Wednesday, June 22, 2011

WORLD HISTORY: Grade 9, 2011-2012


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1.  Book:  Battles That Changed Warfare (1457 BC - 1991 AD), From Chariot Warfare to Stealth Bombers by Devries, Dougherty, Jorgensen, Mann & McNab.

  
Peloponnesian War


2.  Book:  Cromwell and His Not-So-Civil War by Alan MacDonald (Horribly Famous Series)



Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

3.  Book:  Queen Victoria and her Enormous Empire by Alan MacDonald (Horribly Famous Series)




Queen Victoria was head of the largest Empire the world has ever seen.

4.  Film:  Exodus

~  A film about the founding of the state of Israel.
~  Actors:  Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint
~  total time:  1 hour
~  We didn't finish the film.  But the part about the founding of Israel was informative.  It gave us a feel for what it was like for the Jews.


5.  Book:  Christ the King, Lord of History (A Catholic World History from Ancient to Modern Times) by Anne W. Carroll


~  Total time:  2 hours 15 mins.
~  high school text
~  read-aloud
~  Chapter 9:  Empire Versus Church (1.5 hrs.)
~  Chapter 10:  The Great Heresies (2.5 hrs.)



A Catholic world history for high schools and adult reading. Covers mainly Western world history from a Catholic viewpoint. This book makes the Church the central figure of all history.
Recommended in Catholic Heritage Grade 8, Catholic Heritage High School, Kolbe Academy Grade 7, Laura Berquist Medieval English & Spanish Hist/Geog/Lit Syllabus, Seton High School. History, Grade 10.

Grade: 9 and up
Publisher: Tan

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