Welcome to Our Ancient World History Homeschool Course

Course Sample for Our Ancient World History Homeschool Course

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Ancient World History
By Kristen Heider

This 36-week Ancient World History course covers the time period from Creation to AD 476 and includes the following types of activities:

• World Book Online readings
• Vocabulary
• Mapping / Geography
• Journal / Notebooking
• Research and summary activities
• Art projects

Note to Parents: Please at least briefly preview each lesson before assigning it to your student. There are some assignments that are optional, some Internet research activities that request the student get your permission before completing, and some activity choices for the parent to assign. The 36-week version of the course has been designed to be completed across three to four days a week. Use optional activities to expand the course to four to five days a week if desired.

For journal/notebooking entries, students may include drawings, illustrations, and clipart along with written responses. There are themed notebooking pages provided in the downloads for a few of the units.

Journal pages are also available at SchoolhouseTeachers.com, if you wish to print them rather than use a notebook.

https://schoolhouseteachers.com/blog/wide-ruled-college-journal-page-printouts-free/

Another good way to learn information is to teach it. As a student completes the lessons in this course, they can try creating their own worksheets, crossword puzzles, or games to teach the information to family and friends. Or they can even line up plush animals, action figures, or dolls to teach the history of the Ancient World to them!

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, the student should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the writings, ways of life, government, wars, and major contributions of this period including:

1. The lands and events of the Old Testament period including Creation, the Flood, the Tower of Babel, the patriarchs, the period of the Exodus, the reign of King David, the Divided Kingdom of Israel, the fall of Israel to Assyria and Babylon, the return of the Jewish people from exile, and the inter-testament period
2. Sumerians, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Minoans
3. Ancient Egypt including Amenhotep IV, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen, Ramses II
4. Ancient China including the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties
5. Ancient Greece including Homer, the Olympic Games, Athens and Sparta, the Golden Age of Athens, Socrates, the Peloponnesian Wars, and Alexander the Great
6. Ancient Rome including its founding, the birth of the Roman Republic, the Punic Wars, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Pilate, Tiberius Caesar, Nero, and the division of the Roman Empire by Diocletian, Constantine I and the Edict of Milan, the Fall of Rome
7. The lands and events of the New Testament period including the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Early Church, and the missionary journeys of Paul
8. The Golden Age of India (Gupta Dynasty)
9. Attila the Hun