Ancient Asia

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Life in the Ancient Indus River Valley by Hazel Richardson
• Life in Ancient China by Paul Challen
• Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson
• Geography of the World: The Essential Family Guide to Geography and Culture by Jayne Parsons

Materials

Common Materials

• colored pencils, crayons, or markers
• tape, gluestick, or glue
• timeline binder and timeline cards
• puppets or puppet-making materials * (Final Project.2 - Option 1)
• puppets or puppet-making materials * (Final Project.5 - Option 1)
• puppets or puppet-making materials * (Final Project.7 - Option 1)
• puppets or puppet-making materials * (Final Project.6 - Option 1)
• art supplies * (1.5 - Option 2)
• art supplies * (4.4 - Option 2)
• art supplies * (6.5 - Option 2)

Lesson 1

• large drawing paper or poster board * (1.5 - Option 2)
• scissors* (1.2 - Option 1)

Lesson 2

• spoons
• 2 wooden blocks or spoons
• bowls
• colored pencils, crayons, markers, or watercolor paints * (2.4 - Option 2)
• drawing paper * (2.4 - Option 2)

Lesson 3

• 2 sheets of plain white drawing paper or cardstock
• stapler

Lesson 4

• styrofoam plate
• thin non-toxic craft or tempera paint
• white paper or cardstock
• wide paintbrush or foam paintbrush
• writing paper
• ballpoint pen or dull pencil

Lesson 6

• newspaper
• painting or drawing paper * (6.5 - Option 2)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used