stripe Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I would like to share resources on narrative type books (preferably) on the histories of the non-western world, by which I mean Chinese, Indian, Arab, and other Asian, Latin American, and African histories, preferably for the elementary set (rather than high school / adult level). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Anyone? (Crickets churp.) It doesn't have to be in one book! How does Gombrich do? He does cover India and China, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Gombrich does a wonderful job hitting the important points, IMO. I think I will use it third grade and up. There is also Story of the World on mainlesson.com, and many more on that site as well. If you search for the book at yesterdays classics it will give a recommended grade level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Is this the series by Synge? I saw those, and some looked okay but I read some of "The Discovery of New Worlds" and found it entirely inappropriate for my family for many reasons. I'm looking for something reasonably up-to-date. I don't see any point in reading a 100-year old book about South Africa, filled with glorifications of colonialization. (Although at least the author has the decency to say: "To judge those old Portuguese is none of my business: the reader can do it for himself. When he thinks of Tristan da Cunha cutting off the arms of Arab women to get their bracelets, he will find it hard to forgive them.") I am a bit stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I hope you get some replies. I didn't get very far into Synge. Thanks for the warning. So far I have used mainlesson.com mainly for historical fiction and retellings, not the history books. There is a curriculum specifically written for African American history, maybe they have something good? I will be back later... putting kiddo to nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Gombrich really explains the greatness of China, the length of the empire, and the importance of Confucianism in the midst of all of it. I think that he also does a great job of explaining Buddhism and Islam. I haven't seen anything so far about Africa (other than Egypt), but I pretty much stopped reading after ancients, since that is what I am planning now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtmcm Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Here's two we've read: The Arabs in the Golden Age - 64 pages, Describes that period when the Arabs spread their religion, art, architecture, and great knowledge of the ancient world throughout the Middle East and North Africa. AD 700-1500 Glorious Age in Africa: The Story of 3 Great African Empires - 118 pages, This book reveals the magnificent history and heritage of Africa, destroying, once and for all, the centuries-old, still lingering myth that Africa "was a continent without history." Here is a fascinating account of the Africans from the 8th to the16th century, highlighted by the successive rise of three Sudanese empires that at their height were the equal of any contemporary civilization in Europe or Asia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova mama Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 (edited) It might not have as much detail as you want, but Story of the World is a start. Looking through the table of contents, I see: Africa--one non-Egypt chapter (several about Egypt) China--three chs. (including one about Confucius) India--two chs. The Americas--one ch. You can see the complete TOC here: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/cwhcontents.html Edited May 29, 2009 by nova mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I'm working on this as well, as we're wrapping up our European Medieval studies this summer and will be moving on to the rest of the world. India -- I'm waiting for The Puffin History of India for Children to arrive. I couldn't find any sample pages, but $9 seemed like a small amount of money to risk. There's also an Eyewitness book entitled India. Africa -- Glorious Age in Africa: The Story of 3 Great African Empires (Awp Young Readers Series) I also highly recommend Arabs in the Golden Age referenced above. That's as far as I've got so far. It's my summer project. Hopefully this thread will cut down my work. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 (edited) These are great -- thanks! BTW Roshen Dalal, author of the Puffin History of India for children (actually there's a second volume, post independence), has a blog; here are excerpts from his book. I just found these, not a "spine" by any means, but they look interesting: The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History by John S. Major and Stephen Fieser, and Stories From The Silk Road by Cherry Gilchrist. Edited May 30, 2009 by stripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 The following are taken from my lists and plans for the elementary years. I suggest you look through these for yourself, as I've only read descriptions and researched online for most of them, except for The Token Gift (which is great and beautifully illustrated). Ancients (1st grade) Gilgamesh the King The Token Gift Senefer: A Young Genius in Ancient Egypt Middle Ages The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay Rostam: Tales from the Shahnameh (Persia) I don't have anything for Renaissance or Modern yet, but ds is only turning six in September and we're doing American History in 3rd :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 *bump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 For India, I have this one, but it is more along the lines of a Kingfisher history with lots of pictures (drawings): http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.aspx?SBNum=039022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 (edited) I am focusing on middle and high school levels--for elementary I've relied on the various SOTW chapters that deal with non-European cultures, supplemented by library