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CE TEXTS BEGINNER Grades K-3 GRAMMAR Grades 4-6 LOGIC Grades 7-9 RHETIC Grades 10-12 Founders of Freedom Land of Our Lady series [Grades 2-5] Founders of Freedom Land of Our Lady series [Grades 2-5] Reading assignments listed under Beginner level The World s Story: A Simple History for Boys and Girls O Neill [Grades 6+] Reading assignments listed under Logic level The World s Story: A Simple History for Boys and Girls O Neill [Grades 6+] Map Trek Outline Maps of World History CDROM (Complete Edition) Used in Volumes 1,2, 3 & 4 All Ages
CE BOOKS BEGINNER GRAMMAR LOGIC RHETIC New Catholic Picture Bible Lovasik Bible for Young Catholics Heffernan Bible History Text Johnson Optional workbook available Holy Bible Any Catholic edition Usborne Time Traveler Hindley String, Straight-Edge & Shadow Diggins String, Straight-Edge & Shadow Diggins You Can Understand the Bible Kreeft Some stories from the Companion Reader are listed as optional Beginner level read-alouds. Connecting with History Companion Reader (Can be used as the Grammar level Core Text instead of Founders of Freedom or The World s Story or as a supplement to one of them.) Connecting with History Companion Reader (optional for Logic Level) Reading assignments listed under Grammar level Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations Haywood (Usborne Internet-Linked) Ancient World Chandler Please refer to the RC History website for the correct edition of this book. (Usborne Internet-Linked) Ancient World Chandler Please refer to the RC History website for the correct edition of this book. Encyclopedia of the Ancient World Bingham This is also an Usborne book, but is more in-depth than the book recommended for the Grammar Level. Bible Basics for Catholics: A New Picture of Salvation History Bergsma Classical Kids Carlson Ancient Egyptians & Their Neighbors Broida Lives from Plutarch McFarland Lives from Plutarch McFarland Old Testament Days Sanders Famous Men of Greece & Famous Men of Rome Haaren Famous Men of Greece & Famous Men of Rome Haaren Famous Figures of Ancient Times Diez-Luckie
CE BOOKS The Boys and Girls Herodotus White (Questions for the Thinker Study Guide) The Boys and Girls Herodotus White (Questions for the Thinker Study Guide) Jewish Holiday Stories (Audio CD) Weiss Jewish Holidays & Traditions Coloring Book Burstein Genesis Book of Origins & Exodus Road to Freedom Shamon Great Adventure Kids Timeline Chart Great Adventure Kids Timeline Chart The Bible Timeline Chart The Bible Timeline Chart
Volume One Lesson Plans Reading Plan Options The following list is an overview of the books assigned in the lesson plans. These do not include the core books that are required for the program. The Reading Plan Options are mainly literature and historical fiction. Use as many or as few as you wish. The Daily Lesson Plans do not include all of the books listed in the syllabus. All books listed in the syllabus and lesson plans are available from RC History. The notes before each unit include more detailed descriptions of each book used in that unit. Books included in the Volume One Literature Guides are indicated.
Unit One Reading Plan Options The Magician s Nephew (Lewis) Literature Grammar level and up Beginner Level Reading Plan Choices: Archaeologists Dig for Clues (Duke) Non-fiction. Tales from the Old Testament CD (Weiss) Used in multiple units. The Magician s Nephew (Lewis) Literature Genesis 1: House of the Covenant (Daly) Coloring book. Theology. Logic Level Reading Plan Choices: The Magician s Nephew (Lewis) Literature Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: Perelandra (Lewis) Literature
Unit Two Reading Plan Options Gilgamesh, Man s First Story (Bryson) Retelling of primary source literature Mainly Grammar level and up. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choices: Gilgamesh the King (Zeman) Picture book. Literature-based on primary source. The Revenge of Ishtar (Zeman) The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (Zeman) Tales from the Old Testament Audio CD (Weiss) Gilgamesh, Man s First Story (Bryson) See description above. Logic Level Reading Plan Choices: Gilgamesh, Man s First Story (Bryson) Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: Gilgamesh, Man s First Story (Bryson)
Unit Three Reading Plan Options Pyramid (Macaulay) Non-fiction. Beginner and Grammar levels. Cat of Bubastes (Henty) Historical fiction. Grammar and Logic levels. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choices: Tut s Mummy, Lost and Found (Donnelly) Non-fiction easy reader. The Golden Goblet (McGraw) (Novel Inquiries, Book 1) Historical fiction. Tirzah (Travis) (Novel Inquiries, Book 1) Historical fiction. Logic Level Reading Plan Choices: Mara, Daughter of the Nile(McGraw) Historical fiction. (Novel Inquiries, Book 2) Cat of Bubastes (Henty) Historical fiction. Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: Tales of Ancient Egypt (Green) Primary source retelling.
