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West Brooke Curriculum
High School World History
World History, English, Physical Science, and Math
A manual written for the teenagers of Jehovah’s Witnesses By Jennifer Westbrook
This High School Manual can be used for any grade in the
9-12 range if your student needs to cover World History,
English, Physical Science, and Math.
Meeting Prep. And Service- This schedule is to keep up with meeting preparation for the
weekly night Meeting. The Watchtower lesson the student is responsible to get it done before
meeting. Our service day is on Wednesday but it can be any weekday. (just date that column the
date you go out in service)- the student should record the hours they went out in service, this will
be good to include in his/her permanent record and can count toward speech (English), or
community service.
Read the text together and a few pages out of the yearbook. All of this can count towards
your English credit. Including talks/demonstrations given at our weekly night meeting.
According to the school we have used to track credits you can’t use just this for an English credit
because then it would give you one credit in Bible not in English. So I always included literature
and book reports, and essays.
2016 updated to new workbook layout.
1 Credit Bible (or towards your English Credit)
Math- Teaching Textbooks Algebra I
1 Credit Math
World History
A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition by E.H. Gombrich
Yale University Press Educator’s Guide to E.H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World (see
link below, I will also send PDF of this to you with manual.) Gombrich Educator’s guide
Insight on the Scriptures
“See The Good Land” Brochure
Bound Volumes or WT cd-rom
1 Credit in World History
World Geography
Some map activities are included related to A Little History of the World, and you will study
“See the Good Land” Brochure. If you would like to count an additional ½ to 1 credit in World
Geography this year consider adding the book World History Map Activities by Walch
http://walch.com/World-History-Map-Activities.html
You might also like to incorporate this free Geography course: (thank you Amy)
http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/Globalmania.html
1/2 to 1 Credit in World Geography
English – Grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and hours from Bible lessons if you do the
minimum from the reading list. If your student is an avid reader and reads at least 12 books for
the school year with sufficient writing/book reports then you can count one credit in English and
one credit in Bible. You can require your student to practice Note-taking for the Public Talk and
Assemblies. Spelling optional this year, only if needed; Sequential Spelling level 7 or Adult or
here is a list:
http://www.spelling-words-well.com/9th-grade-spelling-words.html
http://www.spelling-words-well.com/spelling-help.html
Note: if your student is an avid reader, writes well and enough you may not need grammar or
vocabulary for grades 10-12.
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 9, 10, 11, or 12
Answer Key
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 http://www.easygrammar.com/dtl9.html
Teacher Edition contains reproducible student pages and answers
Student book just contains student pages
Optional Resource: Wordsmith Craftsman by Janie Cheaney (for 10th grade and up) the student
learns to branch out, using writing skills for communication, organization and reasoning. It covers letters,
outlines, research reports, all types of essays. This book can be used all throughout High School. Answer
key included.
Reading from literature list provided; some have lit guide links
1 Credit English (I, II, III, or IV)
Reading List to choose from (minimum of 6 books)
Note: Historical fiction may contain violence and or discussions of gods/beliefs.
Ides of April by Mary Ray
Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Speare
Caesar Augustus’ World by Foster
City by Macaulay
Pyramid by Macaulay
Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn
The Beduins’ Gazelle by Frances Temple
Codes and Ciphers by Peter Way
The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell http://thekingsfifth.weebly.com/plot-summary.html
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse (we haven’t read this yet)
Facing the Lion by Simone Liebster http://www.facingthelion.com/
The Endless Steppe Esther Hautzig
http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/novelwise_hs/find/bytitlepdf/endlesssteppe_pdfs/endlesssteppe_stud
entintro.pdf
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Parcel of Patterns by Walsh
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle
Mary Bloody Mary Carolyn Meyer
Young Royals series
And More….
Videos
Egypt: Engineering an Empire History Channel
Castle by Macauley
Roman City by Macauley
History’s Mysteries: Knights of Camelot
Science
Apologia Physical Science- college prep course
Student should be taking at least Pre-Algebra to understand the formulas in this class
(5 days per week)
1 Credit Physical Science
Electives- Your choice; fill in assignments.
