kfeusse Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I am looking for some good reads for my highschoolers for the various periods in history. Has anybody seen a list like this or put one together they would be willing to share? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Here's my DD's for 9th(Ancients) and 10th (Medieval/renaissance) grades: Ancients 1. Reading for literature/ history- Great books: The Iliad Homer (translated by Fitzgerald) The Odyssey Homer (translated by Fitzgerald) Histories Herodotus Antigone Sophocles Oedipus Rex Sophocles Oedipus on Colonos Sophocles Electra Euripides Poetry Sappho The Aeneid Vergil Metamorphoses Ovid The Trial and Death of Socrates Plato Supplementary reading: A Day in Old Athens William S. Davis A day in Old Rome William S. Davis Aristotle leads the way Joy Hakim The Greek Treasure Irving Stone Everyday things in Ancient Greece C. H. Quennell The King must die Mary Renault Famous Men of Rome John Haaren The buildings of Ancient Rome Helen and Richard Leacroft Medieval/Renaissance: 1. Reading for literature/ history- Great books: Beowulf Chaucer Canterbury Tales Song of Roland Nibelungenlied Dante Inferno Shakespeare: Sonnets A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hamlet Macbeth Romeo and Juliet King Lear Much Ado about Nothing Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus, Tamerlan Supplementary reading: Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose The Monster and the critics (JRR Tolkien) Edited August 9, 2018 by regentrude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 The history shelf at Guesthollow has parallel lists for different age groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 TWTM has extensive history coordinated reading lists. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 http://greatbooksacademy.org/great-books-program/great-books-readings/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfeusse Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 thank you very much for these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfeusse Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 6 hours ago, regentrude said: TWTM has extensive history coordinated reading lists. can someone please give me a link to this list? thanks so much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, kfeusse said: can someone please give me a link to this list? thanks so much!! I got mine from the actual book, but there is also info on the WTM webiste https://welltrainedmind.com/a/the-great-books-history-as-literature/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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