Volume One Book Lists
Core Texts:
Core Texts are necessary for using with the program
Beginner
Grammar
Logic
New Catholic Picture
Bible
Bible for Young
Catholics
Optional workbook available
Any Catholic edition
Ancient World
Encyclopedia of
Ancient History
Penguin Historical Atlas
of Ancient Civilizations
Old World’s Gifts
to the New
Old World and America
You Can Understand
the Bible
Usborne Time Travelers
Founders of Freedom
Bible History Text
(Usborne Internet-Linked)
Optional answer key
available
Rhetoric
Holy Bible
A Quick Journey through the Bible by Jeff Cavins
or
The Teen Timeline by Mark Hart & Jeff Cavins
Although it is absolutely not necessary to being able to use Connecting with History, we do recommend
that, if possible, you make use of one of the above programs. We have based our time periods and
approach to salvation history on the teachings in Jeff Cavins Bible Timeline. Many people have
participated in parish Bible studies using the program and if you have done so you will have had an
excellent introduction to reading the Bible historically.
As an alternative, Mr. Cavins has recently written a book based on his program: Walking with God, A
Journey Through the Bible. We have included references to this book as an option for teacher
preparation.
We also reference You Can Understand the Bible by Peter Kreeft as another option for teacher prep.
You do not need both books.
Volume One Book Lists
Highly Recommended
These books are used over the course of multiple units in the program.
We highly recommend that you own these because you will be
referring to them many times over the course of the year.
Age level recommendations are flexible. Many books are suitable for more than one level.
Beginner
Grammar
Logic
Rhetoric
Classical Kids
Ancient Egyptians &
Their Neighbors
The Boys’ & Girls’
Herodotus
The Boys’ & Girls’
Herodotus
String, Straight-Edge &
Shadow
String, Straight-Edge &
Shadow
Lives from Plutarch
Jewish Holidays &
Traditions
Coloring Book
Genesis Book of Origins
Salvation History CD &
Workbook
Exodus Road to
Freedom
Penguin Historical Atlas
of Ancient Greece
Gr. 1-3
Old Testament Days
Jewish Holiday
Stories CD
Tales from the Old
Testament CD
Famous Figures of
Ancient Times
Great Adventure Kids
Timeline Chart
All Levels:
Gr. 4-6
Famous Men of Greece
Famous Men of Rome
Great Adventure Kids
Timeline Chart
Gr. 7-9
Gr. 10-12
optional
Famous Men of Greece
Famous Men of Rome
The Bible Timeline
Chart
Penguin Historical Atlas
of Ancient Rome
optional
The Bible Timeline
Chart
Map Trek: Complete Edition Geography Program on CD-ROM
Books Suggestions for Family Read-Alouds
The Magician’s Nephew
Theras and His Town
Gilgamesh, Man’s First Story
God King
Cat of Bubastes
Victory on the Walls
The Golden Goblet
Detectives in Togas
Hittite Warrior
Mystery of the Roman Ransom
King David and His Songs
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths
Grammar Level +
Grammar Level +
Volume One Book Lists
Novel Inquiries Study Guides & Books
We want to provide a balance of formal and informal learning experiences. Particularly when using our
literature and historical fiction recommendations we believe that the enjoyment of reading, both
independently and reading aloud in a group, allows for reveling in good books without being pressured
to analyze everything being read. At the same time, a formal study of literature uses a completely
different set of skills and thought processes from those read purely for pleasure. With this balance in
mind we developed literature and composition study guides – Novel Inquiries - for the Grammar, Logic
and Rhetoric Levels. Each guide selects four books from our literature lists for literary analysis,
vocabulary study and composition.
Novel Inquiries Book 1
Novel Inquiries Book 2
The Golden Goblet
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Grammar Level
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Tirzah
Logic Level
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Warrior Scarlet
Novel Inquiries Book 3
Rhetoric Level
Perelandra
by C.S. Lewis
Mythology
by Lucille Travis
by Rosemary Sutcliff
by Edith Hamilton
Hittite Warrior
by Joanne Williamson
The Tale of Troy
by Roger Lancelyn Green
Till We Have Faces
The Children's Homer
Caesar's Gallic War
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
by Padraic Colum
by Olivia Coolidge
by C.S. Lewis
by William Shakespeare
Questions for the Thinker Study Guides
The Questions for the Thinker Study Guides use the Socratic method of a question and answer format to
guide the high school student through classical works of literature. After a brief introduction about the
author and the work, in the first half of the book questions are provided to help the student understand
the text. Answers are provided as well. These guides are available for the great classics which are a part
of the Rhetoric Level reading program in Connecting with History. The following guides are available for
Volume One reading assignments:
The Histories by Herodotus
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
The Aeneid by Virgil
Volume One Book Lists
Independent Reading Lists
These lists include books from the read-aloud list that can also be used for independent reading assignments.
Many of these books are also listed under more than one level.
Beginner Level
Gr. 1-3
The Genesis of it All
Egyptian Treasures, Mummies & Myths
Audio CD
Joseph
The Story of Queen Esther
Exodus
Ox, Stick, House
Gilgamesh the King
David: A Story of the King of Israel
The Revenge of Ishtar
The 5000 Year Old Puzzle
Last Quest of Gilgamesh
What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras?
The Egyptian Cinderella
Lysis Goes to the Play
Tut’s Mummy, Lost and Found
A Triumph for Flavius
Archaeologists Dig for Clues
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Pyramid or The Great Pyramid
Alexander the Great by Demi
Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome Audio
CD
Grammar Level
Gr. 4-6
The Magician’s Nephew
Ox, Stick, House
Genesis One: House of the Covenant
David: A Story of the King of Israel
Gilgamesh, Man’s First Story
The 5000 Year Old Puzzle
Golden Goblet
Victory on the Walls
Tirzah
Archimedes and the Door of
Science
Cat of Bubastes
Hittite Warrior
Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
Archaeology (DK Eyewitness)
Pyramid or The Great Pyramid
The Children’s Homer
Herodotus and the Road to History
Alexander the Great: True Lives
Detectives in Togas
Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Young Carthaginian
Volume One Book Lists
Logic Level
Gr. 7-9
The Magician’s Nephew
Tale of Troy
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
The Spartan
Gilgamesh, Man’s First Story
Alexander the Great
Tales of Ancient Egypt
Horatius at the Bridge
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
Caesar’s Gallic Wars
Cat of Bubastes
God King
Hittite Warrior
Victory on the Walls
Warrior Scarlet
Archimedes and the Door of Science
Tales of Greek Heroes
Herodotus and the Road to History
The Forgotten Daughter
Rhetoric
Gr. 10-12
Perelandra
Warrior Scarlet
The Iliad
Till We Have Faces
The Odyssey
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Tales of Ancient Egypt
The Spartan
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
Alexander the Great
The Aeneid
Horatius at the Bridge
Mythology
Caesar’s Gallic Wars