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Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ Schedule for Topics and Skills

Introduction to World History, Part 1—Schedule for Topics and Skills1

Week History/Social Studies Geography1 People; Countries; Cultures Greece, Africa, India, South America, Middle East, China,

Europe, Asia, United States

2 Cultures Southeast Asia, Middle East, South America, Africa, Australia, China, Congo, Togo

3 Cultures; People India, Japan, Europe, Middle East, Russia, Indonesia, South Africa, New Zealand, Egypt, Bhutan

4 Houses and Homes Egypt, Europe, Africa, South America, Middle East, China, Vietnam

5 Houses and Homes India, Middle East, Asia, South America, Europe, Antarctica, Africa, China

6 Houses and Homes Africa, Australia, India, China, Europe, Belize

7 Archaeology; Early People and Cities Middle East, New Hebrides (Pacific Ocean), Papua New Guinea

8 Earliest Civilizations Mesopotamia, Middle East, Iraq, Ethiopia, Chad

9 Ancient Egypt Egypt, China, Senegal

10 Ancient Egypt Egypt, Mexico, India

11 Ancient Civilizations Egypt, Crete, India, Ecuador, Colombia

12 Babylon; Old Testament Turkey, Middle East, Romania

13 Ancient Egypt; Pharaohs & Pyramids Egypt, India, Peru, Sudan

14 Pharaohs & Pyramids Egypt, India, Mexico, Ivory Coast

15 Ancient Egypt; Pharaohs & Pyramids Egypt, Guatemala, Ethiopia

16 Ancient Egypt; Pharaohs & Pyramids Egypt, Korea, Malaysia

17 Greek Mythology; Trojan War; Hittites; Mycenaeans

Greece, Turkey, Middle East, Armenia, Nigeria

18 Old Testament Peoples & Lands; Phoenicians; Spartans

Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Africa, India

1. This Schedule for Topics and Skills does not include Memory Work, Bible, or Biography.

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Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ Schedule for Topics and Skills

Introduction to World History, Part 1—Schedule for Topics and Skills1

Week History/Social Studies Geography19 Ancient Greece Greece, Poland, Alaska, Indonesia

20 Ancient Greece Greece, India, Thailand

21 Old Testament Peoples & Lands; Phoenicians; Spartans

Middle East, South Africa, Peru

22 Spartans; Olympics United States, Nepal

23 Rome Founded; the Assyrians Rome, Assyria, El Salvador, Tanzania

24 Babylon; Medes; Persians Middle East, Belize

25 Great Civilizations in Asia China, India, Canada, Algeria

26 Writing & Inventions; Great Wall of China Prussia, England, Papua New Guinea

27 Greeks; Persians; The Dark Ages Greece, Rome, Persia, India

28 Greece; Persia, Persian Wars Greece, Persia, Micronesia

29 Greece; Alexander the Great Greece, Egypt, China

30 Punic Wars; Scythians; Mongols; Early American Indians, Ancient Africa; Celts

Asia, the Americas, Africa, Northern Europe

31 Punic Wars; Roman Empire Rome, Myanmar

32 Rome & the Romans Rome, Mexico

33 Rome & the Romans Rome

34 Roman Empire Rome

35 Roman Empire; Romans & Barbarians Rome, Israel

36 Byzantine Empire; Fall of Rome Asia, France, Rome

1. This Schedule for Topics and Skills does not include Memory Work, Bible, or Biography.

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Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ Section Two ♦ Week 1 ♦ Schedule

Key: o Check off when complete N See Notes following Schedule Map Assignment dTimeline Figure in packet d Timeline Suggestion

Core 1 Week 1 Five-Day

Bible N1

Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 1 pp. 1–4

Lesson 2 pp. 4–6

Lesson 2 Suggested

Reading p. 5

Lesson 3 pp. 6–7

Reading N Mark 1:1–13d o

Mark 1:14–34 Mark 1:35–45 Mark 2 Mark 3:1–19

Memorization & N

Sing the Word: A New Commandment

Your memorization of Psalm 1 will be due on Week 6. Read Psalm 1:1 ten times this week—twice each day. Think about the meanings of the words and the passage as a whole. —Track 1

History/Geography: See Study Guide N1

Usborne Book of Peoples of the World

pp. 2–3 p. 5 pp. 6–7 pp. 8–9 pp. 10–11

Missionary Stories with the Millers

Introduction

From Akebu to Zapotec Introduction p. 5

Read-Alouds N1

Charlotte’s Web chaps. 1–2 o

chap. 3 chap. 4 chap. 5 chap. 6

Favorite Poems of N

Childhood"The Land of Nod"

p. 1"Hurt No" & "Cat"

p. 2

Mother Goose Rhymes N2 Please see footnote3

"The Man in the Wilderness"

#17

Other Notes

1. Study Guide: Additional instructional information for each book is located in the corresponding subject’s Study Guide: History, Reader, and Read-Aloud Study Guide sections are ordered alphabetically by book title.

