Its on the Blackboard - EARTH!!! (History and a science!!!)

PREHISTORY

1. Hadean Eon
2. Archaean Eon
1. Pre-Cambrian Period

1. Paleozoic Era
1. Cambrian Period
2. Ordovician Period
3. Silurian Period
4. Devonian Period
5. Carboniferous Period (Mississippian Period/Pennsylvanian Period)
6. Permian Period

1. Mesozoic/Cenozoic Eon
1. Triassic Period
2. Jurassic Period
3. Cretaceous Period

1. Cenozoic Era
1. Tertiary Period
1. Paleocene Epoch
2. Eocene Epoch
3. Oligocene Epoch
4. Miocene Epoch
5. Pliocene Epoch
6. Pleistocene Epoch

1. Quaternary Period
1. Holocene Epoch

ROTATING YEARS (Years 1 - 4, then repeat twice!  Each time more and deeper content and more involved requirements)

Year 1:Ancient Since the beginning!

1. (Early Man: First Civilizations
2. Mesopotamia/
3. Egypt/
4. Europe/
5. Ancient Greece
6. Babylon/
7. The Levant/
8. Phoenicians/
9. Assyrians/
10. Persians/
11. Ancient China
12. Early Japan/
13. Arabia/
14. Ancient India
15. Ancient Africa
16. First North Americans
17. Ancient South America/
18. Celts
19. Roman Republic
20. Christianity
21. Roman Empire)

Year 2:Medieval (c1400 - 1700)

1. Byzantines.
2. Barbarians,
3. Islam, 
4. Vikings, 
5. Anglo Saxons, 
6. Charlemagne,
7. Normans,
8. Feudal System, 
9. Crusades
10. Burgundy, Venice, Spain;
11. Wars of the roses;
12. Eastern Europe; 
13. African Kingdoms;
14. Asian Kingdoms; 
15. Mongols
16. Medieval China & Japan;
17. Pacific Peoples;
18. American Peoples; 
19. The Renaissance;
20. Explorers)

Year 3: - Colonial (c 1700 - 1800)

1. (Age of Exploration; the Ottoman Empire; 
2. Mogul Empire; 
3. Reformation; 
4. Renaissance England; 
5. Thirty Years War; 
6. The Dutch; 
7. France; 
8. The Enlightenment'; 
9. Russia &
10. Prussia;
11.  Conquistadors; 
12. Settlers; 
13. 13 Colonies;
14.  Slave Trade; 
15. The South Pacific; 
16. The British in India; 
17. Boston Tea Party;
18.  Founding Fathers; 
19. Declaring Independence; 
20. The American Revolution)

Year 4 Modern (c 1800-present)

1. (American Government; 
2. Expanding Nation; 
3. Industrial Revolution; 
4. Revolutions; 
5. Africa; 
6. The West;
7.  Civil War; 
8. World War I; 
9. Totalitarianism; 
10. Great Depression; 
11. World War II; 
12. Modern East Asia; 
13. India's Independence; 
14. Israel; Cold War; 
15. Vietnam War; 
16. Latin America;
17.  Civil Rights; 
18. Technology; 
19. Terrorism)

SOCIAL STUDIES  - aka EARTH
1 learning folder for each period/epoch, etc. Badge completion for each Era with stickers for each period, etc. studied.  Each period etc. has specific requirements for completion.

COMPLETED = 1 badge Archaeology (30 d) - The who/what/where/when/why of archaeology -completing lapbook to show what has been studied.



EARTH - BEGINNINGS OR PREHISTORY (6 months) - involving discussing various creation stories - ie, some of the Native American stories, etc.

COMPLETED = 1 sticker COURSE INTRODUCTION (one week - 8)

• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  Introduction.
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Prehistoric Time. What are Fossils? Clues from fossils. The Story of Life.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  Introduction.
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  Introduction: the Planet of Life. "Deep Time". A World in Change.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman.  Introduction to Evolution.

COMPLETED = 1 sticker PRE-CAMBRIAN EPOCH: ARCHAEAN ERA (2 weeks - 9 include lapbook of epoch - actually a heck of a lot more weeks - I keep finding books....  but this is ALL - so far!)  It would REALLY help a LOT if I would limit my looking for and at books that are interesting to those areas I haven't already covered!!!!

