Momma_Bear Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) I thought I was going to use BJU 7th grade with some added books but decided not to because it would just be to much. I decided I should just make a book list and have her read it with our version of notebooking and a timeline. :001_smile: I could use some help putting together a book list though because there's just so many books to choose from. :tongue_smilie: We did ancients this past year but we decided to finish world history to the present this year. I need anywhere from 30-40 books depending on their length. Any suggestions are helpful! :bigear: Edited August 6, 2012 by Momma_Bear typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The following is a list of materials (fiction, non-fiction, movies and music) that my daughter used in 8th grade. They cover the time span AD500 to about AD1700. Eighth Grade History Reading and Resource List Dorling Kindersley History of the World edited by Plantagenet Somerset Fry ** The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon ** The Story of Mankind: A Picturesque Tale of Progress by Olive Beaupre Miller ** The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz Across a Dark and Wild Sea by Don Brown The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz The Illustrated History of the World, Vol. 3, Rome and the Classical West by J. M. Roberts ** The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley – audio (Vol. 1) The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin ** Then and Now by Stefania and Dominic Perring ** I am Mordred by Nancy Springer The Illustrated History of the World, Vol. 4, The Age of Diverging Traditions by J. M. Roberts ** Tusk and Stone by Malcolm Bosse Muhammad by Demi The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff The Real Middle Earth by Brian Bates ** The Middle Ages by Mike Corbishley ** Beowulf the Warrior by Ian Serraillier Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye The Collected Beowulf by Gareth Hinds Maples in the Mist by Minfong Ho Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde by Caroline Arnold The Arabian Nights retold by Neil Philip The Age of Chivalry edited by Merle Severy ** His Majesty’s Elephant by Judith Tarr Charlemagne and the Early Middle Ages by Miriam Greenblatt Prison Window, Jerusalem Blue by Bruce Clements Norse Gods and Giants by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire The Real Vikings by Melvin and Gilda Berger Medieval Knights by Trevor Cairns ** Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way by Joy Hakim ** The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle Alfred the Great and the Saxons by Robin May The Time Traveler Book of Viking Raiders by Anne Civardi and James Graham-Campbell Blood Feud by Rosemary Sutcliff The Song Dynasty by Scott Ingram Hakon of Rogen’s Saga by Erik Haugaard Early Explorers of North America by C. Keith Wilbur ** The Cartoon History of the Universe III by Larry Gonick Fafnir by Bernard Evslin The King’s Shadow by Elizabeth Alder 1000 Years Ago on Planet Earth by Sneed Collard The Legend of the Cid by Robert Goldston Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield ** Shakespeare and MacBeth: The Story Behind the Play by James Barter Shakespeare’s MacBeth (video) William the Conqueror by Thomas B. Costain Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett A Travel Guide to Medieval Constantinople by James Barter Robin Hood by Neil Philip A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg Daily Life in the Middle Ages by Paul B. Newman ** Brother Cadfael videos: A Morbid Taste for Bones and Monk’s Hood Tales of the Crusades by Olivia Coolidge A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park Saladin by Diane Stanley In a Dark Wood by Michael Cadnum The Story of the Wise Men by Regine Pernoud and Canon Grivot Canticles of Ecstasy (the music of Hildegard von Bingen) by Sequentia The Magna Charta by James H. Daugherty Marvels of Science by Kendall Haven ** The Road to Damietta by Scott O’Dell Eyewitness Medieval Life by Andrew Langley Music of the Gothic Era (The Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow) Brother Sun, Sister Moon (video) (Wertmuller and Zeffirelli) Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum Angkor: Heart of an Asian Empire by Bruno Dagens ** Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe (video, BBC production) Quest for a Maid by Frances Hendry Castle by David Macaulay The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed by Priscilla Galloway The King’s Swift Rider by Mollie Hunter Marco Polo: To China and Back by Steven Otfinoski Cathedral by David Macaulay The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer as retold by Geraldine McCaughrean Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (read by Prunella Scales and Martin Starkie)** Dog of the Bondi Castle by Lynn Hall Harold the Herald by Dana Fradon Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 by James Rumford The Inferno of Dante (cantos 1 – 5) translated by Robert Pinsky Beckett (video, 1964) The Lion in Winter (video, 1968) A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman ** The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E. L. Konigsburg Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines by Deborah Prum The Passion of Joan of Arc (video, 1928, Carl Th. Dreyer) 1492: Music from the Age of Discovery by The Waverly Consort The Cargo of the Madalena by Cynthia Harnett 1492: The Year of the New World by Piero Ventura The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Great Painters by Piero Ventura ** Accidental Explorers by Rebecca Stefoff ** Greensleeves: A Collection of English Lute Songs by Julianne Baird and Ronn McFarlane Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer The Sea King: Sir Francis Drake and His Times by Albert Marrin Elizabeth R: The Lion’s Cub (video, BBC production, 1971) Elizabeth (video, 1998, with Cate Blanchett) Den of the White Fox by Lensey Namioka From Coronado to Escalante: The Explorers of the Spanish Southwest by John Miller Morris Cantos 1 – 5 of Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: A retelling of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Book 1 by Roy Maynard On the Banks of the Helicon: Early Music of Scotland by the Baltimore Consort The Inquisition (video, The History Channel, 1996) The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes (adapted by Leighton Barret) The World of Captain John Smith by Genevieve Foster ** The World of Lully by the Chicago Baroque Ensemble John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress retold by Gary D. Schmidt I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Dowland: Ayres and Lute Lessons by the Deller Consort Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Dembar Greene The Trial and Execution of Charles I by Leonard W. Cowie Rembrandt by Ceciel de Bie and Martijn Leenen The Reduced Shakespeare Company (video, Acorn Media, 2003) Witch Child by Celia Rees At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery: A Tale of Venice and Violins (audio) Girl with a Pearl Earring (video, 2003) The asterisks indicate that only a portion of the material was used. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Great list! A warning -- I'm not too picky about what my kids read, but I'd caution you to take a close look at Marion Zimmer Bradley "Mists of Avalon". There are some scenes involving incest and rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma_Bear Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Thank you so much!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgr Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Wow- what a list!! I have found All Through the Ages to be a good resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 A warning -- I'm not too picky about what my kids read, but I'd caution you to take a close look at Marion Zimmer Bradley "Mists of Avalon". There are some scenes involving incest and rape. This is a good point. My daughter was a mature 8th grader when she read the books listed above, and we're also quite liberal. Please preview for your own children. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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