Since much of my reading last year pertained to the Victorians, this year I've decided to dive into the 20th century. My focus will be on [mostly British] women's writing from the period prior to the Great War through the 1950s.

With that in mind, I've compiled the following reading list for myself, picking and choosing whatever looked interesting, and likely missing some gems along the way. I don't expect to read every book here, because I'm sure I won't manage, and there will undoubtedly be numerous rabbit-trails to lead me astray. Nevertheless, it should be an enjoyable reading year!

World War I

• [Pre-WWI] The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West.
• The Virago Book of Women and the Great War edited by Joyce Marlow
• High Wages by Dorothy Whipple: Another novel by Persephone's bestselling writer about a girl setting up a dress shop just before the First World War.
• Round About a Pound a Week by Maud Pember Reeves: A study of working-class life in Lambeth before WWI that is witty, readable, poignant and fascinating - and relevant nowadays. (Public Domain)
• Home Fires in France by Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A collection of 11 short stories based on the author's war work in France. (Public Domain)
• Christine (1917) by Elizabeth von Arnim (published under the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley). Info. (Public Domain)
• This is the End (1917) by Stella Benson: A novel set in London during the First World War, written while the war was still going on. It features a lady novelist, a woman bus conductor and a variety of indecisive men. (Public Domain)
• A Diary Without Dates (1918) by Enid Bagnold: An intimate, informal diary of the writer's personal experiences in a hospital for the war victims, vividly done and extremely good reading. (Public Domain).
• The War Workers by EM Delafield - Published in 1918, the story centers around the characters that live and work at an army support institution during WWI. (Public Domain)
• Missing (1917) by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. (Public Domain)
• The War and Elizabeth (1918) by Mrs. Humphrey Ward (Public Domain)
• Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain: One of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War, is Brittain's account of how she survived the period; how she lost the man she loved; how she nursed the wounded and how she emerged into an altered world.
• William - an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton: Prize-winning 1919 novel about the effect of WWI on a socialist clerk and a suffragette. (Public Domain)

A list of outstanding work by WWI Women Writers on WWI can be found at FirstWorldWar.com.

Between the Wars

• Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh: Satiric novel published in 1930 examining the frenetic but empty lives of the 'Bright Young Things.'
• Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930) by EM Delafield.
• Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton: An excellent 1932 novel by a very popular pre- and post-war writer, chronicling the life of a hard-working kindly Londy architect and his wife over thirty-five years. Review here.
• Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyn. A young woman's life in 1930s Bohemian London. Review here.
• The New House by Lettice Cooper: A 1936 portrayal of the day a family moves into a new house, and the resulting adjustments and tensions. Review here.
• Lady Rose and Mrs. Memmary by Ruby Ferguson: A 1937 novel about Lady Rose, who inherits a great house, marries well - and then meets the love of her life on a park bench. A greate favorite of the Queen Mother. Review here.
• One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens: A 1939 book which recounts the authors pre-WWII time working as a cook-general in various homes around London
• Manja: The Story of Five Children by Anna Gmeyner: A 1938 German novel about five children conceived on the same night in 1920, and their lives until the Nazi takeover in 1933. Review here.
• The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. (Public Domain)
• The Proper Place by O. Douglas. Review here.
• Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther. Essays on life in pre-WWII London; originally appeared as a column in The Times.

