Core B—Map 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 North Pole

A NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

GREENLAND B SWEDEN Alaska Arctic Circle NORWAY FINLAND RUSSIA SCOTLAND CANADA ENGLAND POLAND EUROPE ASIA GERMANY C Britain FRANCE HUNGARY SWITZERLAND ROMANIA Gobi Desert ITALY YUGOSLAVIA NORTH KOREA THE UNITED STATES SPAIN TURKEY The Great Wall Strait of Gibraltar JAPAN IRAN Inchon 1 CoreMap B— Himalaya Mountains Yellow River D Indus River NEPAL Yangtze River MEXICO Arabian CHINA Desert INDIA Paci c Ocean BELIZE North Africa S GUATEMALA Central ou th PHILIPPINES San Salvador America ea st ETHIOPIA A si E MALAYSIA a ECUADOR CAMEROON AFRICA Nairobi BORNEO CONGO PERU

F New Hebrides Islands AUSTRALIA Map Legend SOUTH AFRICA G Cities States/Provinces COUNTRIES Regions H CONTINENTS Bodies of Water SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Deserts Mountain Mountain Range ANTARCTICA I Points of Interest South Pole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Rhine River Prussia Eastern Europe A Paris

Chalon The Alps B Rubicon River

Tiber River Black Sea Rome/Field of Mars MACEDONIA Constantinople C Ostia Hellespont Pompeii Thermopylae Troy Mount Ararat GREECE Aegean Sea Map 2 CoreMap B— Thebes Lydia D Marathon Carthage Sicily Athens Sparta Santorini SYRIA Nineveh Bay of Salamis Sidon Zama Knossos Tigris River Mediterranean Sea E Crete Mesopotamia TUNISIA Tyre Northern Kingdom Babylon Galilee Delta Jerusalem Euphrates River Alexandria Dead Sea Rosetta ISRAEL Southern Kingdom Chaldea PERSIA F Ur Cairo

G EGYPT Valley of the Kings Persian Gulf Thebes

H Nile River

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I Instructor’s Guide Quick Start

The Sonlight Instructor’s Guide (IG) is designed to make This IG includes an entire 36-week schedule, notes, assign- your educational experience as easy as possible. We have ments, readings, and other educational activities. For spe- carefully organized the materials to help you and your cific organizational tips, topics and skills addressed, the children get the most out of the subjects covered. If you timeline figure schedule, and other suggestions for the need help reading your schedule, see “How to Use the parent/teacher see Section Three. What helpful features Schedule Page” just before Week 1 begins. can you expect from the IG?

Notes

Week NoteS Core A Timeline Instructions Day 1 Schedule Throughout the year, we will provide Timeline suggestions from your assigned reading here in your Bible Notes . We mark them with a d symbol. If we use Easy to use the d symbol, please find a figure in the Sonlight Egermeier's Bible Story Book | pp. 10–12 Timeline Figure packet. Core A Week SChedule Note: We read a story Bible to give our children the You should either use the timeline sold by Sonlight full flow of the Bible’s content. We read Egermeier’s Curriculum, or make a timeline for the wall of your room because it chooses the stories well, is readable, and using 8½"x 11" paper (taped sideways, end to end), one compelling. My children often pleaded with me to “keep inch for every 100 years or so. Bible on reading.” May our children grow up to understand the Word and to love it. Egermeier’s pp. 10–12See “About pp. 12–16 Biblical Dates”100 years pp.in Introductory 16–18 Tape materialpp. in18–21 Sec. One pp. 22–27 Bible Story Book d d d To Discuss After You Read Q: Why did God rest on the 7th day? A: Memorization All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) as an example to use, please fi nd additional questions at Everything you need is located right after the schedule each week. If the back of the Bible book Sing the Word: From A to Z “All have sinned”—Track 1 Timelines are helpful because not every book we read will be in chronological order. When we read them Memorization | Romans 3:23 and mark dates on our timeline, we are better able Find the verses your children will memorize on the History/Geography to understand how events fit together: which things weekly schedule. After your children memorize these occurred at the same time, which things came first, and The Usborne Children’s pp. 114–115 pp. 116–117 verses, we recommend they say the name of the letter of which things came later. Encyclopedia the alphabet before saying the verse itself. Thus: “A—All You may wish to use the figures we sell, or use color have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans markers, pens, and pencils to write on your timeline the Living Long Ago pp. 2–3; 26–27 pp. 50–51 3:23. B—Believe in the Lord Jesus …,” etc. names and dates of significant events, persons, etc. Whatever method you use, we believe your overall We also strongly encourage you to have your children sense of history will be enhanced if you maintain this memorize the verse and the reference to help in locating a note appears about a concept in a book, it’s easy to find it right after 5-Day: I Heard Good chap. 60 News Today discipline throughout the year.  the verse in the Bible itself. Our purpose in this assignment is not only to instill Markable Map good Scriptures within our children’s hearts and Read-Alouds minds, but to help them develop confidence and Sonlight’s geography program weaves throughout the ability in public speaking. The Boxcar Children chap. I chaps. yearII–III with assignments chap. IV from almostchap. every V book you read. Encourage your children to say their verses loudly, Look for the  symbol on the schedule page. This will boldly, and with a lot of expression, this adds a sense alert you to a map assignment that day. Use the maps of drama to the words. 5-Day: The Story we have included with each day's map assignment Entireto book Over the next 26 weeks or so, your children will  About Ping find each location. Then help your children locate each memorize one Bible verse per week (and one verse per place on your Markable Map using a washable pen. (We letter of the alphabet). When your children have mastered the schedule based on the day the relevant reading is scheduled. The Llama Who Had p. 7 recommend Vis-a-Vis®p. 8 pens. If you should accidentally the entire group of verses, we encourage you to have No Pajama use a non-washable marker, rubbing alcohol can them present the verses to an audience—either you, remove those errant marks.) your family and guests, a homeschool group, or your The Arnold Lobel Book of pp. 5–6 The Markable Map The coordinates p. 7 The map on which church or Sunday school. Mother Goose assignment marking the location you will ﬁnd the Sing the Word: From A–Z | “All have sinned” Track 1 indication on the map assigned place This great mnemonic aid Sing the Word, allows the Miscellaneous entire set of 26 scripture verses in the Bible program to be easier to memorize and a blast to learn! Music is a  London, England (F2) South Wales (F3) (map 3) Create-a-Calendar Days of the Week. See Notes for more information. great tool when trying to remember something. Listen to this track the entire week.

Field Trip/Practical Life Skills

Other Notes

4 Colored Maps Colorful maps, which double as bookmarks, will help you easily find relevant map locations. You will find the coordinates and the location name in your notes.

4-Day and 5-Day Schedule Options The same schedule pages include both 4-Day and 5-Day options. If you’re following the 4-Day schedule, simply skip Day 5 or take a look for some optional activities that appear on Day 5.

To Discuss After You Read These sections help you hone in on the basics of a book so you can easily know if your children comprehend the material.

©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by Vocabulary These sections include terms related to cultural literacy and general vocabulary words in one easy-to-find place.

