Welcome to our link buffet for CC Cycle 1 Week 6! 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 6 Resources
Picture Books
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. Lasky. {History + Geography}
What’s Your Angle Pythagoras? A Math Adventure. Ellis. {History + Geography}
Draw and Write Through History: Greece and Rome. {History + Geography + Fine Arts}
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War (Step into Reading). Little. {History + Geography}
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete! Ford. {History + Geography}
Aesop’s Fables. Sneed. {History} For a free online classic version of Aesop’s Fables illustrated by Milo Winter be sure to take a look at this online interactive version.
Usborne Illustrated Stories from Aesop. {History}
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth. {Science}
Draw Write Now Book 7: Animals of the World Part 1: Forest Animals {Science + Fine Arts}
Draw Write Now Book 8: Animals of the World Part II: Grassland and Desert Animals. {Science + Fine Arts} Also be sure to download FREE Draw Write Now Printables here!
Listen to the Birds. Gerhard. {Science + Fine Arts – Orchestra}
For descriptions of the above books visit this post
Read Alouds
Archimedes and the Door of Science. Bendick.
Herodotus and the Road to History. Bendick.
Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths
The Usborne Book of Greek Myths
Illustrated Stories from Aesop.
D’aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths.
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
Story of the World Timeline Notebook Figures
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 – Ancient Greek Empire
Ancient Greece Unit Study
“Digging Up Ancient Greece” (a multi-level board game)
“The Nutshell History of Ancient Greece” (music-video and lyric sheet)
Ancient Greece Unit Study – Timelines Maps Projects and More!
Classical Greece: 600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
The rise and fall of empires: 600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
Empire of Alexander the Great
Famous Men of Greece by John Haaren
Homer the Greek Poet (Britannica)
Homer and Epic Poetry (Info)
Archimedes (Britannica)
Archimedes of Syracuse
Socrates (Biography.com)
Socrates (Ancient History Encyclopedia)
Socrates (History.com)
Socrates (Britannica)
Pythagoras (Britannica)
Pythagoras (Story of Mathematics)
Ancient Greece Videos on neoK12
History of Ancient Greece – Information and Interactive Quiz
Ancient Greece Study Packet (from above website)
Ancient Greece Crafts and Geography Projects
Ancient Alphabets Printable Activity
Ancient Greece Unit for Kindergarten Grade 1 or 2
Geography – Ancient Greek Empire
Ancient Greece Unit Study
Geography – General
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 – Vertebrates
Brain Pop: Vertebrates
Fish-Amphibians-Reptiles-Mammals-Birds Notebooking Pages
About the Vertebrates with Visuals
Classes of Vertebrates Cards
Montessori Cards: Vertebrates-Invertebrates; 5 Vertebrate Groups
First Book of Birds
Free Printable Vertebrates Dominoes
5 for 5: Free Printable Vertebrates Card Game
Vertebrate Groups Cut-and-Paste
Animal (Vertebrate) Classification File Folder Game
Mammals Scavenger Hunt Activity
Bee Hummingbird Reading Comprehension
Penguins Reading Comprehension
Fennec Fox Reading Comprehension
Porcupine Reading Comprehension
Exploring Vertebrate Classification
Math – 11s & 12s
Multiplication File Folder Games for 11s and 12s
Circle and Write Skip Counting Page
Skip Count Mazes 1-12
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
More 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
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!