Chapter by Chapter
Resources and Links for
Story of the World: Volume 1
Chapters 11-20
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Supplies:
- Story of the World Volume 1 (We do an average of one chapter per week, but if chapters are unusually short we may double up in one week, or if there is a lot of content to cover, we extend into multiple weeks.)
- Story of the World Volume 1 Activity Book
- Story of the World Volume 1 Test and Answer Key Book
- Binder or notebook for notes, maps, lapbook pieces, timeline, tests, etc. (It’s helpful to keep everything together in one place.)
Activities are aimed at elementary age
Activities for middle school age
Activities for high school age
Activities for all age ranges
For each chapter:
- Read chapter
- Answer review questions from activity book either written or orally (I usually write the questions in the notebook, leaving space between each for them to write the answers. It takes a little extra time to write the questions myself, but it helps me keep up to date with what they are learning and to know what to ask about.)
- Map work from activity book
- Coloring page
- Pick a craft project from activity book
- Timeline Entry or Timeline Cards (We stapled the printable timeline inside the back cover of the notebook and add pages as we need them by taping them to the last one. It will end up accordion-like.)
- Chapter Test
Chapter 11: Ancient Africa
- Read about African Civilizations
- Listen/watch Anansi and the Pot of Beans and Anansi and the Turtle** What were the morals/lessons in these stories?
- Ancient Africa lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 12: The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
- Optional: Ancient Egypt Lapbook [for covering more details; can use with chapters 2, 4, 12, 13, & 14]
- Read about Nubia
- Read from Egyptian Pyramids to Middle Kingdom
- Learn more about hieroglyphs, pyramids, pharaohs, Egyptian gods, and more
- Play Egyptian Tomb Adventure [Fun interactive game where you solve simple but entertaining puzzles involving maps and hieroglyphs. This leads you inside the tomb of a pyramid, where you learn about the Egyptian gods, tomb artifacts, and a mummy. At the end, you’ll receive a printable certificate of completion.]
- Another site to learn more about Ancient Egypt
- Read more about Ancient Egypt
- Watch Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians**
- Middle Kingdom of Egypt lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
- DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient Egypt
- Magic Tree House: Mummies in the Morning [If you haven’t already read it and done the activities with an earlier chapter.]
- Ancient Egypt (Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures)
- The Golden Goblet
- Usborne Book of World History
- Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook
Chapter 13: The New Kingdom of Egypt
- Optional: Ancient Egypt Lapbook [for covering more details; can use with chapters 2, 4, 12, 13, & 14]
- Read The New Kingdom and Egypt Declines
- Read more about King Tut, Howard Carter, and Grave Robbers
- Watch King Tut and His Treasures for Kids**
- Watch Time Warp Trio: Tut Tut**
- Build a Pharaoh’s Tomb
- Try playing Senet, an ancient board game from Egypt
- Watch Overview of Ancient Egypt, read Egypt, and answer questions (If you create a Khan Academy account, it will keep track of what you’ve completed when you are signed in)
- New Kingdom of Egypt Lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 14: The Israelites Leave Egypt
- Optional:Ancient Egypt Lapbook [for covering more details; can use with chapters 2, 4, 12, 13, & 14]
- Read The Exodus
- Watch Prince Stories: Moses- Prince of Egypt** [This is about 52 minutes long]
- Make a Red Sea diorama craft project, out of legos, or if you prefer, here’s a coloring page
- Israelites Leave Egypt Lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 15: The Phoenicians
- Read The Phoenicians
- Watch History of the Phoenicians**
- Phoenicians Lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 16: The Return of Assyria
- Build your own Assyrian Siege Tower from Legos
- Watch The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire**
- Assyria Lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 17: Babylon Takes Over Again
- Read about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Watch Gift for a Queen-Hanging Gardens of Babylon**
- Babylon Lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 18: Life in Early Crete
- Read Before the Greeks and Read Before the Greeks
- Watch Who Were the Ancient Minoans?**
- Watch/Listen to Ancient Minoan Civilization**
- The Minotaur’s Maze (Activity book Student page 53)
- Build your own labyrinth with Legos
- Watch Mythic Warriors Guardians of the Legend: Theseus and the Minotaur** [About 23 minutes]
- Watch What is a Myth?- Crash Course Mythology #1**
- Life in Early Crete Lapbook piece
- Greek Mythology Coloring Pages
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 19: The Early Greeks
- Optional: Ancient Greece Lapbook [for covering more detail; can use with Ch.19, 20, 22, 23, & 24]
- Watch Ancient Greece for Kids**
- Watch Geography and Early Greece**
- Read about The Mycenaeans through Part 2
- Watch Overview of Ancient Greece (Don’t forget to sign in)
- Early Greeks Lapbook piece
- Greek Mythology Coloring Pages
- Watch The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2**
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 20: Greece Gets Civilized Again
- Optional: Complete Ancient Greece Lapbook
- Read about The Greek World; Read each tab, look at the photos, and take the quiz in activities box
- Read about Growing Up in Greece; Read each tab, look at the photos, and take quiz in activities box
- Read about Ancient Greek Home Life; Read each tab, look at the photos, and take the quiz in the activities box
- Watch Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks**
- Watch Crash Course World History #5: The Persians and the Greeks**
- Read from The Trojan Horse to The Olympics
- Read about The Trojan Horse
- Read about Homer’s Odyssey for Kids
- Greek Mythology Coloring Pages
- Watch Time Warp Trio- My Big Fat Greek Olympics**
- Greece Gets Civilized Lapbook piece
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
- Usborne Book of Greek Myths
- Eyewitness: Ancient Greece
- History Pockets: Ancient Greece
- You are There! Ancient Greece 432BC
- Usborne Book of World History
- Magic Tree House-Hour of the Olympics
- Magic Tree House Research Guide- Ancient Greece and the Olympics
- Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook
(Last updated: 09/29/2020)
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