ALL BOOKS MUST BE PURCHASED BY THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.
(Note on costs: Most of these can be found at amazon.com or other online sources such as half.com, abebooks.com or thriftbooks.com for a very minimal price. Rainbow Resource also carries many of them. The Savannah campus has a lending library that operates on a first come/first served basis. Other campuses may also offer books in the lists as used. Please contact your director about this.) Audio versions of the readers are also encouraged, especially for middle grades students. Parents may also choose to read these aloud.
- Choose 1: A. Mara Daughter of the Nile by McGraw ISBN: 9780140319293 (suggested 6th – 8th graders)
B. The Golden Goblet by McGraw ISBN: 9780140303353 (suggested for 4th – 6th graders)
- Tirzah by Lucille Travis ISBN: 9780836135466
- The Children’s Homer by Colum – Publisher: Aladdin
- D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths by D’Aulaire ISBN: 9780440406945
- Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield ISBN: 9780152162801
- The Bronze Bow by Speare ISBN: 9780395137192
- Choose one book from the attached Book of Choice List.
- Write With the Best, Vol. 1 by Jill J. Dixon – $12.49. Please do not order this from our curricula website. Orders placed there have state tax and a $5.00 shipping charge applied. Local academies will be invoiced for the book when you complete your online forms at sign-up. You will receive books on the first day of class. Books will be shipped to individuals in different locales and the shipping charge will apply.
- Please note: The director of your academy will be contacting and Daily Paragraph Editing book to purchase.
- Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus
- The Bible for Blockheads by Douglas Connelly (Zondervan Publishing) ISBN: 9780310273882
- Everything You Need to Know about World History Homework by Scholastic Books
ISBN: 9780439625210 (Purchase used from Amazon.com or new from http://store.scholastic.com)
- The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia-2004 Edition ISBN: 0753457849 (used all 4 years in younger and older classes)
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (paperback only) ISBN: 9780794511418
- National Geographic Student Atlas of the World – 3rd Edition ISBN: 9781426304460 (used 2 years)
- A large blank book for a timeline/Century Book (used all 4 years) – Can purchase a large sketch book from Michael’s or preprinted from History through the Ages or Sonlight.com
Optional, but helpful For History:
- World Laminated Mark-It Map by Geography Matters
- A World wall map
- A Child’s History of the World by Hilyer ISBN: 9788882870287 (This is an excellent read aloud, but you may decide to skip the first chapter due to scientific concepts.)
- Geography Songs: Sing Around the World by audiomemory.com (Some parents may want to order the music CD we will be using in class to reinforce at home.)
- The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People ISBN: 9780310950974 (This is an easy to read Bible for Younger students.)
Each student is to pick one book of interest to read. These books will be read in 2 weeks.
- The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Lasky
- Senefer, A Young Genius in Old Egypt by Lumpkin
- Alexander the Great by R. Green
- Cleopatra by Stanley
- Hatshepsut, The Princess Who Became King by Galford
- Alexander, The Boy Soldier Who Conquered the World by Simon Adams
- Hatshepsut: First Female Pharaoh by Jordan
- Pharaoh: Life and Afterlife of a God by David Kenneff
- Secrets of the Sphinx by James Giblin
- Alexander the Great by Demi
- You Wouldn’t Want to be a Roman Gladiator! By Malam