Notes When relevant, you’ll find notes about specific books to help you know why we’ve selected a particular resource and what we hope children will learn from reading it. Keep an eye on these notes to also provide you with insights on more difficult concepts or content (look for “Note to Mom or Dad”).

Section Three Instructor’s Guide Resources and New User Information Instructor’s Guide Resources Don’t forget to familiarize yourself with some of the great helps in Section Three and Section Four so you’ll know what’s there and can Section Four New User Information turn to it when needed.

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section One | 5 Core B Week 1 Schedule

Date: Day 1 1 Day 2 2 Day 3 3 Day 4 4 Day 5 5 Bible Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 1 Lesson 2 pp. 3–4 pp. 4–6 “Our Hearts Ask “We Cannot See for God” God” Reading Psalm 105:1–4 Isaiah 55:1–13 Psalm 104:1–13 Acts 17:16–34 Romans 1:18–23 d

Memorization & Your memorization of Psalm 1 will be due on Week 6. Read Psalm 1:1 ten times this week—twice each Sing the Word: A New day. Think about the meanings of the words and the passage as a whole. Commandment —Track 1 History/Geography THUMB Day One: Tribals

Usborne Book of Peoples pp. 2–3 p. 5 pp. 6–7 pp. 8–9 of the World N N

Missionary Stories with Introduction the Millers

5-Day: Usborne Book of pp. 2–3 Houses and Homes

Read-Alouds Charlotte’s Web chaps. 1–2 chap. 3 chap. 4 chap. 5 

5-Day: Homer Price chap. 1

Favorite Poems of “The Land of Nod“ “Hurt No“ & “Cat“ Childhood p. 1 p. 2 ©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by Mother Goose Rhymes “The Man in the Wilderness“

Other Notes

N Special Note to Mom or Dad  Map Point d Timeline Figure d Timeline Suggestion

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 1 | Schedule Week 1 Notes Core B

We have you read a lesson that teaches a principle and Day 1 the Bible passage the book recommends. On the following day, we schedule an additional passage to memorize Bible what you read about on the previous day. In these Suggested Readings, just marvel at how won- Core B integrates the book Leading Little Ones to God derful and magnificent God is! If you have stories you can as the focus for the Bible curriculum, as well as the CD share with your children about whatever topic is covered, Sing the Word: A New Commandment. We do our best to please share! tie the Bible readings directly to Leading Little Ones to God and the topics it covers. Divided into fourteen parts Reading | Psalm 105:1–4 and eighty-six short lessons, Leading Little Ones to God by Marian M. Schoolland offers a sweeping overview of God, Timeline and Map Activities creation, human beings, the central role of Jesus, the need d Jesus Christ (ca. 4 BC–AD 29) and method of salvation, discipleship matters, prayer, and Memorization | Psalm 1:1 the role of the church in God’s kingdom. Fortunately, this is all explained in a simple manner so children can under- Your memorization of Psalm 1 will be due on Week 6. stand these weighty topics. Schoolland also offers sections Read Psalm 1:1 ten times this week—twice each day. after the readings called, “Something to Talk About,” which Think about the meanings of the words and the passage emphasize comprehension, as well as memory verses and as a whole. suggested readings. Note, too, the prayers included at the Rationale: Your children’s appreciation of Scripture end of each lesson. Feel free to simply read through these and poetry will grow not only as you read Scriptures and ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. prayers as written, pray through them, or put them in your poems together, but also as you encourage your children own words. to memorize passages and poems they especially like, to The musical CD Sing the Word: A New Commandment is repeat them in an appropriately expressive fashion and, also integrated into our schedule and the memorization ultimately, to add body movements that go along with the verses. We trust you and your children will find it as enjoy- meaning and movement of the words. able as we have! We have found many ways to help our children memorize. Bible readings are scheduled daily, while Leading The primary method, however, is to repeat, repeat, repeat! Little Ones to God is scheduled sometime between days John remembers when he was five, his mom and older 1 and 4. If you are following a 4-day schedule feel free brother and he would wash and dry dishes together. There to skip the 5th day readings or read them during family was a period of about two weeks in which his mom and devotional time. brother sang a song that included all the books of the Old While your children may already be aware of the Bible Testament. About two weeks after they had begun sing- stories we cover, we want them to understand the mes- ing this song, he shocked them when he joined in sing- sage underlying the stories in order for them to gain a ing. They were amazed that he knew all the books of the grasp of God and His work. May your family grow in your Bible—yet it had been so easy! To this day, he remembers understanding and love of God! the books of the Bible because of that song. Perhaps the hardest aspect of memorization is main- Leading Little Ones to God | Lesson 1, pp. 3–4 taining children’s motivation to keep repeating a passage. “Our Hearts Ask for God” We have found the following methods helpful: This week you and your children will go through the 1) Put the Scripture passage to music and/or create a first two lessons of Leading Little Ones to God. We tie the rhythm by which it can be repeated—tap out the Bible readings to the topics in the book to provide a more beat while saying the words. cohesive Bible experience. The first two lessons you will 2) Act out certain key words with exaggerated and/ cover address questions about God (theology) and what or ridiculous motions: “Thou (point with emphasis at He is like (Lessons 1 and 2). your child) shalt not (shake your head violently) kill Rationale: The purpose of this book is to introduce (run your hand across your neck in the motion of a knife children to some basic theology—using terms they can slitting your throat)!“ understand. While some of the writing is done in more old fashioned, or formal mode, with “thee“ and “thou“ it is 3) Engage in a game of “hot potato“ while reciting the worthwhile to push past this and keep going. Feel free to verse: every time someone receives the “potato,“ he supplement the prayers, hymns and suggested questions must say the next word or phrase in the passage; with your own way of speaking to the Lord and use the he may not pass it on until he has said that word or book as simply a place to start (or continue) teaching your phrase. children about who God is.

2 | Week 1 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 Whatever means you find that work, use them! Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 2–3 Use the same procedure later in the year with a poem. Rationale: We begin our year by looking at how Lots of practice, very little “testing,” and “performing“ will people live around the world. We often think the world help your children experience poetry as enjoyable word lives exactly like us. But to understand history and why imagery rather than a scary “school“ subject. We want chil- people live as they do, we need to see the differences. dren to practice the skills of memorization. As the Psalmist Plus, it’s interesting. says, it is as we hide God’s word in our hearts (memorize it) To make sure your children are listening as well as that we are equipped to overcome sin (see Psalm 119:11). you’d like, after reading each day, have your children The more your children practice memorizing, the better tell you what they thought was the most interesting they should be able to memorize. Then, we want children thing they heard. For example, are they surprised at how to develop self-confidence in presenting themselves many languages there are or would they like to start a before an audience. coin collection? Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 Note to Mom or Dad: Please note the Usborne Book This CD includes all the Sonlight verses set to music. We of Peoples of the World contains pictures of people who list the track with the same Bible passage as the one your are rather undressed by Western standards, most specifi- child is learning. cally on pp. 4, 13, 16 and 19. If your children are sensitive Listen to this track the entire week. to this, we recommend you look through the book and consider how you might want to handle these illustrations History/Geography before you read it with your children or let them look at the book on their own. THUMB | Tribals Rationale: Each week on Monday, we’d like to encour- Read-Alouds age you to pray with your children for various peoples We assign read-alouds to encourage your children to around the world. Most weeks, we read about a specific love books, to excite them about other times and expose people group, and several weeks we give an idea to stimu- them to other people, times and places. late your prayer times. In our family, we read the read-alouds last each day. I In our desire to pray for things close to the heart of God, found it encouraged my children to work hard to get to each week we’ll pray for an unreached people group, or a our favorite time of the day. May these books draw your group of people that has not had a chance to hear God’s children to exclaim, “just read one more chapter“ as my Good News. In Revelation 5:9, God promises that there will children did. May you enjoy them as much! be people “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” that will bring praise to Him before His throne. Charlotte’s Web | Chapters 1–2 As we pray, we have an opportunity to partner with God in Explain that the chapter numbers are Roman numerals the work He has said He will accomplish. and have your children read the numbers. Missiologists (people who study mission movements)

©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by Find the vocabulary words in bold type in a sentence. state that there are five main unreached groups on which Read the sentence to your children and see if they can to focus. They use the acronym THUMB to help us easily define the word. If they don’t know, just explain what the remember the five groups. The groups are Tribals, Hindus, words mean to your children. For words that are in bold Unreached (or Unchurched) Chinese, Muslims, and Bud- followed by a colon, define the word for your children as dhists. We will lightly focus on the first group today and you read. They could be unfamiliar words. the remaining four over the next four weeks. We will then pray for specific peoples from each of the broad catego- Vocabulary ries of groups on Mondays over the rest of the year. “He’s yours,“ said Mr. Arable. “Saved from an untimely Pray, Tribals death.“ (a death that is too early) [chap. 1] Tribals tend to live in small villages with people who are * * * inter-related by family and marriage. Most tribals live by runt: a small, weak animal that requires much extra work, farming and hunting. They are, by and large, animists— therefore farmers usually kill them. [chap. 1] people who worship spirits. Animists believe spirits sur- round them in rocks and trees, in the ground and in pretty To Discuss After You Read much any- and everything around them. Animists live Q: What does the father mean when he says, “Fern is … in fear of offending a spirit unknowingly. If they do, they trying to rid the world of injustice“? [chap. 1] must offer sacrifices to appease the angry spirits. They A: this injustice is killing baby animals that are too small, must ask their shaman [SHAY-mun] or “witch doctor” what something they have no control over sacrifices to offer to appease the angry spirit. Tribals need to hear that Jesus paid the sacrifice for them and that He is stronger than any spirit.

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 1 | 3 Q: Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania, What is the around the world, and don’t allow them to frustrate your capital of your state? What is the capital of your coun- reading. Use those things that rub you wrong to teach try? [chap. 1] where we would all be but for the grace of God and how our cultural views on others change through the years. Q: Why did Wilbur have to be sold? [chap. 2] Use the author’s comments that you disagree with and A: he was getting too big and needed too much food discuss them with your children.

Timeline and Map Activities Read-Alouds  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (D10) (map 4) [chap. 1] Favorite Poems of Childhood | “The Land of Nod“ p. 1 Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 3 Rationale: It takes practice to read poetry correctly. Vocabulary Except when reading nursery rhymes and silly songs, one hullabaloo: a loud noise or uproar. should normally avoid letting the natural cadence of the rhyme control one’s reading pattern. Rather, you should scythes: a tool with a long curving blade used to cut grass read a poem for its sense: as if it were prose. Though this or grain by hand. may feel a little awkward at first, you will find that it yields slops: inedible human food, left-overs that make great pig great benefits for the listener. Despite the initial feelings food; the word slops is also onomatopoeic [on-o-MAH-toe- of awkwardness, the beauty of the language, the cadence, poe-AY-ic]: i.e., it sounds like what it means. and the rhyme will all come through. To Discuss After You Read Q: Why does Wilbur escape? Day 2 A: he is bored with his small world Q: Why does he return home? ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Bible A: he is frightened and tired and realizes he’s too young to be on his own Reading | Isaiah 55:1–13 Memorization | Psalm 1:1 Mother Goose Rhymes | “The Man in the Wilderness“ Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 Rationale: We include Mother Goose Rhymes to enrich History/Geography your education, as they are not sold as a separate book. Throughout life, your children will encounter references to Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | p. 5 these basic rhymes and exposure to them embraces our cultural heritage. So read and enjoy rhymes you probably Notes to Mom or Dad: We do not schedule page 4. have not heard since your youth! This presents an evolutionary view of how people have developed. Remind your children that we do not have fos- The man in the wilderness asked me sils to prove this theory. Just because a book prints it, that How many strawberries grew in the sea. doesn’t make it true. Ask your children why the “monkey I answered him as I thought good, people needed to hunt since monkeys nowadays don’t As many as red herrings grew in the wood. hunt. They eat produce.” Remind your children that some people groups even today hunt and gather their food. And like the Native Day 3 Americans, they choose to form their clothes from skins rather than spin cloth. Bible The book states that at one point, there were no people Leading Little Ones to God | Lesson 2, pp. 4–6 on Earth. Remind your children that God created this “We Cannot See God” planet for people. Reading | Psalm 104:1–13 Although I disagree with the evolutionary premise of the book, I’m thankful we have the opportunity to talk Memorization | Psalm 1:1 through these issues with our children. Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 Missionary Stories with the Millers | Introduction Note: Missionary Stories was written before the height of the politically correct movement so there are several comments by the author that might make you cringe. Don’t allow these comments to taint your child’s view of peoples

4 | Week 1 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 History/Geography History/Geography

Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 6–7 Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 8–9 Note: This book states that there are 4000 languages in Note: Many European nations joined together to form the world. According to Summer Institute of Linguistics, the European Union, or EU. They have open borders and there are actually 6909 languages, though the number is share the same money system called the Euro. shrinking. One of the reasons the number is going down: about 2000 of the languages have fewer than 1000 people To Discuss After You Read who speak them! Q: Do you live in a rich country or a poor country? The Why does it matter that we know an exact number? Lord tells us to give to those in need. How can you use In 1974, missiologist (someone who studies missions), your money to help? Dr. Ralph Winter presented a paper at the Lausanne Conference with new thinking that encouraged mission Read-Alouds leaders to focus on “unreached“ or “hidden“ peoples. In order to determine just where unreached peoples lived, Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 5 he recommended they search out and count each unique people group and then purposefully target them with Vocabulary the Good News. Dr. Winter encouraged this thinking in Underneath her rather bold and cruel exterior, she had response to Revelations 5:9. a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal and true to the To reach these peoples, Christians are trying to translate very end. (outside) books of the Bible into some of the smallest languages * * * (with as few as 250 speakers). Interestingly: Once there is a book in a language, the language will often gain scheming: making sly plans. popularity. So the translation may stop a language from going extinct! To Discuss After You Read Q: How does Charlotte justify catching bugs to eat? To Discuss After You Read A: no one feeds her, so she must take care of herself, and if Q: Which language group does your language come from? she didn’t rid the world of some bugs, the world would be Do you know anyone who speaks a different language? overrun with the creatures Q: How does Wilbur react to his new friend? Read-Alouds A: after his initial joy, he is not sure if he’s ready for this type of friend Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 4

