King Tut’s Tomb
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon
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Summary: Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)
Running time: 13 hours
Note to parent: I am including this book on My Audio School, as it is used by Ambleside Online curriculum. They recommend it for older children (middle school through high school).
My Audio School is being used by so many children whose families hold varying perspectives on creation and evolution. I have not provided links for the first 3 chapters of this book, (30 minutes of material), which are full of evolutionary content. Should you need to refer to these chapters, you can use the links provided above for reading or downloading this book at its Internet Archive page in its entirety. I have not pre-read the majority of this book, but found evolutionary references in the two additional chapters that I listened to (The Age of Science and The New World). Please be aware there may be evolutionary content in other chapters, as well. Should you have further questions about the suitability of this book please read this review from Cathy Duffy.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt by R. Talbot Kelly
Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum related to a study of Ancient Egypt. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
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This book is read by Sibella Denton and lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes.
The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty
Click here to see a downloadable Study Guide from CurrClick or here to see a Unit Study Companion for this book. Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum related to a study of Ancient Egypt. These links will take you away from My Audio School.
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Total Running time: 10 hours, 46 minutes
01 – The King of the Rebu – 00:31:56
02 – The Siege of the City – 00:31:28
04 – An Easy Servitude – 00:33:08
05 – In Lower Egypt – 00:35:51
06 – Fowling and Fishing – 00:32:26
07 – Hippopotamus and Crocodile – 00:34:44
08 – The Conspiracy in the Temple – 00:29:12
09 – A Startling Event – 00:34:37
10 – The Cat of Bubastes – 00:35:13
11 – Dangers Thicken – 00:29:58
12 – The Death of Ameres – 00:35:28
13 – The Search for Mysa – 00:32:46
14 – A Prince of Egypt – 00:31:36
15 – Ameres is Revenged – 00:39:18
Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott
Click here to see a selection of downloadable curriculum related to a study of Ancient Egypt. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Internet archive page on Librivox
To read this book about Egypt’s Cleopatra yourself, click here.
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01 – Preface, The Valley of the Nile
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt by James Baikie
Internet archive page on Librivox
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Click here to view CurrClick resources which could be used in a study of Ancient Egypt.
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03 – A Day in Thebes, Continued
05 – The Life of a Soldier
06 – Child-life in Ancient Egypt
07 – Some Fairy-tales of Long Ago
08 – Some Fairy-tales of Long Ago, Continued