West Brooke Curriculum
Written by: Jennifer Westbrook
Updated: April 1, 2013
©2013
2016 edition updated Feb. 2016
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Week 1 Date: Grade
Meeting
Prep./
Service
□ Treasures from God’s Word
□ Apply Yourself to the Field Ministry
□ Living as Christians
□ 3-6 pages from current Yearbook
□ 4-8 pages from Jehovah’s Witnesses Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
□ reading or listening to current magazines or online content from jw.org
Math
TT Alg. 1
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5
Wordly
Wise 3000
Book
Lesson 1 → → →
Easy
Grammar
Ultimate
Grade
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Writing Journal Making An
Outline
Literature
(see writing
ideas in
notes)
Literature
A Little
History of
the World
Notes* and
begin
timeline,
research
History Begins
Notes* & map
activity
Read Ch. 3
from A Little
History The
Land by the
Nile
Educator’s
Guide for
A Little
History
Ch.3
questions
1, 3-7, 9
Ch. 3
Questions
10-13, 15-17
World
History
Map
Activities
by Walch
Complete
lesson 1 this
week
Audio Drama
Jehovah’s
Judgment
against Law-
Defying
People
Science Module I
Read pages 1-
7
Experiment 1.1 Read page 7-
11
Read 11-17 Experiment
1.2
Elective:
Reading
Selection
Week 1 Notes:
Note: not every week will have notes, only when needed.
Reading- choose books from the list or other related Egypt books, or any High School level
novel to read. Fill in the title and author under Reading Selection section of your grid.
Literature Writing Ideas for the two Historical Fictions: Mara, Daughter of the Nile, and The
Golden Goblet: Book report. Chart character study pick two characters in a story to compare and
contrast. Find the Climax of the story and write a page. Write a page on the Setting of the story.
Reading List for Ancient Egypt:
Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw HF
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw HF
Pyramid by Macaulay
And More…
Day 1
Journal- you can write about anything you want to, dreams, poetry, goals, thoughts. Or work
with your literature books
History Notes*- This year you will be studying World History- which is a lot to cover in one year, I will
give suggestions on books we supplemented with, choose as many as you like.
Use a notetaking method of study for World History you can use a ordinary notebook to write lists,
timelines, notes, reports, etc. in. or you can use notebooking pages many can be found online or you can
use History Scribe. http://www.historyscribe.com/
You may remember studying this in 6th grade but, let’s review:
It did always seem difficult to match up secular dates with Biblical therefore you should refer to
the timeline at the bottom of the brochure The Bible What is its Message? for an accurate Biblical
Timeline. This is especially true for secular timelines referring to Ancient Egypt.
Look up information on this difference in volume one of the Insight on the Scriptures volume 1
book under the topic Chronology: Egyptian Chronology and Problems of Egyptian Chronology on page
450.*
Before we begin let’s look at the time frame we are in, if you will turn to page 252 of your Revelation Its
Grand Climax at Hand! book you will see a diagram of The Succession of Seven World Powers. Please
make a photo copy of this (if you can) and glue it into your notebook, if not at least write it as a list. See
also the chart on pages 12-13 of 6/15/2012 Watchtower. See also Questions from Readers pg 19 of the 6-
15-12 Watchtower answering the question: When did the Anglo-American World Power become the
seventh world Power of Bible Prophecy?
Egypt
Assyria
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Rome
Anglo-America
Timelines can be fun to do, I would like for you to keep a timeline this year that you add to as you go
along, you can break it up into the different world powers. This can be as simple as you like or as
complex as you like. Research some different ways to keep a time line or a Centuries Book. Begin laying
out what you plan to use for your time line so that you can easily add to it throughout the year.
You can use the reference The Usborne Internet-linked Encyclopedia of World History or Usborne
Encyclopedia of the Ancient World Internet-Linked (Skip all of the section “Prehistoric World”)
Day 2
Writing- Making An Outline
Read pages 39-42 of Benefit From Theocratic Ministry School Education
Copy the notes from the box How To Prepare An Outline into your notebook. You will need this
information for completing an assignment next week and several times this year.
History Begins Notes*- We will be skipping the first 2 chapters of A Little History of the World
by EH Gombrich because we know that history really begins with what Jehovah has taught us
through the pages of the Bible. You already know the story of creation and many, many Bible
Stories.
Today read through pages 321-336 of Insight on the Scriptures Volume 1 It starts with How We
Got the Bible – Graphic Features of the Promised Land.
Using a Blank printed out map from http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/ copy the map you see
on page 329 and how the decedents of Noah spread. Discuss with parent how all nations of men
descended from these 3 men.
