
Poetry
A Child’s Wish
(HLW 106)
The Spider and
the Fly (HLW
107)
The Ride of
Collins Graves
(HLW 109)
The Ride of
Collins Graves
(HLW 110-11)
November (PLL
Lesson 104)
How They
Brought the
Good News
(HLW 112)
+NATIONAL HISTORY
(N) * This Country of Ours
Ch. 70 Madison: War
With Great
Britain
Ch. 71 - Monroe:
Monroe’s
Famous
Doctrine
Ch. 72 - Adams:
The Tariff of
Abominations
Ch. 73 Jackson:
“Liberty and
Union, Now and
Forever”
Ch. 74 Harrison: The
Hero of
Tippecanoe
Ch. 75 - Tyler:
Florida Becomes
a State
(N) * The Catholic Faith
Comes to the Americas
Ch. 12 - Simon
Brute
+ENGLISH
Primary Language Lessons
Writing: Handwriting and
Copywork (daily)
Classic Myths to Read Aloud
* The Harp and the Laurel
Wreath
Ch. 12 - James
Bayley
Supplemental National
History Reading
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 1 (weeks 7-12)
Subject
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
+ANCIENT HISTORY
(8) pp. 32 (2nd
line) – 35 (end
of 3rd para)
(9) pp. 35 (4th
para) – 39
(10) pp. 40 – 45
(11) pp. 45 – 48
(4th line)
(12) pp. 48 (1st
para) – 53
(13) pp. 53 – 59
& (14) pp. 59 –
63
(N) * The Pharoahs of Ancient
Egypt
Supplemental Ancient History
Reading
+GEOGRAPHY AND
EARTH STUDIES
People and Places: Asia
The Children of China
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Study map of
Asia.
Read 2-3 pages..
Earth Studies
7. Africa and
South America
The Earth, p.33;
M&V, p.9
*8. Local
Geography
9. Fault lines and
earthquakes. The
Earth, p.34-5;
M&V, p.10-11
10. Simulate an
earthquake
11. Richter scale.
12. Fold, block,
and dome
mountains. The
Earth, p.36-8;
M&V, p.12-14
Deserts *
5. Fun in the Sun
p. 44-53
(Marrakesh,
Tantan, moggar,
Blue Men, market
bargains)
6. Midnight
Madness p. 54-59
(Bir Moghrein,
Zwerat,
Mauritania,
Mirage)
7. Almost There…
p. 60-67
(Nouakchott,
Mali, Bamako,
Niger River, salt
slabs, Mopti,
Women)
8. Timbuktu at
Last p. 68-73
(Mopti, Timbuktu,
Araouane, Niger
River)
9. In Search of
Salt p. 75-86 (Bir
Ounane,
Taoudenni, salt
mines, camels,
Caravan)
Review map of
Sahara, places
seen, end of term
exam
7. Page (-4)--1/10
mm
8. Big Things
9. Page (+1)--10m 10. Page (+2)--100 11. Page (+3)--1km 12. Page (+4)--10
m
km
* Rivers and Oceans:
Geography Facts and
Experiments
52 Days by Camel: My Sahara
Adventure by Lawrie Raskin
+SCIENCE
The Universe in My Hands
Adventures With a
Microscope
NATURE STUDY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MUSIC
APPRECIATION
PICTURE STUDY
ART
MUSIC
Scavenger Hunt in Cells in an Onion
the Plant
Membrane
Kingdom
Fantastic Voyage
in a Pond 1
Fantastic Voyage
in a Pond 2
Fantastic Voyage
in a Pond 3
Fungus Forest &
Making a Slide
Trap
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 1 (weeks 7-12)
Classic Children’s
Literature (Free
Reads):
Choose at least one
per term
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S.Lewis
All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank
L.Baum
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
Little House in the Big Woods and other
books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and
other books by E.Nesbit
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Additional History
Readings (Optional)
Recommended Reading:
Additional Ancient
History Readings
(Optional)
NON-FICTION
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth
Yates
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
Thomas Jefferson:
Meet Thomas Jefferson by Marvin Barrett
Other:
Susanna of the Alamo: a True Story by John Jakes
The Mexican Story by May McNeer and Lynd Ward —
Catholic perspective
PICTURE BOOKS
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy
Donnelly. Easy reader telling the story of the
discover of Tutenkhamun’s tomb.
