Welcome to the Ancient History Morning Time Session!
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Schedule
Recommended Books
Prayer & Scripture Memorization
For Bible reading, we will make suggestions for your morning time reading. However, if you’d prefer a more in depth schedule, we recommend checking out various plans that will help you read the Bible through.
For a one-year plan, we recommend YouVersion’s One Year Bible: https://www.bible.com/readingplans/60. You can also listen to it being read aloud on the app.
Download a two-year reading plan from the Gospel Coalition here:
https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/static-blogs/tgc/files/2010/12/TGC-Two-Year-Bible-ReadingPlan1.pdf
If you prefer to go even slower, Ambleside Online offers three, four, and five-year Bible reading
plans: https://www.amblesideonline.org/L/Lbiblesch.html
This session, we will learn The Prayer of Moses (Deuteronomy 6:1-9) and focus on writing and
memorizing The Blessing of Obedience (Deuteronomy 28:1-14) and The Ten Commandments
(Exodus 20:1-17).
Artist Study
This session features Ancient Egyptian Art. We’ve included six art selections for your kids and teens to use for picture study. They are:
- Craftsmen, Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky
- Book of the Dead of Hunefer
- Tomb of Nebamun
- The Mask of Tutankhamun
- The Bust of Nefertiti
- Hieroglyphs on the Stele Minnakht
Composer Study
Rather than include a specific composer, we have selected various music pieces from Ancient Egypt and the surrounding Mesopotamian area.
- Ancient Music of Akkad
- Ancient Egyptian Love Song
- Nami Nami – Traditional Lullaby from Egypt
- Strings of Thebes
- Hurrian Hymn No. 6
- I Am Cyrus
Listen to each piece below:
Ancient Music of Akkad – (Ancient Mesopotamian)
Ancient Egyptian Love Song
Nami Nami- Traditional Lullaby From Egypt
Strings of Thebes – (Ancient Egyptian)
Hurrian Hymn No. 6
I Am Cyrus – (Ancient Persian)
Hymn/Folk Song
Hymn
The hymn for this session is, “Down at the Cross,” also known as “Glory to His Name.” It was written in 1876 by Elisha Hoffman, a pioneer in Christian music, who wrote over 800 hymns throughout his life.
The lyrics of this classic hymn are a beautiful expression of what happened at Calvary when
Christ died on the cross for all mankind, coming to abide in our hearts and cleansing us
from sin.
Listen to the music and sing along with it below:
Down at the Cross/Glory To His Name – Bishop David L. Ellis
Down at the Cross/Glory to His Name – the Gospel Music Hymn CD
Folk Song
Our folk song for this session is, “Go Down, Moses.” The song is an iconic spiritual (a religious folk song that is closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American South). Originally written by an American slave around 1835, its lyrics are an adaptation of the biblical story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt found in the book of Exodus.
Listen and sing along with it below:
Go Down, Moses – Louis Armstrong
Poetry
This session, we have selected various poems that showcase the beauty and wonder of Ancient Egypt. We’ve included six poetry selections for your kids and teens to read, listen to, memorize, and recite. They are:
- Ozymandias
- To The Nile (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
- To The Nile (John Keats)
- A Thought of the Nile
- Prancing Horse
- The Harper’s Song for Inherkhawy
For copywork, we have included Zaner-Bloser style handwriting sheets for primary, elementary, and cursive, as well as college ruled for older students. The poem we chose is:
- Ozymandias
Copywork
Tea Times
In this session we are giving you five recipes for our hospitality tea that call back to Ancient Egyptian times: Ramses III Emmer Wheat Loaves, Sugar Cookies, Fig Cakes, Rekhmire’s Tiger Nut Cones, and Sourdough Bread.
We will also have five Storytime Teas:
Storytime Tea 1: “The Girl With the Rose Red Slippers”
Storytime Tea 2: “The Sphinx and the Prince”
Storytime Tea 3: The Brown Fairy Book, “The Prince and the Three Fates,” by Andrew Lang
Storytime Tea 4: The Crimson Fairy Book, “The Story of the Sham Prince, Or the Ambitious Tailor,” by Andrew Lang
Storytime Tea 5: The Instructions of Amenemope, Ancient Egyptian Literature
Plutarch
For our Plutarch selection, we have chosen the chapter “The Savior of Athens,” a study of Themistocles from The Children’s Plutarch: Stories of the Greeks, and included it on the following
pages. The book may also be purchased on Amazon.
If your children are 6th grade or older, we recommend spending a full 12-week term studying Themistocles with the edited (for length and content) study guide from Ambleside here:
https://amblesideonline.org/plutarch-themistocles
You can also purchase the guide by Anne White on Amazon. (This is in place of The Children’s Plutarch, not in addition to.)
Nature Study
Each Friday morning, you will go through two of our nature cards. They are labeled in the upper right corner with the corresponding week. These are short, factual cards with images to help your child become familiar with objects in the natural world.
As you progress through our sessions, you may find it handy to keep your past nature cards in a binder for easy reference when your children come across a familiar object. These seeds you are planting will grow into a wonderful garden of knowledge for your children in years to come.
As you explore nature outside your home, watch and listen for newly discovered delights.
Handicraft
For our handicraft lesson, we will be making “papyrus” with recycled paper. This is a simple activity that all ages can enjoy — from your younger children (with a bit of help with steadying their hands), to teens who can decorate and embellish their paper until they are fully satisfied with their artistry!
Bring back grass or leaves or flowers from this week’s nature walk and have fun creating these practical pieces for yourself or to give as gifts!
Art Lesson
In this lesson we will paint ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti on a piece of homemade papyrus (or recycled paper).
Supplies Needed:
- Homemade papyrus/recycled paper (or watercolor paper)
- Acrylic paints (red, yellow, green)
- Black marker
History & Geography
Solfa
Charlotte Mason incorporated solfa lessons twice a week for about 10 minutes each. These lessons are intended to be repeated and you can stay on any lesson for as long as you like. Here is the YouTube channel Lara and her boys enjoy and recommends for practicing solfa, Children of the Open Air:
Brush Drawing
Brush drawing builds motor and observation skills. We have included a link to videos by Bestowing the Brush below which are great for all ages to learn together:
