Ancient Rome ~ Schedule

{WEEK 1}
MAP – Label modern countries on map of Roman Empire
• 1 — The First Settlers
• 2 — The Escape from the Burning City
• 3 — The Clever Trick
• 4 — The Boards are Eaten
{WEEK 2}
• 5 — The Wolf and the Twins
• 6 — Romulus Builds Rome
MAP – Circle and label “Rome”, color Italy green and Sicily yellow
• 7 — The Maidens Carried Off
• 8 — Union of Sabines and Romans
• 9 — Death of Romulus
{WEEK 3}
• Ancient Rome!: Build an Arch, pp 25-6
~ (TQ3) Roman Monarchy
• 10 — The Strange Signs of the Romans
• 11 — The Quarrel with Alba
• 12 — The Fight Between the Horatii and the Curiatii
• 13 — Tarquin and the Eagle
• 14 — The Roman Youths
• Ancient Rome!: Highways and Waterways, pp 52-8
** City by David Macaulay (library)
{WEEK 4}
• 15 — The King Outwitted
• 16 — The Murder of Tarquin
• 17 — The Ungrateful Children
• 18 — The Mysterious Books
• 19 — Tarquin's Poppies
• 20 — The Oracle of Delphi
• 21 — The Death of Lucretia
• Ancient Rome!: Gifts of the Etruscans, pp 29-31
• Ancient Rome!: A Kid is Still a Kid, pp 32-9
• Ancient Rome!: Put Janus over Your Door, p 40
{WEEK 5}
~ (TQ4) Roman Republic
• 22 — The Stern Father
• Ancient Rome!: The Roman Republic, pp 42-4
• 23 — A Roman Triumph
 • 24 — A Roman Triumph (continued)
• 25 — The Defense of the Bridge
• 26 — The Burnt Hand
• 27 — The Twin Gods
• 28 — The Wrongs of the Poor
• Ancient Rome!: The Orders of Roman People, pp 45-6
{WEEK 6}
• 29 — The Fable of the Stomach
• 30 — The Story of Coriolanus
• 31 — The Farmer Hero ** NOTE **
• 32 — The New Laws Read Ancient Rome!:
• Ancient Rome!: Order in the Court!, p47 Forum, pp 48-51 when it is
introduced.
• 33 — The Death of Virginia
• 34 — The Plans of a Traitor
• 35 — The School-Teacher Punished
{WEEK 7}
• 36 — The Invasion of the Gauls (TQ6)
• 37 — The Sacred Geese (TQ6)
• 38 — Two Heroes of Rome (Horatius Brothers)
• 39 — The Disaster at the Caudine Forks
• 40 — Pyrrhus and his Elephants
• 41 — The Elephants Routed
~ (TQ8) Punic Wars
• Ancient Rome!: Conquest, Conflict & the End of the Republic, pp 60-2
• 42 — Ancient Ships
• 43 — Regulus and the Snake
• 44 — Hannibal Crosses the Alps
• 45 — The Romans Defeated
MAP – Punic Wars
** Hannibal by Robert Green (library)
{WEEK 8}
• 46 — The Inventor Archimedes
** Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick (own)
• 47 — The Roman Conquests
• 48 — Destruction of Carthage
• Ancient Rome!: Rome vs. Carthage, pp 63-6
• Discuss Roman Army
• Discuss the Armor of God – Ephesians 6
• 49 — Roman Amusements (TQ12)
• Ancient Rome!: Roman Leisure and Fun, pp 75-83
 ** Gladiator by Richard Watkins (own)
{WEEK 9}
~ (TQ11) Poverty
• 50 — The Jewels of Cornelia
• 51 — The Death of Tiberius Gracchus
• 52 — Caius Gracchus
• 53 — Jugurtha, King of Numidia
~ (TQ12) Civil War, Corruption and Cruelty
• 54 — The Barbarians
• 55 — The Social War
• 56 — The Flight of Marius
• 57 — The Proscription Lists
• 58 — Sertorius and his Doe
• 59 — The Revolt of the Slaves