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  The Infinite Variety.
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  The Earth: The Birth of the Earth. The Changing World.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  Diversity, Continuity, and Change: Time and the Rocks. Darwin and the Origin. The Force and Shape of Evolution. Shifting Continents.
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• Early Humans, TCM - Earth - the Early years (Continental drift, layers of the Earths crust, Mountains
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Big Bang. Soup or Sandwich. A Digression on Evolution.  The Origin of Sex.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman.
• Books (the whole enchilada!)
• The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas. 1974.
• Trilobites: Eyewitness to Evolution.  by Richard Fortey. Random House, NY.  2000
• Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth.  by Richard Fortey.  Alfred Knopf, NY.  1997.
• The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet. by Robert M. Hazen.  Penguin. 2012.
• The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe by Steven Weinberg. 
• Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution by Fortey, Richard;
• Oxygen: the Molecule that made the World by Nick Lane
• Origins: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans and Life by Ron Redfern
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould

• DVDs  (aka Thank you Netflix!!!! as well as what I bought!!!)
• Origins: Earth is Born; 
• Origins: How Life Began (Both are from NOVA, hosted by author Neil deGrasse Tyson(2004); 
• Cracking the Code of Life (NOVA)(2001); 
• Earth: the Biography (2008); 
• The Mysterious Sea/ Coral World (1995); 
• Deep Sea:IMAX (2006); 
• Prehistoric America (2003); 
• Aliens of the Deep (2005); 
• How the Earth Was Made (2007) - Season 1, Season 2

PALEOZOIC ERA: CAMBRIAN PERIOD/

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  The Earth: Building Bodies. 
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Early Life: The Beginning of Life.  Shells and Skeletons. The Crowded Seas.  The First Fish.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  Beginnings in the Sea: Life Emerges from the Soup.  A Submarine Explosion of Forms.
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• Earth Before the Dinosaurs
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  Modern times. The Cambrian began.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• Extinction and Evolution by Niles Eldredge
• Books (the whole enchilada!)
• Cambrian Ocean World: Ancient Sea Life of North America by John Foster. (Indiana University Press, 2014) Natural Mystic: An Introduction to the Cambrian. Into the Heart: Cambrian Geology.  A Long Strange Trip: The First 4000 Million Years of Earth History.  Welcome to the Boomtown: The Early Cambrian Seas. On Top of the World: The Middle Cambrian Begins. Magical Mystery Tour: The Biological Psychedelia of the Burgess Shale.  Glory Days: The Later Middle Cambrian. Taking Off: The Late Cambrian. Home by the Sea: A Closer Look. On and On: Legacy of the Explosion.
• The Cambrian Explosion
• Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Gould, Stephen Jay;
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• DVDs 
• The  Blue Planet:Seas of Life (BBC) (2001) Use this as an intro to Paleozoic era!  Introducing life!
• ORDER
• [The Prehistoric Earth]: Early Life: The Cambrian Period by Thom Holmes

PALEOZOIC ERA: ORDOVICIAN PERIOD

• Books  (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.   
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Ordovician.
• Earth Before the Dinosaurs
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• Extinction and Evolution by Niles Eldredge
• Books (the whole enchilada!)
•  A Sea without Fish
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• DVDs - The  Blue Planet:Seas of Life (BBC) (2001)

• ORDER
• [The Prehistoric Earth]The First Vertebrates: Oceans of the Paleozoic Era

PALEOZOIC ERA: /SILURIAN PERIOD

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough. The Earth: The First Forests.
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Early Life: Life on Land.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Silurian. 
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman.
• Extinction and Evolution by Niles Eldredge 
• Books (the whole enchilada)
• March onto Land
• The Rise of Fishes
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• DVDs - The  Blue Planet:Seas of Life (BBC) (2001)

PALEOZOIC ERA: /DEVONIAN PERIOD/

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  The Swarming Hordes.  The Conquest of the Waters. Invasion of the Land. A Watertight Skin.
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Early Life: Fish Out of Water. Swamps and Forests.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  Beginnings in the Sea: Up from the Sea.
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. Earth History: Precambrian: Evolution of Early Life.
• Early Humans, TCM - Earth - Creation Myths and theories
• Gaining Ground
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Devonian.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• Books (the whole enchilada!!)
• The Great Devonian Controversy by Martin J. S. Rudwick
• DVDs 
• The  Blue Planet:Seas of Life (BBC, 2001). 
• Sea Monsters: a Prehistoric Adventure (National Geographic, 2008). 
• Before the Dinosaurs: Walking with Monsters (BBC, 2005). 