World War II

• Wave Me Goodbye/Hearts Undefeated Omnibus, Women's Writing of the Second World War (Virago) edited by Anne Boston and Jenny Hartley
• The Provincial Lady in Wartime (1940) by EM Delafield.
• Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942 by Joyce Dennys. Review here and here.
• Henrietta Sees it Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-45  by Joyce Dennys. Review here.
• Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49 by Nella Last.
• An Interrupted Life: Etty Hillesum, The Diaries 1941-1943 by Etty Hillesum. Review here.
• Saplings by Noel Streatfield: A novel by the well-known author of Ballet Shoes, about the destruction of a family during WW2. Review here.
• House-Bound by Winifred Peck: This 1942 novel describes an Edinburgh woman deciding, radically, to run her house without help and do her own cooking; the war is in the background and foreground. Review here and here.
• Few Eggs and No Oranges by Vere Hodgson: A 600-page diary, written from 1940-45 in Notting Hill Gate, full of acute observation, wit and humanity. Review here.
• On the Other Side: Letters to My Children from Germany 1940-46 by Mathilde Wolff-Monckeberg: Written in Hamburg but never sent, these letters provide a crucial counterpoint to Few Eggs and No Oranges. Review here.
• Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes: Superbly written short stories, first published in The New Yorker from 1938-44. Review here and here.
• There Were No Windows by Norah Hoult: A touching and funny novel, written in 1944, about an elderly woman with memory loss living in Kensington during the blitz. Review here.
• A House in the Country by Jocelyn Playfair: An unusual and very interesting 1944 novel about a group of people living in the country during WW2. Review here.
• The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen:  A brilliant recreation of the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. Review here.
• Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski: Novel about a father's search for his son in France in late 1945. One of Persephone's best sellers! Review here.
• Doreen by Barbara Noble: A 1946 novel about a child who is evacuated to the country during the war. Her mother regrets it; the family that takes her in wants to keep her.
• Miss Ranskill Comes Home by Barbara Euphan Todd: An unsparing, wry 1946 novel: Miss Ranskill is shipwrecked and returns to a completely changed wartime England. Review here.

Post-War

• The Bread and Butter Stories by Mary Norton: These 15 recently discovered short stories by the author of The Borrowers are wonderful period pieces about being an upper-middle class woman in the 1940s and early 50s.
• Tell It to a Stranger by Elizabeth Berridge: Funny, observant and bleak 1947 short stories, twice in the Evening Standard bestseller list. Review here.
• Minnie's Room: The Peacetime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes 1947-1965: Second volume of short stories first published in The New Yorker. Review here.
• Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries of a Housewife, 49 by Nella Last.
• Nella Last in the 1950s: The Further Diaries of Housewife, 49 by Nella Last.
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters: A ghostly tale about the collapse of the British class system after WWII. Review here. 
• Provinicial Daughter by RM Dashwood: A novel written by EM Delafield's daughter about the trials of a 1950s housewife in an English village.  
• The Village by Marghanita Laski: This 1952 comedy of manners describes post-war readjustments in village life when love ignores the class barrier.
• Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer: This 1958 novel is about the 'captive wives' of the pre-women's liberation era, bored and lonely in the suburbs. Review here.

Other

• The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism by Nicola Humble
• A Very Great Profession: The Womans' Novel 1914 -39 by Nicola Beauman: A mixture of literary criticism and historical evocation, first published 25 years ago, about women writers of the inter-war period. Review here.
• Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper by Alexandra Harris
• The Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age by Juliet Nicolson
• The Wartime House: Home Life in Wartime Britain 1939-1945 by Mike Brown and Carol Harris
• A Woman's Place by Ruth Adam: A survey of women's lives from 1900-75, very readably written by a novelist-historian: an overview full of insights. Review here.

DVDs

• Enemy at the Door: Series 1, Series 2
• Wish Me Luck: Series 1, Series 2
• Wartime Britain: Boxed set including "The Heat of the Day" (based on the Elizabeth Bowen novel), "Housewife, 49" (based on the journals of Lancashire housewife Nella Last) and "Island at War."

Hernán Cortes and the Aztecs

• The Ancient Aztecs (People of the Ancient World) by Liz Sonneborn
• History News: The Aztec News by Philip Steele
• Step Into: The Aztec and Maya World by Fiona McDonald
• How to Be An Aztec Warrior by Fiona McDonald
• The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss by Sally Schofer Mathews
• Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs by Eric A. Kimmel
• The Lost Temple of the Aztecs: What It Was Like When the Spaniards Invaded Mexico by Shelley Tanaka
• Hernando Cortes: Spanish Invader of Mexico (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by John Paul Zronik
• Trapped in Tenochtitlan: An Aztec Adventure by Eric Burnett 
• Captain Cortes Conquers Mexico (Landmark) by William Johnson (OOP)
• Montezuma and the Conquest of Mexico by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (Google Books)
• Hernando Cortés, Conqueror of Mexico by Frederick Albion Ober
• Cortes, The Spanish in the Southwest by Rosa Viola Winterburn (Google Books)
• Hernando Cortes, Pioneers on Land and Sea by Charles Alexander McMurry (Google Books)
• Hernando Cortes, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
• DVD: In Search of History: The Aztec Empire, Conquistadors

Hernando de Soto, Francisco Pizarro, and the Inca

• The Ancient Inca (People of the Ancient World) by Patricia Calvert
• Step Into: The Inca World by Philip Steele
• The Inca: Activities and Crafts from a Mysterious Land by Arlette N. Braman
• Macchu Picchu: The Story of the Amazing Inkas and Their City in the Clouds by Elizabeth Mann
• Francisco Pizarro: Journeys Through Peru and South America (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by John Paul Zronik 
• Adventures and Conquests of Pizarro by George M. Towle (Google Books)
• Pizarro, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
• A Room Full of Gold (Pizarro), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
• DVD: In Search of History: Lost City of the Incas, Conquistadors

Francisco Coronado

• Coronado: Francisco Vazquez de Coronado Explores the Southwest (Exploring the World series) by Robin Doak (preview here)
• DVD: Conquest of America

Coloring Pages:

• de Soto Coloring Page
• Great Explorers Coloring Book (Bellerophon)
• Exploration of North America Coloring Book (Dover)

Christopher Columbus

• Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis
• Columbus by Edgar and Ingri D'Aulaire
• Christopher Columbus: Sailing To A New World (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Adrianna Morganelli
• First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria" (Dover)
• Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) by James T. de Kay
• Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
• Columbus and the New World (Vision Books) by August W. Derleth (OOP)
• The Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) by Armstrong Sperry (OOP)
• Throngs of Children to See Columbus (Journal Excerpt), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
• The First Explorations of Columbus (Journal Excerpt), Famous Explorers by Edwin Erle Sparks (Google Books)
• The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voygage 1492-93), Hakluyt Society (Google Books)
• The Story of Columbus by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (Google Books)
• Chapters 1-2 from The Evangelization of the New World
• DVD: Conquest of America, America Before Columbus, Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

Coloring Pages:

• Leif Ericson Coloring Page
• Columbus Discovers America Coloring Page
• Ponce de Leon Coloring Page
• Balboa Coloring Page
• Myths and Legends of the Vikings (Bellerophon)
• Great Explorers Coloring Book (Bellerophon)
• Exploration of North America Coloring Book (Dover)

Copies of any of the following can be ordered via the print-on-demand Espresso Book Machine at Third Place Books for around $9-13./book.

History Textbooks

• The Story of Old Europe and Young America by William Harrison Mace, Edwin Platt Tanner
• From the Old World to the New. How America Was Found and Settled by Marguerite Dickson
• American Leaders and Heroes: A Preliminary Textbook in United States History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
• A First Course in American History: Discoverers, Explorers and Colonists by Jeannette Rector Hodgdon
• The Discovery of America, Vol. 1 by John Fiske
• The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs 

Story Anthologies

• Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw
• Young Folks' Book of American Explorers by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Utilizes extracts from the explorers' own narratives.)
• Stories of American Discoverers for Little Americans by Rose Lucia 
• The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs
• The Spanish Pioneers by Charles Lummis
• Pioneers on Land and Sea: Stories of the Eastern States and of Ocean Explorers, Book One by Charles A. McMurry
• Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, Book Two by Charles A. McMurry
• Pioneers of the Rocky Mountains and the West, Book Three by Charles A. McMurry
• Tales of the Pathfinders by Arthur Gilman
• Stories of Discovery Told by Discoverers by Edward E. Hale
• A Book of Famous Explorers by Edwin Erle Sparks
• Stories of American Explorers: A Historical Reader by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
• Old World Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
• American Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
• The Romance of Discovery: A Thousand Years of Exploration and the Unveiling of Continents by William Elliot Griffis
• The Making of the Great West: 1512-1883 by Samuel Adams Drake
• The Discovery of the Old Northwest and Its Settlement by the French by James Baldwin

