All Human Odyssey and Ancient Times/Medieval Times chapters are now matched up! Almost all resources have been added as of April 5.
Primary Resources
The main text:
The Human Odyssey Vol. 1: Prehistory Through the Middle Ages
edited by Mary Beth Klee, John Cribb, and John Holden
K12 Inc. publisher
ISBN 9781931728539
seen here on Amazon
The supporting texts:
The World in Ancient Times series by Oxford University Press
the entire set here on Amazon
The Ancient Near Eastern World here
The Ancient Egyptian World here
The Ancient South Asian World here
The Ancient Chinese World here
The Ancient Greek World here
The Ancient Roman World here
The Medieval and Early Modern World series by Oxford University Press
full set seen here (not all volumes are used this year)
The European World 400-1450 here
The African and Middle Eastern World 600-1500 here
The Asian World 600-1500 here
An Age of Empires 1200-1750 here
This schedule is intended for a full year's history study by a middle grade or logic stage student. The additions of book or other resources would enrich the material but are not necessary.
Human Odyssey chapters are listed first with each chapter's title. Underneath each is a listing of the corresponding Oxford University Press volume(s) in purple. Please note that some chapters are listed out of numerical order. Instead they are listed as the material is covered within the Human Odyssey chapters.
Part 1
Chapter 1: How Civilized! From Hunters-Gatherers to City-Builders
Chapter 2: Unearthing Sumer
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapters 1-3
Chapter 3: Working, Trading, and Building in Sumer
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapters 12,13,15
Chapter 4: Honoring the Gods: Religion in Ancient Sumer
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapters 5,6,9
Chapter 5: Passing It On: The Written Word in Ancient Sumer
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapters 4,14,11,7
Chapter 6: The Sun Sets on Sumer
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapter 8,10
Chapter 7: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapter 22
Chapter 8: The Spread of Civilization: Egypt
The Ancient Egyptian World Chapters 1,5,2,3,8,10,7,6,4,9,12,14,17,21,11
Chapter 9: Three Pharohs of the New Kingdom
The Ancient Egyptian World Chapters 13-15, 18, 16
Chapter 10: The Spread of Civilization: India and China
The Ancient South Asian World Chapters 1-10
The Ancient Chinese World Chapters 1-5 (through the Shang dynasty)
Part 2
Chapter 1: The Life and Ideas of Confucius
The Ancient Chinese World Chapter 10
Chapter 2: The Confucian Legacy
The Ancient Chinese World Chapters 13-14
Chapter 3: The Birth of Hinduism
The Ancient South Asian World Chapters 10 (the later part),11,13
Chapter 4: The Life of the Buddha
The Ancient South Asian World Chapter 14
Chapter 5: The Buddha's Teaching and Legacy
The Ancient South Asian World Chapter 18
Chapter 6: A Chosen People
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapters 18-20
Chapter 7: The People of the Law
The Ancient Near Eastern World Chapters 20-22
Chapter 8: The Greeks and Their View of Nature
The Ancient Greek World Chapters 3,4,1,2,17
Chapter 9: The Greek Celebration of Man
The Ancient Greek World Chapters 5,6,18,19,7
Part 3
Chapter 1: Two Greek City-States
The Ancient Greek World Chapters 12,8 plus 9-11,21
Chapter 2: Defending Greece: The Persian Wars
The Ancient Greek World Chapter 13
Chapter 3: The Age of Pericles
The Ancient Greek World Chapters 14,19,20
Chapter 4: A Fall, a Rise, and a Final Burst of Glory
The Ancient Greek World Chapters 16,22-26
Chapter 5: The Roman Republic
The Ancient Roman World Chapters 1-4
Chapter 6: Rome Rising and the Republic Challenged
The Ancient Roman World Chapters 6,5,7,15
Chapter 7: Days of Empire
The Ancient Roman World Chapters 11,13,20,8,18,10
Chapter 8: Judea and the Rise of Christianity
The Ancient Roman World Chapter 23-24
Chapter 9: The Spread of Christianity
The Ancient Roman World Chapter 24
Chapter 10: Rome on the Wane
The Ancient Roman World Chapters 24,14,25-26
Part 4
Chapter 1: Rome Moved East: The Byzantine Empire
The European World Chapters 1(to p.28),3(pp.46-49)
Chapter 2: The Rise of Islam
The African and Middle Eastern World Chapters 1-2
Chapter 3: The Spread of Islam
The African and Middle Eastern World Chapters 3,5,7
Chapter 4: Ghana and Mali: Two Medieval African Trading Empires
The African and Middle Eastern World Chapter 9-10
Chapter 5: Europe's Early Middle Ages
The European World Chapter 2-3
Chapter 6: Thunder from the North: The Viking Age
The European World Chapter 4
Chapter 7: Of Land and Loyalty
The European World Chapters 4,7(pp. 106-110
Chapter 8: An Age of Faith: The Church in Western Europe
The European World Chapter 6
Chapter 9: Monarchs on the Rise
The European World Chapters 5,8,7
Chapter 10: China in the Middle Ages
The Asian World Chapters 2,6,4(silk road)
Chapter 11: Mongols on the Move
The Asian World Chapters 7,4
Chapter 12: Europe's Calamitous Fourteenth Century
The European World Chapters 11,12
An Age of Voyages Chapter 1
Other resources
When I started planning this school year, I poured over many lists of "must read" books for ancient and medieval history. I printed out, obsessed over, wrote on these lists. I cross-referenced with Amazon. I made myself crazy! Finally, I went to our library system website and attempted to find these "must read" books. Somewhat successful, I started to search on the website and discovered a wealth of resources. I was able to let go of my "must read" perfect book list-----and potentially very high Amazon charges lol!
After suffering through some books she really didn't care for, my daughter requested historical fiction books featuring female protagonists. The fiction books listed for Part 4 (medieval) have girls as main characters.
The resources listed below in order of Human Odyssey chapters are what I was able to find through my library system. You may, or may not, be able to locate the same resources.
Part 1
Chapter 1: How Civilized! From Hunters-Gatherers to City-Builders
Bill Nye "Archeology" dvd
Chapter 2: Unearthing Sumer
Mesopotamia DK/Eyewitness
Hands-On Ancient Peoples Yvonne Merrill
Chapter 3: Working, Trading, and Building in Sumer
Mesopotamia DK/Eyewitness
Chapter 4: Honoring the Gods: Religion in Ancient Sumer
The Golden Bull Marjorie Cowley
Chapter 5: Passing It On: The Written Word in Ancient Sumer
Gilgamesh the Hero Geraldine McCaughrean
Chapter 6: The Sun Sets on Sumer
Chapter 7: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Chapter 8: The Spread of Civilization: Egypt
Ancient Egypt DK/Eyewitness
Dig (periodical) January 2010 issue "Ancient Egypt's Saqqara Secrets"
Dig (periodical) January 2008 issue "The Sphynix of Egypt"
Pyramid David Macaulay
Secrets of the Lost Empires: This Old Pyramid WGBH dvd
Into the Great Pyramid National Geographic dvd
Dig (periodical) March 2010 issue "Say It with Hieroglyphics"
The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone James Cross Giblin
Chapter 9: Three Pharohs of the New Kingdom
The Golden Goblet Eloise Javis McGraw
Calliope (periodical) Sept. 2007 issue "Egypt's Heretic King"
Nefertiti and the Last Dynasty National Geographic dvd
King Tut's Final Secrets National Geographic dvd
www.penn.museum/sites/armarna
Calliope (periodical) Oct. 2005 issue "Ramses the Great"
Calliope (periodical) Sept. 2009 issue "Majestic Karnak"
Dig (periodical) Sept. 2008 issue "Valley of the Kings"
field trip to "Cleopatra" at the Franklin Institute read blog post
Chapter 10: The Spread of Civilization: India and China
Calliope (periodical) Jan. 2008 issue "Spark Along the Indus"
Dig (periodical) April 2008 issue "China's Hidden Caves"
Ancient China DK/Eyewitness
Part 2
Chapter 1: The Life and Ideas of Confucius
Ancient China DK/Eyewitness
Calliope (periodical) November/December 2009 "China's Great Wall"
Chapter 3: The Birth of Hinduism
Chapter 4: The Life of the Buddha
Chapter 5: The Buddha's Teaching and Legacy
Chapter 6: A Chosen People
Chapter 7: The People of the Law
Chapter 8: The Greeks and Their View of Nature
Chapter 9: The Greek Celebration of Man
Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff
The Wanderings of Odysseus Rosemary Stucliff
Calliope (periodical) October 2007 issue "Greek Olympics"
Part 3
Chapter 1: Two Greek City-States
Chapter 2: Defending Greece: The Persian Wars
Calliope (periodical) November 2006 issue "Persia, Rise and Fall"
Chapter 3: The Age of Pericles
Calliope (periodical) January 2010 issue "The Parthenon"
Chapter 4: A Fall, a Rise, and a Final Burst of Glory
Calliope (periodical) October 2004 issue "Socrates"
Dig (periodical) March 2008 issue "Alexander the Great"
Chapter 5: The Roman Republic
Dig (periodical) January 2009 issue "Rome Through Time"
Calliope (periodical) December 2007 issue "Heros and Heroines of Early Rome"
Chapter 6: Rome Rising and the Republic Challenged
Chapter 7: Days of Empire
Calliope (periodical) December 2006 issue "Julius Caesar"
Calliope (periodical) November 2005 issue "Rome's Master Builders"
Calliope (periodical) July/August 2009 issue "Rome's Gladiators"
Chapter 8: Judea and the Rise of Christianity
Chapter 9: The Spread of Christianity
Rome in Spectacular Cross-Section Stephen Biesty
Pompeii Resources
The Ancient Roman World Chapter 16
Calliope (periodical) September 2005 issue "Buried by Vesuvius"
Chapter 10: Rome on the Wane
Part 4
Chapter 1: Rome Moved East: The Byzantine Empire
Chapter 2: The Rise of Islam
Chapter 3: The Spread of Islam
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (fiction) Barbara Cohen
Shadow Spinners (fiction; based on Shahrezad) Susan Fletcher
Anna of Byzantium (fiction; based on real 12th century princess) Tracy Barrett
Chapter 4: Ghana and Mali: Two Medieval African Trading Empires
The Royal Kindoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay Pat McKissack
Chapter 5: Europe's Early Middle Ages
Beowulf Rosemary Sutcliff
Charlemagne and the Early Middle Ages Miriam Greenblatt
Dig (periodical) March 2009 issue "Early Ireland"
Chapter 6: Thunder from the North: The Viking Age
Vikings DK/Eyewitness
The Edge on the Sword (fiction based on daughter of Earl of Wessex; late 800s) Rebecca Tingle
Chapter 7: Of Land and Loyalty
Medieval Life DK/Eyewitness
Knight DK/Eyewitness
Castle DK/Eyewitness
The Countryside Kathryn Hinds "Life in the Middle Ages" series
The City
The Castle
Castle David Macaulay
Chapter 8: An Age of Faith: The Church in Western Europe
Cathedral David Macaulay
El Cid (retelling of Spanish epic poem) Geraldine McCaughrean
My Guardian Angel (fiction; 11th century Jewish France) Sophie Weil
The Road to Damietta (fiction; St Francis/Crusades) Scott O'Dell
The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela (sophisticated picture book based on travels from 1159-1173) Uri Shulevitz
Chapter 9: Monarchs on the Rise
Eleanor of Aquitane Miriam Greenblatt
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (fiction; Eleanor of Aquitaine) E.L. Konigsburg
Robin Hood tbd
Canterbury Tales tbd
Catherine, Called Birdy (fiction) Karen Cushman
Matilda Bone (fiction) Karen Cushman
The Midwife's Apprentice (fiction) Karen Cushman
Chapter 10: China in the Middle Ages
Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road (Xuanzang's travels from 629-645) Priscilla Galloway
Calliope (periodical) Nov. 2003 issue "Tang Dynasty"
Mu Lan tbd
The Silk Road: 7000 Miles of History (picture book) John Major
Silk Road: Explore the World's Most Famous Route with 20 Projects Kathy Ceceri
Additional Asian Resources
Calliope (periodical) March 2007 "Korea's Silk Dynasty"
Calliope (periodical) January 2006 "Medieval Japan"
Chapter 11: Mongols on the Move
Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road (Genghis Khan and Marco Polo)
I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade (fiction) Diane Lee Wilson
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire Miriam Greenblatt
Calliope (periodical) March 2008 issue "Genghis Khan"
"Kubla Khan" Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything (picture book) Kathleen Krull
Calliope (periodical) April 2009 issue "Marco Polo"
Chapter 12: Europe's Calamitous Fourteenth Century
Calliope (periodical) April 2008 "Joan of Arc"
Warrior Girl (fiction) Pauline Chandler
Joan of Arc: The Teenager Who Saved Her Nation Philip Wilkinson
Young Joan: A Novel (fiction) Barbar Dana
The Black Death Jordan McMullin
Life During the Black Death John Dunn
Captives of Time (fiction) Malcolm Basse
Chapter 2: The Confucian Legacy
Dig (periodical) April 2009 issue "China's Shi Huangdi"
