CC Cycle 1 Literature Planning

Classical Conversations Cycle 1 Literatuare Planning

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I love learning through literature.  I love it when my kids make connections when reading or hearing a story and something they are learning about during school time.  There have been many of those moments this year and I'm praying that there will be many more in the this upcoming year.  Just yesterday we were watching a show with the kids and my son mentioned how the two characters were working together and I brought up how they were compromising.  My son busted out in song, "The Compromise of 1850...."

I have enjoyed using Five in a Row and Homeschool Share's unit studies so I have compiled a list of possible literature titles that are loosely matched up with a History, Geography or Science fact for Classical Conversations Cycle 1.   I want to integrate the subjects as much as possible so that we can see how these subjects fit together and recognize any connections between them.**I must add, we may or may not use this list next year.  We are trying to decide if we should use Memoria Press 1st grade or even Sonlight for this Cycle.  If we do not, we will use this approach for literature.**

If we decide to go with our own eclectic curricula mix, I want to put together a Literature Notebook that has a place for vocabulary words, copywork, drawings, narrations and other important things to note or printables to remember for each book.  I will use the discussion points and activities suggested in either the Five in A Row manual or Homeschool Share unit study.  I tried to only use those resources less I get caught up in major research.  That is such an easy time trap for me and I don't want to spend countless hours 'reinventing the wheel'.

Are you planning on using literature that matches up somehow with any of the CC Cycle 1 subjects?  If so, I would love to see your suggestions.

Here is what I have so far:

*These are just my initial notes, so I do not have author last names or even correct punctuation/capitalization unless otherwise noted.  Most titles can be found at Homeschool Share.

 

week	History	Geography	Book suggestion by History or Geography	Book suggestion by Science
1	Commandments  1-5	Fertile Crescent (from Nomad to Civilization) Ancient Hebrew (10 Commandments)	A is for Adam, Beechick The True Story of Noah’s Ark,  Life in the Great Ice Age,   The Story of Creation: Words from Genesis,Ray	Classification: The Salamander Room,
2	Commandments  6-10	Ancient Egypt	The Giraffe that Walked to Paris, Milton Boy of the Pyramids,  The Day of Ahmed’s Secret The Littlest Frog Rouss	Kingdoms:  Andy’s Circus, Stopping by the Woods,  Wild Horses of Sweetbriar,  Grandfather’s Journey
3	Greek/Roman Gods	Ancient Greece	Norman the Doorman,  Nico’s Octopus,  Aesop’s Fables	Animal: Owl Moon, the tale of Peter Rabbit, The Giraffe that Walked to Paris, Warm as Wool
4	7 Wonders	7 Wonders	Liberty Rising, Who built the pyramids (hooper)	Plant Cell: Make Way for Ducklings, Tale of Ferndinad, Miss Rumphius, Linnea’s Windowsill Garden, Tale of Peter Rabbit,
5	Split of the Roman Empire	Ancient Rome	Clown of God, Papa Piccolo, Angelo, Gabriella’s Song,	Invertebrates: Niko’s Octopus, Night of the Moonjellies
6	Fall of Rome	Ancient Rome	Same as above	Vertebrates: When I was Young and in the Mountains
7	Hinduism	Ancient India	Little babaji, What should I make by Nayar, monsoon and monsoon afternoon	Reproduction: Make Way for Ducklings
8	Age of Imperialism	Ancient India	Same as above	Types of Seeds: Miss Rumphius, Follow the Drinking Gourd
9	Confucius	Ancient China	Round is a Mooncake, Fish in the Air, The Empty Pot Lapbook, Love as Strong as Ginger, Daisy Comes Home, The Story About Ping Resources	Parts of plants: same as above, The Parable of the Lily, The empty Pot, Down, Down the Mountain,
10	Heian Empire	Ancient Japan	Little Oh, Taro and the Tofu, Crow Boy, A Pair of Red Clogs s, Grandfather's Journey , Grass Sandals	Leaves/parts: same as above, The trellis and the seed
11	Constantine	Ancient Middle East	Little Humpy and How the Camel got it’s hump,	Flower Parts: The Plant Gardener
12	Muslim Empire	Ancient Middle East	?	Plant Systems: Growing Vegetable Soup
13	Kush	Ancient Africa	The Giraffe that walked to paris, Why  mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears, The Mosai and I, Fatuma’s New Cloth, My Rows and Piles of Coins,	Parts of Earth: Climbing Kansas Mountain, Grandfathers Journey, Hill of Fire
14	Songhai	Ancient Africa	See above	Rocks: The Gift Stone/ Stone Soup
15	Henry the Navigator	Colonial Africa	See above	Mountains: When I was young and in the Mountains, Climbing Kansas Moutain
16	Civilizations of Meso America	Meso America (Olmec, Inca, Mayan)	The umbrella, The Parrot Tico Tango, Abuela’s Weave,	Volcanoes: Rocks in His head, little island, hill of fire
17	Aztecs	MesoAmerica (Aztec)	Hill of Fire, Isabel’s House of Butterflies, the Old Man and his Door, The Gullywasher	Parts of Volcanoes: see above
18	Mound Builders	Native Americans	Long Night Moon, Hiawatha,	Ocean Floor: Time of Wonder
19	Anasazi	Native Americans	Same as above	Ocean Zones: Very Last First Time, Hello Ocean, Atlantic
20	Mexican Revolution	Mexican Revolution	Same as week 16	Atmosphere: Amber on the Mountain, Harold and the Purple Crayon
21	Exploration of Canada	Canada Explorers	All those secrets of the world, Cranberry Thanksgiving, Mirette on the High Wire,	Circles: Three Snow Bears, Rechenka, Curious George, Me on the Map, katy and the big snow,
22	British North America Act	Canada culture	The Three Snow Bears, Fight of the union	Weather fronts: A Pair of Red Clogs, Wild Horses of Sweetbriar
23	Liberation of South America	South America (History, liberation)	On the Pampas, Gauchada, chucaro wild pony on the pampas, This Place is Wet, a pen pal for Max	Clouds: Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car, Three Names
24	Napoleon	South America (Culture)	See Above Madeline, Giraffe that Walked to Paris	Globe Markings: Curious George, Me on the Map, Katy and the Big Snow, The Rag Coat, Henry the Castaway, Mapping Penny’s World