To Discuss After You Read Bible Q: What does Wilbur want more than anything? A: a friend Reading | Romans 1:18–23 Q: How does Wilbur feel when the sheep tells him he is Memorization | Psalm 1:1 less than nothing? Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 A: sad, worthless Q: Have you ever accidentally (or on purpose) made some- History/Geography one feel that way? 5-Day: Usborne Book of Houses and Homes | Favorite Poems of Childhood | “Hurt No“ & “Cat” p. 2 pp. 2–3 Notes: Both in days before a written history and today, people live as hunters and gatherers and don’t live in Day 4 permanent homes. Bible In our interconnected world, we read about how people live to increase our understanding. Reading | Acts 17:16–34 To Discuss After You Read Memorization | Psalm 1:1 Q: Why did people around the world make houses in a Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 wide variety of ways?

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 1 | 5 A: they used materials they had, they followed patterns of others who had made them before they experimented and came up with new ideas, followed customs, worked with the weather, etc.

Read-Alouds

5-Day: Homer Price | Chapter 1

Vocabulary The Case of the Sensational Scent (chapter title). (so unusual or amazing that it easily gets people’s attention) He decided to name the skunk “Aroma.“ (any odor) The after-shave lotion with the distinctive invigorating smell that keeps you on your toes. (makes you feel alive) “The police are baffled,“ the news commentator said. (confused with no idea how to solve a problem) “You must admit, though, that our present condition could be described as begin a trifle overcrowded,“ said the one with the college education. (of no significance)

To Discuss After You Read ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Note: The sheriff mixes up the letters in his words and often makes new words that don’t make any sense; mixed- up words like these are called spoonerisms.1 Q: Describe how Homer gets Aroma up to his room. Q: What is wrong with the illustration on p. 25? A: there are 5 robbers in bed instead of 4! Whoops! Accidents happen even in finished books n

1. The term spoonerism comes from the man who made these kinds of mix-ups most famous: the Reverend William Archibald Spooner. The Rev. Spooner once lifted a glass of wine in honor of Queen Victoria. He is reported to have exclaimed, “Three cheers for our queer old dean!“ Some other spoonerisms: ghost town becomes toast gown; toll booth becomes bowl tooth; a weeping lizard becomes a leaping wizard … . Can you think up some of your own? 6 | Week 1 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 Core B Week 2 Schedule

Date: Day 1 6 Day 2 7 Day 3 8 Day 4 9 Day 5 10 Bible Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 3 Lesson 4 pp. 6–7 pp. 7–9 “We See God’s “God Talked to Works” People Long Ago” Reading Psalm 19: 1–7 Psalm 24: 1–10 1 Samuel 3:1–10 Acts 9:1–19 2 Timothy 3:14–17

Memorization & Psalm 1:1–2 Sing the Word: —Track 1 A New Commandment History/Geography THUMB Day One: Hindus

Usborne Book of Peoples pp. 10–11 pp. 12–13 pp. 14–15 pp. 16–17 of the World

Missionary Stories with chap. 1 chap. 2 the Millers  N 

5-Day: Usborne Book of pp. 4–5 Houses and Homes

Read-Alouds Charlotte’s Web chap. 6 chap. 7 chap. 8 chap. 9 

5-Day: Homer Price chap. 2 

Favorite Poems of “I Love Little Pussy“ “Mary’s Lamb“ Childhood p. 3 pp. 4–5 ©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by Mother Goose Rhymes “A Week of Birthdays“

Other Notes

N Special Note to Mom or Dad  Map Point d Timeline Figure d Timeline Suggestion

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 2 | Schedule Week 2 Notes Core B

One key belief has to do with reincarnation. Reincarna- Day 1 tion is the idea that, in a way, you never die; you always come back to life in a different form—perhaps as a king or Bible a princess; perhaps as a dog or a worm. Your form in your next life is the result of karma. You will receive “payback” Week 2 of the Bible program continues to cover theolo- for every good or bad thing you do. And you will be “paid gy, addressing the wonder of God’s creation (Lesson 3) and back” either now in this life or later, in your next life. how God communicated to people in the past (Lesson 4). Karma then produces a third common Hindu belief and Leading Little Ones to God | Lesson 3, pp. 6–7 practice. That is called the caste [cast] system. If you are “We See God’s Works” born into a Brahmin family (one of the highest castes), you receive all kinds of privileges. And everyone in the lower To Discuss After You Read castes is required to honor you. If you’re born in one of the Q: Based on what we learned today do you think the Lord lowest castes or as an “untouchable” (or “outcaste”), then still speaks to people? If He does, have you ever heard you must accept, without complaining, whatever abuse Him? Have you ever tried? Would you even want to? people in the castes above you may heap upon you. After Mom, be bold with talking about your experience, or all, the only reason you are a member of such a caste is lack there of with your children. One of the best things because of your karma. You deserve it. about homeschooling is it provides time and a place to According to Hindu belief, the only way you can escape talk about deep issues. your caste is to die and to be reborn. If you are born into a laboring caste, then you must be a laboror. You cannot,

Reading | Psalm 19: 1–7 under any circumstances, become a banker or a school- ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Memorization | Psalm 1:1–2 teacher. That would be to go against your caste. From a Hindu perspective, if people are kind to or try Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 to help people in one of the bottom castes, they actually Listen to this track the entire week. do these sufferers an injustice. They are prolonging their suffering. They’re not letting them make amends for the History/Geography mistakes they made in past lives. The ultimate goal of Hinduism is Nirvana, the release THUMB | Hindus of the soul from the otherwise almost endless cycle of reincarnation. Last week we prayed for the first large group of un- How do you reach Nirvana? By fulfilling all of your du- reached peoples who need to hear about Jesus. We ties to your family and society and thus overcoming your prayed for Tribals, designated by the first letter of the bad karma; by meditating, so as to connect with “the god acronym THUMB. Today, we’ll pray for the second letter within”; and, finally through acts of worship, temple ritu- group: Hindus. Please pray that God will send believers to als, and pilgrimages. share the Good News, that the message will land on recep- To learn more about India and Hindus, you may want to tive hearts, and that God will move millions of Hindus to participate in the My Passport to India project at receive new life through Jesus. www.mypassporttoindia.com – or simply watch the vid- Pray, Hindus eos that are there. Let us pray that the one true God will provide followers Most Hindus live in India (please refer to (D9) (map 1), of Christ who can tell Hindus how to break free from the the land where Hinduism began. Many people—includ- enslaving chains of reincarnation. ing many Hindus in India—believe that India is a Hindu country. But there are so many people in India that, even Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 10–11 though Muslims are a small minority within India, there are so many Muslims that India is also the world’s third To Discuss After You Read largest Muslim country—after Indonesia and Pakistan! Q: How would you like to live eating just rice and vegetables? And besides Hindus and Muslims, India also has large You could try a vegetarian meal this week with primarily numbers of Buddhists. vegetables, beans and rice. We should probably start by acknowledging that there is no “one” type of Hinduism; there are many Hinduisms. Some experts suggest that Hindus worship 330 million different gods. But despite the diversity, there are a few common beliefs amongst most Hindus.

