Dear Sis,
This is the history schedule I created for our first year homeschooling neighbors. This schedule is designed for 36 weeks of study, a four day school week, with history and science on a loop (alternating), so just two days each week.
Story of the World, Vol 1 Bundle: Ancient Times by Susan Wise Bauer
History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations, Grades 1-3 by Evan-Moor
Use and Abbreviations
- Pair readings with discussion questions from the teacher book.
- Coloring during reading is optional.
- Testing fits best after map lesson, and is not listed below.
- Additional activities can be from the Story of the World: Vol 1: Ancient Times teacher book (T) or student book (S).
Story of the World: Vol 1: Ancient Times (SW)
History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations (HP)
Week 1 – Day 1
Read What is History? (SW pg. 1-3)
Do When Did it Happen?, part 1 (HP pg. 14-15)
Make a This is my Life timeline (T pg. 2)
Day 2
Read What is Archeology? (SW pg. 3-6)
Do A Dirty Dig! (T pg. 2-3)
Week 2 – Day 1
Read The Earliest People (SW pg. 7-13)
Color A Farmer Using a Shaduf (S pg. 5)
Map Work (S pg. 4)
Make a Cave Painting (T pg. 5-6)
Day 2
Read Egyptians Lived on the Nile River (SW pg. 14-20)
Color Osiris and Set (S pg. 7)
Map Work (S pg. 6)
Make Life Along the Nile (HP pg. 40-41)
Week 3 – Day 1
Read The First Writing (SW pg. 21-24)
Color Carving Hieroglyphics (S pg. 9)
Map Work (S pg. 8)
Make Cuneiform Tablets (T pg. 12)
Day 2
Make a Hieroglyphic Scroll (T pg. 13)
Which Lasts Longer? Experiment (T pg. 13)
Week 4 – Day 1
Read The Old Kingdom of Egypt (SW pg. 25-31)
Color The Pyramids of Egypt (S pg. 12)
Map Work (S pg. 11)
Make Sugar Cube Pyramid (T pg. 19)
Day 2
Read Ancient Egypt (HP pg. 35-37)
Color Egyptian Puppets (HP pg. 39)
Make The Great Pyramid (HP pg. 42-43)
Create a puppet show to share what you learned.
Week 5 – Day 1
Read The First Sumerian Dictator (SW pg. 32-34)
Do Sumerian Inventions word search (S pg. 15)
Map Work (S pg. 13)
Make a Sumerian Seal (T pg. 21)
Day 2
Read Ancient Mesopotamia (HP pg. 21-23)
Color Mesopotamian Puppets (HP pg. 25)
Do Sailing on the River (HP pg. 26-27)
Create a puppet show to share what you learned.
Week 6 – Day 1
Read The Jewish People (SW pg. 35-45)
Color a comic book (S pg. 19-22)
Map Work (S pg. 16)
Watch Joseph King of Dreams movie (fast-forward the scary bits) or VeggieTales: The Ballad of Little Joe
Day 2
Read Hammurabi and the Babylonians (SW pg. 46-50)
Color The Ziggurat of Ur (S pg. 24)
Map Work (S pg. 23)
Make a Ziggurat Pop-up Book (HP 29-31)
Week 7 – Day 1
Read The Assyrians (SW pg. 51-58)
Color Gilgamesh and the Lion (S pg. 27)
Map Work (S pg. 26)
Draw a picture of Enkidu (T pg. 30)
Day 2
Write and illustrate a fairytale. (T pg. 30)
Week 8 – Day 1
Read The First Cities in India (SW pg. 59-65)
Color Statue from Mohengo-Daro (S pg. 30)
Map Work (S pg. 28)
What does it take to make a brick? (T pg. 32-33)
Day 2
Make a Mohenjo-Daro Dwelling (T pg. 33)
Write a story to go with your model. (T pg. 33)
Week 9 – Day 1
Read The Far East: Ancient China (SW pg. 66-75)
Color Chin and his Father (S pg. 32)
Map Work (S pg. 31)
Make your own pictograms (T pg. 36)
Day 2
Read Ancient China (HP pg. 72-74)
Color Chinese Puppets (HP pg. 76)
Make a Ming Bowl (T pg. 36)
Create a puppet show to share what you learned.