The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun by Noel
Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of
Tutenkhamun by a gifted author of both
children’s fiction and historical non-fiction.
Out of print.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. A clear,
thorough description of the mummification
process.
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by
James Baike
MYTHOLOGY
●
●
The Princess and Curdie and The
Princess and the Goblin by George
MacDonald
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite
Henry
Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
●
●
●
●
●
Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn
Green.
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and
Myths told by Jim Weiss (audio).
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 2 (weeks 13-18)
+Subjects considered to be essential at this level.
(N) Books/subjects intended for narration.
Senefer by Beatrice Lumpkin
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton
Walsh
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie
de Paola. Just for fun! (Not historical)
HISTORICAL FICTION
Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of
Ancient Egypt by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of
Ancient Egypt by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The following books are written for slightly
older children and may be more suitable for
Level 2:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis
McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise
Jarvis McGraw
God King by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty
*Key curriculum ~ Highly Recommended ~ Optional extras
Subject
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
+RELIGIOUS ED.
New Testament
109-112
114-117
118-122
125-128
129-132
133-135
Catechism
(N)* Faith and Life 3: Our
L. 10 - The
Lord’s Day
L. 11 - Obedience
and Love
L. 12 - Purity
and Truth
L. 13 - God’s
Tender Mercy
L. 14 - Meeting
Jesus in
Confession
L. 15 - The
Christ Child is
Born
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
(N)* A Life of Our Lord for
Children
Life With Jesus
Saints
(N)* A Child’s Illustrated
Lives of the Saints OR Saints
for Young Readers for Every
Day
Inside the Ark &
Bernard’s Pagan
Liturgical Year
Lent
*More Catholic Tales for Boys
& Girls
+MATHEMATICS (daily)
Math Program of Choice
and Short Daily Drills
+ENGLISH
Lessons 109-110
Lessons
111-112
Lessons
113-114
Lessons
115-116
Lessons
117-118
Ulysses Returns
to Ithaca
The Wanderings
of Aeneas:
Aeneas’s Escape
from Troy
Aeneas Searches
for a Home
Aeneas and
Queen Dido
Aeneas Visits the
Lower World
Primary Language Lessons
Lessons 119-120
Writing: Handwriting and
Copywork (daily)
+LITERATURE
Tales
Classic Myths to Read Aloud
Of Swords and Sorcerors
1
Opportunity
(HLW 114)
The Charge of
the Light
Brigade (HLW
115)
He Prayeth Best
(PLL Lesson
114)
Father William
(HLW 117)
The Light of
Bethlehem
(HLW 124)
The Bluebird
(PLL Lesson
119)
+NATIONAL HISTORY
Ch. 76 - Polk:
How Much Land
Was Added
Ch. 77 - Polk:
The Finding of
Gold
Ch. 78 - Taylor:
Union or
Disunion
Ch. 79 Fillmore: The
Underground
Railroad
Ch. 80 - Pierce:
The Story of
“Bleeding
Kansas”
Ch. 81 Buchanan: The
Story of the
Mormons
(N) * The Catholic Faith
Comes to the Americas
Ch. 13 - Rose
Phillippe
Duchesne
Poetry
The Harp and the Laurel
Wreath
(N) * This Country of Ours
Ch. 13 - Peter
De Smet
Ch. 14 - Oregon
Territory
Supplemental National
History Reading
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 2 (weeks 13-18)
Subject
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
+ANCIENT HISTORY
(15) pp. 64 – 69
(16) pp. 69 – 74
(4th line)
(17) pp. 74 (1st
para) – 79
(18) pp. 80 – 83
(end of 2nd
para)
(19) pp. 83 (3rd
para) – 89
(20) pp. 89 – 92
& (21) pp. 92 –
96
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
(N) * The Pharoahs of Ancient
Egypt
Supplemental Ancient History
Reading
+GEOGRAPHY AND
EARTH STUDIES
People and Places: Asia
Sovietrek: A Journey by
Bicycle Across Russia
Earth Studies
*The Earth: Mountains and
Volcanoes
13.How
Himalayas were
made. The Earth,
p.39; M&V, p.15
14. List animals in *15. Local
mountainous
Geography
regions
16. Explain
erosion. M&V,
p.16-17; not
included in The
Earth
17. Volcanoes. The 18. Volcano cone
Earth, p.40-1;
types. M&V, p.22;
