Welcome to our link buffet for CC Cycle 1 Week 5! All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 1 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 1 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. Don’t forget to check them out (especially math, science, and history!). You will not find memory work verbiage in my links lists or in my documents.
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Cycle 1 with the Great Commission in Mind
After designing curriculum plans for over a decade, we developed a Christian Classical Curriculum called Mission: Great Commission that integrates the study of the world and the ongoing fulfillment of the Great Commission, with a focus on loving God, His Word, and fellow mankind. For an open-and-go reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 1 – along with an integrated study of world missions, world empires & geography, fine arts, and science, check out our Mission: World Wonders Curriculum Plan.
For a simple plan on how to use these resources, download our Cycle 1 First Quarter Sample Activity Plan.
The Link Buffet: Extension Activities
Pick and choose what you wish to do!
Although we make this available to our readers, our family spent more time reading and working on core skills during the elementary-school years, keeping our schedule open for playing board games together; or researching something that our children were interested in; or pursuing poetry, art, or music; or doing a random science investigation or nature study. We used our resource lists as resource lists – that is, when we wished to quickly find a resource I’d come across in the past, we referenced this list. I call it the “Link Buffet.” This is simply meant to be a reference site.
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The Link Buffet – CC Cycle 1 Week 5 Resources
Picture Books
Harold and the Purple Crayon. Johnson. {Fine Arts}
Cleopatra. Stanley. {History}
The Egyptian Cinderella. Climo. {Geography}
Romulus and Remus (Ready-to-Read Level 2). Rockwell. {History}
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!: Gory Things You’d Rather Not Know. Malam. {History}
Usborne Time Traveler. {History + Geography}
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction. Macaulay. {History}
Pompeii… Buried Alive! (Step into Reading). Kunhardt. {History}
Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters (DK Level 4 Reader). Griffey. {History}
Ant Cities. Dorros. {Science}
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth.
Draw Write Now Book 6: Animals and Habitats. {Science + Fine Arts} Includes both vertebrates and invertebrates. Also be sure to download FREE Draw Write Now Printables here!
The Messengers and To Every Nation (free videos on Prime Video for Amazon Prime members) recount the events within the Book of Acts. Also related to the Roman Empire are The Perpetua Story and The Augustine Story. And… for science tie-ins: Wild Kratts!
For descriptions of the above books visit this post
Read Alouds
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine. Bendick.
Detectives in Togas. Winterfield.
Mystery of the Roman Ransom. Winterfield.
The Bronze Bow. Speare.
The Secrets of Vesuvius. Bisel.
The White Stag. Seredy.
Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona A Young Slave.
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land Sea and Air.
Mathematicians Are People Too (Volume 1).
For descriptions of the above books visit this post
General world history
Torchlighters Study Guides
Story of the World Timeline Notebook Figures
Ancient History
Story of the World Activities
History of Ancient Times Notebooking Pages
Discussion points and Tapestry of Grace Correlation
Ancient History Videos
World History on Khan Academy
World History Lesson Plans Powerpoints and Games
Ancient Civilizations Lesson Ideas
Dynamic2Moms’ Ancient Civilizations lap books
The Ancient Eras Timeline
History – Roman Empire
Famous Men of Rome by John Haaren
The Aeneid For Boys And Girls by Alfred J. Church
Memorize Poetry: “Laocoon’s Warning” from The Aeneid
Ancient Rome Lapbook
Ancient Rome Unit Study – Timelines Maps Projects and More!