Day 4
(answers are included with the download)
History Educator’s Guide Questions:
1. What were kings of Egypt called?
3. What is the type of writing that the Egyptians created?
4. Which Pharaoh built the Great Pyramid?
5. How did the Egyptians build the temples and the pyramids?
6. Describe one or two Egyptian gods.
7. What is an obelisk? Are there any Obelisks still standing today? Any located near
you? Where?
9. Why is the Sphinx in the shape of a cat?
Day 5
History Educator’s Guide Questions:
10. Explain the Egyptian’s burial rites.
11. Where can you see mummies and Egyptian art?
12. How do we know so much about Egyptian life?
13. What is the Rosetta Stone?
15. What is papyrus?
16. Which Empire lasted the longest? Egyptian or Roman?
17. What is the Pharaoh Akhenaton known for?
Week 2 Date: Grade
Meeting
Prep./
Service
□ Treasures from God’s Word
□ Apply Yourself to the Field Ministry
□ Living as Christians
□ 3-6 pages from current Yearbook
□ 4-8 pages from Jehovah’s Witnesses Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
□ reading or listening to current magazines or online content from jw.org
Math
TT Alg. 1
Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10
Wordly
Wise 3000
Book
Finish lesson
1
→ Lesson 2 →
Easy
Grammar
Ultimate
Grade
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
Writing (see
educator’s
guide)
Outline Egypt
Awake article
Literature Character
study and
conflict
Ancient
Egypt
continued
A Book you
Can Trust
Part 1Egypt in
Bible History
11/2010
Awake!
Pg 15-18
Map Ancient
Egypt
Color with
colored
pencils
Story of
Joseph- read
Genesis
37:1-36 or
audio
Drama*
Educator’s
Guide for
A Little
History
Ch. 3
Research
questions:
2,8,14*
World
History
Map
Activities
by Walch
Complete
lesson 2 this
week
Science Read page
17- end of
module
Experiment 1.3 On Your
Own
questions
Study Test
Elective:
Reading
Selection
Week 2 notes:
Day 1
History Research- Hint, use your Watchtower library CD to do some of the research. For
example if you look up Rosetta Stone, then click on publications index, then click on index
1986-2012, then click on Rosetta Stone you will see several references. Here is part of what you
will see: key to unlocking hieroglyphics: g89 10/22 18; it-1 688; g88 6/8 31 This tells you that there are
two Awake (g) articles one from 1989 and one from 1988 on the Rosetta Stone. You also see that
there is a reference to the Insight book volume 1 page 688 (it-1 688).
Write your research answers in your notebook or use History Scribe pages to take notes.
Research questions from Educator’s Guide: 2. Find Egypt on a map. Locate the River Nile and trace its route. Today there is a manmade dam on
the River Nile. What is it called? Research the dam and how it changed Egypt. 8. Challenge: Research the recent controversies surrounding ancient art that is ‘stolen’ from one
country and put on display in other country’s museum. Did this happen with Egyptian art? 14. Challenge: Research the Rosetta Stone. Who found it, and where? How did it end up in the
British Museum? How long did it take for scholars to decipher it?
Day 2
Writing- Outline article
After reading the article from the Awake about
Egypt, write an outline in your notebook for this
article. Your title is the title of the outline. Your
subheadings are your main points, choose sub
points to include under each main point. Use this
method each time you are assigned an outline.
Day 4
Literature- work with some of the ideas for writing
with your literature suggested last week.
Map Ancient Egypt- Draw or find a blank map of
the area of Egypt. Label these geographic features:
The Nile and the Delta, the Mediterranean Sea, and
the Red Sea. Label Upper Egypt, (the southern half)
and Lower Egypt (the northern half), Giza,
Memphis, Karnak, Thebes, Luxor, and the Valley of
the Kings (and Queens). Color your map with
colored pencils.
wikipedia map
Day 5
History- Read Genesis Account of Joseph or listen to the audio drama: Preserving Life in the
Time of Famine
Writing- Character study and conflict
Study the Characters involved in the story of Joseph. Write a list of characters and their character
traits.
Conflict- There are several areas of conflict in this story, see if you can pick out what they are.
Make a list of these main conflicts, and under each one list as many as you can.
Man against Man
Man against Society
Man against Self
Man against nature
For example, under Man against Man you could list:
Man against Man
Joseph vs. jealous brothers
Jacob vs. disobedient sons
(I can think of at least 2 more for this one, can you?)
Sample of A Little History of the World chapter 3: