I don't know how helpful I will be; I don't use the Modules and do our Bible separately.

Also, the main bulk of our new year doesn't start till mid-Oct., only the first 2 weeks of Sept for misc. studies, so I have just barely begun to put a schedule together.

It's not hard to add in another time period, it's just whether you want to do it more structurally or just just add books in as needed. So you could have one day for the "other" ancient civilization for the time period you're working in while the other 2 days are for the Modules; just keep the pace fairly  consistant. It doesn't have to be perfectfully in line (sometimes I've been a couple hundred years off), just close. That way you don't have to actually stop anywhere in the Modules to cover something else, just keep moving forward and those 3 days are basically parallel to each other. If you keep a timeline or BOC, they will keep it all together (even without one they will, but the visuals make it easier). I guess the same would be true if you're using the Modules for Bible study, too.

My suggestion is to find out what books of these cultures you can get at the library or purchase and write them down in the chronological order that they would fall in, in relation to the SCM Modules. Put that piece of paper in the Module (like an insert) or where you will use it at the appropriate timing.

I do Bible as a separate subject. This year I'm going to do Ancient History 2 days and Middle Ages/Renaissance history 2 days. The daily Bible study is the Greenleaf History of the Old Testament; for the Ancients, I'm using Gerber's book as a spine and All Through the Ages for other book suggestions (as well as our Sabbath reading out of A Child's History of the Hebrew People from Dorothy Zeligs ). I'll assign independant reading for the two time periods on their respective days (we've done this method for this past year, studying Am. Hist. and early middle ages at the same time).

Plus, one day I will read from (or they'll listen to) a collection of folk tales/fables/fairy tales from a region that we are studying. I think they'll be able to parallel the times due to using these resources and makin special note of what time epriod we're in and using a BOC and our Adam's Timechart.

As you can tell, I'm at the beginning of this scheduling and I haven't solidified how I will completely put it all together. I just plugged-in what I think I'm going to do on what day on my weekly schedule last night.

HTH (but I'm not sure!),

Rachel

ps. I recommend Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Horde for ages 9-12 by LAndmark, too. My children really enjoyed and learned a lot from that book.

For coloring books, we have also used Color and Learn available from christianbook.com and Rainbow Resource. The copyright allows for copies for classroom use.
You can double up on the Bible readings for SCM Bible and do History twice per week. You could also add in an entirely different subject for your week on countries and cultures. We try to focus on a different country every 1-2 months - it could be the same country as history, or could be different.

I'm bumping -

I would also like to know with the other ancients, how do you incorporate bible into this?

thanks

Can any of you sweet ladies clarify for me how you are planning (time-wise) to add this into the SCM modules?  I don't want to leave this out (we've studied a little bit of it - teensy bit of South American civilizations and a bunch of native Americans, and a bit of marco Polo, but that's it).  However, we are a little squeezed for time, as I have a daughter about to start 8th grade, and we're starting with Mod 1 and Mod 2 for next year.  We plan to do Mod 1 as our 'Bible" curriculum and Mod 2 in our History time slot. also, I can't afford the resources I need for what I've planned...let alone anything else.  But I might be able to pick out a few decent books to add in from the library...

amy

Here's the book list and projects I did with my son a couple years ago.

http://www.squidoo.com/lostempires 

I also have links to free items online that might be useful to others.

Heather, take your place in the hero category!   I am printing this and putting it my binder.  I am so excited to check this out and study these cultures.  =)  I love homeschooling - it is such a good excuse to have my nose in a book...heehee.  Thank you all.

Ladies!  This is all so amazing!  Thank you for sharing all your hard work of organizing this.  I was thinking of doing something similar this year, shortening the Roman study and adding in other ancient cultures, but it certainly wasn't of this magnitude.  I also may cover some of it during next summer if we don't get through it all.

Awesome!

Here is my list from the Americas, Asia and Africa.  Some areas are rather light and I need to find additional books.

North America - 700 to 1500
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 276-277
Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places - Joseph Bruchac
Clamshell Boy (Makah) - Terri Cohlene
Dancing Drum (Cherokee)- Terri Cohlene
The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet - Joseph Bruchac
Geronimo - Joseph Bruchac
Indian Book – Holling C. Holling
Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales - John Bierhorst
Ka-Ha-Si and the Loon (Eskimo) - Terri Cohlene
Little Firefly (Algonquian) - Terri Cohlene
Many Nations – Joseph Bruchac
More Than Moccasins (Activity Guide) – Laurie Carlson
Native Americans (First Discovery Books) - Gallimard Jeunesse
North American Indians – Douglas Gorsline
Quillworker (Cheyenne) - Terri Cohlene
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back - Joseph Bruchac
Turquoise Boy (Navajo) - Terri Cohlene
Very First Americans – Cara Ashrose
Wabi - Joseph Bruchac
Who Were the First North Americans? - Philippa Wingate