2. We include the “Mother Goose Rhymes” as a compilation in the Read-Aloud Study Guide. They are not sold as a separate book.

3. We abbreviate the titles so you can find them easily within the Study Guide and have extra room for notes.

Date:� Day 1� 1 Day 2� 2 Day 3� 3 Day 4� 4 Day 5� 5

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Core 1 Week 1 Four-Day

Bible N1

Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 1 pp. 1–4

Lesson 2 pp. 4–6

Lesson 2 Suggested

Reading p. 5

Lesson 3 pp. 6–7

Reading N Mark 1:1–13d o

Mark 1:14–34 Mark 1:35–45 Mark 2

Memorization & N

Sing the Word: A New Commandment

Your memorization of Psalm 1 will be due on Week 6. Read Psalm 1:1 ten times this week—twice each day. Think about the meanings of the words and the passage as a whole.—Track 1

History/Geography: See Study Guide N1

Usborne Book of Peoples of the World

pp. 2–3 p. 5 pp. 6–7 pp. 8–9


Introduction

From Akebu to Zapotec Introduction p. 5

Read-Alouds N1

Charlotte’s Web chaps. 1–2 o

chap. 3 chap. 4 chap. 5

Favorite Poems of N

Childhood"The Land of Nod"

p. 1"Hurt No" &

"Cat" p. 2

Mother Goose Rhymes N2 Please see footnote3

"The Man in the Wilderness"

#17

Other Notes


2. We include the “Mother Goose Rhymes” as a compilation in the Read-Aloud Study Guide. They are not sold as a separate book.

3. We abbreviate the titles so you can find them easily within the Study Guide and have extra room for notes.


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Week 1—Notes

Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ Section Two ♦ Week 1 ♦ 1

Schedule Pages4-Day or 5-Day

Please select the plan that would work better for your family. The guide is currently set up for 5-Day users. If your schedule works better with a 4-Day plan, please flip the schedule pages over. If you find you’d like to switch mid-year, just reverse the pages.

BibleReading

Please read the Bible selections aloud.

MemorizationYour children’s appreciation of Scripture and poetry will

grow not only as you read Scriptures and poems together, but also as you encourage your children to memorize pas-sages and poems they especially likes, to repeat them in an appropriately expressive fashion and, ultimately, to add body movements that go along with the meaning and movement of the words.

We have found many ways to help our children memo-rize. The primary method, however, is to repeat, repeat, repeat!

I remember when I was five, my mom and older brother and I would wash and dry dishes together. There was a period of about two weeks in which my mom and brother sang a song that included all the books of the Old Testa-ment. About two weeks after they had begun singing this song, I remember shocking them when I joined in singing. They were amazed that I knew all the books of the Bible—yet it had been so easy! To this day, I remember the books of the Bible because of that song.

Perhaps the hardest aspect of memorization is main-taining children’s motivation to keep repeating a passage. We have found the following methods helpful:

1) Put the Scripture passage to music and/or create a rhythm by which it can be repeated—tap out the beat while saying the words.

2) Act out certain key words with exaggerated and/or ridiculous motions: “Thou (point with emphasis at your child) shalt not (shake your head violently) kill (run your hand across your neck in the motion of a knife slitting your throat)!”

3) Engage in a game of “hot potato” while reciting the verse: every time someone receives the “potato,” he must say the next word or phrase in the passage; he may not pass it on until he has said that word or phrase.

Whatever means you find that work, use them!

Use the same procedure with longer poems for “pain-less” memorization. Lots of practice, very little “testing”, and “performing” will help your children experience poetry as enjoyable word imagery rather than a scary “school” subject. We want children to practice the skills of memorization. As the Psalmist says, it is as we hide God’s word in our hearts (memorize it) that we are equipped to overcome sin (see Psalm 119:11). The more your children practices memorizing, the better they should be able to memorize. Then, we want children to develop self-confi-dence in presenting themselves before an audience.

Always make sure your children understand the mean-ing of their passage. Read it through ten times out loud. Practice saying the words correctly.

