The Ancient Phoenicians was a remarkable culture that shaped trade, communication, and exploration for centuries. Also, look at my page Free Ancient Phoenicia Lapbook For Kids Who Love Hands-on History.
And I’ve enjoyed teaching about Ancient Civilizations and their contributions that have led to some of the great inventions and resources that we still use today.
An Ancient Phoenicians unit study offers children the opportunity to discover one of history’s greatest seafaring civilizations while exploring geography.
Living along the eastern Mediterranean coast, they built thriving city-states and sailed across vast distances, creating trade routes that connected Europe, Africa, and Asia.
And we love diving into many topics. However, while curiosity is wonderful, having a clear outline can make learning more meaningful and help children see how all the pieces of history fit together.
Following an Ancient Phoenicians unit study outline gives your child a structured journey but allows room for creativity and rabbit trails when you find them.
ANCIENT PHOENICIA RESOURCES & BOOKS FOR KIDS
Next, look at some of these book about Ancient Phoenicia.
We prefer living books and to use them as a spine or main resource text when we can find them.
7 Ancient Phoenicia (Modern Day Lebanon, Syria & Northern Israel) Books or Set In Ancient Phoenicia
Add some of these fun resources to your unit study or study for the day of Ancient Civilizations.
Children can try their hand at re-creating ancient Israelite culture—along with the cultures of their neighbors, the Philistines and Phoenicians—in a way that will provide perspective on current events. The book covers a key period from the Israelites’ settlement in Canaan in 1200 B.C.E. to their return from exile in Babylonia in 538 B.C.E. This part of the Middle East—no larger than modern-day Michigan—was the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. More than 35 projects include stomping grapes into juice, building a model Phoenician trading ship, making a Philistine headdress, and writing on a broken clay pot. Israelites', Phoenicians', and Philistines' writing and languages, the way they built their homes, the food they ate, the clothes they wore, and the work they did, and of course, their many interesting stories.
Included in this study are over 35 projects, games, recipes, links, and the history of fourteen empires! Generally, each empire's materials can be covered in 1-3 days
The book includes the following pockets:
- What Is History?
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient China
- Ancient Aztec World
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.
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In this book, your child will learn to identify on the map where the ancient world of Phoenicia was located. He/she will also learn how unique Phoenicia was compared to the present-day countries in the sense that it was made up of city-states. The most important of these city-states are Sidon and Tyre, both of which will be explained in this book. Grab a copy today.
Then, look at some hands-on activities to add to your unit study outline.
ANCIENT PHOENICIANS ACTIVITIES
- How To Make An Ancient Phoenicia Alphabet Clay Tablet & Free Chart
- Free Ancient Phoenicia Lapbook For Kids Who Love Hands-on History
- Amazing Hands-on History Activities for 14 Ancient Empires (free notebook cover too)
- Look at this book The Phoenician Cities of Sidon and Tyre | Ancient Mediterranean Cultures Grade 5 | Children’s Ancient History
ABOUT THE ANCIENT PHOENICIANS UNIT STUDY OUTLINE
My Ancient Phoenicians Unit Study Outline is a handy tool to help you teach or for child led learning.
There are many advantages to a unit study outline instead of a fully fleshed out study.
For example, look at the topics covered in this outline.
- Introduction
- Geography and Environment
- Cities, Expansion and Key Figures
- Daily Life in Ancient Phoenicia
- Culture and Achievements
- Religion and Philosophy
- Government, Trade, and Economy
- Exploration and Interaction With Other Cultures
- Culminating Project
HOW TO USE THE OUTLINE
Each topic has two or three topics or objectives for the subject. You decide which ones to use.
And if you stay on 1 topic per week and cover all 9 topics it would equal a 9 week unit study.
Additionally, only use the objectives on the topic your child is interested in and move on to other unit studies. This would make a shorter unit study.
For example, cover the introduction and perhaps the Phoenicians culture for younger children.
Then save the other topics for when your children are older.
You will like this unit study outline if:
- you want the freedom to flesh out topics and not be tied to day to day lesson plans
- you prefer to flesh out day to day lesson plans or do not prefer them at all and
- you want a guide for topics to study so you have a sweeping overview of the unit.
You will not like this unit study outline if:
- you want to day to day lesson plans guiding each day and worksheets and
- you don’t want to teach all your kids together.
HOW TO GET THE ANCIENT PHOENICIANS UNIT STUDY OUTLINE
You can download the monthly printable unit study outline now!
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