Here is a chronological list of additional resources for studying MOH1 (4004 B.C. – 33 A.D.).
Check back – we will update these lists as we gather more information.
High School Suggestions: WL = World Literature
E=Elementary; M=Middle Grades (4/5th-8th); H=High School
NR=No Review; *=Enjoyed; info=information given
| Year | MOH1 Topic | Focus | |
| M – NR – Illustrated Book of Myths by Neil Philip | |||
| 4004BC | Creation | M/H – NR – Genesis: Finding Our Roots by Ruth Beechik M/H – NR – The Answers Book by Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) | |
| 2349BC | The Flood | M – NR – Noah’s Ark: Thinking Outside the Box by Tim Lovett | |
| Dinosaurs | M/H – NR – The Fossil Book by Gary & Mary Parker | ||
| 2300BC | Sumerians | M/H – NR – DK: Mesopotamia | |
| c. 2000BC | The Epic of Gilgamesh | WL | H – NR – Gilgamesh by David Ferry |
| M – *, NR – Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman (caution: parent should pre-read) (Book 1 of The Gilgamesh Trilogy) M – *, NR – The Revenge of Ishtar by Ludmila Zeman M – *, NR – The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmila Zeman | |||
| Early Egypt | M/H – NR – DK: Ancient Egypt M/H – NR – Imagining Egypt by Mark Millmore M – *, NR – Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (caution: underlying romance & tension – teens & older) | ||
| 1491BC | Moses & Exodus | M – *, NR – Tirzah by Lucille Travis | |
| 1353BC | Amenhotep IV & Nefertiti | M – *, NR – The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (c. 1390-1330BC – Egyptian boy) | |
| 1333BC | King Tut / Tutankhamen | M/H – NR – DK: Mummy E/M – NR – Who Was King Tut? by Roberta Edwards | |
| E – NR – The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (Egypt – 6th century BC) | |||
| 1200- 1184BC | Legend of the Trojan Horse | E/M – *, NR – D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire M – NR – The Golden Fleece: And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum M/H – NR – Heroes, Gods & Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin | |
| M/H – NR – Hittite Warrior by Joanne S. Williamson (1204-1144BC – Deborah is Judge) (caution: violence & child sacrifice) | |||
| 895BC | Elisha (Israel’s Prophet) | M – NR – Adara by Beatrice Gormley (c. 850BC – during time of Elisha, King Ahab & Queen Jezebel) | |
| c.800BC | Homer | WL | H – NR – The Essential Iliad by Homer translated & edited by Stanley Lombardo |
| WL | H – NR – The Odyssey by Homer translated by Robert Fitzgerald | ||
| M – NR – The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum (Retelling parts of The Illiad & The Odyssey – an easy intro) M – NR – The Life & Times of Homer by Kathleen Tracy | |||
| 748BC | City of Rome | M – *, NR – Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld H – *, NR – Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis (retelling of The Metamorphoses of Apuleius – first Roman novel to survive in its entirety. Also known as The Golden Asse by Apuleius) | |
| 710BC | Hezekiah & Sennacherib | M – NR – God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson | |
| c. 700 – 500BC | The Rise of Athens and Sparta | M – NR – Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker | |
| 600BC | Aesop’s Fables | E/M – any book or website with a selection of Aesop’s Fables | |
| 500BC | Shakespeare: A Midnight Summer’s Dream (ancient Athens) | ||
| Shakespeare: Timons of Athens (5th Century BC) | |||
| c. 484BC | Herodotus | M – NR – Herodotus and the Road to History by Jeanne Bendick | |
| ? | Esther | H – *, NR – Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther by Ginger Garrett M/H – NR – Beauty Secrets of the Bible by Ginger Garrett | |
| 478- 399BC | The Golden Age of Athens | E – NR – The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece by Anthony Manna | |
| c. 469 – 399BC | Socrates | M – NR – The Life & Times of Socrates by Susan Zannos | |
| 443- 429BC | Pericles | Shakespeare: Pericles, Prince of Tyre | |
| WL | H – NR – Antigone by Sophocles translated by Robert Fagles (441BC) | ||
| WL | H – NR – Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles translated & edited by Peter Meineck & Paul Woodruff (premiered 429BC) | ||
| c. 427 – 347BC; 384-322BC | Plato & Aristotle | M – NR – The Life and Times of Plato by Jim Whiting M – NR – The Life and Times of Aristotle by Jim Whiting | |
| WL | H – NR – The Ramayana by Valmiki (c. 400BC-400AD – Sanskrit epic) (suggest after Aeneid) | ||
| 336BC | Alexander the Great | M – NR – Alexander: The Boy Solider Who Conquered the World by Simon Adams (National Geographic World History Biographies) | |
| 287-212BC /285BC | Archimedes & the Lighthouse of Alexandria | M – NR – Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick | |
| 218BC | Hannibal, Elephants, and the Punic Wars | M – NR – Hannibal: Rome’s Worst Nightmare by Philip Brooks (Wicked History) | |
| Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors (ancient city of Ephesus) | |||
| 49BC | Julius Caesar | Shakespeare: Julius Caesar M – NR – Julius Caesar: Dictator for Life by Denise Rinaldo (Wicked History) | |
| 37BC | Cleopatra | Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra H – *, NR – Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter (YA romance) | |
| WL | H – NR – The Aeneid of Virgil translated by Allen Mandelbaum (c. 19BC) | ||
| M/H – *, NR – The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (c. 30AD/Israel – a Jewish teen during the time of Jesus’ ministry) | |||
| M/H – NR – Manners & Customs of Bible Times by Ralph Gower |
- Related – MOH = The Mystery of History
- Related – MOH2 – Mystery of History II
- Related – MOH3 – Mystery of History III
- Related – MOH4 – Mystery of History IV
- Related – Book Review: Grammar of Poetry
- Related – Handwriting: My Journey