Sing the Word: A New CommandmentThis CD includes all the Sonlight verses set to music. We

list the track with the same Bible passage as the one your child is learning.

History/GeographyWe provide suggested learning objectives from your

history books listed in your History Study Guide packet. The packet follows Section Three. Please see the sugges-tions at the beginning of your History Study Guide packet for how to use the History Study Guide.

Study GuidesAdditional instructional information for each book

is located in the corresponding subject’s Study Guide: History, Reader, and Read-Aloud Study sections ordered alphabetically by book title.

TimelinesThroughout the year, we provide timeline suggestions

from your assigned reading in your History books, Read-ers, and Read-Alouds. These suggestions are provided weekly in your Study Guide or on the Timeline Figures Schedule.

Note to Mom or Dad: Timeline suggestions are marked with a d symbol and can be found on the Timeline Figure Schedule or in the Study Guides. Those timeline sugges-tions preceded by a d symbol have an accompanying figure in the Sonlight Timeline Figure packet.

You should either use the timeline sold by Sonlight Cur-riculum, or make a timeline for the wall of your room using 8½" x 11" paper (taped sideways, end to end), one inch for every 100 years or so.

100 years Tape

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BibleLeading Little Ones to God Lesson 41

pp. 83–84Lesson 42 pp. 84–85

Lesson 42 Suggested

Reading p. 85

Lesson 43 pp. 86–87

Reading Genesis 38:1–19 Genesis 38:20–30 Genesis 39 Genesis 40 Genesis 41:1–24

Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment

Psalm 23:1–3 —Track 9

History/Geography: See Study GuideThe Greek News pp. 1–3

opp. 4–5

do opp. 6–7 o

pp. 8–9 pp. 10–11


chap. 20 o

Read-AloudsGreek Myths pp. 73–84 pp. 85–87,

117–127pp. 88–97 pp. 98–105 pp. 106–116

Favorite Poems of Childhood

"The Walrus" pp. 40–43

Mother Goose Rhymes "Thirty Days Hath September"

#27

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pp. 83–84Lesson 42 pp. 84–85

Lesson 42 Suggested

Reading p. 85

Lesson 43 pp. 86–87

Reading Genesis 28:20–29:8 Genesis 29:9–20 Genesis 29:21–35 Genesis 30:1–24

Memorization & Sing the Word: A New Commandment

Psalm 23:1–3—Track 9

History/Geography: See Study GuideA Child’s History of the World

chap. 12do o

chap. 13d o o

chap. 14Athens/Sparta1

do o

Usborne Book of World History

pp. 50–51


chap. 20 o

Read-AloudsGreek Myths pp. 106–116 pp. 117–127 pp. 59–72 pp. 73–76, 85–87

Favorite Poems ofChildhood

"The Walrus" pp. 40–43

Mother Goose Rhymes "Thirty Days Hath September"

#27

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1. Optional assignment. See Week 22—Notes.


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pp. 168–169Lesson 85


pp. 171–172Lesson 86 Suggested

Reading p. 173

Reading Proverbs 1:1–7 Proverbs 1:8–19 Proverbs 1:20–33 Proverbs 2:1–8 Proverbs 2:9–15

Memorization &Sing the Word: A New Commandment

Proverbs 1:7—Track 4

History/Geography: See Study Guide1

A Child’s History of the World

chap. 40d o o

chap. 41do o

chap. 42do o


p. 91(middle & bottom)

p. 91(Attila–middle)

pp. 92–93 pp. 94–96

George Müller pp. 190–197 pp. 198–203

Read-AloudsDetectives in Togas chap. 18 chap. 19

ochap. 20 o

chap. 21 chap. 22 o


"Eldorado"p. 84

Mother Goose Rhymes "Little Tom Tucker"#16

Other Notes

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pp. 171–172Lesson 86 Suggested

Reading p. 173

Reading Psalm 1 Psalm 2 Psalm 8 Psalm 100

Memorization &Sing the Word: A New Commandment

Proverbs 1:7—Track 4

History/Geography: See Study Guide1

A Child’s History of the World

chap. 42do


pp. 92–93 pp. 94–95 p. 96

George Müller pp. 190–197 pp. 198–203

Read-AloudsDetectives in Togas chap. 19

ochap. 20 o

chap. 21 chap. 22 o


"Eldorado"p. 84

Mother Goose Rhymes "Little Tom Tucker"#16

Other Notes

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Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ History Study Guide ♦ The Greek News ♦ 31

The Greek News

pp. 1–2There are no notes for these pages.

p. 3The Greek language was brought by colonists to Spain, southern France, Italy, North Africa, and many other countries.

