Janeway Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I would love to start a list of lit for the ancients. My son has already read, and loved, the Henry Winterfeld books. Detectives in Togas Mystery of the Roman Ransom Castaways in Lilliput Trouble at Timpettil I would love more suggestions! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mommymonster Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 There are a number of prior posts on this topic that might be useful -- http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/38032-ancient-history-reading-list/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/376247-favorite-books-that-correspond-to-ancient-history-5th-grade-for-ds-to-read/ For high school level students: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/313220-can-you-share-your-9th-graders-reading-list-for-ancients/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) I posted about this in another recent thread, but I can't find it. Some books my 5th grader read last year for Ancients: Ludmilla Zeman's Gilgamesh trilogy (picture books) Gilgamesh the Hero by McCaughrean The Golden Goblet Tales of Ancient Egypt Cleopatra by Dianne Stanley God King Tirzah Seeker of Knowledge (picture book about the Rosetta Stone/heiroglyphics) D'Aulaire's Greek Myths - the audiobook of this is good too, Audible. The Children's Homer Modern Rhymes about Ancient Times - Anicent Greece (silly, but fun) Hittite Warrior Beyond the Desert Gate The Bronze Bow The Aeneid for Boys and Girls Julius Caesar - narrative version, Lamb's or Nesbit, I don't remember which. And watched a movie. Detectives in Togas Our RA's were all Sutcliff: Black Ships Before Troy The Wanderings of Odysseus - both of these with Alan Lee illustrations! The Eagle of the Ninth We also added a few poems to our memory work list - a few stanzas of Horatius at the Bridge. I can't remember the others right now. Also, lots of picture books from the SOTW lists in the AG. Edited September 15, 2016 by ScoutTN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue daisy Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 My 6th grader is reading the following to go along with our ancients study. Boy of the Painted Cave The Golden Goblet The Ch'i Lin Purse The Trojan War Archimedes and the Door of Science The Last Days of Socrates Theras and his Town The Bronze Bow The Odyssey Black Ships Before Troy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 We are using the list from The Classical House of Learning Lit blog again this year. Did it with odd when she was in logic ancients four years ago. I also second continuing to read lots of picture books from the SOTW AG or just others that you find. We read those aloud. So far this year dd12 has read Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos and is in Tales from Ancient Egypt mentioned above. We are reading a couple of non fiction books aloud to go along too. And we are reading Maia of Thebes aloud. (Not a favorite, but it is set in Ancient Egypt, and is light reading to reinforce things we read in our encyclopedias.) Next up is a focus on the Golden Children's Bible. And after that, I'd have to consult my list, but I believe the blog is still up even if not active anymore. We bought many of the titles four years ago and saved the old lesson plans. It includes a lot of things often mentioned and some that I don't see mentioned much. I think it was a good mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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