The Power of Latin in Ancient Rome
Build a Colosseum Papercraft
Republic to Empire: Government in Ancient Rome
Primary History Romans (with games & photos & videos)
Memorize Marc Antony’s Speech from Shakesepeare’s Julius Caesar
Memorize “Romulus and Remus” by Rudyard Kipling
Pop-Up Pompeii Villa (craft)
Paint Mt. Vesuvius (landscape in acrylic paint)
Hands-On Pompeii with Legos
Ancient Rome Lesson Plan with Worksheets
Ancient Rome on History Channel (with Video links)
Ancient Rome Reading | Worksheets | mp3s
Rise of Rome: 600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
From Roman Republic to Roman Empire: 600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
The Roman Empire
Geography – Egyptian Empire
Ancient Egypt Unit: Creating the Nile River Valley
Draw the Nile River Video Lesson
Ancient Egypt Unit on Khan Academy
Ancient Egypt Reading & Worksheet
Ancient Egypt Unit Study & Lapbook
Build Great Pyramid of Khufu Papercraft
Build a Sphinx Papercraft
Ancient Egypt – Hieroglyphic Generator
Ancient Egypt Coloring Pages
Ancient Egypt Online Videos from neoK12
Ancient Egypt
Mummy Maker Game
Ancient Egypt via BBC
Sphinx Paper Model
Ancient to Early Medieval African Kingdoms
How to Draw King Tut
Egyptian Paper Dolls
Ancient Egyptian Gods & Goddesses Coloring Sheets
Ancient Egyptian Historical Figure Cards
Ancient Egypt Definition Cards
Ancient Egyptian Monument Cards
Ancient Egyptian Mythology Cards
Continental Blob Maps
Map Tracing: A Geography Plan with Printable Atlas
Learn to draw the world freehand ($)
Science – General Biology
Scientific Method Printables: Posters – Lab Sheets – Bookmarks
Classic Science Series: Elementary Life Science (Contains student and teacher textbooks with experiments/projects/worksheets/tests.)
Nature Study Scripture Scavenger Hunt
Montessori Downloads for Science
Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study
Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals
Nature Walk Sheet
Nature Study Resources
How to make a Tree ID / Botany Book
Plants & Animals Experiments!
Rainforest Study –Includes a study of biomes with South American geography and a bit of history plant and animal cells Linneaus & Taxonomy Photosynthesis and even Jungle Art. A great long-term project for first semester!
Science -Invertebrates
Video Lesson: Meddlesome Mollusks (and What Is Life?)
Marine Invertebrates Notebooking Pages from Notebooking Pages
Animals and Their Characteristics (Free Worksheet)
Animals and Their Groups Sorting Cards (ages 5-8)
First Book of Bugs
Octopus Reading Comprehension
Roly-Poly Pill Bugs Reading Comprehension
Biology4Kids: What are invertebrates?
Invertebrate Classifying Activity
The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Its Life Cycle
Jellyfish Art & Write
Build a Bug
Math – 9s & 10s
Multiplication File Folder Games for 9s & 10s
Dime and Dime Again Video
10s Times Tables Worksheets
Several Multiplication Online Games
Circle and Write Skip Counting Page
Skip Count Mazes 1-12
Multiplication Game: Memory Match (up to 9s)
Multiplication Wheel (0-9)
Multiplication Memory Game
I Have… Who Has Multiplication Game
9s Blank Multiplication Table Chart
Multiplication Fact Drill Sheets 1×1 through 15×15
Multiplication Songs on Spotify
English Grammar – Prepositions
Choose a preposition activity
Latin – Noun Declensions
2nd Declension Packet
Latin Noun Declension File Folder Games | Notebook Printables and Story Cues
Colorful charts on noun declensions and verb conjugations by Classical Academic Press
Latin Interactive Cut-and Paste Worksheets for declensions and conjugations by Classical Academic Press
Other Latin Resources
Timeline
Timeline notebook
Timeline Thumbnails (Way to memorize timeline + free printable)
Our Timeline Wall: What the CC timeline looks like and what we learned
Studying History through the Ages with a Timeline
More Timeline Resources
Fine Arts – Drawing
Six Weeks of Drawing Lesson Plans & Ideas
Step-by-Step Draw a Landscape in perspective
Perspective Drawing for Beginners (Boardwalk)
Bible – Exodus 20
Hand Motion Video
OtherClick here for our Cycle 1 Resources by subject
Feel free to share any resources you’ve found by commenting or emailing me!