Cycle 3 Resource Listings-Usborne,Story Of The World, Netflix

These are extra resources to help our students learn more about

Cycle 3 of Classical Conversations.

These are my personal notes to help me supplement my homeschool teaching. I am happy to share these resources in hopes that it will give you some valuable resources. Please feel free to pass them along. I have not read or viewed many of the resources listed and encourage you to view them before presenting them to your children. I hope this list is a great blessing to you as you homeschool this year. :-) Angel

All History Timeline and Sentence pages will refer to the Usborne World History Encyclopedia.
All Science will be pages for the Usborne Science Encyclopedia.
Story Of The World pages come partly from volume 3 and partly from volume 4 this cycle.


Usborne Geography Encyclopedia pgs 162-163 USA info, 270-271 USA map- This is for all 24 weeks since we will be focusing on the USA this cycle

I have included 2 series of shows from Netflix Instant Downloads that we will watch each week as they closely tie for learning about American History.

These shows are listed as “America- The Story of Us” and “Liberty’s Kids.”

Episode Guide to America The Story Of Us http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/episodes/

Episode Guide to Liberty’s Kids
http://www.tv.com/libertys-kids/show/6584/episode.html

At the end of the weekly list I have also included ADDITIONAL Amazon Instant Play and Netflix Instant play movies as well as movies that can be bought as dvds. By each movie I have listed the CC week or weeks covered. These are to be used as you see fit and you need to determine whether you find them appropriate for the age of child you are homeschooling.

SUPPLIES- If you wish to use all these resources you will need the following: Usborne World History Encyclopedia, Usborne Science Encyclopedia, Story Of The World volumes 3 and 4, Netflix Instant Play, Cycle 3 Classical Conversations materials

Optional supplies include: Usborne Geography Encyclopedia, Story of The World Volume 3 and 4 cds and activities books, Amazon Instant Play movies, purchased movies



Week 1

History Timeline pgs 114-117 Egypt,

History Sentence pgs 289, 296 Columbus

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 19

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 1

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 1-2





Week 2

History Timeline 124-127 and 131 Minoan Culture, 114-117 Egypt,

History Sentence pgs 322-323 Pilgrims

Science pg 346 Axial Skeleton

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 61-64

Netflix - America The Story Of Us- Episode 1

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 3-4




Week 3

History Timeline pg 132 Hammurabi, pgs 134- 139 More on Egypt in this time period,pg 142 12 tribes of Isreal

History Sentence pg 330 Boston Tea Party

Science pgs 348-349 Kinds of muscles

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 209-212

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 2

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 5-6
Episode 1- The Boston Tea Party- ties with history sentence

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Week 4

Usborne World History Timeline pg 144-145 Phoenicians

Usborne World History Sentence pg 330 Declaration of Independence

Science pgs 364-365 The Nervous System

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 213-217

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 2

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 7-8
Episode 13- The 1st Fourth of July- ties with history sentence




Week 5

History Timeline pgs154-159 Greece, pgs 184-185 Rome

History Sentence pgs 330-331 Washington

Science pgs 368-375 The 5 Senses

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 223-226

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 3

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 9-10





Week 6

History Timeline pgs 160-161 Alexander the Great, pgs 186-187 More Rome

History Sentence pgs 350-351 Louisiana Purchase & Westward Expansion

Science pgs 354-355 Digestive System

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 278-281 & 297-302

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 3

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 11-12



Week 7

History Timeline pgs 188-191 Rome continued, 192 Birth & Ministry of Christ

Science pg 362 Excretory System

Story of The World Vol. 3; Pg. 309-313

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 4

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 13-14




Week 8

History Timeline pgs 192-193 Death of Christ & Persecution of Christians& Constantine, pgs 194-195 Rome burns and Constantine and Split of the Empire

Science pgs 350-351 Circulatory System

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 4

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 15-16




Week 9

History Timeline pgs 204-205 Barbarian Invasion, pgs 210-213, Vikings, pgs 202-203 Justinian the Great, pgs 206-207 Mohammed and Islam, pg 216 Charlemagne

Science pg 387 Lymphatic System

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 4

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 17-18



Week 10

History Timeline pg 217 Otto 1 Holy Roman Empire, pgs 220-221 The Fuedal System, pg 234 Cathedrals in Europe, pgs 240-241 The Crusades

Science pgs 358-359 The Respiratory System

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 19-20




Week 11

History Timeline pg 273 Marco Polo, pg 219 The Hundred Years War & Joan of Arc, pg 242 Black Death, pg 288 Prince Henry the Navigator, pg 253 Fall of Constantinople

History Sentence pgs 348-349 Lincoln and Civil War

Science pg 363 Endocrine System

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 49-53

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 5

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 21-22


Week 12

History Timeline pgs 284-287 The Renaissance, pg 289 Columbus, pgs 302-303 Martin Luther and the reformation,

History Sentence pgs 348-349 Robert E Lee End of Civil War

Science pgs 350-351 purposes of blood

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 51-53

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 6

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 23-24





Week 13

History Timeline pg 289 John Cabot

History Sentence 349 free slaves

Science pg 12 atomic number

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 53-56

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 6

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 25-26





Week 14

History Timeline pgs 322-323 Pilgrims & 13 colonies

History Sentence pgs 338-339 Industrial Age

Science pgs 24-27 Elements

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 173-177

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 7

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 27-28





Week 15

History Timeline pgs 330-331 America Declares its Independence

History Sentence pg 367 Roosevelt

Science pgs 10-11 Atoms

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 161-167

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 29-30




Week 16

History Timeline pgs 330-331 Washington & Lousiana Purchase

Science pgs 46-47 Hydrogen, pg 63 Helium

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 7

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 31-32





Week 17

History Timeline pgs 324-325 Slavery in the South, pgs 350 Westward Expansion, 350 Remember the Alamo