Many city-states were too big to provide food for all the people that lived there, so Greeks had to leave their cities and look for new places to live.

Many of the new colonies became important cities.

Timeline and Map Activities Spain Q; France W; Italy E (map 1)

North Africa Q (map 3)

p. 4In 514 BC, the people of Athens threw out their ruler, a tyrant.

The people of Athens formed an Assembly, which gave power to the people. The Athenian government was a democracy (ca. 500–400 BC).

In a democracy, each man had a say and could vote on any decision that needed to be made.

Timeline and Map Activitiesd Athens becomes a democracy (ca. 514 BC)

Athens W (map 3)

p. 5Darius I was the king of Persia (490’s BC). At that time, the Greeks living under Persian rule rebelled. Xerxes, Darius I’s son, took revenge by invading Greece in 480 BC.

The Greek soldiers fought valiantly, but were unable to stop the Persian army from reaching Athens.

The Persian army defeated the men of Athens, all of whom died defending the city.

Athens was burned to the ground.

The Persian army was defeated a year later at the Battle of Plataea.

Timeline and Map ActivitiesdDarius I (ca. 522–485 BC)

d Xerxes, Darius I’s son, invades Greece (480’s BC)

Persia E; Greece R (map 3)

p. 6Sparta believed Athens had become too rich and power-ful, so the Spartan army attacked Athens in 431 BC.

Pericles, the Athenian leader, directed a naval raid against Sparta, bringing a reprieve to Athens.

In 415 BC, Athens made a big mistake when it tried to take the island of Sicily.

Persia helped Sparta build a big navy fleet, which was later used to attack and destroy the Athenian fleet.

Athens was forced to surrender in 404 BC, when the sur-rounding Spartan army cut off its food supplies.

Timeline and Map Activities Sicily R (map 1)

Sparta T; Athens W; Persia E (map 3)

p. 7Alexander the Great was only 20 years old when he became king.

Alexander and the Greek army freed Egypt from Persian rule.

By 326 BC, Alexander and his army fought and conquered their way across Asia, all the way to India.

Alexander died of a fever in June 323 BC, at the age of 32.

After his death, Alexander’s empire was split into different kingdoms.

Timeline and Map Activities India Q; Asia (map 2)

Egypt O (map 3)

pp. 8–9Many Greek cities had different forms of government. The different types of governments are monarchy (ruled by a king), aristocracy (ruled by a noble family), and democracy (ruled by the people).

p. 10Greek soldiers trained for many years.

Battles were very intense and extremely dangerous. Many people died.

p. 11A trireme, a type of Greek navy vessel, was fitted with an underwater bronze spike. This spike was used to ram other vessels.

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Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ Read-Aloud Study Guide ♦ Greek Myths ♦ 27

Greek Myths

Note: Please refer to the pronunciation guide for Greek names on p. 128 of the book.

About the Greek Myths

Vocabulary to LearnIn the magical world of Greek myths … (stories that were made up to explain things in the world)

… ordinary mortals are caught up in extraordinary events … (human beings)

Timeline and Map ActivitiesGreece Q (map 1)

The Gift of Fire

To Discuss After You ReadQ: Who was the ruler of the Greek gods? A: Zeus

Q: What one thing did Zeus not want the people on Earth to have?

A: fire

Q: Why not, do you think? A: he was selfish, spiteful, and foolish

Q: Why were people grateful to Prometheus? A: he gave them fire

Pandora’s Box

To Discuss After You ReadQ: Why did Zeus give Pandora and Epimetheus a locked

box? A: to punish the people for receiving fire

Q: What was in Pandora’s box? A: horrible things—hate, jealousy, cruelty, anger, hunger,

poverty, pain, sickness, old age, death—but also hope

Q: According to the myth, how did evil come into the world?

A: through Pandora’s curiosity

Persephone and the Seasons

Vocabulary to LearnShe saw a chariot pulled by four black horses … (a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle)

To Discuss After You ReadQ: Who was Demeter? A: the goddess of all the plants, Persephone’s mother

Q: Who was Hades? A: the god of the Underworld, he kidnapped Persephone

Q: According to this myth, why do we have seasons? A: Demeter grieves while her daughter is in the Underworld

and does not allow plants to grow

Q: Why did Persephone need to stay underground? A: because she ate while in captivity

Q: Who was Hermes? A: the messenger of the gods

The Story of Arachne

Unfamiliar Wordsarachnid: a spider or other animal belonging to the same family.

