ultimate guide to ancient history

 

There are thousands of resources to help you teach Ancient History. If you are anything like me, it is difficult to weed through it all and decipher that which is good from that which is mediocre. Created with Classical Conversations Cycle 1 in mind, I hope you will find this Ultimate Guide to Ancient History useful in your homeschool this year!

A few of my Personal Favorites:

Wisdom and Righteousness Cycle 1 Lapbooks I LOVE these lap books. They are built to review all Cycle 1 memory work and do so beautifully.

Creation to Resurrection timeline figures Beautiful and fun, they cost a little, but are worth the price.

Two websites are most often visited when I am looking for Classical resources: Half Acre Wood and Living and Learning at Home.

 

Ancient History Apps:

Visit my pinterest board for these apps and more.

Pocket history ancient Egypt
Wonders of old ancient timeline
Map trek ancient world
Best latin quotes
Puzzle glyph
7 Wonders- HD
World Ancient HD
Ancient Civilisations
Britanica kids ancient Egypt

 

General Resources for the Ancient Civilizations

Weekly List of Resources correlated directly with Classical Conversations

Coloring sheets for the 7 wonders of the ancient world

Historical Headgear, Hats and Helmets: The Ancients-Where history meets duct tape

Activities for the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World (pictured above)

Ancient Civilizations resources, lap books, and activities

Make a 7 Wonders Brochure

Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome 

Ancient History Word Searches

 

Ancient Egypt

Resources:

Ancient Egypt Lapbook free from Homeschool Share

Pyramids and their Mummies unit study

Egypt for Kids website

 

Crafts:

Make mud bricks like the Egyptians

Hieroglyphics Craft bags

How to Draw King Tut

How to mummify a Barbie

 

Activities:

Egyptian Mad Libs

Egyptian Feast

Ancient Egyptian Coloring Pages

Egyptian Paper Dolls

Bible History Notebooking Pages: Moses

Marshmallow Pyramid 

Build a Lego Pyramid

 

Books:

The Adopted Son: The Story of Moses free ebook on public domain

The Golden Goblet by Eloise Mcgraw

The Cat of Bubastes by GA Henry

 

Ancient Greece

Resources:

Immersing ourselves in history a blog with severe great ideas and activities

Ancient Greece Activities another great blog with activities and ideas

Ancient Greece for Kids

Ancient Greece Lapbook free from Homeschool Share

 

Crafts:

Paper Mache Greek Vases

How to Draw a Trojan Horse

Directions for several great crafts

Make your own Trojan Horse

Ancient Greece Coloring pages

Ancient Greece Art: Paper Vase

 

Books:

The Children’s Homer  by Padraic Colum

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky

Theras and his town  by Caroline Dale

The Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pop Osborne

Ancient Rome

 

Resources:

Ancient Rome Lapbook based on Story of the World

Roman Empire video

Ancient Rome for Kids website with ideas, crafts, and information

Ancient Rome: Togas and More website with activities and crafts

Ancient Rome Lapbook free from Homeschool Share

 

Activities:

Roman Paper Dolls

Ancient Rome Clay Lesson

Make a catapult 

Make a Gladiator Helmet

Make Roman Shields

Make an edible Roman Road

 

Books:

Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield

Twice Freed  an excellent book about Onesimus, the slave that Paul mentions.

History of Julius Caesar  free ebook on public domain

Children of Ancient Rome free ebook on public domain

 

A few whole Curriculum Sets:

Ancient Civilizations and the Bible by Curriculum Choice

Remembering God’s Awesome Acts by Susan Mortimer

God’s Great Covenant Bible Curriculum by Classical Academic Press

Be sure you visit my Pinterest board for more great Ancient History ideas.

Participating in Classical Conversations this year? You will want to join me August 20th for a 5 day series on organizing Classical Conversations. Be sure to subscribe by email, so you won’t miss a thing!

 

 

Today’s post was a part of iHomeschool Network’s Ultimate Guides Series.  Check out over 50 ultimate guides from some of the best homeschool bloggers!

Linking with Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling, Modest Mom, Hip Hop Homeschool

 

 

Kim Sorgius

Kim is just a girl, crazy in love with Jesus. She's a single mother of 4, a passionate homeschooler and life-long student. After teaching 8 years in public school, she traded her M.A. in Early Childhood for sippy cups and homeschool co-ops. Kim is the owner and editor of The Homeschool Village and Not Consumed where she encourages others to rest victoriously in the hands of God, rather than allowing life's difficult circumstances to consume.

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  1. Julie @ Creekside Learning says:

    Wow, this is a wonderful list of resources. Thank you for sharing some of ours. Pinning to my Ancients board.

  2. Lori TenHaken says:

    Thanks for posting this wonderful bunch of resources for Ancient History. This will be our first year learning about Ancient History and we are excited about it!

  3. Cindy West says:

    Pinned it! Thanks for your hard work!

  4. Wendy Clark says:

    What great resources. Thank you!

  5. This is a great collection of resources! Thank you for linking up to Hip Homeschool Hop here at HHM!

  6. Another great list of resources. This has been a real treasure hunt checking out all these Ultimate lists. These history ones will be used often in our house as my kids all love history. Thank you!

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