Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome history lesson plans

Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome (Charlotte Mason History Curriculum)

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A complete school year of Charlotte Mason history lesson plans covering the accounts of the life of Christ and the early church, woven together with a study of Ancient Rome—the time period in which those events took place. Alongside history lessons, learn about the geography of Europe and enjoy a Bible study of the book of Romans.

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SKU: VAR-matthew Categories: Award Winners, Geography, History, Lesson Plans Tags: Ancient Rome study, History Lesson Plans series, lesson plans Brand: Simply Charlotte Mason

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Study history, geography, and Bible together as a family!

The third in our award-winning Charlotte Mason history curriculum, this year of lesson plans makes the world of Ancient Rome come alive for all your students, grades 1–12. The life of Christ and the events of the early church are studied side-by-side with ancient world history. The study of Rome will take you through many lands as you trace its rise and fall: Italy, Greece, Spain, Macedonia, more of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Older students also complete a study of the book of Romans, which was written to believers in Ancient Rome.

The Charlotte Mason-style lesson plans

Make the ancient world come alive through living books and Bible readings.
Help your students listen attentively and recall what was read by narrating.
Let you teach the whole family together by sharing some books as family read-alouds, then challenging older students with additional reading and writing assignments from other books on the same topic.
Help all your students, grades 1–12, see how Bible events fit into history.
Connect geography to the people who lived there—both past and present.
Keep things simple by providing helpful reminders of upcoming resources, teaching tips, and Book of Centuries entries.

Book List

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High School Credit

For the completion of grades 7–9 or 10–12 assignments in this Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome study, we suggest that students should be awarded 1⁄2 credit for History/Geography and 1⁄2 credit for Bible.

Sample Schedule

The lesson plans in Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome are very doable. Your weekly schedule would look something like this, with older students also spending time on additional assignments:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Bible (20–30 min.)	Bible (20–30 min.)	Geography (10–15 min.) History (15–20 min.)	History (20–30 min.)	History (20–30 min.)

Our History, Geography, and Bible Series

With our six-book series, you will cover the entire Bible, learn history from ancient to modern, and study all the main regions of the world!

Genesis—Deuteronomy & Ancient EgyptCreation—332 B.C.	Joshua—Malachi & Ancient Greece1856 B.C.—146 B.C.	Matthew—Acts & Ancient Rome753 B.C.—A.D. 476
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation & Epistles394—1550	Early Modern & Epistles1550—1850	Modern Times & Epistles, Revelation1850—2012

Keep It Simple

Combine these History Studies with our Individual Studies and family-combined Enrichment Studies for a complete Charlotte Mason curriculum plan!

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 4 and 8, you will want to get the books under Family, Grades 4–6, 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

Family

Bible
LibraryCity by David Macaulay
LibraryThe Roman Colosseum by Elizabeth Mann
Book StorePeril and Peace (History Lives series, Volume 1) by Withrow
Book StoreThe Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber (Nothing New Press, third edition; This edition has 102 chapters and contains some additional helpful material in the Publisher’s Preface. If you have the fourth edition, see these suggestions for adjusting the lesson plans.)
SCMThe Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Rome portfolio
Book StoreThen and Now Bible Maps from Rose Publishing
SCMVisits to Europe notebook (one for each student)
SCMHungry Planet by Peter Menzel (used with Visits to Europe)
SCMMaterial World by Peter Menzel (used with Visits to Europe)

plus . . .
Grades 1–3

Book StoreDetectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld (optional, can listen in with grades 4–6 if desired)
Book StoreMystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld (optional, can listen in with grades 4–6 if desired)
Book StoreChildren of the Northlights by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire (optional, used with Visits to Europe)
Book StoreHanna’s Cold Winter by Trish Marx (optional, used with Visits to Europe)
Book StoreKatje the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle (optional, used with Visits to Europe)
Book StoreMegan’s Year: An Irish Traveler’s Story by Gloria Whelan (optional, used with Visits to Europe)
Book StoreMy Tour of Europe: By Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 edited by Ellen Jackson (optional, used with Visits to Europe)
Book StoreOrani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola OR Book StoreDancing on Grapes by Graziellla Pacini Buonanno (optional, used with Visits to Europe)

Grades 4–6

Book StoreDetectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
Book StoreMystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld
LibraryGalen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick
Public DomainThe British Empire and the Great Divisions of the Globe by Charlotte M. Mason (optional, used with Visits to Europe)

Grades 7–9

SCMAugustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster
OR Public DomainBeric the Briton by G. A. Henty and Public DomainFor the Temple by G. A. Henty
SCMBook of Centuries (one for each student)
LibraryThe Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
SCMDiscovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
SCMFoundations in Romans by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
Public DomainThe British Empire and the Great Divisions of the Globe by Charlotte M. Mason (optional, used with Visits to Europe)

Grades 10–12

Book StoreThe Apostle: A Life of Paul by John Pollock
SCMAugustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster
Public DomainBen Hur by Lew Wallace
SCMBook of Centuries (one for each student)
SCMDiscovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
SCMFoundations in Romans by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
Public DomainPlutarch’s Lives, biographies of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, by Plutarch
Public DomainThe British Empire and the Great Divisions of the Globe by Charlotte M. Mason (optional, used with Visits to Europe)

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.

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Product Baseline

Author	Sonya Shafer
Binding	E-book, Spiral
Charter-Friendly	No
Grade	Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 1, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4

Specification

Pages	119

Dimensions

Weight	.84 lbs
Dimensions	11 × 8.5 × 0.72 in

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4 reviews for Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome (Charlotte Mason History Curriculum)

Rated 5 out of 5
dmcvey – July 8, 2014
I am really enjoying the detail provided in the curriculum while also allowing me to feel in control of teaching.
I purchased the Life in Ancient Rome coloring books. I was wondering if there were any notes on how to correspond the illustrations to the lessons.
Rated 5 out of 5
Lisa Price – July 15, 2015
This was our first year to use this curriculum, my daughter who is 12 loved it, the additional books that went along with it were fun and exciting.
My question for Sonia is since we started in the middle, does it matter which one of these we do next? My idea is to do the one that comes after this one and just continue until we have gone through them all. Thanks for the great website and all that it includes.
- Jordan Smith – July 15, 2015
  Glad you’ve enjoyed using Matthew through Acts & Ancient Rome! You have the progression exactly right: We recommend going on to the next time period, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation & Epistles, to study history in order. Once you finish Modern Times, Epistles & Revelation, you can start from the beginning again with Genesis through Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt.
Gabrielle Cooper – August 23, 2022
I was wondering how in-depth church history is studied in these guides. Would I need to supplement or is there plenty coverage? Thank you!
- Amanda Kunzeman – August 23, 2022
  Hi Gabrielle,
  The first two terms cover the life of Christ. The third term covers the book of Acts and the early church. We use a book during the third term called Peril and Peace to cover the history of the early church through biographies of early Christians.
Kristin De la Cruz – August 9, 2024
We have just started Matthew through Acts and the Roman Empire. I love the books included and can’t wait for my kids to read them.