Embassy Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Please help me assemble a reading list for my ds. We are spending most of our school year on ancient Rome, plus some time on early Christianity, ancient China, and the ancient Celts. The History of Ancient Rome from the Teaching Company is the main resource with added documentaries and movies and one or two research papers. Here is what I have so far for literature or historical fiction (I'd love to add more literature to this list): Detectives in Togas The Bronze Bow The Eagle of the Ninth The Lantern Bearers The Silver Branch Ben Hur The Robe Shakespeare - Julius Caesar (still deciding if I want the original, a play on DVD/movie, or a retelling - I'm thinking a retelling since my ds isn't interested in Shakespeare) Also I'm thinking of at least excerpts from the following: (any other suggestions?) St. Augustine City of God Josepheus War of the Jews The Gallic War - Caesar The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Gibbon Early Church Fathers If you have suggestions for ancient Celts, ancient China, or early Christianity I'm :bigear: Reading level is inconsequential, but I would like to avoid graphic violence and sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Thanks!! I'll be checking my library to see if they have any of those books. Your ancient China study looks very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaNadine Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I would recommend Confessions by St. Augustine rather than City of God. Is Beowulf the right time period for the ancient Celts? Make sure to include The Martyrdom of Polycarp and at least excerpts from The Life of St. Antony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Here are some for the ancient celts: (I wasn't sure what age you were looking for...?) Great Folk Tales of Old Ireland compiled by Mary McGarry Celtic Tales Told to the Children by Louey Chisholm The Boys' Cuchulain by Eleanor Hull The Hound of Ulster by Rosemary Sutcliff* Celtic Myths and Legends by T. W. Rolleston* *Dd highly recommends these... A Child's History of Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce Ireland: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home I'm reading How the Irish Saved Civilization and really enjoying it, but there is one particular word that is used that's very strong... Also, we just watched a documentary on St. Patrick last night...it was very well done...about an hour long...narrated with Liam Neesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 I would recommend Confessions by St. Augustine rather than City of God. Is Beowulf the right time period for the ancient Celts? Make sure to include The Martyrdom of Polycarp and at least excerpts from The Life of St. Antony. Thanks! Unfortunately, my library does not have Confessions by St. Augustine. Maybe my son can read it on the computer. Beowulf is more Scandinavian. We recently read that one though. He would really like the Polycarp one. Again he would have to read it on the computer though since we don't have any special doohickeys that let us read otherwise:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Here are some for the ancient celts: (I wasn't sure what age you were looking for...?) Great Folk Tales of Old Ireland compiled by Mary McGarry Celtic Tales Told to the Children by Louey Chisholm The Boys' Cuchulain by Eleanor Hull The Hound of Ulster by Rosemary Sutcliff* Celtic Myths and Legends by T. W. Rolleston* *Dd highly recommends these... A Child's History of Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce Ireland: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home I'm reading How the Irish Saved Civilization and really enjoying it, but there is one particular word that is used that's very strong... Also, we just watched a documentary on St. Patrick last night...it was very well done...about an hour long...narrated with Liam Neesan Thanks! Age doesn't matter. He would like things for all ages. I'll check into these titles. Hopefully my library has many of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaNadine Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 If you're already planning on doing the Early Christian Fathers, this edition is excellent and has the Polycarp in it. I also find A Cloud of Witnesses to be an excellent guide to tracing the evolution of Western Christianity through original source documents. Used copies are usually available fairly inexpensively, and this is a book that will be used for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 , but I would like to avoid graphic violence and sex. We are doing ancients this fall...just starting logic stage and YES(!) I would like to avoid the books with a lot of sex in them at this point. From everything in this thread can anyone say if there is a book we should avoid? I have a long book list I am gathering but most are posted in this thread already....so if you see one you KNOW I should pull please speak up! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaNadine Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Avoid Suetonius' Twelve Caesars. It makes our gossip mags look downright tame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 If you're already planning on doing the Early Christian Fathers, this edition is excellent and has the Polycarp in it. I also find A Cloud of Witnesses to be an excellent guide to tracing the evolution of Western Christianity through original source documents. Used copies are usually available fairly inexpensively, and this is a book that will be used for years. The Cloud of Witnesses looks good. I was surprised to find that my library does have the Early Christian Writings book.:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Here are some for the ancient celts: (I wasn't sure what age you were looking for...?) Great Folk Tales of Old Ireland compiled by Mary McGarry Celtic Tales Told to the Children by Louey Chisholm The Boys' Cuchulain by Eleanor Hull The Hound of Ulster by Rosemary Sutcliff* Celtic Myths and Legends by T. W. Rolleston* *Dd highly recommends these... A Child's History of Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce Ireland: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home I'm reading How the Irish Saved Civilization and really enjoying it, but there is one particular word that is used that's very strong... Also, we just watched a documentary on St. Patrick last night...it was very well done...about an hour long...narrated with Liam Neesan Is "A Child's History of Ireland" available free somewhere? It's very expensive and our library doesn't have it. Were these AO books or things you found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Here it is at Archive: http://archive.org/details/childshistoryofi00joyc and I see it coming up at Google books, but since I'm out of the country, I can't pull up Google books any more :sad: I found all of this on my own...you know my dd's interests in Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Norse books are so strong...LOL! I'm working on a full study for her for the following school year (not this fall...it will take me that long just to read and educate myself before I can cover it with her...:001_smile:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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