• Spartacus – movie with Kirk Douglas
{WEEK 10}
• 60 — Pompey's Conquests
• 61 — The Conspiracy of Catiline
• Ancient Rome!: Enter Julius Caesar, pp 67-70
• 62 — Caesar's Conquests
• 63 — The Crossing of the Rubicon
• 64 — The Battle of Pharsalia
• 65 — The Death of Caesar (TQ13)
• Our Island Story, chapter 2
** Julius Caesar by John Gunther (library)
~ (TQ14)
• 66 — The Second Triumvirate (a)
• 67 — The Vision of Brutus (a)
• 68 — Antony and Cleopatra (b)
• 69 — The Poisonous Snake (b)
** Cleopatra by Diane Stanley (library)
{WEEKS 11 & 12}
• 70 — The Augustan Age (Christ Birth) (c)
** Luke & Acts (Holy Bible)
** Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster (own)
• 71 — Death of Augustus
• Ancient Rome!: After Augustus Caesar, p 83
• Ancient Rome!: The Pax Romana, pp 72-3
• Ancient Rome!: Popina & Mosaic Trivet, p 74
(TQ15) Birth, Life and Crucifixion of Jesus
** Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (J SPE)
 ** Ben Hur – movie with Charlton Heston
~ (TQ16) Read TruthQuest Commentary
~ (TQ17) Early Church
• Story of the World 1, chapter 39ab
• Child's History of the World, chapter 35b
• Book of Ancient Rome (Mills), chapter 21
• Trial and Triumph, chapters 1-2
~ (TQ18) Caesars Galore
• 72 — Varus Avenged
• 73 — Death of Germanicus
• 74 — Tiberius Smothered (Christ Crucifixion)
{WEEK 13}
• 75 — The Wild Caligula
• 76 — The Wicked Wives of Claudius
• 77 — Nero's First Crimes
• 78 — The Christians Persecuted
• 79 — Nero's Cruelty
• 80 — Two Short Reigns
~ (TQ20) Britain
• Our Island Story, chapters 3-6
• Baodicea (ch5) & Agricola (ch6a)
** Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff (library)
** The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff (library)
~ (TQ21 – also Colosseum)
• 81 — The Siege of Jerusalem
{WEEK 14}
• 82 — The Buried Cities (TQ22 Pompeii)
** Pompeii Buried Alive by Edith Kunhardt (J937.7 KUN)
• 83 — The Terrible Banquet
• 84 — The Emperor's Tablets
~ (TQ24)
• 85 — The Good Trajan (b)
• 86 — Trajan's Column (b)
• 87 — The Great Wall (c)
• 88 — Hadrian's Death (c)
• 89 — Antoninus Pius (d)
• 90 — The Model Pagan (f)
• Ancient Rome!: Nifty Teachers Have Apples and Mangoes, pp 84
{WEEK 15}
~ (TQ25) Downhill Course
• 91 — Another Cruel Emperor
 • Ancient Rome!: Rome's Decline and Fall, pp 85-6a
• 92 — An Unnatural Son
• 93 — The Senate of Women
• 94 — The Gigantic Emperor
• 95 — Invasion of the Goths
• 96 — Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
• 97 — A Prophecy Fulfilled (TQ27)
** Foxe's Book of Martyrs
• 98 — The First Christian Emperor (TQ28)
• Our Island Story, chapter 7
• Trial and Triumph, chapters 3-4
• Ancient Rome!: Changes, pp 86-88
{WEEK 16}
~ (TQ29-30)
• 99 — The Roman Empire Divided
• 100 — An Emperor's Penance
• Trial and Triumph, chapters 5-7
~ (TQ31)
• 101 — Sieges of Rome
• 102 — End of the Empire of the West
** Science in Ancient Rome by Jacqueline L. Harris (own)
• Ancient Rome!: End of the Roman Empire, pp 89-92