Ancient History Portfolio
"Classic" version for students ages 8, or 9 and up.

Description of Contents

The Ancient History Portfolio is designed for students ages 8, or 9 and up. The body of the Portfolio is divided into chapters of commonly studied historical time periods, cultures and civilizations (see Chapter Titles below). The Table of Contents provides a thorough reference index to work with, indicating topics covering: works of literature, important people, works of art and architecture, important places and events, plus advances in science and technology. The attractively formatted Portfolios contain an entirely unique system of "image boxes" and "text boxes" that support and showcase the student's work, whether hand or type written reports, graphs, diagrams, hand drawn images, photographs, or images accessed from the Internet. Black-line maps of the regions being studied are provided. Companion products are the Teacher's Guide, the Full Color Maps, and the Timeline Matching Cards. Please scroll down for more information.

Chapter Titles
and Description of Maps Within Each Chapter

First Civilizations:
Includes a map of Eurasia keyed to highlight these cultures: Sumerian, Egyptian, Minoan, Mesopotamian, Indus, & Shang.

Ancient Near East:
Includes 4 keyed maps covering: Sumer and Akkad, Near East Empires c. 1600 - 1200 B.C., The Assyrians, & The Persian Empire.

Ancient Bible Lands:
Includes 3 keyed maps covering: Genesis: From Ur to Canaan, Exodus: From Egypt to Canaan, & The Babylonian Captivity.

Ancient Egypt:
Includes a map of Ancient Egypt keyed to label important cities.

Ancient Greece:
Includes a map of Ancient Greece keyed to label important cities.

Ancient Rome:
Includes 3 keyed maps covering Ancient Italy, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.

A keyed map shows the world in the years just before and after the Birth of Christ.

The Early Christians:
Includes 2 keyed maps covering the Holy Land at the time of Jesus Christ, and Jerusalem during New Testament times.

Timeline

     A timeline comes bound in the Ancient History Portfolio ready to be removed and easily assembled. The assembled timeline measures approximately 11" x 47" and is printed on card stock.

     The Ancient Timeline is divided into continents, and further into separate strands for each culture spanning the time between 5000 B.C. and 600 A.D. The "Important Dates and Events" reference section of the Portfolio is very useful for filling in the timeline. The dates provided cover the time from about 3500 B.C. (Sumerians) to 476 A.D. (Fall of Rome).


Notebooking Ideas
     Below are examples of pages after being creatively filled by students of various ages. The examples are selected from the Ancient Portfolio's "Ancient Egypt" and "Ancient Greece" chapters.