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Teacher’s Ancient & Classical History Resources
Using the Online Catalog1st Grade Ancient World Teacher’s Resources 2nd Grade Classical World Teacher’s Resources 7th Grade Ancient & Classical World Teacher’s
Resources 1st Grade Ancient World Teacher’s ResourcesThe true history of the ancient world is more likely to be misrepresented in secular children’s books than any other subject our children will encounter in school, with the exception of the issues of origins in science. As a matter of fact, it is practically guaranteed that the true history of the ancient world WILL be misrepresented. Probably, we ourselves weren’t taught the true history of the ancient world. Contrary to what we may have been led to believe, there is a wealth of ancient records available that shed light on this time period of history. It is a fascinating story, and vitally important for the development of a Biblical worldview. As teachers, even though we won’t be giving all the detail we learn to our first grade children, we need to know the truth. We need to know how secular history and archeaology confirm the Biblical record. We need to know how the events recorded in Genesis and the other historical books of the Bible affected the other nations of Western Civilization that we will be studying. Some misinformation exists in secular history books, even for first graders, even in some books suggested in CCH’s 1st Grade Ancient World study (they have been noted as conforming to evolutionary history in the descriptions so that you are aware), and we have a responsibility to recognize it when we see it. We won’t find this truth in most local libraries. The resources below are the best I have found that do give parents the truth.
The science of archaeology is causing a revolution in scientific circles
where it was once vogue to ridicule the Bible. This excellent series of books by Dr.
Clifford Wilson, an eminent Biblical archaeologist, contains his notes and photographs of
all the archaeological finds that bring the Bible into three-dimensional life, adding
flesh and full living color to the Word of God. In Volume One,
Creation to Abraham, Dr. Wilson presents the archeaological and historical evidence
supporting the authenticity of the book of Genesis and brings to life the age of the
patriarchs. In Volume Two,
Moses to David, Dr. Wilson presents the archeaological finds that bring to life the
period of Egyptian exile in Israel’s national history, the Egyptians, the Canaanites,
Jericho, and the settling of Israel, through the reign of David, her greatest king. In Volume Three,
Solomon in All his Glory, Dr. Wilson brings forth the evidence of the golden age of
Israel, its influence over the nations, and introduces us to the societies and histories
of Assyria and Babylon, while illuminating the Biblical record. More volumes are
forthcoming in this series of amazing Bible references.
“A broad-ranging map-based narrative history written by a historian
with a wonderful turn of phrase and a quirky sense of humor.” Besides the many maps
that illustrate the vast range of time periods and geographical locations, McEvedy’s
accompanying prose that explains the events illustrated by each map is an education in
itself. This atlas begins with the presupposition that the earth is old; but after the
speculative maps in the beginning, the maps supported by the historical record from about
2000 B.C. on are very helpful.
Genesis: Finding Our Roots discusses the books of God, Adam, Noah,
the Sons of Noah, Shem, and Terah (Genesis 1-11) through evaluating the Scripture text;
going into further Scriptural study; topical studies relevant to that portion of Genesis,
bringing to bear the amazing correlation of historical, literary, linguistic, cultural and
other information from ancient peoples; ending with a further study section.
Well-illustrated, this fascinating text is an excellent, easy introduction to the
historicity of Genesis.
This is a thoroughly engrossing study on the book of Genesis, all fifty
chapters. Dr. Morris writes a narrative exposition rather than a critical verse by verse
analysis, although discussions on all important historical and scientific problems are
woven into the narrative. He writes from the conviction that the first eleven chapters of
Genesis are as truly historical as the remaining thirty-nine, a conviction not based
solely on blind faith, but on many years of scientific, historical, and theological study.
“In The Genesis Record, the reader is conducted by a capable guide through the
important corridors of earth’s early history, providing the background so necessary
in understanding all of Scripture.” -The Publisher.