Explorers

• Marco Polo: His Adventures and Travels by George M. Towle
• Prince Henry the Navigator by C. Raymond Beazley
• Magellan, or, The First Voyage 'Round the World by George M. Towle
• Pizarro, His Adventures and Conquests by George M. Towle
• Drake: The Sea King of Devon by George M. Towle
• The Adventures of the Chevalier de La Salle and His Companions by John Stevens Cabot Abbott
• The Story of Columbus and Magellan by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler

• Historic Girlhoods by Rupert Sargent Holland
• Heroines Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens
• Historic Boyhoods by Rupert Sargent Holland
• Heroes Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
• A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands by Charlotte M. Yonge
• An American Book of Golden Deeds by James Baldwin
• American Heroes and Heroism by William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry
• Hero Stories from American History by Albert Franklin Blaisdell, Francis Kingsley Ball
• Heroes of Progress: Stories of Successful Americans by Eva March Tappan
• Old World Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
• American Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
• European Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
• Hero Stories of France by Eva March Tappan
• Stories of Legendary Heroes by Eva March Tappan
• The Red Book of Heroes by Mrs. Lang
• Texas Hero Stories: An Historical Reader for the Grades by Katie Daffan 
• Wandering Heroes by Lillian Louise Price
• Heroes of the Nations by Herman Smith Alshouse
• Heroic Legends by Agnes Grozier Herbertson
• "Tell Me a True Story:" Tales of Bible Heroes for the Children of To-day by Mary Stewart
• The Heroes, or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley
• Heroes of Myth by Lillian Louise Price, Charles Benajah Gilbert
• Heroes of Myth and Legend by Charles Lamb, Charles Kingsley, Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
• Heroes of Chivalry by Louise Maitland (Tales of Arthur and Roland)
• Heroes of Chivalry and Romance by Alfred John Church
• Heroes of the Crusades by Barbara Hutton, Paolo Priolo
• Heroes of Literature: English Poets by John Dennis

Now that I'm having to switch tracks a bit and think about the Middle Ages sooner than planned, I thought it would be helpful to begin organizing the numerous book lists I've collected for this time period. First, the Sonlight Core 6 books:

Spines:

Read-Alouds:

• Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray
• Favorite Poems Old and New by Helen Ferris Tibbets
• Flame Over Tara by Madeleine Polland
• God King by Joanne Williamson
• The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
• Master Cornhill by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
• The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg
• The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
• The Trojan War by Olivia E. Coolidge
• The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
  
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
  
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Readers (Language Arts):

• Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
• Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
• The Beduin's Gazelle by Frances Temple
• Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
• D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire
• The Great & Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett
  
• Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson
• The Ides of April by Mary Ray
  
• Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn
  
• Luther: Biography of a Reformer by Frederick Nohl
  
• Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  
• Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
  
• The Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfield
  
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  
• A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg
  
• The Samurai's Tale by Eric C. Haugaard
  
• Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
• Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker
  

Overall, it was a fun project that we would definitely enjoy doing again!

Because Winter Promise Quest for the Ancient World takes more of a regional approach to ancient history (rather than chronological), it was necessary for me to re-work a few things in order to include The Story of the World, Volume 1 (SOTW1). Essentially, I re-ordered the chapters from SOTW1 to align them with Winter Promise's schedule for The Mystery of History, Volume 1 (MOH1) chapters. These were the results:

THE SUMERIANS

• The Earliest People, SOTW1 Chapter 1
• The Sumerians, MOH1 Lesson 7
• The First Writing, SOTW1 Chapter 3
• The Story of Gilgamesh, SOTW1 Chapter 8
• The Epic of Gilgamesh, MOH1 Lesson 9
• The First Sumerian Dictator, SOTW1 Chapter 5
• The Tower of Babel, MOH1 Lesson 8

EARLY CIVILIZATIONS

• Stonehenge, MOH1 Lesson 10
• Hammurabi and the Babylonians, SOTW1 Chapter 7
• Hammurabi, MOH1 Lesson 16

The Assyrians

• Shamshi-Adad, King of the Whole World, SOTW1 Chapter 8
• The Return of Assyria, SOTW1 Chapter 16
• Ashurbanipal's Attack, SOTW1 Chapter 16
• The Library of Ninevah, SOTW1 Chapter 16

The Minoans

• The Minoan Civilization, MOH1 Lesson 12
• Bull-Jumpers and Sailors, SOTW1 Chapter 18
• King Minos and the Minotaur, SOTW1 Chapter 18
• The Mysterious End of the Minoans, SOTW1 Chapter 18

ANCIENT EGYPT

Egyptian Life & Culture

• God Speaks to Abraham, SOTW1 Chapter 6
• Abraham, MOH1 Lesson 13
• Jacob & Esau, MOH1 Lesson 14
• Joseph Goes to Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 6
• Joseph, MOH1 Lesson 15

Egyptian Beliefs & the Nile

• Egyptians Lived on the Nile River, SOTW1 Chapter 2
• Early Egyptians, MOH1 Lesson 11
• The Old Kingdom of Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 4
• Making Mummies, SOTW1 Chapter 4
• Egyptian Pyramids, SOTW1 Chapter 4

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

• The Israelites in Slavery, MOH1 Lesson 17
• The Israelites Leave Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 14
• The Baby Moses, SOTW1 Chapter 14
• The Exodus from Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 14
• Moses & the Exodus, MOH1 Lesson 19

The Pyramids of Egypt

• The Ark of the Covenant, MOH1 Lesson 20
• Joshua, Jericho and Rahab, MOH1 Lesson 21 b
• The Middle Kingdoms of Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 12
• Egypt Invades Nubia, SOTW1 Chapter 12
• The Hyskos Invade Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 12

The Pharaohs of Egypt

• The New Kingdom of Egypt, SOTW1 Chapter 13
• The General and the Woman Pharaoh, SOTW1 Chapter 13
• Amenhotep IV and King Tut, SOTW1 Chapter 13
• Amenhotep IV and Nefertiti, MOH1 Lesson 22
• Tutankhamen, MOH1 Lesson 23

Unwrapping Egyptian Mummies!

• Ramses II, MOH1 Lesson 24

THE HEBREWS IN ISRAEL

The Hebrews in Israel

• Ruth and Naomi, MOH1 Lesson 26
• Gideon, MOH1 Lesson 27
• Samson, MOH1 Lesson 28

Israel's Great Kings

• Samuel, MOH1 Lesson 30
• King Saul, MOH1 Lesson 31
• David, MOH1 Lesson 32
• Solomon, MOH1 Lesson 33

Israel's Neighbors: The Phoenicians

• The Phoenicians, MOH1 Lesson 34
• Phoenician Traders, SOTW1 Chapter 15
• The Founding of Carthage, SOTW1 Chapter 15
• The Return of Assyria, SOTW1 Chapter 16
• Ashurbanipal's Attack, SOTW1 Chapter 16
• The Library of Ninevah, SOTW1 Chapter 16
• Israel Divides, MOH1 Lesson 35

Israel's Prophets

• Elijah, the Fiery Prophet, MOH1 Lesson 36
• Elisha, MOH1 Lesson 37
• Joel & Obadiah, MOH1 Lesson 38

More Prophets

• Jonah and Amos, MOH1 Lesson 42
• Isaiah & Micah, MOH1 Lesson 44
• Hosea, MOH1 Lesson 46

MESOPOTAMIAN POWER STRUGGLE

Assyria Comes to Power

• Israel Falls to Assyria, MOH1 Lesson 45
• Hezekiah & Sennacherib, MOH1 Lesson 47
• Manasseh, MOH1 Lesson 50
• The Powers of Mesopotamia, MOH1 Lesson 51

Ninevah's Destruction

• King Josiah, MOH1 Lesson 52
• Nahum & Zephaniah, MOH1 Lesson 53
• Jeremiah, MOH1 Lesson 54
• Ninevah Destroyed, MOH1 Lesson 55