Aztecs - 1300 to 1500
Children's Atlas of Civilizations 82-83
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 278-279
Aztec News - Philip Steele
Growing Up in Aztec Times - Marion Wood
Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss - Sally Schofer Matthews
Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend - Eric Kimmel
You Wouldn't Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice - Fiona MacDonald

Incas
Children's Atlas of Civilizations 84-85
Usborne 282-283
Incas (See Through History) - Tim Wood
Macchu Picchu: The Story of the Amazing Incas and Their City in the Clouds - Elizabeth Mann
Secret of the Andes

Central America - 500 to 1500
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 280-281
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest - Gerald McDermott
Jabuti the Tortoise - Gerald McDermott
Papagayo: The Mischief Maker - Gerald McDermott
Stories from the Amazon - Saviour Pirotta
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest - Gerald McDermott

Anasazi - 550 AD to 1300 AD
Anasazi - Leonard Everett Fisher
The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde - Caroline Arnold

FOR AFRICA:

Children's Atlas of Civilizations 86-87 , Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 172-173

Ancient Egyptians and their Neighbors - Moira Broida

We also used a lot of African folk tales.  I didn't find much I liked in way of "cultures and peoples", the ones I had access to were super dry and boring.

For Asia:

Mongols - 1200 to 1400
Children's Atlas of Civilizations 74-75
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 250-251 
Empire of the Mongols – Michael Burgan
Genghis Khan – Demi
Genghis Khan: Invincible Ruler of the Mongol Empire – Zachary Kent
Life During the Great Civilizatons – The Mongol Empire – Don Nardo
Lost Civilizations: Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire – Thomas Streissguth
Mongols – Robert Nicholson

India - 550 to 1500
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 264-265

Southeast Asia - 500 to 1500
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 266-267

China - 580 to 1500
Children's Atlas of Civilizations 72-73
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 268-269
Adventures of Marco Polo – Russell Freedman
Animals Marco Polo Saw – Sandra Markle
Looking for Marco Polo – Alan Armstrong
Marco Polo – Demi
Marco Polo: A Journey Through China – Fiona MacDonals
Marco Polo for Kids – Janis Herbert
Marco Polo’s Journey Through China – Diana Childress
Marco? Polo! (Time Warp Trio) – Jon Scieska

JAPAN - 500 to 1500
Children's Atlas of Civilizations 76-77
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History 270-271

KOREA 
Children's Atlas of Civilizations 76-77

Rachel, you really are my hero!!!  This is list is incredible (and printed ) in my folder.  Thank you so much for taking the time to write and then post this list.  It was very kind of you, and I am thankful!!!  You are amazing.  

I am always amazed how together you are on this stuff and the stuff I want to do (like chickens).  DH and I have been talking about moving, I might talk him into moving down your street yet.  (Haha, just kidding.  I'm not moving anywhere hotter than here)     I am going to have to remember that Heritage History is there and use it more often. 

I thought that I would of course leave up our timeline of the Ancient Egypt, Greek and Rome studies along with the Bible figures.  Then we could add a few important more figures along the dates to make the parralel connections with.  We will review the Bible stories that are in the timeframe of the figures.

I love notebooking because it is less "crafty" than lapbooking, and still allows a lot of freedom to choose a topic or design for a narration.  I loved the bookmarks that my3boys or 4my boys (I think) came up with for helping me have a visual reminder of optional narration types to use.  (those are laminated and are ready to go, thank you!)

I was going to look for coloring books (Dover?) because sometimes that helps my girls focus on the story better.  I am going to try to find some (a few!) projects to make out of the stories we are reading. 

I love the map ideas of tracking the movements, and since I have very limited wall space, maybe we can have a few of the 8 1/2 x11 size that we can use for the notebooks and 1 for the wall. 

If we use living books, and incorporate maps, timelines, projects, scriptures, and notebooking it should really make these cultures mean something to our children as well...does this sound like an interesting module to you?  Any other ideas?

Heidi - Do you think that the unit study could come in handy as I look for project ideas?  It looked like it could have some ideas.  Anyway, thanks for that link, that is on my list now too.  =)

Rachel, are most of these books from the Heritage History site or Amazon?  Thanks again.  Sheila

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Oh yes, I need to put together a list for Africa.

I'm glad you like the list.

Rachel

Rachel that is awesome! Wow, thank you...what a great resource list. I am always trying to 'fit in' other cultures with my Ancient History..this is great!

I also found at currclick.com a new unit study for 3rd to5th grade( and higher I think) on Medieval Ancient Civilizations. They cover African culture, South American and Asian as well. It looks really interesting, by Intelligo Unit Studies I think?

http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=264&products_id=49406&it=1&filters=0_0_0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=264

Hello everybody! I put together a listing of books, that's what took me so long. Also, I would say to get rid of the worksheets and maybe add in notebooking instead or just pure oral and/or written narrations, as well as studying historical maps and mapping the people groups and explorers; keep a timeline, too (also having pre-made timeline to look at helps, too).

