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October 15, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Dawn
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Thank you. I too have had trouble finding this. I tried to order the on the threshold one from the uk amazon, but it won’t ship it to me because I live in the states. The veritas press reccommendations are good as well and I am going to look at those.
October 15, 2010 at 11:40 pm
missingtheshire
Member
Queenybell – I buy regularly from Amazon in the UK, being English there are things I like to have from time to time – was the book from a third party seller – that may be the problem, but I had a delivery from Amazon UK today in fact, it was shipped direct from the UK site – I have not tried to buy 3rd party from there. Linda
April 24, 2011 at 4:20 am
PioneerHomeschoolGrandma
Participant
I use to have the Hillyer’s History book but it mentions evolution in it. I sold it since I didnt want to discuss this during history. We go discuss that in another subject. I heard that the Oxford history book also discusses these things which might not bother some.
June 14, 2011 at 8:14 pm
sheraz
Participant
I have copied Linda’s list and correlated exactly what lessons were used for each subject. I really recommend getting the Oxford when you can, but maybe this will help in the meantime! The lessons are listed by the chapters so that you can know exactly what topics are covered in each of the three modules and you won’t “miss” anything. Sheila

MODULE 1 – Genesis thru Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt
PART 1: On the threshold of history
Introduction – The Stone Age
Chapter 1 – First Civilizations
The climate changes
From food gathering to farming
From hunting to stock farming
Attraction of river valleys
Irrigation and flood
The rise of the leaders
Chapter 2: Sumer
The first settlers                    Lesson 9
The useful date palm
Nam-sha learns to read and write
Clay Bricks and Buildings
Gods and Heroes
Houses and everyday life              Lesson 14/15
Conquerors and kings
Law Givers
The royal tombs at Ur
Babylon
Science in Babylon
Reading the wedge-shaped writing
Chapter 3: Egypt
Before the pyramids                                Lesson 20
The Discovery of metal
Building temples and pyramids                  Lesson 25
The oldest ship in the world                     Lesson 45
Cleopatra’s needle                                  Lesson 50
Mummies and tombs                               Lesson 55
Akhenaten and religion                            Lesson 107
Tutankhamen’s tomb                               Lesson 124
The lost toy cupboard                              Lesson 129
Everyday life
The disappearing queen                           Lesson 134
Paper, ink, hieroglyphics                          Lesson 139
Chapter 4: Other early civilizations
The Indus valley
China
The Hittites
The Hebrews
The Assyrians
The Persians
The Phoenicians
Chapter 5: Pre iron age Britain
The first farmers
Skara Brae
Silbury, Avebury and Stonehenge
Bronze age barrows
The coming of the iron age
MODULE 2 – Joshua thru Malachi & Ancient Greece
PART 2: The Greeks
Note that if the lesson is listed by the actual chapter heading, the whole chapter is assigned as independent reading (with narrations) by 7-9 grade students
Chapter 6: The Minoans                           Lesson 5
The legend of the Minotaur
Sir Arthur Evans
The palace at Knossos
Daily Life
Religion
Bull Leaping
Michael Ventris and Linear ‘B’
Atlantis
Chapter 7: The Mycenaeans                      Lesson 10
Homer
The Trojan War
Heinrich Schliemann
Schliemann at Mycenae
Chapter 8: Early Greeks                           Lesson 105,110
Achaeans and Dorians
The emergence of cities
The early days of Athens
Chapter 9: Greek civilization                   Lesson 115, 120
How the cities were ruled
Solon, Cleisthenes and Pericles
Everyday Life
Other members of the family
Art and Pottery
Ships and trade
The Gods
Chapter 10: The Persian Wars                  Lesson 125
The Persian Empire
Persian rulers
The Battle of Marathon
Thermophylae
Salamis
Chapter 11: Pericles and the Golden Age              Lesson 130, 135
The wise men of Greece
Slavery
Clothes
The Acropolis and its buildings
Greek legends
Music
A day at the theatre
The Oracles
Chapter 12: Athletics and games                          Lesson 140
Legend of Pelops
Olympia
The Olympic Games
Other games and pastimes
Chapter 13: The Peloponnesian wars                     Lesson 145
Sparta
Why the war started
Soldiers and battles
Athens is conquered
Chapter 14: Alexander the Great                          Lesson 150, 155
Early days
The army
Battles and sieges
Persepolis
Alexander’s last battle
Death of a conqueror
The empire is divided up
Chapter 15: Greece conquered                             Lesson 160
The Romans come to Greece
Greece becomes a Roman province
The Greek legacy
MODULE 3 – Matthew thru Acts & Ancient Rome
PART 3: The Romans
These are not in order of the chapters.
Chapter 16: Origins
The legend of Aeneas
The legend of Romulus and Remus
The truth behind the legends
The early kings
Sabines and Romans
The Etruscans
Horatius and the bridge
The Celts
Chapter 17: Rome and her neighbours
The Greeks
Carthage
A sea fight
Hannibal and the Punic Wars
Chapter 18: The City of Rome
What Rome may have looked like
Aqueducts                                              Lesson 69
The baths                                               Lesson 149
Temples
Private houses and flats
Shops
Nero’s Golden House                               Lesson 144
Chapter 19: Republic and empire
Why the kingdom ended
The republic and its end
The early emperors
The empire expands
The decline of the glory
Chapter 20: Daily Life
Pompeii
Food and Drink                                       Lesson 135
Clothes                                                  Lesson 70
Education
Time and the Calendar
Painting, sculpture, drama and literature
Earning a living
Games and pastimes
Chapter 21: The state and religion
Government and the law
Religion and legends
Christianity
Slavery
Chapter 22: The arena
The amphitheatre
The Colosseum                                       Lesson 149
Gladiators                                               Lesson 109
The Circus Maximus                                 Lesson 19
Chapter 23: The army                                          Lesson 110
The citizen soldier and the legion
Uniform, weapons and tactics
Siege engines                                         Lesson 14
Marching camps                                      Lesson 115
The officers        `                                   Lesson 115
Roman roads                                          Lesson 70
Chapter 24: Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians settle inside the frontiers
Some provinces are abandoned
Constantine, his town and the division of the empire
Alaric and the sack of Rome
More Barbarian attacks
The Byzantine Empire lasts another thousand years
POSTCRIPT: The legacy of Rome
June 15, 2011 at 12:47 am
missingtheshire
Member
I am impressed Sheraz, great job with that. I love the book and though I know longer use it, I am keeping it in case either of my daughters need it in the future. This list you made using my list is going to be a great help to many I am sure. Blessings – Linda
October 4, 2011 at 9:06 pm
suzukimom
Participant
Bumping this up for people that need the information….
October 4, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Sharon
Participant
Thank you so much suzukimom…the list from sheraz is exactly what I needed!!
October 19, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Hispeace
Member
Thanks Sheraz, so much for the list. So is the information basically the same in the 3 books instead of the one big Oxford book? I know the chapters are broken up differently, but is all the info from Oxford in there? Thanks!