8 | Week 2 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 Read-Alouds Since these stories are not linked to the Core, feel free to shuffle them to days that work for you. Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 6 One customer commented: “Chapter 1 is about missionaries in Congo barely escaping with their lives. (And Vocabulary mentions the many who did not.) It is very dramatic. I had gratified: pleased. to skip large sections of it. The rest of the book is fine, in unremitting: constant, not slackening. fact very nice.” Please take this customer’s words to heart and preview scruples and compunctions: a scruple is a sense of Chapter 1 if you have sensitive children. right and wrong that directs a person’s behavior; to have Why does Sonlight schedule a story where men terror- scruples about a matter means to feel uncomfortable ize missionaries? We want our children to know that evil about doing that thing; compunction refers to a feeling of exists and that God has power to overcome even during guilt that arises when one has done wrong. times when our help can come from no other place. While untenable: not fit to be lived in. God did deliver this couple, so He allows some to die for his glory. lair: den of a wild animal. Be aware that on page 7 the author states the people of interlude: a short break, pause. an African village were “poor, mean, and dirty.“ Please do not conclude that all Africans are poor, mean, and dirty To Discuss After You Read from this one passage. That is far from true. Q: Why don’t the geese trust the rat? The map in Chapter 1 incorrectly labels the area of the A: he had no morals to keep him acting rightly; he would kill Simba rebellion as Congo. The Simba rebellion actually a gosling if he could get away with it took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo which is a Favorite Poems of Childhood | “I Love Little Pussy“ different country.

p. 3 To Discuss After You Read Q: Why weren’t the Eichers afraid of being killed? A: they were not afraid when the rebels threatened them, Day 2 because they knew the Lord was with them and that they would go home to the Lord if they died Bible Q: When we follow the Lord, like the Eicher’s, do we need Reading | Psalm 24:1–10 to be afraid of anything that might come against us? A: no, just as God was with the Eicher’s in the Congo, He was Memorization | Psalm 1:1–2 with Daniel in the lion’s pit1 and He is always with us Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 Timeline and Map Activities ©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by History/Geography  Congo (Central Africa) (E6) (map 1)

Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 12–13 Read-Alouds

To Discuss After You Read Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 7 Take a few moments and talk about your family values in clothing. How do you want your children to present Vocabulary themselves to the world. For example: sweet, pretty, Stop your crying! I can’t stand hysterics. (a fit of uncontrol- wholesome girls and helpful, controlled, nice boys. What lable laughter or weeping) should that look like? Talk about how our clothing does say something about us. And talk about what you want * * * your children’s clothes to say. What do your children think? anesthetic: a substance that produces a loss of feeling.

Missionary Stories with the Millers | Chapter 1 To Discuss After You Read Notes: In many Sonlight Core programs, we read mis- Q: When Charlotte promises to save Wilbur, do you think a sionary biographies where they fit historically. spider will be able to do so? Because all of the biographies we read this year fall outside Ancient History, we choose to spread them out Mother Goose Rhymes | “A Week of Birthdays“ over the course of the year. We schedule them on Tuesday Monday’s child is fair of face, and Wednesday to allow you to recatch your stride on Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Monday and not overwhelm you on the day we schedule science experiments. 1. Daniel 6:19–23 Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 2 | 9 Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Q: Is Mr. Arable worried about Fern hearing what animals Thursday’s child has far to go, say? Why or why not? Friday’s child is loving and giving, A: no; he thinks Fern may just have sharper hearing than Saturday’s child works hard for its living, adults and he knows she has a great imagination But the child that’s born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. Favorite Poems of Childhood | “Mary’s Lamb” pp. 4–5

Day 3 Day 4 Bible Bible

Leading Little Ones to God | Lesson 4, pp. 7–9 Reading | Acts 9: 1–19 “God Talked to People Long Ago” Memorization | Psalm 1:1–2

To Discuss After You Read Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 Q: Based on what we learned today do you think the Lord History/Geography still speaks to people? If He does, have you ever heard him? Have you ever tried? Would you even want to? Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 16–17 Note: Be bold with talking about your experience, or lack there of with your children. One of the best things To Discuss After You Read about homeschooling is it provides time and place to talk Q: What crafts interest your children most? You could search for a local craftsman ask to visit their workshop. about deep issues. ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Reading | 1 Samuel 3:1–10 Read-Alouds Memorization | Psalm 1:1–2 Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 9 Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 Vocabulary History/Geography spinnerets: the organs which a spider uses to spin the thread for its web. Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 14–15 troupe: a group of traveling performers. To Discuss After You Read Explain to your children that people have the same Just as with our clothing, how we wear make-up and bones in our legs that spiders have in theirs: coxa is the jewelry gets noticed by others. Talk through the message joint of the hip, femur is the upper leg bone, the tro- we seek to convey with the items we wear. For example: in chanter is either of the two knobs at the top of the femur our family we choose to not wear scary or creepy items. attaching the muscles between the thigh and pelvis, the Missionary Stories with the Millers | Chapter 2 tibia is one of the two lower leg bones, the patella is the knee cap, the metatarsals are the foot bones, and the To Discuss After You Read phalanges are the toe [or finger] bones. Q: What do you think of Ramsey’s experience coming to know the truth about Christ? Are you surprised by this metatarsus method? Did the Lord want Ramsey to steal the Bible trochanter so he would come to know God? femur coxa Timeline and Map Activities patella  Egypt (G6) (map 2)

Read-Alouds tibia phalange Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 8

To Discuss After You Read To Discuss After You Read Q: Why does Mrs. Arable worry about Fern? Q: Is bridge-building a good example of human weaving? A: she doesn’t think that animals can talk and worries be- Why or why not? cause Fern thinks they do talk

10 | Week 2 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 Timeline and Map Assignments Read-Alouds  Queensborough Bridge: (also known as the 59th Street Bridge in New York City, NY, it was built in 1909 and con- 5-Day: Homer Price | Chapter 2 nects midtown Manhattan with Queens) (D11) (map 4) Vocabulary “Golly,“ said Freddy in a quavery voice, “do you suppose … Day 5 the electric ray? … Whoo, Lucy, Whoo, Lucy! … we better park here!“ (shaky or trembling) Bible He made faces, just like anybody else, when it was daubed on. (painted on in a rather sloppy way) Reading | 2 Timothy 3:14–17 * * * Memorization | Psalm 1:1–2 Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 chromium: a silver metal used to stop corrosion. colossal: incredibly huge in size or strength. History/Geography defied: stood up to something and resist it and said it’s 5-Day: Usborne Book of Houses and Homes | not going to have control. pp. 4–5 To Discuss After You Read To Discuss After You Read Q: Why does Freddy believe Super-Duper is real? A: Q: What are the advantages of a mud hut? besides being in the comics, Freddy has seen him in A: the materials are easy to find and they keep people the movies cool in a hot climate and people can afford them Q: Is seeing something in a movie a good reason for be- without a mortgage lieving in it? A: no, very little in the movies is real Q: Why do the boys decide to not talk about meeting their hero? A: they were very disappointed because their hero wasn’t what they thought he was. They didn’t care about the comic books anymore. They just hoped that they could trade the comics for something that would have real value