Babylon Rules Mesopotamia

• Habakkuk and Huldah, MOH1 Lesson 56
• The Babylonian Captivity, MOH1 Lesson 57
• Nedbudchadnezzar's Madness, SOTW1 Chapter 17
• Nebudchadnezzar II and the Hanging Gardens, MOH1 Lesson 58
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, SOTW1 Chapter 17
• Ezekiel, MOH1 Lesson 61

God's Men in Babylon

• Daniel, MOH1 Lesson 59
• Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego, MOH1 Lesson 62
• A New Empire, SOTW11 Chapter 21
• Cyrus the Great, SOTW Chapter 21
• Belshazzar and Cyrus the Great, MOH1 Lesson 66

Persia's Power

• Darius I, MOH1 Lesson 67
• Zerubbabel, MOH1 Lesson 68
• Haggai, MOH1 Lesson 69

Persia Helps Israel

• Xerxes I, MOH1 Lesson 73
• Esther, MOH1 Lesson 74
• Ezra and Artaxerxes, MOH1 Lesson 78
• Nehemiah, MOH1 Lesson 79

ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICANS

• Ancient Native Americans, MOH1 Lesson 48
• The Nazca Drawings, SOTW1 26
• The Head of the Olmecs, SOTW1 26
• Rabbit Shoots the Sun, SOTW1 26

THE EASTERN WORLD

A Look at China and India

Ancient China

• Lei Zu and the Silk Worm, SOTW1 Chapter 10
• The Pictograms of Ancient China, SOTW1 Chapter 10
• Shang Dynasty, MOH1 Lesson 18
• Farming in Ancient China, SOTW1 Chapter 10
• Zhou Dynasty, MOH1 Lesson 29
• Qin Dynasty, MOH1 Lesson 90
• Calligraphy in China, SOTW1 Chapter 32
• Warring States, SOTW1 Chapter 32
• The First Emperor and the Great Wall, SOTW1 Chapter 32
• The First Emperor's Grave, SOTW1 Chapter 32
• Confucius, SOTW1 Chapter 33
• Confucius, MOH1 Lesson 65
• Han Dynasty, MOH1 Lesson 92

Ancient India

• The River-Road, SOTW1 Chapter 9
• The Mystery of Mohenjo-Daro, SOTW1 Chapter 9
• Hinduism, MOH1 Lesson 40
• Life on the Ganges River, SOTW1 Chapter 30
• The Castes of Ancient India, SOTW1 Chapter 30
• Siddhartha, SOTW1 Chapter 30
• Buddha, MOH1 Lesson 63
• The Empire United, SOTW1 Chapter 31
• Emperor Asoka, MOH1 Lesson 88
• The Jataka Tales, SOTW1 Chapter 31

ANCIENT GREECE

Introducing the Greeks

• Malachi, MOH1 Lesson 82
• The Trojan Horse, MOH1 Lesson 25
• The Mycenaeans, SOTW1 Chapter 19
• The Greek Dark Ages, SOTW1 Chapter 19
• Greece Gets an Alphabet, SOTW1 Chapter 20
• The Stories of Homer, SOTW1 Chapter 20
• Homer, MOH1 Lesson 39

Rise of Athens & Sparta

• The First Olympic Games, SOTW1 Chapter 20
• Olympic Games, MOH1 Lesson 41
• Rise of Athens & Sparta, MOH1 Lesson 49
• Life in Sparta, SOTW1 Chapter 22
• Life in Athens, SOTW1 Chapter 22
• The Greek Gods, SOTW1 Chapter 23
• The Golden Apple, SOTW Chapter 23
• Aesop's Fables, MOH1 Lesson 60

The Battle of Marathon

• Pythagoras & the Temple of Diana, MOH1 Lesson 64
• Greece's War With Persia, SOTW1 Chapter 24
• The Battle of Marathon, MOH1 Lesson 71
• The Greeks Fight Each Other, SOTW1 Chapter 24
• Herodotus , MOH1 Lesson 72

