LOVE OF MANKIND: Philanthropía
LOVE OF MANKIND: Philanthropía
VII. History
Ancient, Church, Local, & World
By Cycle:
Ancient History I:
Early Civilizations & the Ancient Near East
Church History I:
Byzantine & Post-Roman Schism —
Byzantine Era (~451-1054), & Post-Roman Schism (1054-1453)
Local & World History I:
Middle Ages —Byzantine & Medieval (~476-1453)
Coming Soon
Ancient History II:
Ancient Greece
Church History II:
Post-Imperial Era (~1453-1821)
Local & World History II:
Early Modern — Renaissance & Reformation (~1453-1799)
Coming Soon
Ancient History III:
Ancient Rome & the Roman Republic
Church History III:
Modern Era (~1821-1917)
Local & World History III:
Late Modern — Industry & Expansion (~1800-1900)
Coming Soon
Ancient History IV:
Late Antiquity & the Roman Empire
Church History IV:
Communist & Post-Communist Era —
Communist Era (1917-1991), & Post-Communist Era (~1991-Present)
Local & World History IV: Contemporary — Globalization & Technology (~1900-Present)
Coming Soon
By Enrichment Subject:
4-Cycle Overview:
*For group learning, combine forms or books, going up or down as able
Cycle 1: History [~476-1453]
Ancient History:
Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors (Lambert) *PDF
Boy of the Pyramids (Jones)
*See picture book list
Church History:
*See booklist
History:
Fifty Famous Stories Retold (Baldwin) [~19 ch.] *PDF
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold (Baldwin) [~6 ch.] *PDF
Old Time Tales (Evans) [Ch. 1-34] *PDF
History Reads:
Viking Tales (Hall) [800-1050] *PDF
Till year's good end : a calendar of medieval labors time period (Nikola-Lisa) *PDF
Leif the Lucky (D'Aulaire) *PDF [970-1020]
The Race of the Birkenbeiners (Lunge-Larsen) [1206]
Apple and the Arrow (Buff) *PDF or William Tell (Early) [~1307]
Joan of Arc (Stanley) [1412-1431]
Marguerite Makes a Book (Hewitt) [15th c.]
Ancient History:
Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors (Lambert) *PDF
The Golden Goblet (McGraw)
Church History:
*See booklist
British & World History:
Our Island Story (Marshall) [Ch. 12-61] *PDF
A Castle with Many Rooms: The Story of the Middle Ages (Lambert) [Ch. 1-28]
OR Famous Men of the Middle Ages (Haaren) [~400-1471] *PDF
History Reads:
Bearing the Saint (Farley) [late 9th c]
The Little Duke (Yonge) [10th c]
The Door in the Wall (DiAngeli) [14th c]
Ancient History:
The Book of the Ancient World (Mills) *PDF
OR Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors (Lambert) *PDF
The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt (Henty)
Church History:
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages (Koulomzin) [Ch. 16-23]
*See booklist
British & World History:
The Middle Ages (Mills) *PDF
OR A History of England from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Present Day (Arnold-Forster) [Ch. 3-34] *PDF
The Vikings (Janeway) *PDF
History Reads:
Voyage to the Rock (Penney) [6th c.]
The Magna Charta (Daugherty) [1215]
In Freedom's Cause (Henty) [13-14th c.]
Ancient History:
From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium: Kings, Symbols, and Cities (Baghos) *Use PROMO25
Western Heritage: A Reader [Section I- The Ancient Near East and the Hebrews] *PDF
Code of Hammurabi, OT selections
Church History:
The Story of Christianity (Hart) [Ch. 18-37] *PDF
The Orthodox Faith Volume Three: Church History (Hopko) [5th-15th centuries]
*See booklist
British & World History:
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization (Brownworth)
OR A Short History of Byzantium (Norwich) [Ch. 4-29] *PDF (longer, more detailed option)
The Age of Division (Strickland)
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Magnussen)
The Birth of Britain: Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples Vol. 1 (Churchill) [Ch. 4-30] *PDF
Western Heritage: A Reader [Section VII: "The Early Middle Ages" - VIII "The High and Late Middle Ages"] *PDF
Benedict of Nursia, the Venerable Bede, Life of Charlemagne, etc.; Policraticus, Magna Carta, etc.
History Reads:
X
X
The Daughter of Time (Tey) [late 15th c.]
Cycle 2: History [~1453-1799]
Ancient History:
*See booklist
Famous Men of Greece (Haaren) *PDF
Church History:
*See booklist
History:
Columbus (D'Aulaire)
Good Queen Bess (Stanley)
Pocahontas (D'Aulaire) *PDF
Benjamin Franklin *PDF (D'Aulaire)
George Washington (D'Aulaire)
*See booklist
[Optional] America Our Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 1-24]
Ancient History:
The Story of the Greeks (Guerber) *PDF
Church History:
x (x) [Ch. x-x] *PDF
*See booklist
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 16-23]
American History:
America Our Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 1-24]
OR The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic (Guerber) [Ch. 1-48] *PDF
World History:
Our Neighbors: Their Stories, Vol. 1 (Lambert) [Ch. 1-22]
AND/OR
Michelangelo (Stanley)
Leonardo Da Vinci (Stanley)
Bard of Avon (Stanley)
1620: Year of the Pilgrims (Foster) *PDF
The World of William Penn (Foster) [1644-1718] *PDF
Ancient History:
Book of the Ancient Greeks (Mills) *PDF
OR The Story of the Greeks (Guerber) *PDF
The Last Days of Socrates (Plato) ["On Piety" & "The Death of Socrates"]
Church History:
*See booklist
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 24-29]
American History:
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic (Guerber) [Ch.1-48] *PDF
OR Land of Hope, Young Readers Edition, Vol. 1 (McClay) [Ch. 11-13]
World History:
Our Neighbors: Their Stories, Vol. 1 (Lambert) [Ch. 1-22]
AND/OR
George Washington's World (Foster) [1732-1799]
Ancient History:
OR The Histories by Herodotus (Tom Holland tr.)
OR The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (Waterfield tr.) [460-395 BC]
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 10: Greek (Morris) *PDF
Church History:
The Story of Christianity (Hart) [Ch. 37-45]
The Law of God (Sysoev) [pp. x-x]
American History:
Land of Hope (McClay) [Ch. 1-5
OR The Federalist Papers (Hamilton, et al)
OR “The Rights of Man” (Paine) [1792]
World History:
X
Cycle 3: History [~1800-1900]
Ancient History:
Stories from Roman History (Dalkeith) [Ch. 1-11] *PDF
Famous Men of Rome (Haaren) [Ch. 1-20] *PDF
Church History:
*See booklist
American History:
Buffalo Bill (D'Aulaire) *PDF
Abraham Lincoln (D'Aulaire) *PDF
*See booklist
[Optional] America Our Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 20-24] & Stories of America, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 1-15]
Ancient History:
The Story of the Romans (Guerber) [Ch. 1-63] *PDF
Church History:
*See booklist
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 29-32]
American History:
America Our Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 20-24] & Stories of America, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 1-15]
OR The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic (Guerber) [Ch. 49-85] *PDF
World History:
Our Neighbors: Their Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 22-28] & Stories of the Nations, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 1-7] *PDF
Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801 (Foster) [1801-1821]
x (x) [Ch. x-x] *PDF
Ancient History:
Book of the Ancient Romans (Mills) [Ch. 1-13] *PDF
OR The Story of the Romans (Guerber) [Ch. 1-63]
Church History:
*See booklist
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 28-29]
American History:
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic (Guerber) [Ch. 49-85] *PDF
OR Land of Hope, Young Readers Edition, Vol. 1 (McClay) [Ch. 13-24]
World History:
Abraham Lincoln's World (Foster) [1809-1865]
Ancient History:
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 11: Roman (Morris) [Ch. 1-29] *PDF
OR The Republic by Cicero (Oxford tr.)
Church History:
The Story of Christianity (Hart) [Ch. 45-47]
The Law of God (Sysoev) [pp. x-x]
American History:
Land of Hope (McClay) [Ch. 6-12]
x (x) [Ch. x-x] *PDF
World History:
X
Cycle 4: History [~1900-Present]
Ancient History:
Stories from Roman History (Dalkeith) [Ch. 12-15] *PDF
Famous Men of Rome (Haaren) [Ch. 21-29] *PDF
Cleopatra (Stanley)
Church History:
*See booklist
American History:
*See booklist
[Optional] Stories of America, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 15-36]
Ancient History:
The Story of the Romans (Guerber) [Ch. 62-102] *PDF
Our Island Story (Marshall) [Ch. 1-10] *PDF
Church History:
*See booklist
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 29-32] *alt. ed.: New Frontiers, Vol. II
American History:
Stories of America, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 15-36]
World History:
Stories of the Nations, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 7-32] *PDF
Ancient History:
Book of the Ancient Romans (Mills) [Ch. 13-25] *PDF
OR Augustus Caesar's World (Foster)
Church History:
*See booklist
The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 29-32] *alt. ed.: New Frontiers, Vol. II
The Law of God (Sysoev) [pp. 515-534]
American History:
World History:
X
Ancient History:
OR The Wars of the Jews by Josephus
OR The Annals of Tacitus
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 11: Roman (Morris) [Ch. 30-45] *PDF
Byzantium: The Early Centuries (Norwich) [Ch. 1-8] *alt. ed.: A Short History of Byzantium
Church History:
The Story of Christianity (Hart) [Ch. 48-50]
Orthodox Christians in America (Erickson)
The Law of God (Sysoev) [pp. 515-534]
American History:
Land of Hope (McClay) [Ch. 12-22, Epilogue]
World History:
X
*General History resources HERE