M&V, p.20-1
not included in
The Earth
1. All Aboard! p.
10-21 (Honiara,
Minjanga Island,
Solomons)
2. Jungle Eyes p.
22-31
3 Come on In! p.
32-39
4. Crocodiles! p.
33-47
Catch up, review
map, cities and
landforms from
Ch. 1-4
13. Page (-5)-Cells
14. Page (-6)-Light, Bacteria
15. Page (-7)-DNA, Molecules
16. Page (-8) & (9)--smaller
molecules
17. Page (-10)-Water molecules,
atoms
18. Page (-11), (12), & (-13)
Electrons
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
Map p. 2-3/ Help!
*Jungle Islands: My South Sea I’m Drowning/
My South Sea
Adventure
Adventure
Jungles
+SCIENCE
The Universe in My Hands
Adventures with Atoms and
Molecules
NATURE STUDY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MUSIC
APPRECIATION
PICTURE STUDY
ART
MUSIC
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 2 (weeks 13-18)
Classic Children’s
Literature (Free
Reads):
Choose at least one
per term
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by
C.S.Lewis
All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L.Baum
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by
Margaret Sidney
Little House in the Big Woods and other books by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books
by E.Nesbit
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
The Princess and Curdie and The Princess and
the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Additional History
Readings (Optional)
By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
WESTWARD EXPANSION
Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Buffalo Bill by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire
GOLD RUSH
By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by
Dorothy Sterling
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abe Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire
CIVIL WAR
The Monitor and the Merrimac by Richard Conrad Stein
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit
The Perilous Road by William O. Steele
This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of
the Civil War by Bruce Catton
Additional Ancient
History Readings
(Optional)
NON-FICTION
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly.
Easy reader telling the story of the discover of
Tutenkhamun’s tomb.
The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun by Noel
Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of Tutenkhamun by a
gifted author of both children’s fiction and historical
non-fiction. Out of print.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. A clear, thorough
description of the mummification process.
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by James
Baike
PICTURE BOOKS
Senefer by Beatrice Lumpkin
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola.
Just for fun! (Not historical)
MYTHOLOGY
Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green.
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths told by
Jim Weiss (audio).
HISTORICAL FICTION
Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of Ancient Egypt
by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt
by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The following books are written for slightly older
children and may be more suitable for Level 2:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
God King by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 2 (weeks 19-24)
Subject
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
+RELIGIOUS ED.
New Testament
136-138
139-141
142-144
145-147
148-150
Catechism
(N)* Faith and Life 3: Our
L. 16 - Jesus
Grows in Age
and Wisdom
L. 17 - Signs and
Wonders
L. 18 - The Last
Supper, Our
First Mass
L. 19 - Jesus
Gives His Life
for Us
L. 20 - Offering
Gifts of Love
Saints
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
Liturgical Year
Lent
The
Uncommunist
Cow & The
Donkey’s Legs
Montague Runs
Away & The
Dancing Bear
Loaves and
Little Fishes &
The DonkeyBoy’s Coat
Giving Mr. Oates
& The White
Mouse’s Story
Anne Kluyer
Petook
Lessons 121-122
Lessons 123-124
Lessons 125-127
Lessons 128-130
Lessons
131-133
Lessons 134-136
2
3
4
5
6
7
An Old Woman
of the Roads
(HLW 119)
The Builders
(HLW 121)
Who Made the
Stars? (PLL
Lesson 125)
Be Strong!
