Ancient History:

• Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt (Baikie) *PDF

• Boy of the Pyramids: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt (Jones) *PDF

• *See picture book list

Church History (Forms 1/2):

• Islands of the Ocean: Stories from the Lives of the Celtic Saints (Ganotis)

• My Holy Queens and Princesses (Potamitis)

• Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story (Milligan) *OR other St. Brigid reading

• Good King Wenceslas (Neale) *OR other St. Wenceslas reading

• The Wonderful Life of Russia's Saint Sergius of Radonezh (Currier)

• *See additional booklist

British & World History:

• Old Time Tales (Evans) [~Ch. 1-34] *PDF

• Viking Tales (Hall) [800-1050] *PDF

• Fifty Famous Stories Retold (Baldwin) [~20 ch.] *PDF

• Thirty More Famous Stories Retold (Baldwin) [~7 ch.] *PDF

History Reads (scheduled during Lit. block):

• 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]

• Marguerite Makes a Book (Hewitt) [15th c.]

Alternatives or Free Reads:

• Sweet Song: A Story of Saint Romanos the Melodist (Meyer) [+556]

• The Blackbird's Nest: Saint Kevin of Ireland (Schroedel) [+618]

  • OR Kevin and the Blackbirds (Almond)

• The Saint and His Bees (Jackson) [+655]

• The Ravens of Farne: A Tale of Saint Cuthbert (Farley) [+687]

• The Boy, a Kitchen, and His Cave: The Tale of St. Euphrosynos the Cook (Contopoulos) [+820]

Ancient History:

• Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors (Lambert) *PDF

  • OR The Story of Mankind, A Picturesque Tale of Progress (Vol. 1 in red volume): Beginnings (Miller) [Select chapters] *PDF

• The Golden Goblet (McGraw)

Church History (Forms 2/3):

• Lives of the Saints for Young People, Vol. 3 (Puhalo)

• Lives of the Saints for Young People, Vol. 5 (Puhalo)

• Lives of the Saints for Young People, Vol. 9 (Puhalo)

• The Life of Saint Brigid: Abbess of Kildare (Meyer)

• OR See Church History Forms 1/2

British & World History:

• Our Island Story (Marshall) [Ch. 12-54] *PDF

• The Story of Mankind, A Picturesque Tale of Progress (Vol. 3 in red volume): New Nations (Miller) [Ch. 2-8] *PDF

• OR 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 (scheduled during Lit. block):

• Bearing the Saint (Farley) [late 9th c] *Audio

• The Little Duke (Yonge) [10th c]

• The Door in the Wall (DiAngeli) [14th c]

• Joan of Arc (Stanley) [1412-1431]

Alternatives or Free Reads:

• • Adam of the Road (Gray) [13th 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 (Forms 3/4):

• The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages (Koulomzin) [Ch. 16-23] 

• The Story of Christianity (Hart) [Ch. 18-37] *PDF

• Saints of the British Isles (Bk. 6 of Saints for all Ages Series)

• OR See Church History Forms 2/3

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 (scheduled during Lit. block):

• Augustine Came to Kent (Willard) [4-5th c.]

• Voyage to the Rock (Penney) [6th c.]

• The Magna Charta (Daugherty) [1215]

• The Emperor's Winding Sheet (Walsh) [1453]

• Alternatives or Free Reads:

  • In Freedom's Cause (Henty) [13-14th c.]

Ancient History:

• [Pending Review] 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 Age of Paradise (Strickland) [Ch. 3-6]

• The Orthodox Faith Volume Three: Church History (Hopko) [5th-15th centuries]

• *See booklist

British & World History:

• The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom (Guelzo & Hankins) {Ch. 7-10] *ToC

  • OR The Birth of Britain: Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples Vol. 1 (Churchill) [Ch. 4-30] *PDF

• 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) [Ch. 1-5] 

• The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Magnussen)

• Western Heritage: A Reader [Section VII: "The Early Middle Ages" - VIII "The High and Late Middle Ages"] *PDF

History Reads:

• X

• X

• The Daughter of Time (Tey) [late 15th c.] 

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 (D'Aulaire) *PDF 

• George Washington (D'Aulaire) 

• [Optional] America Our Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 1-24] 

Ancient History:

• The Story of the Greeks (Guerber) *PDF

Church History:

• *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 Our Island Story (Marshall) [Ch. 55-96] *PDF

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]

• OR The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume II: The Modern and Contemporary West (Guelzo & Hankins) [Ch. 1-4] *ToC

Ancient History:

• Western Heritage: A Reader

  • 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 Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 24-29] 

• X

American History:

• Land of Hope (McClay) [Ch. 1-5

• Western Heritage: A Reader

  • OR The Federalist Papers (Hamilton, et al)

  • OR “The Rights of Man” (Paine) [1792]

World History:

• The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume II: The Modern and Contemporary West (Guelzo & Hankins) [Ch. 1-4] *ToC

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] & America Our Stories, 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] 

• The Law of God (Slobodskoy)

American History:

• America Our Stories, Vol. 1 [Ch. 20-24] & America Our Stories, 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] & Our Neighbors: Their Stories, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 1-7] *PDF

• Year of the Horseless Carriage: 1801 (Foster) [1801-1821]

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] 

• The Law of God (Slobodskoy)

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]

• OR The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume II: The Modern and Contemporary West (Guelzo & Hankins) [Ch. 5-6] *ToC

Ancient History:

• Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 11: Roman (Morris) [Ch. 1-29] *PDF

• Western Heritage: A Reader

  • OR The Republic by Cicero (Oxford tr.)

Church History:

• The Story of Christianity (Hart) [Ch. 45-47]

• The Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 28-29] 

• X

American History:

• Land of Hope (McClay) [Ch. 6-12]

World History:

• The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume II: The Modern and Contemporary West (Guelzo & Hankins) [Ch. 5-6] *ToC

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

• America Our Stories, 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

• The Law of God (Slobodskoy)

American History:

• America Our Stories, Vol. 2 (Lambert) [Ch. 15-36]

World History:

•  Our Neighbors: Their Stories, 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 (Slobodskoy)

American History:

• Land of Hope, Young Readers Edition, Vol. 2 (McClay)

World History:

• X

• OR The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume II: The Modern and Contemporary West (Guelzo & Hankins) [Ch.7-8] *ToC

Ancient History:

• Western Heritage: A Reader

  • OR The Wars of the Jews by Josephus 

  • AND 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 Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages [Ch. 29-32]  *alt. ed.: New Frontiers, Vol. II

• X

American History:

• Land of Hope (McClay) [Ch. 12-22, Epilogue]

World History:

• The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume II: The Modern and Contemporary West (Guelzo & Hankins) [Ch.7-8] *ToC

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