Novafan Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Jennifer@SSA started that great thread (I just bumped it) with her must-have books for SOTW 2. I'd love for those of you who have completed SOTW 1 to share your must-haves for SOTW 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 We integrate myth and folktales in the first history cycle. Here are the myths and folktales: Creation Myths Marduk the Mighty by Andrew Matthews In the Beginning by Virginia Hamilton Gilgamesh Geraldine McCaughrean's Gilgamesh the Hero Ludmila Zeman's Gilgamesh Trilogy Egyptian (particularly Osiris cycle) Lancelyn Green's Tales of Ancient Egypt Sara Quie's Ancient Egypt Greek myths (Iliad/Odyssey included) McCaughrean's Greek Gods and Goddesses and Greek Myths Padraic Colum's The Golden Fleece Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy and The Wanderings of Odysseus Olivia Coolidge's Greek Myths Roman myths (Aeniad included) McCaughrean's Roman Myths Penelope Lively's In Search of a Homeland China Frances Carpenter's Tales of a Chinese Grandmother Linda Fang's The Ch'i-lin Purse Hindu mythology (yes, we ended up spending a long time here) Uma Krishnaswami's The Broken Tusk Uma Krishnaswami's Shower of Gold Harish Johari's Little Krishna Harish Johari's How Parvati Won the Heart of Shiva Harish Johari's How Ganesh Got his Elephant's Head Harish Johari's The Monkey's and the Mango Tree Erik Jendresen's Hanuman Bulbul Sharma's The Ramayana for Children Jatinder Verma's The Story of Divaali Vatsala Sperling's Ganga Hanuman (movie, animated -- we have an English version of this) Buddhist Jeanne M. Lee's I Once Was a Monkey (Jataka tales) Jonathan Landaw's Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha Christian (we're secular) McCaughrean's two Bible adaptations Fran Manushkin's Daughters of Fire Native American (we didn't do much for Ancients here) The Dancing Fox by Bierhorst And some historical fiction: Detectives in Togas and Mystery of the Roman Ransom (Winterfeld) A Place in the Sun by Rubalcaba (Egypt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhondaM. Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Jennifer@SSA started that great thread (I just bumped it) with her must-have books for SOTW 2. I'd love for those of you who have completed SOTW 1 to share your must-haves for SOTW 1. Nmoira mentioned some great books. Many of them we read and enjoyed. Olivia Coolidge has written quite a few books..you might want to see if she has written any more for your time period. The same with Suttcliff. We also enjoyed listening to books on tape with Suttcliff when the kids were a bit younger. What age group is this for? If they are a bit older Sonlight 6 has some good suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novafan Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Nmoira mentioned some great books. Many of them we read and enjoyed. Olivia Coolidge has written quite a few books..you might want to see if she has written any more for your time period. The same with Suttcliff. We also enjoyed listening to books on tape with Suttcliff when the kids were a bit younger. What age group is this for? If they are a bit older Sonlight 6 has some good suggestions. I am going to go through SOTW with my 1st and 3rd graders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novafan Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Thank you Moira! What a great list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmommyof3 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Thanks for starting this thread! We will be using SOTW 1 this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 DD and I have been studying SOTW 1 for about 8 weeks now. Here are a couple of things that I have found helpful, thusfar: For me to have a firmer grasp on the subject matter, I read the somewhat corresponding materials in SWB's The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome And for DD, I have purchased, so far, Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest and Ancient China Treasure Chest. Nice supplemental activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhesa Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 We're just finishing up SOTW with a 1st and a Ker. Here are the books that contributed to our study (as opposed to the ones that we read and promptly forgot!) They are roughly in chronological order: Living in Prehistoric Times (Jane Chisholm) The Last Quest of Gilgamesh and others (Zeman) Bill & Pete Go Down the Nile (DePaola) Cat Mummies (Trumble) Tale of Alia Baba & the 40 Thieves (Kimmel) The Three Princes (Kimmel) Sinbad (Zeman)** The Gifts of Wali Dad (Aaron Shepard)** One Grain of Rice (Demi) The Five Chinese Brothers (Bishop) The Peacock's Pride (Kajpust) Anansi stories (Kimmel)** Pepi & the Secret Names (Walsh)** In Search of Knossos (Caselli) Atlantis The Hero & the Minotaur (Byrd) Hercules (Lasky) D'Aulaires Greek Myths** Hercules (Burleigh) Perseus (Hutton) Pegasus (Mayer) The Trojan Horse (Hutton) Librarian Who Measured the Earth (Lasky) The Persian Cinderella (Climo) The King & the Three Thieves (Balouch) Queen Esther Saves Her People (Gelman) The Red Lion (Wolkstein)** King Midas & the Golden Touch (Craft)** Alexander the Great (Bingham) The Great Alexander the Great (Lasker)** The starred ones are the books my children asked for repeatedly. We're just now starting Rome, so I can't give too many recommendations there yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triadofchaos Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 we're starting SOTW 1 next week! thanks very much for the input! off to check the library's online catalog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCA Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I had shied away from mythology until grade 5. We read a few books (Green, a little dry) then this series started arriving at the library and I was amazed when my DD fell in love with this series: Evslin, Bernard. Monsters of Mythology. Broomall, Pa.: Chelsea House You can read them in any order and characters will reappear in other stories. You start to weave them all together and gain a better understanding and see the depth of the characters. Great! Great! Great! Includes tidbits of original writings and lots of beautiful art. I was never a fan of mythology before this series, but when I saw my DD's face light up and at times the astonished look on her face (some gruesome parts), then she would laugh at other times, I just loved all the dialog this series produced between us. One such part even lead to her wondering 'Where did language and writing come from and how did it start?' My answer... well I don't know, we'll have to look into that. (I was impressed normally she would rather do anything but more school!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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