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

The Life of Christ (1 - 33 AD)

Picture Books:

Stories from the New Testament with Masterwork Paintings Inspired by the Stories (Simon and Schuster Books)

Favorite Read-Alouds:

The Holy Gospels

Abigail and the Widow Mary by Noel Trimming

Jesus of Nazareth: The Story of His Life Simply Told by Mother Mary Loyola

Grades 5-8:

Ben Hur by General Lew Wallace (better for eager readers)

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Teen/Adult:

The Face of the Nazarene by Noel Trimming

The Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen

The Man Born to be King by Dorothy Sayers

The Spear by Louis de Wohl

Movies/Videos:

Ben Hur (1958 - Charlton Heston)

Footprints of God Series: Mary, the Mother of God

Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

The Passion of the Christ (2004 - parents strongly cautioned)

Esther (circa 480)

The Book of Esther

Victory on the Walls: A Story of Nehemiah by Frieda Clark Hyman

Victory on the Walls: A Story of Nehemiah by Frieda Clark Hyman (445 BC)

Daniel (635-536 BC)

The Book of Daniel (635-36 BC)

"The Fiery Furnace" BV 753-755

"Daniel in the Lion's Den" BC 756-758

Nebuchadnezar II (605-562 BC)

"Truth is Mighty and Will Prevail" BC 615-616 (520 BC)

Job

The Book of Job

God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson (701 BC)

God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson

Hezekiah 715-686 BC

Jonah (785 BC)

The Book of Jonah

9th Century BC

2 Paralipomenon 3:9
Yahweh vs. Baal 3 Kings 18
The Prophet Elijah 3 Kings 16:29 - 17:24

King Solomon (971-931)

The Wisdom of Solomon 1 Kings 3:16-28, The Book of Virtues, 147-148, 1 Kings 3:16-28
King Solomon 3 Kings 1:15-34, 3:16-23, 6:9, 10:11-43

King David (1054-971 BC)

David and Goliath 1 Samuel 17 and The Book of Virtues, pgs. 447-449

David the Shepherd 1 Kings 16-27

Jonathan and David, The Book of Virtues, pgs. 299-303

The Death of Saul 1 Kings 28, 29, 31

King David 2 Kings 6-12

David and Bathsheba BV 81-84

King David and His Psalms by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

King Saul

King Saul 1 Kings 8-13

Samuel the Prophet

Samuel the Prophet 1 Kings 1-7

Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson (1200s)

Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson

Samson

Samson Judges 13-16

Ruth

Ruth Ruth
"Ruth and Naomi" from The Book of Virtues pgs. 753-755

The Fall of Jericho

Joshua 1420-1310
The Fall of Jericho Joshua 1-6

Moses (1520-1400 BC)

"Moses in the Bulrushes", The Book of Virtues 139-140
The Book of Exodus (1440 BC)
"Go Down, Moses" The Book of Virtues 560-562
The Ten Commandments, The Book of Virtues 206-207
"The Long, Hard Way Through the Wilderness" The Book of Virtues 555-560
The Promised Land Numbers 13, 19, 20:22 - 21:9

Joseph

Joseph - Genesis 37-50

Isaac

Isaac and Rebecca - Genesis 24:67