The Golden Age of Greece

• Golden Age of Athens, MOH1 Lesson 75
• Pericles, MOH1 Lesson 80

Great Men of Greece

• Socrates, MOH1 Lesson 76
• Hippocrates and the Statue of Zeus, MOH1 Lesson 77
• Plato and Aristotle, MOH1 Lesson 83

Alexander the Great

• Peloponnesian War, MOH1 Lesson 81
• Phillip and His Son, SOTW1 Chapter 25
• Philip II of Macedonia & the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, MOH1 Lesson 84
• Alexander the Great, MOH1 Lesson 85
• Alexander's Invasions, SOTW1 Chapter 25
• The Death of Alexander, SOTW1 Chapter 25

Grecian Power Declines

• The Split of Alexander's Empire , MOH1 Lesson 86
• Archimedes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, MOH1 Lesson 87
• The Spetuagint and the Colossus of Rhodes, MOH1 Lesson 89

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Rise of the Romans

• The City of Rome, MOH1 Lesson 43
• Romulus and Remus, SOTW1 Chapter 27
• The Power of Rome, SOTW1 Chapter 27
• The Roman Gods, SOTW1 Chapter 28
• The Roman Builders, SOTW1 Chapter 28
• The Roman Republic, MOH1 Lesson 70
• Hanibal, Elephants & the Punic Wars, MOH1 Lesson 91

Roman Gladiators

• The Roman Gladiators, SOTW1 Chapter 28
• The Gladiator School, SOTW1 Chapter 28
• The Maccabean Revolt, MOH1 Lesson 93
• Spartacus, MOH1 Lesson 94
• The First Triumvirate, MOH1 Lesson 95

Cleopatra's Power

• The Rise of Julius Caesar, SOTW1 Chapter 34
• Caesar is Kidnapped, SOTW1 Chapter 34
• The Consuls of Rome, SOTW1 Chapter 34
• Caesar and the Senate, SOTW1 Chapter 34
• Julius Caesar, MOH1 Lesson 96
• Caesar Fights the Celts, SOTW1 Chapter 35
• Caesar Crosses the Rubicon, SOTW1 Chapter 35
• Caesar and Cleopatra, SOTW1 Chapter 35
• The Death of Caesar, SOTW1 Chapter 35
• The Second Triumvirate, MOH1 Lesson 97
• Cleopatra, MOH1 Lesson 98

Everyday Life in Rome

• Herod the Great, MOH1 Lesson 99
• The First Roman Prince: Augustus Caesar, SOTW1 Chapter 36
• The Battle of Actium, MOH1 Lesson 100

Augustus Caesar

• Augustus Caesar and the Roman Empire, MOH1 Lesson 101
• Tiberius Caesar, Pilate and Herod, MOH1 Lesson 105

The Birth of Jesus Christ

• John the Baptist, MOH1 Lesson 102
• The Birth of Jesus, SOTW1 Chapter 37
• Jesus Christ, His Birth, MOH1 Lesson 103
• Jesus, His Teachings and Miracles, MOH1 Lesson 104

The Life & Death of Jesus Christ

• The Twelve Disciples of Christ, MOH1 Lesson 106
• Jesus Crucified and Resurrected, SOTW1 Chapter 37
• Jesus, His Death and Resurrection, MOH1 Lesson 107
• Jesus, the Mystery of History, MOH1 Lesson 108
• The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation, SOTW1 Chapter 38
• The Destruction of the Temple, SOTW1 Chapter 38

Rome and the Christians

• Nero, the Evil Emperor, SOTW1 Chapter 39
• Christians in the Catacombs, SOTW1 Chapter 39
• The Emporer is a Christian, SOTW1 Chapter 39
• Rome Begins to Weaken, SOTW1 Chapter 40
• The British Rebellion, SOTW1 Chapter 40
• Rome Divided in Two, SOTW1 Chapter 40
  

The Attacking Barbarians

• Attila the Hun, SOTW1 Chapter 41
• Stilicho: Roman and Barbarian, SOTW1 Chapter 41
• The Coming of the Visigoths, SOTW1 Chapter 41

The End of Rome

• The Last Roman Emperor, SOTW1 Chapter 42
• The Gifts of Rome, SOTW1 Chapter 42

I'll be elaborating more on the weekly breakdown in future posts.