Also, don't overlook the value of documentaries. Just throwng out some ideas. I like to do parallel history, too and I've found that the children have no problem making the connections. I haven't laid down my specific paln for enxt year yet, but I usually just have books and plug them in, adding in maps and timelines. I try to have a balance of Lit., facts only books (my son likes those, they are usually easy independant books) bios and culture books to get a full picture of the time period adn people.

I only have Gr. 4-6 (with a couple of exceptions); if you need me to look up any for olders, let me know.

Books about Asia from Heritage History to browse through to determine time frames :

http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=civ&MenuItem=asian  

ANCIENT CHINA

All Ages:

The Seventy Wonders of China - Jonathan Fenby

The Great Wall – Micheal Yamashita 

    Gr. 4-6:

Eyewitness Books – Ancient China

Ancient China – Judith Simpson

Great Wall – Elizabeth Mann

Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China – Suzanne Williams

The Ancient Chinese – Virginia Schomp

Life in Ancient China – Paul Challen – ages 8-14

China: A History to 1949 – Valjean McLenighan

See Inside an Ancient Chinese Town – Penelope Hughes Stanton

Ancient Chinese Art: Art in History – Jane Shuter

Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children – Arthur Chrisman (Fairy tales and folk tales)

The Ch'itin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories – Linda Fang (10 stoires from 770-221 BC) 

Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng – Xin Xu (gr. 6+ 1100+)

 JAPAN AND SE ASIA 

Gr. 4-6

Illustrated History of Japan – Shigeo Nishmura

Tales from Japan – Helen, William Mc Alpine (16 traditional legends, epics, fairy and folk tales)

Tales of a Korean Grandmother – Frances Carpenter (32 traditional tales from Korea)

Haiku – Patricia Donegan (how to write)

Tea Ceremony – Shozo Sato (Japenese traditoin of sharing tea; how to do it, what it means)

Art of Japan- Shurley Glubok (good intro. To historical periods and types of art) 

Gr. 7-9

A Traveller's History of Japan – Richard Tames

A Traveller's History of SE Asia – J.M. Barwise 

   INDIA 

 Gr. 4-6

Ancient India – Virginia Schomp

Buddha – Demi (bio**caution required)

The Jungle Book – R. Kipling

Just So Stories – R. Kipling

Science of Ancient India – Melissa Stewart

CENTRAL AMERICA

Heritage History: http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=civ&MenuItem=hispanic 

All ages:

Cultural Atlas for Young People: Ancient America – Marion Wood 

Gr. 4-6

Overview:

First Book of Central America and Panama – Patricia Markum

Incans, Aztecs and Mayans – John Holzmann (history of three civilizations from a Biblical perspective)

First Book of the Ancient Maya – Barbera Beck

Latin American Folktales – John Bierhorst

MEXICO 

Overview:

Mexico – R. Conrad Stein

History of Mexico – Amy Hunter 

    Gr. 4-6

You Wouldn't Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice – Fiona Macdonald (pre-columbian Mexico)

The Ancient Aztecs – Liz Sonneborn

Cortes of Mexico – Ronald Syme

By Right of Conquest – G. A. Henty (Aztecs-1519-1521)

Walk the World's Rim – Betty Baker (1528-1537)

Nacar the White Deer – Elizabeth de Trovino (1876)

Horse Hooves and chicken feet: Mexican folktales – Neil Philip(12 traditional tales, Catholic heritage)

Francis Coronado and the Seven cities of Gold – Ronald Syme (gr. 4-12)

Conquista! - Clyde Bulla (time of Coronado)

SOUTH AMERICA 

Gr. 4-6

Enchantment of the World Series has a book on each country.

First Book of the Incas – Barbera Beck

Machu Pichu – Elizabeth Mann (story of the religious city sacred to the Incas)

You Wouldn't Want o be an Inca Mummy – Colin Hynson (lighthearted)

Man Who Discovered the Amazon – Ronald Syme ( 1538-1541)

Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador – Felix Reisenburg

Francisco Pizarro – Sandra Kachurek

Treasure of the Incas – G.A. Henty (1475-1519)

With Cochrane the Dauntless – G.A. Henty (1820)

Out on the Pampas – G.A. Henty ( Argentina 1871 )

Secret of the Andes – Ann Nolan Clark (Inca boy growing up)

Life in Ancient S. America – Hazel Richardson

The Ancient Inca – Patricia Calvert

HTH, Rachel

Bumping...

Rachel, I hope that your hubby is okay and that you can get a chance to "catch up"  (am trying to say that with a straight face) lol   =)

Thank you, Sarah, for the ideas and links.  I am off to explore (and finish laundry)  =)

Sheila

Free ancient China lapbook, booklist at bottom:
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/ancient_china_lapbook.php