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​Christian Study 1: Ancient Times (Day-by-Day Lesson Plan Handbook)
by Renee O. Metzler
Book I of the Christian Study series focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from Creation to the birth of Christ. Alongside Bible stories, brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the entire Mediterranean by Rome. Important myths and legends that preceded recorded history are also related.  Ages 5-18
212 pages                                                                                                  $30.00

Directions:  Christian Study 1 helps you enjoy teaching your family together in Bible, History, and Geography in 30 minutes per day.  Before you begin our curriculum, please see How It Works, then gather the Full Year Booklist below. (*) indicates free online reading

Personal Devotions

• ​Devotions for Grades 1 to 6: Keys for Kids or Kids for Truth ($0)
  
• Devotions for Grades 7 to 12: Streams in the Dessert or Our Daily Bread ($0) 

Total Cost: $0

Family Together (Bible, History, Geography)

• The Golden Children's Bible   (1 per family - $12)
• King James Bible*  (1 per student - $0-9)
• On the Shores of the Great Sea by M.B. Synge*
• A First Book in American History by Edward Eggleston*
• Peter Parley's Geography*
• First Lessons in Geography by James Montieth*​
• Timeline Kit by Homeschool in the Woods ($113) or ​Book of Centuries ($1)
• Kingfisher History Encyclopedia​ (1 per family, optional reference book)

​ ​Total Cost: $13+ 

Biographies for grades 1-6

• The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks by  F. J. Gould*
• ​The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church*
• ​The Odyssey for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church*
• The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church*
• The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem by Alfred J. Church*

Total Cost: $0+

Other Ancient Stories to read as desired

• Stories of the East From Herodotus
• Our Island Saints
• ​Stories from Ancient Rome​
• A Story of the Golden Age
• ​​Our Young Folks' Plutarch
• Famous Men of Rome
• Famous Men of Greece
• The Spartan Twins
• Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Biography for grades 7-12

Term I (Weeks 1-12)

• Cyrus the Great by Jacob Abbott*
• ​Darius the Great by Jacob Abbott*
• Xerxes by Jacob Abbott*

Term II (Weeks 13-24)

• Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott*
• Hannibal by Jacob Abbott*
• Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott*

Term III (Weeks 25-36)

• Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott*
• Romulus by Jacob Abbott*
• Nero by Jacob Abbott*

Other Ancient Stories to read as desired

• Biographies by Jacob Abbott*
• Stories from the Greek Comedians*
• Stories From the Greek Tragedians*
• The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch*
• The Adventures of Ulysses*
• Helen of Troy*
• Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable*

Total Costs: $0+

Note: Combine Program I: Christian Study with Program II: Enrichment Study and Program III: Individual Study for a complete, classical, christian curriculum.