(HLW 122)
Discontent (PLL
Lesson 131)
Jabberwocky
(HLW 123)
+NATIONAL HISTORY
Ch. 82 Buchanan: The
First Shots
Ch. 83 - Lincoln:
From Bull Run
to Fort Donelson
Ch. 84 - The
First Battle
Between
Ironclads
Ch. 85 - Lincoln:
The Battle of
Shiloh
Ch. 86 - Lincoln:
The Slaves Are
Made Free
Ch. 87 - Lincoln:
The Death of
Stonewall
Jackson
(N) * The Catholic Faith
Comes to the Americas
Ch. 15 - Father
of the Catholic
Schools
(N)* A Life of Our Lord for
Children
Life With Jesus
(N)* A Child’s Illustrated
Lives of the Saints OR Saints
for Young Readers for Every
Day
*More Catholic Tales for Boys
& Girls
+MATHEMATICS (daily)
Math Program of Choice
and Short Daily Drills
+ENGLISH
Primary Language Lessons
Writing: Handwriting and
Copywork (daily)
+LITERATURE
Tales
Of Swords and Sorcerors
Poetry
The Harp and the Laurel
Wreath
(N) * This Country of Ours
Ch. 16 - Nursing
Sisters
Ch. 17 - Sister
Blandina
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 2 (weeks 19-24)
Subject
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
+ANCIENT HISTORY
(22) pp. 97 – 101
(end of 1st para)
(23) pp. 101
(2nd para) – 106
(24) pp. 106 –
110
(25) pp. 110 –
111
(26) pp. 111 –
115 (end of 3rd
para)
(27) pp.115 (last
2 lines) – 118
(N) * The Pharoahs of Ancient
Egypt
Supplemental Ancient History
Reading
+GEOGRAPHY AND
EARTH STUDIES
People and Places: Asia
Sovietrek: A Journey by
Bicycle Across Russia
Earth Studies
*The Earth: Mountains and
Volcanoes
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
Read 7-9 pages.
19. Six eruption
types. M&V, p.22;
not included in
The Earth
20. Choose
symbol for
volcanoes on
mountain map.
21. Build volcano.
M&V, p.23; not
included in The
Earth
22. Undersea
volcanoes and
islands. The
Earth, p.42-3;
M&V, p.24-5
*23. Local
Geography
Volcano: The Eruption and
Healing of Mt. Saint Helen
Jungles *
Jungle Islands: My South Seas
Adventure
Ch. 1 The
Volcano Wakes
5. Land of
Skulls! p. 48-55
6. Into the
Unknown p. 5765
7. Make Way for
Giants p. 66-71
8. Diving into
Adventure p. 7279
9. Up, Up and
Away! p. 80-84
End of term
exams, map
review
+SCIENCE
19. Page (-14) to (- 20. Page (-34)
21. Review
19)--Quarks
Planck's Constant
22. Page (+5) 100 23. Page (+6) and 24. Page (+8)
km
(+7) 1,000 and
100,000 km
10,000 km
Adventures with Atoms and
Molecules
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
The Universe in My Hands
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
any 1 or 2
NATURE STUDY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MUSIC
APPRECIATION
PICTURE STUDY
ART
MUSIC
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 2 (weeks 19-24)
Classic Children’s
Literature (Free
Reads):
Choose at least one
per term
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by
C.S.Lewis
All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L.Baum
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by
Margaret Sidney
Little House in the Big Woods and other books by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Princess and Curdie and The Princess and
the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books
by E.Nesbit
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Additional History
Readings (Optional)
By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
WESTWARD EXPANSION
Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Buffalo Bill by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire
GOLD RUSH
By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by
Dorothy Sterling
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abe Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire
CIVIL WAR
The Monitor and the Merrimac by Richard Conrad Stein
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit
The Perilous Road by William O. Steele
This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of
the Civil War by Bruce Catton
Additional Ancient
History Readings
(Optional)
NON-FICTION
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly.