Week 10 Day 1
Read Ancient Africa: West Africa (SW pg. 76-79)
Map Work (S pg. 33)
Make Paper Bead Necklace (T pg. 39-40)
Day 2
Read Anansi and Turtle (SW pg. 79-87)
Color Anansi and Turtle (S pg. 34)
Make Anansi the Spider (T pg. 40)
Create a menu for an African Feast (T pg. 40-42)
Week 11 – Day 1
Make musical instruments. (T pg. 42-43)
Day 2
Prepare and serve your feast.
Have an African concert with your family.
Week 12 – Day 1
Read Middle Kingdom Egypt (SW pg. 88-92)
Color Hyksos Jewelry (S pg. 36)
Map Work (S pg. 35)
Make a Golden Bracelet (T pg. 46)
Day 2
Read The General and the Woman Pharaoh (SW pg. 93-96)
Make Hatshepsut’s False Beard (T pg. 49)
Make one of Hatshepsut’s Monuments (T pg. 49-50)
Week 13 – Day 1
Read Amenhotep and King Tut (SW pg. 97-102)
Color The Mast of King Tut (S pg. 38)
Map Work (S pg. 37)
Make an Egyptian Death Mask (T pg. 50)
Day 2
Decorate Egyptian Death Mast (T pg. 50)
Be an Archaeologist (T pg. 50-51)
Week 14 – Day 2
Read The Israelites Leave Egypt (SW pg. 103-109)
Color Moses Parting the Red Sea (S pg. 40)
Map Work (S pg. 39)
watch The Prince of Egypt movie (fast-forward the scary bits)
Day 2
Read The Phoenicians (SW pg. 110-114)
Color a Phoenician Ship (S pg. 46)
Map Work (S pg. 45)
Make Phoenician Pita Bread (T pg. 58-59)
Week 15 – Day 1
Read Return to Assyria (SW pg. 115-121)
Color Bas Relief From Ancient Assyria (S pg. 48)
Map Work (S pg. 47)
Lego Assyrian Siege Tower (T pg. 61)
Day 2
Read Babylon Takes Over Again! (SW pg. 122-127)
Color Marduck and Tiamat (S pg. 50)
Map Work (S pg. 49)
Draw the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (T pg. 64)
Week 16 – Day 1
Read Bull-Jumpers and Sailors & King Minos and the Minotaur (SW pg. 128-135)
Color Bull Jumper (S pg. 52)
Do The Minotaur’s Maze (S. pg. 53)
Build a Lego Labyrinth (T pg. 67)
Day 2
Read The Mysterious End of the Minoans (SW pg. 135-136)
Map Work (S pg. 51)
Make an Erupting Volcano (T pg. 68)
Week 17 – Day 1
Read The Early Greeks (SW pg. 137-141)
Color Greek War Chariot (S pg. 55)
Map Work (S pg. 54)
Design a Greek Vase (S pg. 56)
Shape a clay vase and let it air dry.
Day 2
Paint your clay vase to match your design.
Read Ancient Greece (HP pg. 47-49)
Color Grecian Puppets (HP pg. 51)
Create a puppet show to share what you learned.
Week 18 – Day 1
Read Greece gets an Alphabet (SW pg. 142-144)
Write your name in Greek letters (S pg. 59)
Map Work (S pg. 57)
Day 2
Read The Stories of Homer (SW pg. 145-152)
Color The Cyclops (S pg. 58)
Make Theater Masks (HP pg. 55-57)
Put on a play retelling part of the stories of Homer.