Units Four & Five Reading Plan Options Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet (Robb) Non-fiction. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choice: Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet (Robb) Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet Highly recommended. Read-aloud or independent reading. Hittite Warrior (Williamson) Historical fiction. (A study guide for this book is included in Novel Inquiries, Book 1) Logic Level Reading Plan Choice: Hittite Warrior (Williamson) Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choice: Hittite Warrior (Williamson)
Unit Six Reading Plan Options Family Read-Aloud: David: A Story of the King of Israel (Schmid) Biography. Chapter book written at approximately 4th grade level. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choice: David: A Story of the King of Israel David: A Story of the King of Israel Logic Level Reading Plan Choice: Warrior Scarlet (Sutcliff) (Novel Inquiries, Book 2) Historical fiction. Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choice: Warrior Scarlet (Sutcliff) Historical fiction.
Unit Seven Reading Plan Options D Aulaire s Book of Greek Myths (D Aulaire) Picture book. Literature based on primary sources. Greek Myths audio CD (Weiss) Retelling of primary source literature. Ages 5+ Beginner Level Reading Plan Choices: Greek Myths CD (Weiss) The Trojan Horse, How the Greeks Won the War (Little) Easy reader. Retelling of primary source literature. The Children s Homer (Colum) (Part One) (Novel Inquiries, Book 1) D Aulaire s Book of Greek Myths (D Aulaire) Theras and His Town (Snedeker) Historical novel. Logic Level Reading Plan Choices: The Tale of Troy (Green) Retelling of primary source literature. (Novel Inquires, Book 2). Tales of Greek Heroes (Green) Retelling of primary source literature. Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: Mythology (Hamilton) Primary source literature (Novel Inquiries, Book 3) The Iliad (Homer) Primary source literature.
Unit Eight Reading Plan Options D Aulaire s Book of Greek Myths (D Aulaire) Continued from previous unit. Aesop s Fables (Aesop) Primary source literature. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choice: Aesop s Fables with audio CD (Aesop) Primary source literature. Jeremiah the Prophet (Blasi) Non-fiction chapter book. Written at a 5 th grade reading level. From the Lion s Mouth A Story of Daniel the Prophet (Overstreet) Non-fiction chapter book. Written at a 5 th grade reading level. Logic Level Reading Plan Choice: God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah (Williamson) Historical fiction. Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choice: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (Lewis) (Novel Inquiries, Book Three) Literature.
Unit Nine Reading Plan Options Detectives in Togas (Winterfeld) Historical fiction. Archimedes and the Door to Science (Bendick) Biography. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choices: Lysis Goes to the Play (Snedeker) Historical fiction. The Children s Homer (Part Two) (Novel Inquiries, Book 1) Herodotus and the Road to History (Bendick) Biography. Logic Level Reading Plan Choices: Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey (Sutcliff) Retelling of primary source literature. Victory on the Walls: A Story of Nehemiah (Hyman) Historical fiction. (See notes above) Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: The Spartan (Snedeker) Historical fiction. The Odyssey (Homer) Primary source literature.
Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: The Spartan (Snedeker) Historical fiction. The Odyssey (Homer) Primary source literature.
Unit Ten Reading Plan Options Mystery of the Roman Ransom (Winterfeld) Historical fiction. Beginner Level Reading Plan Choice: A Triumph for Flavius (Snedeker) Historical fiction. Grammar Level Reading Plan Choice: Young Carthaginian: A Story of the Times of Hannibal (Henty) Historical fiction. Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome CD (Weiss) Retellings of primary sources. Logic Level Reading Plan Choices: Caesar s Gallic War (Coolidge) (Novel Inquiries, Book 2 Study Guide) Historical fiction The Forgotten Daughter (Snedeker) Historical fiction. Rhetoric Level Reading Plan Choices: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (Shakespeare) (Novel Inquiries, Book 3 Study Guide) Drama. The Aeneid (Virgil) Primary source literature.