books. http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Ancient-Americas-Everyday-Peoples/dp/1842155210/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243808683&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/American-Indian-Legends-Richard-Erdoes/dp/0844669261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243808748&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/World-Asia-Akira-Iriye/dp/0882959212/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243808819&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/History-Islamic-World-ILLUSTRATED/dp/0781810159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243808861&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0874114896/ref=ox_ya_oh_product ETA: Sorry, I just re-read your post & saw that you are asking for elementary resources only! http://www.amazon.com/Africa-World-History-2nd-MySearchLab/dp/0136154387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243808955&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Africans-Their-History-Second-Revised/dp/0452011817/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243809079&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Kingdoms-Ghana-Mali-Songhay/dp/0805042598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243809123&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/African-Folktales-Princeton-Bollingen-Paperbacks/dp/0805207325/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243809168&sr=1-6 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0141026855/ref=ox_ya_oh_product http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395764815/ref=ox_ya_oh_product Edited May 31, 2009 by Amy in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Sorry? For sharing books? I'm delighted! Thanks a lot! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Sorry that I didn't always write down author names when I was compiling my lists for use. I'm only including titles that I hope you can find even without an author name. I'm hopeful that most of these have the sort of narrative feel that you're looking for. Hope Native American groups are part of what you want to include, too, as I also listed those. Ancients: How People First Lived, Jaspersohn The Nile River, Meister Mysterious Places of the Mediterranean Science in Ancient Mesopotamia, Carol Moss Science in Ancient Egypt, Geraldine Woods Mysterious People From Greece Eyewitness: Bible Lands Growing up in Ancient China They Lived Like This in Ancient China Ancient China, J. Simpson Books on the Orient by Demi - many are folklore, but there are also bios, astrology study, etc., etc. Nature Company Native Americans Take a Trip to India The Persian Empire, Zinert The Persian Empire: World History Series, Nardo Ancient China, Williams The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors The Great Wall of China, Mann (also one by Fisher) Science in Ancient China, George Beshore Confuscius, Demi Exploration into China Exploration into North America Growing up in Aztec Times You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice! The Incas, Hinds Anasazi, Fisher Who Were the First North Americans? Usborne Technology in the Time of the Maya Exploration into Africa Buddha, Demi Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha My Friend’s Beliefs: A Young Readers Guide to World Religions World Religions, The Great Faiths Annotated and Explained India, Countries of the World, Dahl Buddha Stories, Demi (not history, really, but I SO love this book!) Exploration into Japan Ancient Japan, Odjik Exploration into Australia The Aboriginal People of Australia Medieval: In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree, Barbara Bash Ramadan, Susan Douglass The Story of Religion, Maestro Islam, World of Beliefs, Neil Morris Mohammad, Demi The Arabs in the Golden Age, Mokhtar Moktefi Heroines: Great Women through the Ages, Rebecca Hazell (re: Lady Murasaki Shikibu) Japan the Culture, Bobbie Kalman Look into the Past: The Japanese, Clare Doran Destination Australia, Grupper A Samurai Castle, Fiona Macdonald Saladin Noble Prince of Islam, Diane Stanley Great Events that Changed the World, Brian Delf.... Moghul Empire Chingis Khan, Demi Ten Kings and the Worlds they Ruled, Milton Meltzer .... read about Kublai Khan The Silk Route: 7000 Miles of History, John S. Major Ancient China, Robert Nicholson Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East, Hal Marcovitz Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, James Rumford Sundiata: Lion King of Mali, David Wisniewski Mansa Musa, Khephra Burns From Ten Kings.... read about Mansa Musa Sacred River, Ted Lewin Growing up in Aztec Times, Marion Wood The Aztecs, Peter Chrisp Hands of the Maya, Villagers at Work and Play, Rachel Crandell The Incas, Tim Wood The Middle Passage, Tom Feelings (not for the tender-hearted) Early Modern: The Sad Night: the story of an Aztec victory and a Spanish loss, Sally Matthews Lost Treasure of the Inca, Peter Lourie Life of the Powhatan, Bobbie Kalman The MicMac, Ruth Whitehead Life in a Longhouse Village, Bobbie Kalman Japan the Land, Bobbie Kalman Look What Came From Japan, Miles Harvey A True Book: Japan, Ann Heinrichs Amistad Rising, Veronica Chambers The Yoruba of West Africa, Calliope Africa Dream, Eloise Greenfield The Benin Kingdom of West Africa, John Peffer-Engels The Village that Vanished, Ann Grifalconi First Reports: Iran, Robin Doak Mosque, Macaulay Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China, Suzanne Williams Children of China, an artist’s journey, Song Nan Zhang Made in China, Deborah Nash Look What Came From India, Miles Harvey Monsoon, Uma Krishnaswami Eyewitness India The Taj Mahal, Christine Moorcroft The Iroquois, Petra Press The Iroquois, Virginia Sneve Struggle for a Continent, Betsy Maestro India the Culture, Bobbie Kalman The Dalai Lama, Demi Journey Through China, Philip Steele Vietnam the Land, Bobbie Kalman Children of the Dragon, Sherry Garland (re: Vietnam) Read from Ancient China, Nature Company, re: Qing Dynasty A Time of Golden Dragons, Song Nan