Subtitled: The Early post-Flood History of Europe. “The author lays
out astonishing evidence showing how the earliest Europeans recorded their descent from
Noah through Japheth in meticulously kept records, knew all about Creation and the Flood,
and had encounters with creatures we would call dinosaurs. These records of other nations
lend chapters 10 and 11 of Genesis a degree of accuracy that sets them apart from all
other historical documents of the ancient world. In a book which is the fruit of more than
25 years of research, Cooper traces the development of the creation/evolution controversy
that raged in the ancient world, and explodes many of the myths and errors of modernist
biblical critics.” -The Publisher. In the appendix, he also traces the lineage of the
descendants of Ham and Shem to the various races and nations they founded. This book was
so engrossing I finished it in a single weekend; it was that compelling and easy to read.
In the same engaging narrative style that made The Genesis Record a
classic, the surprising historical, scientific, and theological insights of this oldest
book of the Bible are treated in this new devotional commentary. Includes references to
the Ice Age, dinosaurs, and cavemen, as well as amazing anticipatory glimpses of modern
scientific discoveries and revelations of divine purposes in creation and redemption yet
to come. Foreword by Dr. Harold Willmington, noted Bible scholar. “Goes beyond the
scope of traditional commentaries with his expert demonstration of Job’s scientific
and historical accuracy.” -Bible Science Newsletter.
Popular culture has led us to believe that ancient man was
primitive--originating from primates and steadily improving through a process of time and
chance. But does that agree with reality? What does the evidence left behind from past
cultures tell us? Was ancient man simple and primitive as we have been taught, or did the
level of science and technology existing thousands of years ago match, or even surpass,
the level of ours today in the 20th century? The answer to these questions will surprise
you. Dr. Chittick discusses out-of-place artifacts, ante-diluvian technology,
Nimrod’s kingdom, bronze-age explorers, the Tower of Babel, megalith puzzle pieces,
cave man, the origin of races, the Nazca, the Inca, and the Maya.
This book shows the devastating impact of evolutionism, which is really
one expression of the anti-Biblical worldview, in all fields of study and all phases of
individual and national life. It then traces the various forms of this same deception back
throughout its dark history as it has continually fought the “everlasting
Gospel,” going all the way back to the beginning of paganism with Nimrod’s
perversion of the truth at Babel. Lastly, it finally demonstrates the ultimate triumph of
the Creator/Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Foreword by Dr. David Jeremiah. “This book might
well be the magnum opus of the author ... It is a veritable gold mine of primary source
material ... Morris has done the Christian public a notable service in giving readers a
thorough and documented study of what indeed is the ‘Long War Against
God.’” -Bibliotheca Sacra. This book is one of the treasures of our library, and
contains well-researched historical information not available anywhere else. Extensively
footnoted and scrupulously documented, this one is worth the effort to find.
David Rohl has “proposed a new chronology for ancient Egypt which
gave the world a completely fresh understanding of biblical history. His fascinating
journey back through time provided the first archaeological confirmation for many of the
great events and personalities in the Old Testament.” Read the book the British
Museum banned and decide for yourself. Return to 1st Grade History: The Ancient World2nd Grade Classical World Teacher’s ResourcesThe Penguin Atlas of Ancient History
“Peter Connolly’s marvelous full-color drawings of the public
and private structures of Athens and Rome are the perfect illustrative counterpart to his
detailed description of city life in the classical era. The Ancient City covers the
Greece of the golden years of Athens (approximately the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.), and
the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Septimius Severus (27 B.C. to
A.D. 211). In addition to such monuments as the Parthenon and the Colosseum, adolescent
readers--and adults just beginning to study the ancient world--can learn about the two
era’s different forms of government, contemporary fashions, home life, and
entertainment.”
This modern classic is a clear and gracious treatment of church history by
Dr. Bruce Shelley, Senior Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Denver
Theological Seminary. “What separates Dr. Shelley’s book from others is its
clarity, both of language and of organization. [It] treats history as the story of
people--their motivations, the issues they grapple with, the decisions they make--and the
result is that history reads like a story, almost as dramatic and moving as a novel. Yet
there is no fiction here.” For ease of learning and understanding, the book is
divided into the eight great ages of the church: The Age of Jesus and the Apostles (6 B.C.
to 70 A.D.), of Catholic Christianity (70-312 A.D.), of the Christian Roman Empire
(312-590), of the Christian Middle Ages (590-1517), of the Reformation (1517-1648), of
Reason and Revival (1648-1789), of Progress (1789-1914), and of Ideologies (1914-1996).
Very helpful and insightful. Return to 2nd Grade History: The Classical World7th Grade Ancient & Classical World Teacher’s ResourcesOn the Use of Real Books in the Secondary CurriculumI highly recommend those teacher’s resources listed in the study of the ancient world in 1st grade and the the classical world in 2nd grade, to help overcome the misinformation most of us were taught in our own youth concerning the origin of man, language, religion, technology, and civilization. From there, Thomas Cahill, believe it or not, is the historian that has most clearly helped me see the world which he describes, and the way it was altered forever by the particular “hinge of history” he explores in each of his books. I am constantly reading histories, both ancient and modern, from the pen of Christians and secularists alike, to increase my own understanding of history and of the philosophies and worldviews that have shaped the West, and to date, Cahill’s have been the most successful in giving this busy homeschooling parent a clearer picture of the ancient and classical world, their worldviews, and the radical departure both the Hebrews and the Christians made from those norms. I realize they are controversial; therefore, proceed at your own risk, and keep my cautions in mind, but also keep the benefits in mind as well.
Subtitled: How a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks
and feels. In the Gifts of the Jews, Cahill brings to life the world of the ancient
Sumerians and their philosophy, and clearly shows how the Hebrew worldview, the Biblical
worldview, made a drastic break from what was then the norm and set Western civilization
on a course from which it has yet to turn. Now for the cautions: Jews, Christians, and
secularists all have quibbles with this book, but it seems to me, all their quibbles
center around questions of theology. Even the secularists are uncomfortable with
their theology of a completely naturalistic philosophy of life brought into question.
Understand before you read this book that you will not be reading a book of theology, but
of history, and you will learn from the book, discarding, of course, whatever the author
concludes that disagrees with your theology. By all means, if you cannot read a book,
taking from it what is true and discarding that which you know to be false, then DO NOT
read this book. Caution number two: Mr. Cahill’s audience is secular society rather
than Biblical Christianity, and he does write in such a way as to not put off the
secularist. That his conclusions offend secularists goes to show how honoring Cahill is of
the Hebrew worldview. Caution number three: serious historians have called Cahill’s
book “fluff.” If you have time to read the weighty doctoral dissertations, dry
as dust, and thereby come to the same conclusions Cahill brings us, the busy modern
reader, to, then by all means bypass this book and read them. The bibliography is
available in the back for anyone that wants to explore Cahill’s historical source
material. Caution number four: Mr. Cahill is sometimes painfully graphic in describing the
sinfulness of pagan societies--painfully. Be warned. But if you can live through that, you
will find your understanding of ancient society and the pagan worldview made acceptable by
Nimrod at Babel greatly enlarged. This book is NOT for children.
This wonderful history of philosophy is probably the most important
teacher’s resource offered for this level. “There are very few histories of
philosophy written by Christians, and it is fair to say that the book you hold in your
hands is the only such history in English that has escaped the corroding influence of
secular philosophy, especially the philosophy of empiricism. ... [Clark is both] familiar
with the subject [and] rigorous in [his] understanding of Christianity. ... [The book] is
eminently readable, consistently entertaining, unfailingly accurate, and uncompromisingly
Christian.” The first four chapters are devoted to the Greek philosophers: The
Presocratics, from the Milesians to Zeno; The Sophists, Socrates, and Plato; Aristotle;
and The Hellenistic Age, including the Epicureans, the Stoics, and the Neoplatonists.
Edith Hamilton is a highly-respected classical scholar, and this book,
along with The Roman Way, is a modern classic in its own
right. In it, she discusses the Greek perceptions of the differences between East and
West, Mind and Spirit, and examines Greek art, writing, religion, worldview, and how the
modern world has been influenced by it. She also includes separate chapters on Pindar,
Plato, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
Subtitled: The world before and after Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth is the
“central figure of Western Civilization,” and Thomas Cahill knows it. Unlike
other historians who pussy-foot around Jesus, pretending that His contribution isn’t
all that great after all in the secular and scientific world in which we live, Mr. Cahill
boldly examines the life of Jesus and the beliefs of the early church, and shows how
drasticly different they are in comparison to the normal classical worldview. In so doing
he clearly describes both the normal classical worldview before Jesus, and, point for
point, how the life of Jesus digressed from that and in so doing, changed the course of
Western Civilization forever. He does not deny the virgin birth, Christ’s divinity
(read to the end of the book), His many miracles, or even His bodily resurrection from the
grave. In fact, he subtley begins in the secularists’ camp, and taking them by the
hand, leads them to see why belief in these “controversies” surrounding the life
of Jesus is not far-fetched for the thinking man. While of course not agreeing with his
every conclusion, especially in points of doctrine, as a history I was pleasantly
surprised by this book and learned something. The same cautions that apply to the Gifts of the Jews also apply here (please re-read those cautions),
and the same reward of greatly increased understanding awaits the reader that perserveres.
Like The Greek Way, in this book Ms. Hamilton seeks to make clear the
Roman Way, or worldview, and its effect on Roman institutions and writers, and ultimately,
on us. She discusses comedy in Plautus and Terence, then moves on to the writings of
Cicero, Caesar, Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Juvenal, and the Stoics, finishing
as is fitting with the end of antiquity at the Fall of Rome.
This book is different from your usual history of Rome book. Instead, it
looks at the Roman legacy -- political and legal institutions -- and how that legacy has
perservered and been incorporated into our own society to the present day. Mr. Maybury,
author of the Uncle Eric’s How the World Works series of books that rhetoric stage
students study, is an advocate of Juris Naturalism, “the belief in a natural law
which is higher than any government’s law,” which he describes as the founding
fathers’ philosophy. (I agree with him.) He states: “Why is ancient history
important to us today? To build a better future we need to know how we got where we are
today. The political trend that has dominated the world for 2000 years ... remains almost
unrecognized. Author Richard Maybury calls it the Roman Disease. Does America have the
disease? Is there a cure? Or will America repeat the mistake of Ancient Rome and collapse
into poverty, decay, ruin, and war?” An interesting and informative little book,
whose ideas you will not find repeated elsewhere. Return to 7th Grade History: The Ancient & Classical WorldUsing the Online CatalogThis online catalog is made possible through an association with Amazon.com. Clicking on the book cover will take you to Amazon’s information page about that book. You can look at its price, availability, any discounts currently taken for that title, reviews of the book, and other information, as well as order it if you decide to purchase the book. You can even place books in your shopping cart and save them for purchase at a later time. You can continue to add or delete books from your shopping cart until you are satisfied with your order and ready to purchase. Clicking on your browser’s “Back” button will bring you back to this catalog. Locating Out of Print Books If all else fails, and you cannot find a book you need, check it out from the library, or request it from your library through interlibrary loan. Once you have the book home, take it to a copy store and copy it. You can even have color copies done of key maps or photographs. Copy stores can now do nice bindings on your copy projects. The copyright law allows copying of out of print (not in print) works to be used for educational purposes. Then return the book to the library, and you have your own book to keep, usually for less than it would be from a collector’s book shop. Still have questions? Ask me! Return to the CatalogReturn to Teacher’s History ResourcesCCH’s History CurriculumOnline Catalog IndexClassical Curriculum and Online Catalog
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