The Punic Wars

Interactive Route that Hannibal took when he attacked Italy

Videos on the Punic Wars from the History Channel

The Punic Wars - good treatment of all three wars

Map and Handouts on the Punic Wars for middle school

Maps and charts on Roman History - I love their maps on the Punic Wars

High School reading material and worksheets on the Punic Wars.

Supplementary Reading

Plutarch's Lives for Children
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

Engineering an Empire - Carthage

Hannibal- Rome's Worst Nightmare

The Roman Republic

Resources:

The Roman Republic - timeline and narrated history.

The Twelve Tables

The Twelve Tables for kids

The Tragedy of Coriolanus - Shakespeare

A short, very readable story about Coriolanus

Audio podcasts of Coriolanus We really like this one.

Ancient Rome coloring pages

Coloring and Lap Books about Rome. The cards about the gods are immodest.

Shakespeare Coriolanus

The Twelve Tables

Rome's Birth and Geography

Resources:

Map of Ancient Rome

Map of the Seven Hills of Rome

Topo map of Ancient Rome
Black outline map of Italy
outline map of the Mediterranean 

The story of the birth of Rome

Mr. Sabato's Best of the Web-Ancient Rome. Lots of great sites.
Etruscan Cooking
Focaccia with Grapes (Schiacciata con L'uva)
Acquacotta a recipe
Acquacotta, the Stone Soup an award winning video

The Geography of Ancient Rome worksheets








Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Cut down the tall poppies

Rome Reborn 2.2 3D modeling of Rome in 320

When Rome Ruled - Birth of Rome

National Geographic

Rome: It's Beginning

Resources:

Ancient Rome for Kids

More for children - Rome

Video:

Virgil, The Aeneid

It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome 

Yale Lecture

The Aeneid

The Aeneid podcasts

The Iliad, Odysssey, and Aeneid read aloud plays for middle school. Cost me  $1.00.

The Boys and Girls Plutrach  free download.

Plutrach's Lives for Boys and Girls free download

My New Plan for History

I have assigned each of my kids their own history text. Boy, grade 5, got A Child's History of the World. Girl, grade 7, got Mystery of History.  Girl, grade 10 got Streams of Civilization vol. 1. Every one is assigned their own reading, and I have more time to dwell on the highlights together. We started doing this by reading Black Ships Before Troy together and I plan to read the Aeneid play together, and then go into Augustus Caesar's World. They also will have their own literature books to go along with the period. I will try and post our list later on.

Homer's Ancient Greece

Resources:

The real Troy from the University of Cinncinati. Very helpful information including computer generated reconstructions.

More on Troy and Homer

A Story of Epic Proportions: What makes an Epic Poem?

The World of Homer's Troy - geography and archaeology

Cliff Notes on the Iliad

Model of the Trojan Horse

Amenhotep IV

Warrior Pharaohs, The New Kingdom

Akenaten: The Sun Pharaoh