It's been a rather quiet week since everyone seems to have picked up a nasty cold, in addition to the stomach bug/flu we've had. We've all been seriously dragging, so there hasn't been much to share (nor have we accomplished a great deal). The highlight of my week was the arrival of our Winter Promise history curriculum. It showed up on Thursday - only two days after I'd called them to check the status of my order! I can't wait to begin using it next week -- provided that I find the energy to plan it all out this weekend.

This afternoon I went out to find a good volcano kit, so that we could also start on science next week (which, again, is going to take a lot of planning since I have no formal curriculum in place). I ended up purchasing a Thames & Kosmos/National Geographic Earthquakes & Volcanoes kit, which looks quite promising and contains many different experiments. Much to my delight, I also found a new board game that will tie into our studies perfectly - Tigris & Euphrates by Mayfair Games. Typically I never buy a game until I've checked the rating and read the reviews on Board Game Geek, so I was relieved to find that it all looked very positive (and it's a truly beautiful game). Sadly, we're all much too wiped out to play tonight, but I guess I should be doing some work - or sleeping - anyway!

For the past few months I've gone back and forth about our history curriculum for the year. Finally, I decided on Winter Promise: Quest for the Ancient World and Story of the World (Volume I). Winter Promise uses Mystery of History (Volume I) as the primary spine for its curriculum, so this guide to corresponding chapters between the two has been enormously helpful. The following supplements are included in the Winter Promise package:

• Oxford First Ancient History by Roy Burrell
  
• The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
  
• “Make-Your-Own” Ancient History Book
  
• Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books) by Elizabeth Payne
  
• Hittite Warrior (Living History Library) by Joanne Williamson
  
• God King: A Story in Days of King Hezekiah (Living History Library) by Joanne Williamson
• The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• Adara by Beatrice Gormley
  
• Victory on the Walls: A Story of Nehemiah (Living History Library) by Frieda C. Hyman
  
• The Iliad (Kingfisher Epics) by Nick McCarty
• The Odyssey (Kingfisher Epics) by Robin Lister
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Gladiator by Richard Watkins
• Hieroglyphics (Treasure Chests) by Richard Platt
• Pyramids: 50 Hands-On Activities to Experience Ancient Egypt (Kaleidoscope Kids) by Avery Hart, Paul Mantell
• Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome (A Kid's Guide series) by Laurie Carlson
• Lift The Lid On Gladiators: Enter The Roman Colosseum And Prepare Your Gladiator For Combat by Philip Wilkinson
• Make This Model Trojan Horse (Usborne Cut-Out Models) by Lain Ashman
• Ancient Science: 40 Time-Traveling, World-Exploring, History-Making Activities for Kids by Jim Wiese
• Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities (For Kids series) by Richard Panchyk
• Old Testament Days: An Activity Guide by Nancy I. Sanders
• DK Illustrated Family Bible by Claude-Bernard Costecalde
• Lamps, Scrolls & Goatskin Bottles: A Handbook of Bible Customs for Kids (Teacher Training Series) by Julia Hans
  

Additional books for the year include:


Unfortunately, I'd already purchased a lot of books before selecting Winter Promise, so I'm not sure how much we'll actually be able to get through. Fortunately, we all love history!

We'll also be using an Ancient History Copybook by Julie Shields and these History of Ancient Times Notebooking Pages. Additional activities include:

• Ancient Roman Coin Kit from Dirty Old Coins
• Egyptian Symbols - A Hieroglyphic Stamp Kit by Jennifer Larson
• Ancient Egyptian Writing Kit
• Mystery of History Vol. 1 Craft Pack
  

I'm sure I'll have more to add - I'm especially interested in finding more crafts and activities because we really enjoy those. Enrichment4you.com has some great resources, so I may purchase a few extra supplements from them, but first I'll need to see how everything comes together.