We’re so excited to have you join us for our Level 3 unit studies for the 2021/2022 school year! This year, we are trying to give you as much advance notice as we can to get books for your lessons. Throughout the year, we’ll be updating this blog post with the books you’ll need, aiming to update you at least a month before you need them.
Your other supplies needed will come in your monthly emails, but we highly recommend having these supplies on hand to cut down on what you’ll need to order for each week.
We have linked each book below so you can order it on Amazon (we love their used books to cut costs), but we encourage you to check your local libraries and secondhand book stores to save even more. We will also include links if the book is available online to read, or you can search on YouTube for read alouds (we even have a few of our own here!).
Happy reading!
Ancient Egypt
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History by Jane Bingham (you will also use their online resources)
- The Horrible Histories Collection: Awesome Egyptians Fabulous Pharaohs (read it online or you can print to read)
- (-) Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs: A Book About Ancient Egypt by Gail Gibbons (or you can read it on OpenLibrary here)
- You Wouldn’t Want to Be Tutankhamen! by David Stewart
Optional additional reading:
- You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Pyramid Builder by Jacqueline Morley
- You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy by David Stewart
- Fractions in Disguise by Edward Einhorn
- Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke
Mesoamerica
- Honest History – Issue Eleven Journey Through the Jungle (use code LEARNANDLIVE15 for 15% off your purchase!)
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History by Jane Bingham (you will also use their online resources)
- Amazing Ancients! World of the Maya by Elaine A. Kule
- The Musician of the Sun by Gerald McDermott (or listen to this read aloud)
- A Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss by Sally Schofer Mathews (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- The Chocolate Tree (A Mayan Folktale) by Linda Lowery and Richard Keep
- Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs by Eric A. Kimmel (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- The First Tortilla by Rudolfo Anaya
- Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- (+) Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- Lucas and His Loco Beans by Ramona Moreno Winner
China Unit
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History by Jane Bingham (you will also use their online resources)
- The Story of Chopsticks by Ying Chang Compestine (or read it here on OpenLibrary or listen to this read aloud)
- The Great Wall of China by Leonard Everett Fisher
- The Silk Princess by Charles Santore
- The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History by John S. Major (Listen to the book here or read it on Open Library here)
- Honest History, Issue Two | A Pirate’s Tale
- The Story of Kites: Amazing Chinese Inventions by Ying Chang Compestine (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
Optional additional reading:
- You Wouldn’t Want to Work on the Great Wall of China! by Jacqueline Morely
- Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China by Deborah Noyes
India Unit
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History by Jane Bingham (you will also use their online resources)
- Honest History – Issue Ten: A Portrait of India (use code LEARNANDLIVE15 for 15% off your purchase!)
- One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- Finders Keepers?: A Bus Trip in India by Robert Arnett
- The Secret Kingdom by Barb Rosenstock
- The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity by Amy Alznauer
Optional additional reading:
- Classic Tales from India: How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head and Other Stories by Vatsala Sperling and Harish Johari
Optional chapter books for the month:
- Angry River by Ruskin Bond
- Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Girls of India: A Mauryan Adventure by Subhadra Sen Gupta
- The Teenage Diary of Jahanara by Subhadra Sen Gupta
- I am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a Hero by Brad Meltzer
- A Bagful of History by Subhadra Sen Gupta
Greece Unit
- The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History by Jane Bingham (you will also use their online resources)
- Usborne Greeks by Susan Peach and Anne Millard (this book is only available used on Amazon or from other second-hand book stores, or you can read it online here on OpenLibrary)
- Ancient Greece for Kids Through the Lives of its Philosophers, Lawmakers, and Heroes by Catherine Fet
- Mythology by Lady Hestia Evans (Note: This book is beautiful and has really interesting features, like fold-out pages and extra little books and notes attached. If you find it used, pay attention to its condition to be sure you get all the extras.)
- Archimedes: The Man Who Invented the Death Ray by Shoo Rayner
Optional additional reading:
- (+) Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bencick (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- Where is the Parthenon? by Roberta Edwards
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