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 2 | 11 Core B Week 3 Schedule

Date: Day 1 11 Day 2 12 Day 3 13 Day 4 14 Day 5 15 Bible Leading Little Ones to God Lesson 5 Lesson 6 pp. 9–10 pp. 10–12 “God Talks to Us” “God Sent His Son” Reading 1 Peter 1:24, 25 1 Kings 3:4–14 John 14:8–10 1 Timothy 2:1–8 Matthew 1:18–25

Memorization & Psalm 1:1–3 Sing the Word: A New —Track 1 Commandment History/Geography THUMB Day One: Unreached/Unchurched Chinese

Usborne Book of Peoples pp. 18–19 pp. 20–21 pp. 22–23 pp. 24–25 of the World

Missionary Stories with chap. 3 the Millers 

5-Day: Usborne Book of pp. 6–7 Houses and Homes

Read-Alouds Charlotte’s Web chap. 10 chap. 11 chap. 12 chap. 13

5-Day: Homer Price chap. 3

Favorite Poems of “Holding Hands“ “The Field Mouse“ Childhood p. 6 p. 7

Other Notes

N Special Note to Mom or Dad  Map Point d Timeline Figure d Timeline Suggestion

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 3 | Schedule Week 3 Notes Core B

Another key problem: China doesn’t have enough Day 1 Bibles. Yes, the government has sponsored a printing company to produce Bibles, but the Amity Press produces Bible nowhere near enough Bibles to meet the needs even of the Christians that already exist in the country, let alone Leading Little Ones to God | Lesson 5, pp. 9–10 for evangelism or other purposes. (See http://bit.ly/ ”God Talks to Us” chinabibles for more on this subject.) This week Leading Little Ones to God is about God talking Finally, while there are churches and Bibles for the Han to us (Lesson 5) and introduces children to Jesus (Lesson 6). Chinese (majority) peoples and languages, many of the minority peoples in China have no churches and no Bibles Reading | 1 Peter 1:24, 25 in their languages or cultures. Memorization | Psalm 1:1–3 So we need to pray for the Christians who are in China, that God will enable them to reach out to their unreached Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 and unchurched neighbors; we need to pray for more Listen to this track the entire week. Bibles; and we need to pray for all the minority peoples in China who have no Christian witness in their midst. History/Geography For more about the exciting story about church growth in China, see http://bit.ly/chinachurch. THUMB | Unreached/Unchurched Chinese Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 18–19 China and India (please refer to (D10); (D9) (map 1) have ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. over one billion people each—about a fifth of the world’s To Discuss After You Read population each. In 1948, a new government took control After reading about the spirit world and the way in China. It is a Communist government. And it teaches people try to appease it, take time to talk through with that there is no God. At first, the Communist government your children that even though there is evil in the world, outlawed all religions, including Christianity. It threw we serve the most powerful God. We serve One who can many Christians into prison. But the Christians kept talking conquer all. about Jesus. And so, despite the government’s rules, the number of Christians kept growing. By 1980, only about Read-Alouds 30 years after the Communists took over, many experts thought there might have been 10 times as many Chris- Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 10 tians as there had been 30 years before. Today, estimates range as high as 20 to 25 times as many. But there are still Vocabulary hundreds of millions of Chinese who have never heard of “I was just thinking,“ said the spider, “that people are very Jesus and know nothing about His Good News. gullible.“ (easily deceived or cheated) “It pays to save things,“ he said in his surly voice. (grouchy) Pray, Unreached/Unchurched Chinese The Chinese Communist government still seeks to After a while she bestirred herself. (roused, became active) repress all religions. But it has approved a church— the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) church. Most To Discuss After You Read pastors in the TSPM church preach the gospel. But the Q: Charlotte knew that if she waited patiently, food would TSPM church is watched strictly by the government. come to her. Do you think a solution will always come And there are only a few TSPM churches compared to the to mind if you wait? large numbers of people in the country. Moreover, most A: while this worked for Charlotte, sometimes we need to do of these churches are in larger cities. What will happen if research or ask others for help the government decides to tighten restrictions again? Q: Do you think Charlotte is smart? Why or why not? And what about the vast majority of Christians in China A: she has an amazing vocabulary, and is very observant— who have never joined the TSPM church—either because so, yes, I think she is smart they really don’t want to be in a government-controlled church or (more likely) because they live too far away Favorite Poems of Childhood | “Holding Hands“ p. 6 from such a church? These Christians suffer tremendous persecution and find it difficult to share their faith with unbelievers without fear of being arrested or abused by the government.

14 | Week 3 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 Day 2 Mother Goose Rhymes | “Old King Cole“ Old King Cole was a merry old soul, Bible And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, he called for his bowl, Reading | 1 Kings 3:4–14 And he called for his fiddlers three! And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle, Memorization | Psalm 1:1–3 And a very fine fiddle had he. Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 “Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee,“ went the fiddlers. Oh, there’s none so rare as can compare History/Geography With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 20–21 This section of the book makes a few statements you Day 3 may want to modify slightly. With respect to Judaism—Abraham and Moses were Bible certainly significant figures in Jewish history. Indeed, almost everyone would agree that they were the two Leading Little Ones to God | Lesson 6, pp. 10–12 primary messengers of God. But according to the Jewish “God Sent His Son” scriptures, God chose many other men (and even a few Reading | John 14:8–10 women) to serve as prophets as well. Regarding Christian- ity: Most Christians baptize their infants, and godparents Memorization | Psalm 1:1–3 are a part of many Christian traditions. Baptists and Ana- Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 baptists, however, only baptize adults or older children (usually teenagers) who are able to make what church History/Geography leaders decide is a credible declaration of faith in Jesus. Many Protestant denominations also forgo godparents. Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 22–23 Missionary Stories with the Millers | Chapter 3 Your book states that Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion. Many scholars question this assertion. To Discuss After You Read Hinduism promotes the worship of many gods (poly- Q: Do you agree with Sualan that God is always God? theism), as well as pantheism (the idea that god is [or the gods are] everywhere and in all that exists; i.e., god is [or Be encouraged, many times in the Bible the writers use the gods are] an impersonal divine force). Evidence for this children as examples of faith—take these stories to heart kind of perspective can be traced back to the very earliest and one day you may encourage an adult in your life. human civilizations. The author here speaks of “the cruel Japanese.“ Re- However, worship of one God (monotheism) also can

©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by member, this is during a time of war when enemies often be traced to the beginnings of human cultural develop- behaved cruelly. Remind your children that Japanese as a ment. In short, two views of the development of religion people are not cruel. are at odds here. An evolutionary view of religion traces Timeline and Map Activities religious origins to forms of worship such as polytheism, while the view known as original monotheism sees reli-  Japan (D11); China (D10); Yellow River (Huang He River) gion originally developing from the worship of one God or (D10) (map 1) Supreme Being, then becoming diversified into religions Read-Alouds such as polytheism. For a brief summary of these perspectives see Neighbor- Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 11 ing Faiths by Winfried Corduan (InterVarsity Press).