PALEOZOIC ERA: CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD (MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD/ PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD)

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  Lords of the Air. 
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Reptiles: What are Reptiles?  Early Reptiles.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. Earth History: Precambrian: Evolution of Early Life.
• Early Humans, TCM - Earth - Creation Myths and theories
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Carboniferous
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• Before the Dinosaurs (Dover Coloring Book, 1999) 
• Gaining Ground
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• Extinction and Evolution by Niles Eldredge
• DVDs 
• The  Blue Planet:Seas of Life (BBC, 2001). 
• Before the Dinosaurs: Walking with Monsters (BBC, 2005). 

PALEOZOIC ERA: PERMIAN PERIOD

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough. The Earth: Eggs, Pouches, and Placentas.
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Reptiles:The Rise of the Reptiles.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. Earth History: Precambrian: Evolution of Early Life.
• Early Humans, TCM - Earth - Creation Myths and theories
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Permian Period.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• Before the Dinosaurs (Dover Coloring Book, 1999) 
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• Extinction and Evolution by Niles Eldredge
• Books (the whole enchilada!)
• When Life Nearly Died
• DVDs 
• The  Blue Planet:Seas of Life (BBC, 2001). 
• Before the Dinosaurs: Walking with Monsters (BBC, 2005). 

MESOZOIC ERA: TRIASSIC PERIOD/JURASSIC PERIOD/CRETACEOUS PERIOD

• Books  (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  Theme and Variations.  The Hunters and the Hunted. 
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Reptiles: Meat Eating Monsters. Gentle Giants. Beaks and Crests. Horns, Clubs and Spikes. Reptiles of the Seas. Flying Reptiles. The First Bird. The Death of the Dinosaurs.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  The Land and the Air: The Day of the Dinosaur. Life on the Wing.
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. Earth History: Precambrian: Evolution of Early Life.
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Triassic. The Jurassic.  The Cretaceous Period.
• Before the Dinosaurs (Dover Coloring Book, 1999) 
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• DVD 
• Planet Earth: as you've never seen it before (BBC, 2006). 
• Chased by Dinosaurs (BBC, 2003). 
• Walking with Dinosaurs (BBC, 1999). 
• Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (BBC, 2001). 
• Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special (BBC, 2000).  
• Prehistoric Planet narrated by Ben Stiller (BBC, 2002)

• ORDER
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Dawn of the Dinosaur Age: The Late Triassic & Early Jurassic Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Time of the Giants: The Middle & Late Jurassiclll Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Last of the Dinosaurs: The Cretaceous Period

CENOZOIC ERA: TERTIARY PERIOD/PALEOCENE EPOCH/EOCENE EPOCH/OLIGOCENE EPOCH/MIOCENE EPOCH/PLIOCENE EPOCH/PLEISTOCENE EPOCH

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  The Earth: A Life in the Trees. 
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Mammals: the First Mammals.  Mammals with Pouches. The Rise of the Mammals. Hunters and Scavengers. Plant Eaters'Problems. The Horse's Tale. Animals of South America. The Elephant's Story. Animals of the Ice Age.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  The Land and the Air: The Mammals' World.
• Early Humans (TCM) Our Earliest Ancestors. Australopithecus. Homo Habilis. Homo Erectus. Homo Sapiens: Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon. 
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  The Age of Mammals.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. 
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• DVD 
• Walking with Cavemen (BBC, 2003)

• ORDER
• [The Prehistoric Earth]The Rise of Mammals: The Paleocene & Eocene Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]The Age of Mammals: The Oligocene & Miocne Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Primates and Human Ancestors: The Pliocene Epoch
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Early Humans: The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs

CENOZOIC ERA:QUATERNARY PERIOD/HOLOCENE EPOCH

• Books (sections from books as applied to each epoch)
• Life on Earth by David Attenborough.  The Earth: Compulsive Communicators.
• Usborne World History - Prehistoric World.  Humans: Apes and Monkeys. Southern Apes. The Tool-Makers. The Coming of Fire. The First Explorers. Hunters of the Ice Age. Early Families. The First Modern People. New Worlds. The Mammoth-hunters. The First Artists. From Hunting to Farming.
• Thread of Life: The Smithsonian Looks at Evolution by Roger Lewin.  In Our Time: The Birth of Humankind. Beyond Biology.
• Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life. by Rand McNally.  The Young Earth. Evolution.
• The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne L. Zihlman. Earth History: Precambrian: Evolution of Early Life.
• The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 From the Big BANG to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick (Doubleday, 1990).  Introduction. Volume 2: Sticks and Stones.
• Early Humans, TCM - Homo Sapiens Sapiens: Modern Human.
• The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Stephen Jay Gould
• DVD 
• Walking with Cavemen (BBC, 2003)

EARLY MAN: FIRST CIVILIZATIONS 

• Books
• The Early Human World - Robertshaw
• Mysteries in History - Ancient History - Mystery #10 - Secret of the Iceman's Death
• The First Humans - Amer. Museum of  Natural History
• People of the Stone Age - Amer. Museum of Natural History
• Prehistoric Man - Milliken
• Teaching History through Art
• DVD 
• Walking with Cavemen (BBC, 2003)
• Videos of Ice age (Netflix)

• ORDER
• [The Prehistoric Earth]: Early Life: The Cambrian Period by Thom Holmes
• [The Prehistoric Earth]The First Vertebrates: Oceans of the Paleozoic Era
• [The Prehistoric Earth]March onto Land: The Silurian Period to the Middle Triassic Epoch (HAVE)
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Dawn of the Dinosaur Age: The Late Triassic & Early Jurassic Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Time of the Giants: The Middle & Late Jurassiclll Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Last of the Dinosaurs: The Cretaceous Period
• [The Prehistoric Earth]The Rise of Mammals: The Paleocene & Eocene Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]The Age of Mammals: The Oligocene & Miocne Epochs
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Primates and Human Ancestors: The Pliocene Epoch
• [The Prehistoric Earth]Early Humans: The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs

General Guides
A History of the Ancient World - Marr
Life in the Ancient Near East - Snell
Compact History of the World - Parker
Wonders of the Ancient World - Natl Geographic
Usborne Book of World History
Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History
Jews, God and History
Cultural Atlas - First Civilizations
Art
Art and Civilization:Prehistory
Guide to History Plus
Maps
Timelines
Parthenon: Ancient Civilizations(order)
Parthenon: Old Testament(order)
Timeline of Ancient Art
Timetables of History

MESOPOTAMIA (6 - 12 MONTH TOPIC)
Ancient Civilizations - Bowden
Old World Civilizations - Amer Museum of Natural History
Eyewitness: Bible Lands
Ancient Civilization: Brain Teasers
World Civilizations and Cultures
Stories from the Old Testament
The Ultimate Noah's Ark

Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbour - Activity Guide - Hittites, Nubians, Mesopotamians, Egyptians - Broida
Ancient Mesopotamia - Milliken
Mesopotamia - Steck Vaughn
Ancient Civilizations: Ancient Mesopotamia - Deedrick
People of the Ancient World: Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians - Schomp
Science in Ancient Mesopotamia - Moss
Epic of Gilgamesh - Watson, also Zeman set of 4
Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament - Walton
Art and Music
Music of Many Cultures
Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East and Asia - Malm
Other civilizations
Sumer and Babylonia
The Hebrews, Phoenicians and Hittites
Introduction to Jewish History
Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors: Philistines, Phoenicians, Israelites
Old Testament Days
Codes of Hammurabi and Moses
Foods
Foods with an International Flair - 4H - food discovery
Coloring Books
Coloring Book of the Old Testament - Bellerophon
The Ancient Near East - Bellerophon
Bible Stories Coloring Book - Dover
Video:
Ark of the Covenant
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ark of the Covenant
Abraham
Jacob
Joseph
Fiction
Havah - Lee
The Heavens Before - Barnett
He Who Lifts the Skies - Barnett
A Crown in the Stars - Barnett
Children of the Lion - I - Danielson
The Shepherd Kings - II - Danielson
Sarah - Halter
Sarah: Women of Genesis - Card
Rebekah: Women of Genesis - Card
Rachel & Leah:Women of Genesis - Card
The Red Tent - Diamant
Joseph - Landorf
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