We loosely follow The Well-Trained Mind history schedule, which means studying the Ancients in First Grade/Year 2, and then again four years later. Actually we came to this subject ourselves and the children loved it, so when I discovered we had Susan Wise-Bauer’s approval I ran with it.
The WTM always comforts me and freaks me out at the same time -- I feel like it's such a wealth of information and also that I am utterly failing to bestow it all on my children 😬
I second your comments about Black Ships Before Troy -- the chapter book does. not. compare. to the illustrated version.
I put together a list of Ancients reading a few years ago, some culled from WTM, too. Here is what I would add:
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
Alexander the Great by Demi
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky (Eratosthenes)
Romulus and Remus by Anne Rockwell
Tutankhamen's Gift by Robert Sabuda
Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia by D. Anne Love
Also, the Jim Weiss audiobooks -- Greek Myths; She and He: Adventures in Mythology; Heroes in Mythology: Theseus, Prometheus, and Odin; Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome -- are incredibly well done.
That's a great selection. I wish I had it for my kids, when they were younger.
Great list!! I love book lists, as all homeschoolers do, thank you so much!!
The WTM always comforts me and freaks me out at the same time -- I feel like it's such a wealth of information and also that I am utterly failing to bestow it all on my children 😬
I second your comments about Black Ships Before Troy -- the chapter book does. not. compare. to the illustrated version.
I put together a list of Ancients reading a few years ago, some culled from WTM, too. Here is what I would add:
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
Alexander the Great by Demi
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky (Eratosthenes)
Romulus and Remus by Anne Rockwell
Tutankhamen's Gift by Robert Sabuda
Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia by D. Anne Love
Also, the Jim Weiss audiobooks -- Greek Myths; She and He: Adventures in Mythology; Heroes in Mythology: Theseus, Prometheus, and Odin; Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome -- are incredibly well done.
This is awesome! Thanks so much for this breakdown, you rock!
That's a great selection. I wish I had it for my kids, when they were younger.