A Child's History of the World Schedule

Section 1 - Prehistoric Period
Child's History of the World (CHW) Chpts 1,2
Usborne World History pgs. 1-13
Usborne Living Long Ago ( prehistoric section)
Usborne Story of Painting p.2
Usborne Story of Music p. 2 ( 1/2 page)
Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible
Life in the Ice Ages
by Michael & Beverly Oard
Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick
It Couldn't Just Happen by Lawrence O. Richards ( Part 1 & 2)
The Amazing Story of Creation by Duane T. Gish Chpt 7

Section 2 - Egypt
CHW .....Chpts 3-10
Usborne World History pgs. 14-51
Usborne Living Long Ago ( Egyptian section)
Usborne Story of Painting p.3
Usborne Story of Music p. 2 ( second half)
Tut's Mummy-Lost and Found by Donnelly ( a Step-up Book)
Pharaoh's of Ancient Egypt
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
( section on Giza)

Section 3 - Greece
CHW ....Chpts 11-29
Usborne World History ( section on Greece)
Usborne Living Long Ago ( Greek section)
Usborne Story of Painting p.4
Usborne Story of Music p. 3 ( second half)
Trojan Horse-How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
Adventures of Ulysses
Greek Myths
by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Alexander the Great
7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Section 4 - Rome
CHW ....Chpts 30-40
Usborne World History pgs. 86-101 (including Vikings)
Usborne Living Long Ago (Rome & Viking section)
Usborne Story of Painting p.4-5
Usborne Story of Music p.8-9
The Vikings (Landmark book)
Eyewitness book The Vikings
Detectives in Togas
by Henry Winterfeld
Leif the Lucky by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Dragon Slayer (story of Beowulf)
Vinegar Boy
Secrets of Vesuvius
by Sara C. Bisel

Section 5 - Middle Ages
CHW ... Chpts 41-57
Usborne World History pgs. 102-130
Usborne Living Long Ago (Middle ages section)
Usborne Story of Painting p.6-7
Usborne Story of Music p.8-9
A Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Joan of Arc by Nolan
Eyewitness book Knight
King Without a Shadow
by R.C Sproul
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Beakman's Book of Dead Guys & Gals of Science by Colombo Georgson pages 16-20
Robin Hood by Louis Rhead
Castle by Steven Biesty ( a cross section book)

 

Section 6 - Renaissance
CHW .... Chpts 58-64
Usborne World History pgs.333-377 (6 chapters)
Usborne Living Long Ago (Renaissance sections)
Usborne Story of Painting p.8-15
Usborne Story of Music p.10-11
Around the World in 100 Years by Jean Fritz
Peter the Great
Shakespeare ( chose 2 comedies..read children's and watch video)
Spy for the Night Riders by Dave and Neta Jackson
The Queen's Smuggler by Dave and Neta Jackson
Eyewitness book Explorer
Beakman's Book of Dead Guys and Girls of Science
p.16-32
Huguenot Garden by Douglas M Jones III

 

Section 7 - Post Renaissance
CHW ....Chpts 65-77
Usborne 20th Century ( first 1/2)
Usborne Living Long Ago (1600-1915 section)
Usborne Story of Painting p.16-25
Usborne Story of Music p.12-23
Beakman's Book of Dead Guys and Gals of Science p.32 -end
Rascal by Sterling North
The Good Master by Kate Seredy
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
A Piece of the Mountain..Story of Blaise Pascal by Joyce McPherson

 

Section 8 - Modern
CHW ... Chpts 78 - End
Usborne 20th Century (2nd half)
Story of Painting pgs. 62-end
Story of Music pgs. 24-end
Medical Myths
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Corrie Ten Boom by White
Little Britches (series) by Ralph Moody
If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake
The Great Depression
by R. Conrad Stein
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
The Endless Steppe by Eshter Hawtig

 

For information on ordering most of the books listed above check Donna Young's website (contains this same schedule with links to amazon.com for the books).