Easy reader telling the story of the discover of
Tutenkhamun’s tomb.
The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun by Noel
Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of Tutenkhamun by a
gifted author. Out of print.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. A clear, thorough
description of the mummification process.
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by James
Baike
PICTURE BOOKS
Senefer by Beatrice Lumpkin
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola.
Just for fun! (Not historical)
MYTHOLOGY
Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green.
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths told by
Jim Weiss (audio).
HISTORICAL FICTION
Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of Ancient Egypt
by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt
by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The following books are written for slightly older
children and may be more suitable for Level 2:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
God King by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 3 (weeks 25-30)
+Subjects considered to be essential at this level.
(N) Books/subjects intended for narration.
*Key curriculum ~ Highly Recommended ~ Optional extras
Subject
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
+RELIGIOUS ED.
New Testament
153-156
156-159
160-164
L. 21 - The Holy
Mass
L. 22 - Offering
Jesus to the
Father
L. 23 - The
Bread of Life
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
165-168
168-170
L. 25 - Jesus
Rises in
Splendor
L. 26 - The
Coming of the
Holy Spirit
(N)* A Life of Our Lord for
Children
Catechism
(N)* Faith and Life 3: Our
L. 24 - Jesus
Comes to Us in
Life With Jesus
Saints
(N)* A Child’s Illustrated
Lives of the Saints OR Saints
for Young Readers for Every
Day
Liturgical Year
Easter
the Holy
Eucharist
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
x
x
x
x
Lessons 137-138
Lessons 139-140
Lessons 141-142
Lessons 143-144
Lessons 145-146
Lessons 147-148
8
9
selection
selection
selection
selection
The Young Life of St. Faustina
+MATHEMATICS (daily)
Math Program of Choice
and Short Daily Drills
+ENGLISH
Primary Language Lessons
Writing: Handwriting and
Copywork (daily)
+LITERATURE
Tales
Of Swords and Sorcerors
The Green Fairy Book
Poetry
The Eagle (HLW
124)
The Violet (PLL
Lesson 139)
The Lake Isle of
Innisfree (HLW
118)
Hymn (HLW
125)
Jesu Dulcis
Memoria (HLW
127)
A Boy’s Song
(PLL Lesson
147)
+NATIONAL HISTORY
Ch. 88 - Lincoln:
The Battle of
Gettysburg
Ch. 89 - Lincoln:
Grant’s
Campaign
Ch. 90 - Lincoln:
Sherman’s
March to the Sea
Ch. 91 - Lincoln:
The End of the
War
Ch. 92 Johnson: How
the President
Was Impeached
Ch. 93 - Grant: A
Peaceful Victory
The Harp and the Laurel
Wreath
(N) * This Country of Ours
(N) * The Catholic Faith
Comes to the Americas
St. Francis
Xavier Cabrini
Supplemental National
History Reading
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 3 (weeks 25-30)
Subject
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
+ANCIENT HISTORY
(28) pp. 119 –
122
(29) pp. 122 –
127
(30) pp. 127 –
130
(31) pp. 130 –
132
(32) pp. 132 –
137
(33) pp. 137 –
141 & (34) pp.
