Monday, January 15, 2001

1st Century AD

Grade School:

Saint Paul the Apostle: The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles by Mary Fabyan Windeatt (Journeys 45-58 AD)

High School:
The Ides of April by Mary Ray (62 AD)
Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray (67 AD)
Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff (1st century Britain)

Teen/Adult:
Chapters on the successors to St. Peter, from Pope Fiction, pgs. 68-88, 119-125

Primary Sources:

The Acts of the Apostles
The Didache (written between 70 and 90 AD) TC pgs. 3-9
Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch TC pgs. 11-26 (69-107 AD)

Architecture

Colosseum, Rome, Italy (construction 70-82 AD)
Petra, Petra, Jordan

1 comment:

ScienceMom said...

Thanks for all the book lists!

I'd also suggest adding Marigold Hunt's A Life of Our Lord for Children and The First Christians: The Acts of the Apostles for Children (Sophia reprint) to this time period.