Week 19 – Day 1
Read The First Olympic Games (SW pg. 152-154)
Make an Olympic Wreath (T pg. 77)
Plan a menu for a Greek feast and games for a family Olympics. (T pg. 77-79)
Day 2
Have a family Olympics. Use the wreath to decorate the winner or each even, passing it along to each new winner in turn.
Prepare and enjoy a Greek feast with your family.
Week 20 – Day 1
Read A New Empire (SW pg. 155-158)
Map Work (S pg. 60)
Make Persian Ruler’s Silver Plate (T pg. 82)
Make Persian Puppets (T. pg. 82-83)
Day 2
Read Cyrus the Great (SW pg. 158-161)
Color Cyrus the Great (S pg. 61)
Put on a puppet show retelling how Cyrus becomes king of the Persians.
Play the Conquer Mesopotamia Game (S pg. 62, T pg. 83)
Week 21 – Day 1
Read Life in Sparta (SW pg. 162-165)
Color a Spartan Warrior (S pg. 64)
Map Work (S pg. 63)
Make no-sew Greek Clothes (T pg. 87)
Day 2
Read Life in Athens (SW pg. 165-168)
Make Spartan and Greek Paper Dolls (S pg. 66-68)
Write an Athenian Wax Tablet (T pg. 86)
Week 22 – Day 1
Read The Greek Gods (SW pg. 169-172)
Color Aphrodite and Zeus (S pg. 70)
Map Work (S pg. 69)
Draw the Home of the Greek Gods (T pg. 91)
Day 2
Do Greek Gods and Goddesses Wordsearch (S pg. 72)
Make an Olympus Family Tree (T pg. 90)
Make The Parthenon Shape Book (HP pg. 52-54)
Week 23 – Day 1
Read The Wars of the Greeks (SW pg. 173-179)
Color The Parthenon (S pg. 74)
Map Work (S pg. 73)
Make Athenian Coins (T pg. 96)
Play the Peloponnesian War Game (S pg. 75, T pg. 96-97)
Day 2
Read Alexander the Great (SW pg. 180-187)
Color Alexander the Great and Bucephalus (S pg. 77)
Map Work (S pg. 76)
Tie a Gordian Knot (T pg. 100)
Play the Alexander the Great Game (S pg. 81, T pg. 101)
Week 24 – Day 1
Read The Nazca Drawings (SW pg. 188-190)
Make a Narca Line Drawing (T pg. 105)
Read The Heads of the Olmecs & Rabbit Shoots the Sun (SW pg. 191-197)
Color Rabbit Shoots the Sun (S pg. 83)
Map Work (S pg. 82)
Day 2
Make a Seed Mosaic Map (T pg. 104-105)
Make Navajo Fry Bread and tacos (T pg. 106)
Week 25 – Day 1
Read Ancient Aztec World (HP pg. 85-87)
Color Aztec Puppets (HP pg. 89)
Create a puppet show to share what you learned.
Make an Aztec Calendar (HP pg. 90-92)
Day 2
Read The Rise of Rome (SW pg. 198-204)
Color Romulus and Remus (S pg. 85)
Map Work (S pg. 84)
Run a Popinas take-out restaurant for lunch or dinner (T pg. 110)
Week 26 – Day 1
Read The Roman Empire (SW pg. 205-216)
Color Gladiators in the Arena (S pg. 87)
Map Work (S pg. 86)
Make a Roman Road Model (T pg. 114-115)
Day 2
Make a Roman Archway and Aqueduct (T pg. 113-114)
Week 27 – Day 1
Read Rome’s War with Carthage (SW pg. 217-221)
Color Hannibal’s War Elephant (S pg. 90)
Map Work (S pg. 89)
Help Hannibal Cross the Alps Maze (S pg. 92)
Bake Hannibal’s Elephant Ear Cookies (T pg. 118)
Day 2
Read Ancient Rome (HP pg. 61-63)
Color Roman Puppets (HP pg. 65)
Create a puppet show to share what you learned.
