Greece Unit

There may be some overlap with some of these. I will add to the list as we go along. Books are are using:

Tales of Ancient Greece by Enid Blyton
DK Eyewitness Books Ancient Greece
The Children's Homer
The Heroes by Charles Kingsley
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Wonder-book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons (IEW)
Streams of Civilization Vol. 1
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Story of the World vol 1 and Activity Book
Beautiful Feet Ancient History Guide

Important Ancient History People

Ancients, 5000 BC—AD 400
Cheops, pharaoh of Egypt (2700—2675 BC)
Abraham (c. 2100 BC)
Hammurabi (c. 1750 BC)
Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt (c. 1480 BC)
Moses (c. 1450 BC)
Tutankhamen (c. 1355 BC)
Nebuchadnezzar (1146—1123 BC)
King David (c. 1000 BC)
Homer (c. 800 BC)
Romulus (753—716 BC)
Sennacherib (705—681 BC)
Lao-tse (Chinese philosopher, b. 604 BC)
Pythagoras (581—497 BC)
Confucius (K’ung Fu-tsu) (551—479 BC)
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (550—480 BC)
Darius I of Persia (522—485 BC)
Socrates (470—399 BC)
Hippocrates (b. 460 BC)
Plato (427—347 BC)
Aristotle (384—322 BC)
Alexander the Great (356—323 BC)
Shi Huangdi (first emperor of unified China, 221—207 BC)
Hannibal (fought with Rome c. 218—207 BC)
Judas Maccabaeus (c. 168 BC)
Cicero (106—43 BC)
Julius Caesar (100—44 BC)
Virgil (70—19 BC)
Caesar Augustus (c. 45 BC—AD 14)
Jesus Christ (c. 4 BC—AD 33)
Caligula (died AD 42)
Saint Paul (c. AD 45)
Nero (died AD 68)
Marcus Aurelius (ruled AD 161—180)
Constantine the Great (ruled AD 306—337)