I am working on a Homeschool Co-op/After School Club curriculum studying history through literature. When I was a child I wanted to read books by people who really lived in ancient/medieval times. In my curriculum that’s exactly what we do, and what fun I have had planning out the why and hows of it all. I have selected texts that are either world classics or they are rich in information about the period. Reading it all proved a daunting task, but as I moved each post-it from a text cover to the door frame I could feel things taking shape. The twenty five texts I chose for the Ancient’s section are…
The Myth of Isis and Osiris
The Tale of Sinuhe
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Exodus
Temple Poems by Enheduanna
Code of Hammurabi
The Enuma Elish
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
The Art of War Sun Tzu
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
Histories by Herodotus
Antigone by Sophocles
Death of Socrates by Plato
Poetics by Aristotle
Daniel
The Analects of Confucius
Bhagavad Gita
Pali Canon
The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar
The Aeneid by Virgil
Mark
Plutarch’s Lives
Confessions by Augustine
Keep you eyes peeled. I am planning to post sample lessons from each level of my program. If you are interested I’d love some feedback.
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