At Home Preparation and Materials Listed by Lesson
The list below is a comprehensive list of materials needed for each
lesson included with The Family School – Year 1 History course. It
does not include the general materials listed in your course syllabus
or the materials for the Enrichment section of each lesson, however.
Lesson 1: The Council in Heaven and the Plan of Salvation
 Think of something your family would like to do together or a
work project that needs to be done. This does not need to be
carried out as part of the lesson.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.4
Lesson 2: The Fall
 Gather four small, of little or no value—such as a bottle cap,
twig, or wad of tissue—with string tied around each one. Find one
small object to represent something of value (such as a ring)
with a string tied around it. Put each object inside separate
bags with an equal amount of string hanging outside each bag so
the bags look identical.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.4
Lesson 3: Adam and Eve’s Record
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.4
 Take a copy of a family personal history or a journal and mark a
short story or incident to read aloud to your children.
 Think of a recent event in your life or in the life of a family
member where you saw the hand, or help of God. First write about
it without mentioning God. Then write about it and include how
you experienced His help or saw his influence in this event.
 (Optional: You many want to purchase a simple journal/notebook
for each of your children who do not already have one.)
Lesson 4: Apostasy and Restoration
 Prepare to tell a story of the first member of your family to
join the Church. (You may have many converts in your family
history or only one. This might be you.) If you don’t have a
story of someone in your family, tell the story of Brigham Young
found in 1-4b—Video: Samuel Smith’s Mission.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.4
Lesson 5: Enoch’s Vision of the History of the World
 Large container or pitcher of colored (dirty) water
 Small plastic sealable (Ziploc) bag filled with plain water and
sealed shut
 Jar or container of clean water
 Food coloring (darker color, if possible)
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History Flashcards 1.1-1.5
Lesson 6: Noah—Father of All Nations
 Noah Webster 1828 dictionary
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.6
Lesson 7: Nimrod and the Tower of Babel
 Gather blocks or some other building material, a large number of
blocks will be more effective.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.7
 History Timeline Card 1.1
 Prepare for “Falling Game” listed in the section above.
 American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster (1828)
Lesson 8: Egypt’s Righteous Foundations (2200 B.C.)
 Story of the World
 “Ancient Egypt” book
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.8
 History Timeline Card 1.2
Lesson 9: Egypt’s Heritage of Knowledge
 The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times
 Gather the following items and bury them in some dirt, rice,
wheat, or something that the children can pull the items out of
one at a time during the Research section of the lesson: pencil,
tape measure, small tool like a screwdriver or small hammer,
little book made of papers stapled together with the word “book”
on it, a star of some sort, and a 4-in by 4-in piece of paper
with the word “Diploma” written on it, rolled into a scroll and
tied with string or ribbon.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.10
Lesson 10: Egypt’s Government Was Based on Virtuous Laws
 Gather supplies for 1-10a—Game: Obedience Game: little toys like
Legos or something else that would hurt to step on, duct tape or
masking tape, a snack, and a blindfold.
 Prepare to share an example of a scripture person who has
influenced you for good.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.10
 “Ancient Egypt” book
Lesson 11: Abraham’s Faith and Obedience
 A map large enough to show the various places your family has
lived—county, state, country, or world.
 A list of the places (cities) you have lived. If you have lived
in more than one place in the same city, see if you can find a
city map (maybe Google maps) that will show the various places in
the city you have lived.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.11
Lesson 12: Joseph’s Unique Mission
 White or colored 8½ by 11 inch paper
 Crayons
 Glue
 A piece of paper with a person drawn on one side of it and a hole
punched in each upper corner. Slide a string through the holes,
so there is string on both sides of the picture, by which you can
hold the picture.
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.12
 History Timeline Card 1.3
Lesson 13: Egypt Turns to Idolatry
 Large Rock (about the size that will fit in both of your hands)
 Crayons or colored pencils
 Ancient Egypt book
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.12
Lesson 14: Egypt’s Mythology
 Remind the children to be prepared to share how they would
explain some natural phenomenon (snow, rain, animal
characteristics, floods, heat, sunrise, growth of flowers, etc.)
if they didn’t know about Heavenly Father or science.