History Sentence pgs 358-359 WWI

Science pgs 50-53 Carbon, pg 64 Nitrogen, pg 62 Oxygen

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 216-221 & 227-231

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 8

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 33-34




Week 18

History Timeline pgs 348-349 War Between the States & Lincoln,

History Sentence pgs 368-373 WWII

Science pg 48 Flourine, pg 63 Neon, pg 39 Sodium, pg 38 Magnesium

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 305-309

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 9

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 35-36
Week 19

History Timeline

History Sentence pg 378 NATO

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 223-227

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 37-38




Week 20

History Timeline pgs 358-359 1st World War, pgs 366-367 Roaring 20s & Great Depression, pgs 368-373 World War 2, pgs 378-379 The Cold War, pgs 380-381 The Space Race

Science pgs 338-339 Theory of Evolution

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 402-408

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 10

Netflix- Liberty’s Kids- Episode 39-40






Week 21

History Sentence pgs380-381 Moon Landing

Science pg 179 Shapes of the Earth- Geological changes

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 385-389

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 11

Netflix- The Wonder of It All- Connects with History Sentence






Week 22

Science pg 179 Shapes of the Earth- Geological changes

Story of The World Vol. 4; Pg. 477

Netflix- America The Story Of Us- Episode 12




Week 23

Science pg 339 Natural Selection

Story of The World Vol.3; Pg. 219-223



Week 24

Story of The World Vol.3; Pg. 219-223



















AMAZON INSTANT VIEW MOVIE IDEAS:

Brother Sun, Sister Moon-wk 10 The crusades and St Francis

Roots- about slavery (only to buy on instant play or on dvd)- wk 17

9/11 Commemorative Collection Season 1- wk 22 (history sentence)





AMAZON MOVIES ONLY ON DVD:

The Magic School Bus: Human Body- Science-anatomy

The Exodus Decoded (History Channel) (2006)- Moses and Exodus- timeline wk #4

Prince of Egypt - Moses and Exodus- timeline wk #4

Joseph: King of Dreams- Joseph and Egypt- timeline wks #2-3

Joan of Arc-wk 11

The Alamo (Widescreen Edition) (2004)- wk 17

NETFLIX INSTANT PLAY IDEAS:


For Science

National Geographic: Incredible Human Machine- Anatomy

National Geographic: Skin- Anatomy

How Does the Brain Work?: Nova scienceNOW- wk 4

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed- intelligent design-wk 20

God of Wonders- wk 19



For History Sentences and History Timeline

America- The Story of Us- wks 1-20

Liberty’s Kids- wks 1-20

VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's
Umbrella- wk 1

Babylon: Past, Present and Future-wk 2 (Babel)

History's Mysteries: Sodom and Gomorrah-wk 2

Egypt: Engineering an Empire-wk 3

The Ten Commandments-wk 3 and 4

VeggieTales: Dave and the Giant Pickle-wk 5

Empires: Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites-wk 5

The Tabernacle- wk 5 (Solomon’s reign-tour of temple)

National Geographic: Beyond the Movie: Alexander the Great-wk6

Greeks: Crucible of Civilization-3 episodes- wk 5-6

The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus-wk 7

Pompeii: The Last Day- wk 8

National Geographic: Secrets of Jerusalem's Holiest Sites-wk 8 (Jerusalem)

The Case for Christ-wk 7 and 8

The Dark Ages-wk 8 and beyond

National Geographic: Inside Mecca- wk 9 (Islam)

John Wycliffe- wk 11

Marco Polo-wk 11

Empires: Martin Luther-wk 12

Here I Stand: Martin Luther-wk 12

American Experience: Robert E. Lee- wk 12 history sentence

National Geographic: Beyond the Movie: The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown-wk 13

In Search of History: Salem Witch Trials- wk 14

George Washington: American Revolutionary- wk 15

FDR: American Experience-wk 15 (history sentence)

The Revolution- wk 15 & 16

Ken Burns: The Civil War- wk 15 & 16

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman- wk 17 (slavery)

Secrets of the Dead: Slave Ship Mutiny-wk 17

American Experience: We Shall Remain-wk 17 (Trail of Tears and more episodes about the Native Americans)
The Best of the Real West- wk 17 (1 episode on the Alamo)

Texas-Wk 17 & 18 (Alamo and War with Mexico)

Modern Marvels: The Railroads That Tamed the West-wk 18

Wright Brothers' Flying Machine: Nova-wk 20

Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State- wk 20

Just Around the Corner- wk 20 (set in time of great depression)

WWII in HD-wk 20

The Panic Is On: The Great American Depression as Seen by the Common Man- wk 20

Vietnam: Homecoming-wk 20

Unforgettable: The Korean War-wk 20


NETFLIX INSTANT PLAY FOR PRESIDENTS

Reagan: American Experience

American Experience: Nixon

Jimmy Carter: American Experience

LBJ: American Experience

Truman: American Experience