Quiver0f10 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 would you happen to have a list of the lit books you read that year? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I've read parts of The History of the Ancient World but we didn't use it for homeschooling. We did Omnibus I instead. However, to answer your question, there are 5 parts and 85 chapters! Part 1: The Edge of History Part 2: Firsts Part 3: Struggle Part 4: Empires Part 5: Identity The chapters don't look excessively long: on the average, they seem to be about 10-12 pages per chapter. There are a total of 777 pages in the book. I hope this helps to get you started, Jean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Here is the list of lit books we are contemplating using next year for a teen co-op using Ancient History of the World as the history spine: Book of Job Epic of Gilgamesh The Iliad The Odyssey A Greek Tragedy A Greek Comedy Excerpts from The Republic by Plato Excerpts from Poetics by Aristotle Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars by Olivia Coolidge Virgil's Aeneid Acts of the Apostles Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (excerpts) Confessions by Augustine This is still in the planning stages so things could shift. If we don't get to Confessions this year we'll begin next year with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thank you, both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liza Q Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 We used it with the Smarr Ancient Lit program, plus several chapters from Spielvogel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in Indy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 We read HAW to go with Omnibus I. Here are the literature selections from Omnibus I that we read: Genesis Gilgamesh Code of Hammurabi Odyssey *Herodotus (book 1) Oresteia (Agamemnon only) *Plutarch (several lives) Oedipus the King *Livy (books 1&2) Isaiah Aeneid Screwtape Letters (doesn't fit with "ancients") *12 Caesars (selections) Romans Julius Caesar (Shakespeare play) Holiness of God (doesn't fit with "ancients") *these works are more "history" than "literature", but sometimes the line is blurry with the ancients. One book I would definitely add is Homer's Iliad. The Aeneid (and many more books down the road) is so much richer if you know the Iliad. And boys love the battles! Cindy in Indy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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