Make Triumphal Arch (HP pg. 67-68)
Week 28 – Day 1
Read The Aryans of India (SW pg. 222-232)
Color The Buddha (S pg. 94)
Map Work (S pg. 93)
Make a Rakhi (T pg. 122)
Play Tiger Hunt (T pg. 123)
Day 2
Read The Mauryan Empire in India (SW pg. 233-238)
Color the Jakata Tales (S pg. 96)
Map Work (S pg. 95)
Cook Curried Rice for dinner (T pg. 125-126)
Game Night: Snakes and Ladders & Indian Battle (T pg. 126)
Week 29 – Day 1
Read Calligraphy in China (SW pg. 239-242)
Practice Chinese Calligraphy (T pg. 129)
Read Warring States, The First Emperor and the Great Wall, & The First Emperor’s Grave (SW pg. 243-250)
Color The Great Wall of China (S pg. 98)
Day 2
Map Work (S pg. 97)
Make the Great Wall of China (T pg. 130)
Week 30 – Day 1
Read Confucius (SW pg. 251-253)
Color Confucius, China’s Wise Teacher (S pg. 99)
Map Work (S pg. 98)
Make Tangrams (S pg. 100, T pg. 133)
Make Chinese Tea (T pg. 133)
Day 2
Make Dancing Dragon (HP pg. 77-78)
Make Chinese Lanterns (HP pg. 79-81)
Make a cleaning list and menu plan.
Week 31 – Day 1
Decorate, clean, and prepare meal.
Celebrate Chinese New Year with your family.
Day 2
Read The Rise of Julius Caesar (SW pg. 254-262)
Map Work (S pg. 101)
Play Ransom Caesar (S pg. 102, T pg. 136)
Week 32 – Day 1
Read Caesar the Hero (SW pg. 263-273)
Color Julius Caesar (S pg. 104)
Map Work (S pg. 103)
Measure Your Height (T pg. 139)
Learn Roman Numerals (T pg. 140-141)
Day 2
Read The First Roman Prince (SW pg. 274-277)
Color Augustus Caesar (S pg. 106)
Map Work (S pg. 105)
Read The Beginning of Christianity (SW pg. 278-284)
Color The Life of Jesus (S pg. 108)
Week 33 – Day 1
Map Work (S pg. 107)
Make a Mosaic Cross (T pg. 147)
Create Night with a Brilliant Star window drawing (T pg. 148)
Day 2
Read The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation (SW pg. 285-287)
Color The Star of David (S pg. 150)
Map Work (S pg. 149)
Make and Play Dreidel (T pg. 151)
Week 34 – Day 1
Read Rome and the Christians (SW pg. 288-296)
Color the Catacombs Beneath Rome (S pg. 114)
Map Work (S pg. 113)
Make a Secret Symbol (T pg. 156)
Make a Catacomb Tent (T pg. 156-157)
Day 2
Read The British Rebellion (SW pg. 297-299)
Color Boadicea in Her Chariot (S pg. 116)
Design a Celtic Boarder (T pg. 161)
Have a Celtic Feast (T pg. 161)
Week 35 – Day 1
Read Rome Divided in Two (SW pg. 299-301)
Map Work (S pg. 115)
Locate north, south, east, and west (T pg. 160-161)
Day 2
Read The Attacking Barbarians (SW pg. 302-309)
Color a Visigoth Invader (S pg. 118)
Map Work (S pg. 117)
Reassemble a Roman Pot (T pg. 164)
Week 36 – Day 1
Read The End of Rome (SW pg. 310-314)
Map Work (S pg. 119)
Make a “Gifts of Rome” Collage (T pg. 167)
Plan a Roman Party
Day 2
Host a Roman Party
Printable First Grade History Schedule
Happy Homeschooling!
Love,
b