141 – 146 (4th
line)
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
(N) * The Pharoahs of Ancient
Egypt
Supplemental Ancient History
Reading
+GEOGRAPHY AND
EARTH STUDIES
People and Places: Asia
Miss Happiness and Miss
Flower
Earth Studies
*The Earth: Mountains and
Volcanoes
Volcano: The Eruption and
Healing of Mt. Saint Helen
* Arctic/Antarctic
By Truck to the North: My
Arctic Adventure
+SCIENCE
The Universe in My Hands
The Astronomy Adventure
*29. Local
Geography
Ch. 2 The Big
Blast
Moose on the
Loose! By Truck
to the North
Ch. 3 Survivors
and Colonizers
Ch. 4 Links and
More Links
Ch. 5 Volcanoes
and Life
Tail Wagging
Fun
A Truck Stop
Story
Thrills, Chills,
and Hills
Winter
Wonderland
*30. Local
Geography
review terms,
maps, places
25. 1 mil-100 mil
km--Stars
26. (+12-+15) 1 bil 27. Page (+16) 1
to 1 tril km-light year-Comets
measurement
28. Page (+17) 10
light years-Why
Stars Burn
29. Page (+18)
100 light years-Constellations
30. Page (+19)
1000 ligiht years,
Orion
Tracking the
Moon
Exploring the
moon
Welcome to the
Solar System
Modeling Planet
Sizes
An Interplanetary
Hike
Phases of the
Moon
NATURE STUDY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MUSIC
APPRECIATION
PICTURE STUDY
ART
MUSIC
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 3 (weeks 25-30)
Classic Children’s
Literature (Free
Reads):
Choose at least one
per term
Additional History
Readings (Optional)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by
C.S.Lewis
All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L.Baum
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by
Margaret Sidney
Little House in the Big Woods and other books by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books
by E.Nesbit
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
The Princess and Curdie and The Princess and
the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
CATHOLIC HISTORY
Young Life of Mother Katharine Drexel by Claire
Jordan Mohan
Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World [Vision
Book Series] by Frances Parkinson Keyes
WORLD WAR I
World War I by Kent
OTHER
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
The Terrible Wave by Marden Dahlstedt —
Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood of 1889
Hero Over Here by Kathleen Kudlinski
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? by
Jean Fritz
Additional Ancient
History Readings
(Optional)
NON-FICTION
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly.
Easy reader telling the story of the discover of
Tutenkhamun’s tomb.
The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun by Noel
Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of Tutenkhamun by a
gifted author of both children’s fiction and historical
non-fiction. Out of print.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. A clear, thorough
description of the mummification process.
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by
PICTURE BOOKS
Senefer by Beatrice Lumpkin
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola.
Just for fun! (Not historical)
MYTHOLOGY
Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green.
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths told by
Jim Weiss (audio).
HISTORICAL FICTION
Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of Ancient Egypt
by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt
by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The following books are written for slightly older
children and may be more suitable for Level 2:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
God King by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 3 (weeks 31-36)
Subject
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35
Week 36
+RELIGIOUS ED.
New Testament
173-175
175-178
178-180
180-182
183-184
187-188
L. 27 - God’s
Family on Earth
L. 28 - Our Life
in the Church
L. 29 - Mary,
Our Mother and
Queen
L. 30 - The
Communion of
Saints
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
2 days, saint of
the day
(N)* A Life of Our Lord for
Children
Catechism
(N)* Faith and Life 1: Our
Heavenly Father
Saints
(N)* A Child’s Illustrated
Lives of the Saints OR Saints
for Young Readers for Every
Day
Liturgical Year
+MATHEMATICS (daily)
Math Program of Choice
and Short Daily Drills
Lessons 149-150
Lessons
151-153
Lessons 154-155
Lessons 156-158
Lessons 1
59-161
Lessons
162-164
selection
selection
selection
selection
selection
selection
Anima Christi
(HLW 128)
From The
Tempest (HLW
145)
From Julius
Caesar (HLW
146)
The Sandman
(PLL Lesson
157)
From Hamlet
(HLW 147)
Columbia the
Gem of the
Ocean (PLL
Lesson 164)
+NATIONAL HISTORY
Ch. 94 - HayesGarfield-Arthurs
Ch. 95 ClevelandHarrisonCleveland
Ch. 96 McKinnley: War
and Sudden
Death
Ch. 97 Roosevelt-Taft
Ch. 98 - Wilson:
Troubles with
Mexico
Ch. 99 - Wilson:
The Great War
(N) * The Catholic Faith
Comes to the Americas
Ch. 17 - St.
