The Ancients 1st Grade

Preparing for the fall...

Books to cover from the Ancients: 4000 B.C. - A.D. 400 

• The Bible
• Homer
• Clement-Davies, David, Trajan Horse
•  McCaughrean, Geraldine, The Odyssey
•  Sutcliffe, Rosemary, Black Ships Before Troy
• Greek and Roman Myths
• Aliki, The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
•  Burleigh, Pandora 
• Cerasini, Marc. A, Twelve Labors of Hercules
•  Demi, King Midas
•  Osborne, Mary Pope, Favorite Greek Myths
• Aesop's Fables
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Egyptian myths
• Fisher, Leonard, The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
• Indian folktales
• Ghose, Sudhin, Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India
• African folktales
• Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper The Adventures of Spider
• Confucius
• Chinese and Japanese folktales
• Bishop, Claire, The Five Chinese Brothers
• Ancient Chinese and Japanese poetry
• Cicero
• Virgil
• English, Irish, and Welsh fairy tales
•  Stephens, James, Traditional Irish Fairy Tales 
• Verniero, Joan C., One-hundred and One Celtic Read-Aloud Myths & Legends

Topics in Science:

• Classification - Summer 2010
• The Human Body - Fall 2010
• Biology - Spring 2011