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The Curious Historian's Archive: Extra Resources for Level 2A

$21.95
  • The Curious Historian's Archive: Extra Resources for Level 2A

The Curious Historian's Archive: Extra Resources for Level 2A

$21.95

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    Curious about how to teach this one-semester course for grades 5 and up? Visit our FAQ page for suggested schedules, tentative release dates for the rest of the series, and much more!

    The Curious Historian's Archive: Extra Resources for Level 2A is a collection of supplemental materials that correspond with The Curious Historian Level 2A: Greece and the Classical World (TCH2A). The digital files include:

    • Songs: It is a well-known fact that students rarely forget what they sing! TCH2A includes 4 catchy and entertaining songs that you and your students will enjoy singing in class and even as you go about the rest of your day. The unit songs summarize the key events and cultural pieces of each civilization. The third tune, “Top 12 Things to Remember from TCH2A,” is a great way for students to impress their friends and family with the most interesting tidbits about Greece and the classical world! The lyrics are found in appendix A, and a PDF download of the song lyrics is included for easy reference if your students want to sing in the car, on vacation, or at a friend’s house. A song icon in the text will prompt you to introduce each chapter’s verse(s) to students at the beginning of each lesson. Sample songs here!

    • Biblical Connections in TCH2A (PDF): For teachers and parents who would like to integrate religious history/biblical studies with their study of ancient history, we have created a supplemental PDF that draws connections to biblical history and locations, scripture verses, and so forth. Icons in the teacher’s edition indicate when to reference this optional PDF resource.

    • Reading Guide for TCH2A (PDF): For those who would like to continue their exploration of ancient history beyond the pages of our text, we have supplied a recommended reading list, featuring titles for both students and teachers. This PDF includes clickable links for easy browsing and purchasing.
    • TCH2A Profiles and Legends(PDF): This collection of optional readings is intended to complement the TCH2A chapters by introducing students to some of the more famous legends of history and retelling a few of the classic tales—such as those of Hercules and Odysseus, the Trojan War, and Alexander and his horse Bucephalus—that we did not have room for in our text. The Profile pieces shed further light on interesting historical achievements by important figures, such as Pericles and Socrates, whom we could only spend a limited amount of space discussing in the context of each chapter.

    • TCH2ASpotlight on Virtue: This printable PDF contains all of the discussion questions about virtue that are included on the last page of the teacher’s notes for each chapter.

    • Printable PDFs of the blank maps, as well as a separate answer key, for extra geography practice

    • Printable, full-color master unit time lines and timetables (also found in appendices E and F)

    • The “Top 12 Things to Remember from TCH2A,” beautifully designed as a convenient reference sheet

    • Printable PDFs of the reference archive charts (also found in appendix G)

    The Curious Historian Level 2 is the second part in a 3-level series that presents the study of history and culture from the beginnings of civilization (Mesopotamia and Egypt) through the classical world to the Middle Ages. Students will grow excited about history, see how people throughout the ages were both similar to and different from themselves, and learn to be scholars of the past who can make a difference in the future. The Curious Historian Level 2A: Greece and the Classical World (TCH2A) introduces students to:

    • Unit I: The Greek and Classical Period
      • The world of the Greek polis
      • Greek government and colonization
      • The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars
      • Greek culture: the Olympic Games, literature, sculpture, and religion
    • Unit II: The Hellenistic World
      • Philip II and Alexander the Great
      • Alexander’s Successors and the Hellenistic kingdoms
      • Gifted Greeks—scientists, historians, philosophers, and more
    • Unit III: The Far East
      • India’s first 3 empires
      • China during the Spring and Autumn Period
      • The Eastern religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Confucianism, and Daoism

    “We believe that history is about more than memorizing dates, reciting lists of kings and emperors, and remembering who won which battle in wars that changed the world forever. History is also the study of the people who lived during those events. From the beginning of recorded time, people have invented new ways to do things, created beauty in dreary places, and erected buildings and monuments that continue to inspire us. Some of these people became well-known figures and others were ordinary men and women like you and me. But all of us are part of the greater tree of humankind, and we each need to know what our part is as a leaf upon that tree. Without an understanding of the past, we will be less equipped to live in the present and plan for the future.” —Dr. Christopher Perrin

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  • Aaron G. Larsen DA, Author and Volume Editor, Author

    Aaron G. Larsen DA, Author and Volume Editor

    Currently teaching history, Latin, logic, and rhetoric at Regents School of Charlottesville in Virginia, Aaron Larsen previously taught at two classical schools in Pennsylvania. In 2001, Dr. Larsen joined a team led by Dr. Christopher Perrin and two other colleagues to help form Classical Academic Press. The motivation behind this endeavor was to produce exceptional Latin and logic curricula for the classical education movement. The first results of this collaboration included the publication of their logic text, The Art of Argument, and the three-volume Latin for Children series. Dr. Larsen is also a coauthor of The Discovery of Deduction: An Introduction to Formal Logic and The Curious Historian series. He earned a BA in history, with minors in philosophy and education, from Covenant College in Georgia. He completed his coursework for his DA in modern world history from St. John's University in New York and went on to write his doctoral thesis on the Meiji Restoration, which, as he likes to say, is “the most important event in world history that nobody’s ever heard of.”

    Claire A. Larsen MA, Author

    Claire A. Larsen MA

    Claire Larsen has had a passion for writing for children ever since she took her first Institute of Children’s Literature course more than 40 years ago. One of her assignments from this course was published in Jack and Jill magazine.

    Claire graduated from Covenant College (Class of 1970), where she met her husband, David Larsen; their good marriage lasted 49 years until David’s death in 2019. While attending Covenant College, Claire developed a Christian viewpoint and a theological foundation based upon the truths of Scripture, both of which have shaped her writing and worldview. Over the years, she has had a busy teaching ministry, first with children and later with women, leading Bible studies and speaking at seminars.

    After raising 3 sons, Claire returned to school in 1996, receiving an MA from Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in 2000. For the next 17 years she was self-employed as a biblical counselor while also writing the God’s Great Covenant series for Classical Academic Press. In 2017, she retired and moved to sunny Florida, where she is busy still writing books, spending time with her 3 grandchildren, and enjoying the warm weather. She is happy to have the opportunity to work with her son, Aaron Larsen, as they co-write The Curious Historian series.