Vocabulary Read-Alouds gyromatic: a semi-automatic car transmission used in Dodge cars from 1949 to 1955. Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 12 Vocabulary To Discuss After You Read idiosyncrasy: an odd or unusual behavior. Q: Charlotte claims that people are very gullible (or believe anything). Do you think she was right? Do acrobat: one who is skilled at balancing or gymnastics. you think it makes sense to always believe your eyes? baser: inferior, lower class. Or can you think of a time when you might not see correctly? gruffly: brusque or stern in manner or appearance; harsh.

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 3 | 15 gander: an adult male goose. Day 5 St. Vitus’s Dance: a nervous disorder that causes spas- modic movements in victims’ limbs and facial muscles and Bible a general lack of coordination. Reading | Matthew 1:18–25 To Discuss After You Read Q: When it comes to helping others, who are you more Memorization | Psalm 1:1–3 like: Charlotte (helping because you care) or Templeton Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 (helping because it helps you)? What motivates you (makes you happy) to help? History/Geography

Favorite Poems of Childhood | “The Field of Mouse“ 5-Day: Usborne Book of Houses and Homes | p. 7 pp. 6–7

To Discuss After You Read Day 4 Q: Why do the Yanomamo people of the jungle make their homes as they do? Bible A: they use materials they have on hand because they are inexpensive and easy to acquire; they build their houses Reading | 1 Timothy 2:1–8 with an open side to let in cool air; they all live together Memorization | Psalm 1:1–3 in a large circular house like a small village so they don’t have to clear lots of smaller areas and so they can support Sing the Word: A New Commandment | Track 1 each other ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. History/Geography Read-Alouds

Usborne Book of Peoples of the World | pp. 24–25 5-Day: Homer Price | Chapter 3 To Discuss After You Read Vocabulary Q: What is your favorite holiday? Why? By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd the lunchroom was a calamity Read-Alouds of doughnuts! (a terrible situation due to something bad) Charlotte’s Web | Chapter 13 * * *

Vocabulary box social: a way to raise money for a worthy cause. Wom- en make lunches or suppers for two people, put them in aeronaut: one that travels in a balloon. boxes, and take them to a gathering (the “social”). At the dung: manure. social, men bid on the boxes. The highest bidder gets to enjoy the meal inside the box with the woman who made orb: something circular. it. The money paid for the meal then goes to whatever radial: in rays. Thus the orb lines are the circular lines of a worthy cause the social was created for. web, the radial extend outward from the center. The Red Cross: is a worldwide organization whose mem- To Discuss After You Read bers try to help people in times of crisis or disaster. The International Red Cross was started by Jean Henri Dunant Q: Do you know anyone who has done amazing things [zhon on-REE doo-NAHng], a Swiss man. He was traveling like Charlotte’s cousins have done? in Italy in 1859 during the Austro-Sardinian War. He saw Q: Describe some of the changes that happen in Wilbur’s 40,000 people who had been killed or wounded in battle. life as a result of being famous. Were all of them good He was so horrified at the suffering of the wounded peo- or pleasant? ple that he formed a group of volunteers to help people A: his feedings were increased from three meals a day to wounded in battle. In 1862, Dunant published a book four meals a day. He got clean, bright straw every day for called Un Souvenir de Solferino [Recollections of Solferino]. his bedding instead of cow manure; on the negative side, It ended with the plea, “Would it not be possible to found many people came to gawk at him and organize in all civilized countries permanent societies of volunteers who in time of war would give help to the wounded without regard for their nationality?“ There was a good response to Dunant’s plea. On Oct. 26, 1863, repre- sentatives from 16 nations, as well as several organizations

16 | Week 3 | Section Two | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 that were already trying to help people in need, met in Geneva to discuss Dunant’s idea. This conference made it possible for the Red Cross movement to begin. “rides the rods“: he sneaks rides on freight trains. fritter: to waste, a little at a time. pinochle (PEE-nuckle): a card game with 48 cards. Zeus: according to Greek mythology, Zeus was the ruler of the gods. Zeus was a sky and weather god, especially associated with rain, thunder, and lightning. The Greeks believed he was all-knowing and all-seeing. The Greeks thought of Zeus as being like a father and a protector, especially of guests and strangers.

To Discuss After You Read Q: How many labor saving devices does your family have? A: possible: toaster, fridge, phone, microwave, dishwasher, computer

Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 3 | 17 Core B—Scope and Sequence: Schedule for Topics and Skills Bible History/Social Week Memory Work Reading Studies Geography Biography 1 Psalm 1:1 Questions about Cultures; Greece; Africa; India; South Millers God & What He is People; Countries America; Middle East; China; like Europe; Asia; United States 2 Psalm 1: 1-2 Wonder of God's Cultures Southeast Asia; Middle East; August Eicher creation & How South America; Africa; Australia; God communicates China; Congo; Egypt (past) 3 Psalm 1:1-3 How God Cultures; World India; Japan; Europe; Middle Gladys Aylward communicates Religions East; Russia; Indonesia; South (present) Africa; New Zealand; China 4 Psalm 1:1-4 One God & His Cultures Egypt; Europe; Middle East; David omnipresence China; South America; Africa; Livingstone, Belize; 5-Day: Arabian Desert; Ludlow Walker Iran 5 Psalm 1:1-5 God's omniscience Archaeology; Early Mesopotamia; Egypt; Mediter- John Paton, Ato & The Trinity People and Cities ranean Sea; Crete; Australia; Desta China; Central America; New Hebrides (Pacific Ocean); Ethiopia 6 Psalm 1:1-6 God's Holiness & Earliest Civiliza- Mesopotamia; Sumer; Egypt; Hudson Taylor, Omnipotence tions Southeast Asia Lillian Trasher 7 Genesis 1:1 God's faithfulness & Earliest Civiliza- Egypt; Togo; Mexico; 5-Day: John Beekman, His names tions; Ancient France; 5-Day: Philippines; Menes Egypt Turkey 8 John 3:16 Creation: Adam Ancient Egypt Egypt; Bhutan; Ecuador; Jim Elliot, David & Eve; Why God Austria; Bontrager made us 5-Day: Himalaya Mountains; Nepal 9 Jeremiah 29:11 The fall of Adam Ancient Egypt Egypt; Vietnam; India; Ida Scudder, Jack ©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by & Eve; entrance of Peru; 5-Day: Switzerland; McGuckin Sin; God does what Japan is best 10 Deuteronomy Sin; God's law Ancient Egypt Egypt; China; India; Mexico; Mark Kniss, Ruby 6:4 5-Day: Greenland; Canada; Scott Antarctica; Norway; Finland; Sweden; Russia; Alaska 11 Deuteronomy God's law; Punish- Ancient Egypt Egypt; Papua New Guinea; John Troyer, 6:4–5 ment of sins Guatemala; Tutankhamen 5-Day: Australia; Israel 12 Deuteronomy God's plan for our Ancient Egypt; Egypt; Crete; Chad; North Bob Pierce, Bob 6:4–6 redemption Crete Korea; Armenia; Turkey; Findley, Elias 5-Day: England; Malaysia; Riggs India; Santorini (continued on the following page)