To Discuss After You ReadQ: Who was Athene? A: the goddess of weaving

Q: Why did Athene not like Arachne? A: Arachne was haughty and did not give credit for her

weaving ability to the goddess

The Many Tasks of Heracles

To Discuss After You ReadQ: Who was Heracles and why was he special? A: a son of Zeus and he was very strong

Q: What were some of the tasks Heracles had to do as slave of King Eurystheus?

A: kill a man-eating lion, kill the nine-headed Hydra, catch the stag with golden antlers, capture a savage wild boar, clean the Augean stables, get rid of the Stymphalian birds, capture the great bull of Crete, capture King Diomedes’ four wild horses, get the Amazon queen’s belt, bring back the cattle of Geryon, get three golden apples from the Tree of Hesperides, bring back the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld

Q: What was the Hydra? A: a monster with a body like a dog and nine heads like

snakes

Q: What does a centaur look like? A: it has the body of a horse and the head of a man

Q: Who were the Amazons? A: a race of fierce women warriors who lived on the Black Sea

Timeline and Map ActivitiesCrete W; Black Sea E (map 1)

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Introduction to World History, Part 1 ♦ Read-Aloud Study Guide ♦ The Wheel on the School ♦ 71

The Wheel on the School

Introductory CommentsA few people have written that they have not enjoyed

The Wheel on the School. To be honest, these comments surprise us. But when the discussion came up on our website, we thought we would ensure that you “heard the discussion.”

Kendall wrote: “My husband read The Wheel on the School to our then 7- and 4.5-year-olds. The 7-year-old will listen to anything but the 4.5-year-old struggles with listening. They both loved The Wheel on the School and I often heard laughter from their room as he was reading. It could be that you have to get into it a little ways.”

Jill B. commented: “When we started to read TWOTS last year, I thought Sonlight had made a huge mistake. What was it that they saw in this book? But wait! As we got deeper into the book, my hyperactive 7-year-old really started to get wrapped up in it and so did I! By the time we got to the end, we both agreed that it had been well worth our time. If I remember right, this may take till chapter 5 or 7. It actually becomes quite exciting. Try to stick with it, or maybe use it as pleasure reading outside of the school day. In case you are wondering, the story is all about how an entire town of people who don’t really know each other pull together and really become a com-munity in order to bring the storks back to their town. Wait till you meet one-legged Janus—he’s a hoot!”

And PJ replied: “I wasn’t sure I was going to care for it either at first, but as we’ve gotten into it (we’re at chapter 7 now), it’s really gotten good. My son is enjoying the adventures of the children as they try to obtain a wheel, and he loves the adorable little pictures of the characters.”

I hope these comments encourage you. Jill’s comments about the real significance of the story are “right on.”

Chapter 1

Unfamiliar Wordsfraternal twins: may be of the same sex or consist of a brother and a sister, with each individual having a differ-ent genetic makeup.

identical twins: are always of the same sex and have an identical genetic makeup. They generally are more difficult to tell apart physically than are fraternal twins.

story: tells about something that happened, or could have happened.

essay: tells the writer’s thoughts about a particular subject.

storks: are big and white and have long yellow bills and tall yellow legs. They build great big messy nests. They make a clapping sound with their beaks.

Vocabulary to LearnHe looked surly and stubborn, because he felt stupid. (ill-natured, abrupt, and rude)

To Discuss After You ReadQ: How many students were in the school in Shora? A: six

Q: Why does the teacher ask the students to wonder? A: if we do wonder about the world around us, we can

sometimes make things happen

Timeline and Map ActivitiesHolland Q; the North Sea W; Friesland E (map 1)

Color in the country of Holland and draw arrows that show where the storks migrated from and to

Chapter 2 (pp. 7–14)

To Discuss After You ReadQ: How did the canal boat move? A: by sail and then by pole to push the boat under a

low bridge

Q: What did Lina decide was the reason storks didn’t come to Shora?

A: the roofs were too sharp to build nests in

Q: What was the cure? A: to put a wagon wheel on the roof

Chapter 2 (pp. 15–25)

Unfamiliar Wordsditch jumping: jumping over ditches.

clothes pole: propping up a clothesline.

Vocabulary to LearnLina did not deign to turn around to answer. (condescend)

The wooden shoes had to be left out in the portal. (a roofed entrance, porch)

Once more Lina dawdled down the street, once more she stood a dreamy while before each house. (wasted time in idle lingering)

On the lid was a village, and on every house there was a huge, ramshackle stork nest. (appearing as if ready to collapse)

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