Katherine
Drexel
+ENGLISH
Primary Language Lessons
Writing: Handwriting and
Copywork (daily)
+LITERATURE
Tales
The Green Fairy Book
Poetry
The Harp and the Laurel
Wreath
(N) * This Country of Ours
Supplemental National
History Reading
Ch. 18 - Br.
Edmund Rice
Ch. 18 - Br.
Ignatius Doorley
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 3 (weeks 31-36)
Subject
Week 31
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35
Week 36
+WORLD HISTORY
(35) pp. 146 (1st
para) – 152
(36) pp. 153 –
156 (5th line)
(37) pp. 156 (1st
para) – 160 (2nd
para)
(38) pp. 160
(last 4 lines) –
164
(39) pp. 164 –
169
(40) pp. 169 –
172
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Study map of
Asia.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
Read 10-11
pages.
(N) * The Pharoahs of Ancient
Egypt
Supplemental World
History Reading
+GEOGRAPHY AND
EARTH STUDIES
People and Places: Asia
Miss Happiness and Miss
Flower
Earth Studies
*The Earth: Mountains and
Volcanoes
Arctic/Antarctic
*By Truck to the North: My
Arctic Adventure
31. Igeneous Rock. 32. Make your
The Earth, p.44-5; own crystals. The
M&V, p.26-7
Earth, p.44-5;
M&V, p.26-7
5. A Blast into
the Past
6. Into an Icy
Desert
33. Explain
geysers. The
Earth, p.46; M&V,
p.28
7. Wild times
Just Ahead
34. Make your
*35. Local
own geyser. M&V, Geography
p.29; not included
in The Earth
8. Strange,
Dangerous Ice
9. Back on Solid
Ground
Maps, End of
Term Exam
31. Page (+20)
10,000 &100,000
light years--Milky
Way
32. Page (+22)
and (+23) 1 mil
and 10 mil light
years-Andromeda
Nebula and Virgo
supercluster
33. Page (+24)
Galactic
Superclusters
34. Page (+25) 1
35. 10 bil light
bil light years-years--Creation
Universe and time
36. Review
The Universe in My Hands
The Astronomy Adventure
Artificial Gravity
Gravity on Other
Planets
Mercury and
Venus
Invent Your Own
Constellation
Curved Space
+SCIENCE
NATURE STUDY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MUSIC
APPRECIATION
PICTURE STUDY
ART
MUSIC
Is It a Star?
Mater Amabilis
Level 1A, Y2 ~ Term 3 (weeks 31-36))
Classic Children’s
Literature (Free
Reads):
Choose at least one
per term
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by
C.S.Lewis
All-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L.Baum
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by
Margaret Sidney
Little House in the Big Woods and other books by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books
by E.Nesbit
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Additional History
Readings (Optional)
The Princess and Curdie and The Princess and
the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
CATHOLIC HISTORY
Young Life of Mother Katharine Drexel by Claire
Jordan Mohan
Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World [Vision
Book Series] by Frances Parkinson Keyes
WORLD WAR I
World War I by Kent
OTHER
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
The Terrible Wave by Marden Dahlstedt —
Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood of 1889
Hero Over Here by Kathleen Kudlinski
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? by
Jean Fritz
Additional Ancient
History Readings
(Optional)
NON-FICTION
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly.
Easy reader telling the story of the discover of
Tutenkhamun’s tomb.
The Boy Pharaoh: Tutenkhamun by Noel
Streatfeild. A recreation of the life of Tutenkhamun by a
gifted author of both children’s fiction and historical
non-fiction. Out of print.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. A clear, thorough
description of the mummification process.
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by
PICTURE BOOKS
Senefer by Beatrice Lumpkin
Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola.
Just for fun! (Not historical)
MYTHOLOGY
Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green.
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths told by
Jim Weiss (audio).
HISTORICAL FICTION
Casting the Gods Adrift: a Tale of Ancient Egypt
by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt
by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The following books are written for slightly older
children and may be more suitable for Level 2:
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
God King by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
The Cat of Bubastes by G.A.Henty