Note to Mom or Dad: The Summary of Scope and Sequence: Topics and Skills (scope and sequence) information contained in the charts on these pages includes topics and skills covered in the reader pack books that correspond to this level. If you are using a reader pack that corresponds to a different level, please adjust the Summary of Scope and Sequence: Topics and Skills information to reflect those topics covered in the books in your reader pack. Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Three | Instructor Guide Resources | 7 Core B—Scope and Sequence: Schedule for Topics and Skills Bible History/Social Week Memory Work Reading Studies Geography Biography 13 Isaiah 55:6 God's care over us; Ancient Civiliza- Crete; Mesopotamia; Babylon; Amy Carmichael, Angelic realm tions: Crete; India; Anatolia; Assyria; Senegal; Robert Evans Babylon; Anatolia India; Poland; 5-Day: Kenya 14 Isaiah 55:6–7 Birth of Christ; Ancient Egyptians Egypt; India; Alaska; Afognak William Carey Christ's obedience (The New King- (Island); Canada dom); Pharaohs & Pyramids 15 Proverbs 15:1 Jesus, the teacher; Ancient Egypt; Egypt; Colombia; Ur; Canaan; Raymond Bush, Jesus' miracles Pharaohs & Mediterranean Sea; Israel; Rameses the Pyramids; Greek South Africa; Great, Abraham Mythology 5-Day: Greece; Persia; Spain; France; Italy; North Africa 16 Psalm 23:1 What Jesus did: Hittites; Greek Anatolia; Greece; Mycenae; Ralph Palmer healed the sick & Mythology; U.S.A.; 5-Day: Sicily; Persia; forgave sins Mycenaeans India; Asia; Egypt 17 Psalm 23:1–2 Transfiguration Old Testament Middle East; Syrian and Roman and Peoples & Lands; Arabian deserts; Jerusalem; Amanda ©2014 by Curriculum, Sonlight Ltd. All rights reserved. Ancient Nomads; Greece; Sudan; El Salvador Mullet, Homer, Trojan War King David 18 Psalm 23:1–3 Jesus' death and The Phoenicians; Strait of Gibraltar; Phoenicia; Alvin Schlabach resurrection Invention of the Mediterranean Sea; Tyre; Alphabet; Spar- Sidon; Carthage; Greece; Ivory tans; The Olympics Coast; Belize; 5-Day: Crete; Black Sea 19 Psalm 23:1–4 Christ's post-res- Rome Founded Italy; Assyria; Jerusalem; Baby- Alvin Frey, Romu- urrection appear- (Rome Mythology); lon; Ethiopia; Canada; lus, Sennacherib, ances; Ascension Assyrians 5-Day: Greece Assur-bani-pal 20 Psalm 23:1–5 Holy Spirit Assyrians; The Assyria; Babylon; Jerusalem; Ralph Hartman, Medes; The Persian Empire; Lydia; Malay- Croesus, Cyrus, Persians; Lydia; sia; Canada; Nebuchadnezzar Babylon 5-Day: Greece 21 Psalm 23:1–6 Building the Persians; Ancient Europe; Central and South Gautama church; Importance Europe; tribes America; India; Japan; Iran; Buddha, George of confession; of Central and Greece; Nigeria; Prussia Müller Christ is “the way” South America; India; Dark Ages in Greece 22 Psalm 119:105 Christ's role as China The Great Wall of China; Gobi Confucius, savior Desert; Himalaya Mountains; George Müller China; Pacific Ocean; 5-Day: Greece 23 Joshua 1:9 Love God; Love one Persians; The Persia; China; Greece; George Müller another; Trust in Great Wall of Indonesia God China 24 Matthew 7:7 Giving; Obedience; Rome becomes a Rome; Italy; Greece; Lydia; The Darius I, George Work Republic; Ancient Persian Empire; Marathon; Müller Greece; The Thailand Persian Wars (continued on the following page)

8 | Instructor Guide Resources | Section Three | Intro to World History, Year 1 of 2 Core B—Scope and Sequence: Schedule for Topics and Skills Bible History/Social Week Memory Work Reading Studies Geography Biography 25 John 14:6 Reading the Bible; Persian Wars; The Persia; Greece; Hellespont George Müller Thinking about Golden Age of (Dardanelles); Thermopylae; God Greece Bay of Salamis; Peru

26 John 13:34 Learning to say The Golden Age of Greece; Nepal; Devon Socrates, “No”; Sharing God's Greece; Pelopon- Alexander the story nesian War; Great, Aristotle, Alexander the George Müller Great 27 Philippians 2:14 Suffering; Future Scythians; Asia; India; Egypt; Alexandria; George Müller hope Mongols; Early Greece; China; North and Cen- American Indians; tral America; Tanzania; Bristol; Alexander the 5-Day: Rome; Aegean Sea; Great Ostia 28 Philippians We need God's Ancient Africa; The Africa; Northern Europe; George Müller 2:14–15 help; Power of Celts; The Romans; Carthage; Rome; Italy prayer First Punic War

29 Psalm 119:11 Help from the Holy Punic Wars; The Algeria; Spain; Italy; Tunisia; Hannibal, George Spirit & Jesus Roman Empire the Alps; Carthage; The Roman Müller Empire; Egypt; Africa; 5-Day: Germany 30 Poem Angels watch over Rome & the Rome; Papua New Guinea Columbus, us; Meaning of Romans Magellan, Prayer George Müller 31 Poem Prayer Rome & the Rome; India George Müller Romans

32 Poem Prayer: What to Rome & the Rome; Gaul; Tiber River; The George Müller ask & How God Romans Roman Empire; Romania; ©2014 by Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd. All rights reserved. All Ltd. Sonlight Curriculum, ©2014 by responds Alexandria; Europe; Mediter- ranean Sea; Micronesia 33 Poem Prayer & Church The Roman Rome; Egypt; Spain; England; Julius Caesar, Empire France; Israel; China Virgil, Horace, Octavius, Jesus, George Müller

34 Poem Baptism; Holy Com- The Romans; The Rome; Jerusalem; Pompeii; Nero, Marcus munion; Mission of Byzantine Empire Europe; Northern Africa; Aurelius, church Constantinople; The Byzantine Constantine I, Empire; 5-Day: Syria George Müller 35 Poem End of the World; The Romans; Fall Rome; Gaul; England; Spain; George Müller Return of Christ of Rome Italy; Africa; France; Constantinople; Myanmar

36 Proverbs 1:17 Life after death; The Romans; The Rome; France; England; Con- Justinian, King Praising God in Sassanians; stantinople; Byzantine Empire; Arthur, George Eternity Germanic tribes Mexico Müller

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