Zhang, et al Read about Qing personalities from Hoobler’s Chinese Portraits Read from People’s Republic of China, Kim Dramer Confucius: The Golden Rule, Russell Freedman (could be read during an earlier period, too, certainly) Read from Cultures of the World: Haiti, Roseline Cheong-Lum Tap-Tap, Karen Williams Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti’s Freedom, Walter Myers And I'm sorry, but I never got around to putting my modern selections onto my computer, so I can't pull those up quickly for you. I'm just including things we used for first through third grade, as you said you wanted elementary. We used a few different things for fifth grade ancients, this past year. I'm happy to include some of those that might work for you, too, if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 That's fantastic; thank you ever so much. I am so glad I asked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Sorry that I didn't always write down author names when I was compiling my lists for use. I'm only including titles that I hope you can find even without an author name. I'm hopeful that most of these have the sort of narrative feel that you're looking for. Hope Native American groups are part of what you want to include, too, as I also listed those. Ancients: How People First Lived, Jaspersohn The Nile River, Meister Mysterious Places of the Mediterranean Science in Ancient Mesopotamia, Carol Moss Science in Ancient Egypt, Geraldine Woods Mysterious People From Greece Eyewitness: Bible Lands Growing up in Ancient China They Lived Like This in Ancient China Ancient China, J. Simpson Books on the Orient by Demi - many are folklore, but there are also bios, astrology study, etc., etc. Nature Company Native Americans Take a Trip to India The Persian Empire, Zinert The Persian Empire: World History Series, Nardo Ancient China, Williams The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors The Great Wall of China, Mann (also one by Fisher) Science in Ancient China, George Beshore Confuscius, Demi Exploration into China Exploration into North America Growing up in Aztec Times You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice! The Incas, Hinds Anasazi, Fisher Who Were the First North Americans? Usborne Technology in the Time of the Maya Exploration into Africa Buddha, Demi Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha My Friend’s Beliefs: A Young Readers Guide to World Religions World Religions, The Great Faiths Annotated and Explained India, Countries of the World, Dahl Buddha Stories, Demi (not history, really, but I SO love this book!) Exploration into Japan Ancient Japan, Odjik Exploration into Australia The Aboriginal People of Australia Medieval: In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree, Barbara Bash Ramadan, Susan Douglass The Story of Religion, Maestro Islam, World of Beliefs, Neil Morris Mohammad, Demi The Arabs in the Golden Age, Mokhtar Moktefi Heroines: Great Women through the Ages, Rebecca Hazell (re: Lady Murasaki Shikibu) Japan the Culture, Bobbie Kalman Look into the Past: The Japanese, Clare Doran Destination Australia, Grupper A Samurai Castle, Fiona Macdonald Saladin Noble Prince of Islam, Diane Stanley Great Events that Changed the World, Brian Delf.... Moghul Empire Chingis Khan, Demi Ten Kings and the Worlds they Ruled, Milton Meltzer .... read about Kublai Khan The Silk Route: 7000 Miles of History, John S. Major Ancient China, Robert Nicholson Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East, Hal Marcovitz Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, James Rumford Sundiata: Lion King of Mali, David Wisniewski Mansa Musa, Khephra Burns From Ten Kings.... read about Mansa Musa Sacred River, Ted Lewin Growing up in Aztec Times, Marion Wood The Aztecs, Peter Chrisp Hands of the Maya, Villagers at Work and Play, Rachel Crandell The Incas, Tim Wood The Middle Passage, Tom Feelings (not for the tender-hearted) Early Modern: The Sad Night: the story of an Aztec victory and a Spanish loss, Sally Matthews Lost Treasure of the Inca, Peter Lourie Life of the Powhatan, Bobbie Kalman The MicMac, Ruth Whitehead Life in a Longhouse Village, Bobbie Kalman Japan the Land, Bobbie Kalman Look What Came From Japan, Miles Harvey A True Book: Japan, Ann Heinrichs Amistad Rising, Veronica Chambers The Yoruba of West Africa, Calliope Africa Dream, Eloise Greenfield The Benin Kingdom of West Africa, John Peffer-Engels The Village that Vanished, Ann Grifalconi First Reports: Iran, Robin Doak Mosque, Macaulay Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China, Suzanne Williams Children of China, an artist’s journey, Song Nan Zhang Made in China, Deborah Nash Look What Came From India, Miles Harvey Monsoon, Uma Krishnaswami Eyewitness India The Taj Mahal, Christine Moorcroft The Iroquois, Petra Press The Iroquois, Virginia Sneve Struggle for a Continent, Betsy Maestro India the Culture, Bobbie Kalman The Dalai Lama, Demi Journey Through China, Philip Steele Vietnam the Land, Bobbie Kalman Children of the Dragon, Sherry Garland (re: Vietnam) Read from Ancient China, Nature Company, re: Qing Dynasty A Time of Golden Dragons, Song Nan Zhang, et al Read about Qing personalities from Hoobler’s Chinese Portraits Read from People’s Republic of China, Kim Dramer Confucius: The Golden Rule, Russell Freedman (could be read during an earlier period, too, certainly) Read from Cultures of the World: Haiti, Roseline Cheong-Lum Tap-Tap, Karen Williams Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti’s Freedom, Walter Myers And I'm sorry, but I never got around to putting my modern selections onto my computer, so I can't pull those up quickly for you. I'm just including things we used for first through third grade, as you said you wanted elementary. We used a few different things for fifth grade ancients, this past year. I'm happy to include some of those that might work for you, too, if you like. Wow, that's exceedingly useful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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