Summary

In this study your family will begin at the beginning, with Creation, pairing it with learning about the oldest civilizations in the world—Sumer, Indus Valley, Britain, Babylon, China, and the Minoans, Hittites, Nubians, Assyrians, and Persians—and featuring a focus on Ancient Egypt. Geography will be covered through locating the regions read about and a modern-day look at the continent of Africa (since Egypt is there). Older students will also complete a study of the Old Testament Law and work on a six-year project of looking for doctrinal truths as they read through the Bible.

Daily lesson plans scheduling these books are available in Genesis through Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt.

Book List for History, Geography, Bible

Read the books listed under Family to all the students together. Add the grade-level books as individual reads for any children you have in those grades. For example, if you have students in grades 3 and 7, you will want to get the books under Family, Grades 1–3, and Grades 7–9.

[SCM]: Available from SCM
[Book Store]: Purchase from your favorite book store
[Library]: Check your library
[Public Domain]: Available free in the public domain

You can also view all the books below in the CM Bookfinder for easy scheduling in our CM Organizer.

Family

• [SCM]Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors by Lorene Lambert
• Bible
• [Book Store]Exodus: A Commentary for Children (Herein Is Love series) by Nancy E. Ganz
• [Book Store]Numbers: A Commentary for Children (Herein Is Love series) by Nancy E. Ganz
  These two commentaries are appropriate for any age; however, if you are teaching only a first or second grader, you may want to read a sample of one of the chapters to see if your child would enjoy them.
• [Library]The Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann
• [Library]Pharaoh’s Boat by David Weitzman
• [SCM]The Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Egypt portfolio
• [Book Store]Then and Now Bible Maps from Rose Publishing (Spiral-bound edition)
• [SCM]Visits to Africa notebook (one for each student)
• [SCM]Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel (used with Visits to Africa)
• [SCM]Material World by Peter Menzel (used with Visits to Africa)

plus . . .
Grades 1–3

• [SCM]Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick Jones
• [Book Store]The True Story of Noah’s Ark by Tom Dooley
• [Book Store]Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove (optional, used with Visits to Africa)
• [Book Store]Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier (optional, used with Visits to Africa)
• [Book Store]The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou (optional, used with Visits to Africa)
• [Book Store]The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos (optional)
• [Book Store]One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book by Kathryn Cave (optional, used with Visits to Africa)
• [Book Store]We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs (optional, used with Visits to Africa)
• [Book Store]Yatandou by Gloria Whelan (optional, used with Visits to Africa)

Grades 4–6

• [Library]The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• [Book Store]The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
• [Book Store]The True Story of Noah’s Ark by Tom Dooley
• [SCM]Letters from Egypt by Mary Whately, edited by Sonya Shafer (optional, used with Visits to Africa)

Grades 7–9

• [Book Store]Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick
• [SCM]Book of Centuries (one for each student)
• [Public Domain]The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. Henty
• [SCM]Discovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
• [Library]The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• [SCM]Jashub’s Journal by Rebekah Shafer, Ruth Shafer, Sonya Shafer
• [Book Store]Leviticus: A Commentary for Children (Herein Is Love series) by Nancy E. Ganz
• [Library]Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay
• [Book Store]The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
• [SCM]Letters from Egypt by Mary Whately, edited by Sonya Shafer (optional, used with Visits to Africa)

Grades 10–12

• [Book Store]Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick
• [SCM]Book of Centuries (one for each student)
• [SCM]Discovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
• [SCM]Jashub’s Journal by Rebekah Shafer, Ruth Shafer, Sonya Shafer
• [Book Store]Leviticus: A Commentary for Children (Herein Is Love series) by Nancy E. Ganz
• [Library]Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay
• [Public Domain]Uarda by Georg Ebers
• [Book Store]Unwrapping the Pharaohs by John Ashton and David Down
• [SCM]Letters from Egypt by Mary Whately, edited by Sonya Shafer (optional, used with Visits to Africa)

Bonus Titles

Here are more great titles that you can use for substitutions or leisure reading or to create your own heritage history stream as desired. We will add to this list as we discover and review more new-to-us books. Sign up to be notified when we add new bonus titles to our history book lists!

• Pyramid by David Macaulay (Family)
• Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford (Grades 1–3)