 Story of the World, 31-33 “Ancient Egypt,” 25-29
 History Flashcards 1.1-1.12
Lesson 15: Egyptian Belief in an Afterlife
 A roll of Toilet Paper
 Story of the World
 History Flashcards1.3-1.13
Lesson 16: Pyramids to Honor the Dead
 The Seven Wonders of the World cards from 1-16a
The Dispensation of Moses
Lesson 17: Moses’ Providential Preparation (1600 B.C.)
 List on one side of the board the scriptures you will be reading
in the lesson.
 History Flashcards 1.4-1.13
 Prepare a number of snacks for the children to eat while you read
the first story. Be prepared to assign each child to get one item
needed for the snacks—apple slices, bread, butter, knife, grapes,
bowls, plates, napkins, etc. Try to have enough items that each
child can get something.
 Color your copy of 1-17b—Coloring Page: Moses Becomes a Prophet
and cut it into six puzzle-shaped pieces. On the back of each
piece write one of the following:
- Born to Levite family, Levites become priesthood leaders.
- Born to a faithful and courageous family, had a heritage of
faith needed for his difficult mission.
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Trained in Egyptian learning and wisdom, learned to be mighty
in words and deeds.
Escaped the wrath of Pharaoh, led to family of the priest of
Midian, given daughter of priest (Jethro) for a wife.
Given the priesthood power and authority by Jethro.
He was taught truths in a vision.
Lesson 18: God Delivers Israel from Slavery
 Rock (size of fist or larger; or other hard material)
 Sponge (cotton ball or other soft material)
 A large glass of water
 History Flashcards 1.4-1.14
 History Timeline Card 1.4
Lesson 19: The children of Israel in the Wilderness
 Gather some of your children’s favorite foods, especially foods
that can act as a sauce for other foods: salsa, mayonnaise,
ketchup, various salad dressings, mustard, cheese, butter, jam,
peanut butter, etc., but not ones that would be good on ice
cream. Place on a cookie sheet or other tray.
 History Flashcards 1.5-1.14
Lesson 20: The Ten Commandments
 Two sheets of paper between 6x6 to 8x8 inches square for each
child (plain white or colored; scrapbook paper works well)
 Cotton balls
 Pieces of fabric or felt
 Glue
 Scissors
 History Flashcards 1.5-1.15
Ancient Civilizations
Lesson 21: Sargon the Great and the Akkadian Empire
 The Story of the World
 Small to medium-size bowl (You will be throwing pieces of candy
or a similar item into the bowl, so a cereal bowl might be too
small but you do want a chance of the candy pieces coming out.)
 Small wrapped pieces of candy or similar size and weight playing
pieces
 Masking tape
 Make a line with the masking tape on the floor. Place the bowl
six feet away from the line.
 History Flashcards 1.6-1.16
 History Timeline Card 1.5
Lesson 22: Shamsi-Adad and Hammurabi—Kings of Assyria and Babylon
 History of the World book
 Sculpey or other polymer clay (sculpey clay is a clay that can be
molded and cooked in the oven on a low temperature to create a
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hard object. It is ideal for the project you will be doing, but
you can also use any modeling or homemade playdough and let it
dry.)
Small sticks (like bamboo skewers)
Pencils or other round object like dowels
Yarn or String
A clay tablet (clay laid flat in the bottom of a box, cake pan,
or cookie sheet. You will only need this if, during the lesson,
you are able to dry the seal you make in the Attention Activity.)
History Flashcards 1.17 and 1.18
History Timeline Card 1.6
Lesson 23: The Ten Tribes Taken Captive; Sennacherib Tries to Defeat the Jews
 Be prepared to tell a story of a time the Lord delivered you or
someone in your family or family history from danger.
 “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet
 History Flashcards 1.9-1.19
 Timeline Card 1.7
Lesson 24: Nebuchadnezzar—King of Babylon
 Ask the children to think of something they have done or made
that they think is special or that they feel they did an extra
good job on. If they have a picture or an object, have them
prepare to bring it to class. (It could be a picture the child
has drawn, any kind of handiwork, a service performed, a
performance of music, poetry, or other memorization or a
description of an especially good game in a sport they play. It
could be a chore well performed, etc.)
 Story of the World
 Be familiar with the story found in Daniel 4
 Crayons or colored pencils
 History Flashcards 1.10-1.21
 History Timeline Card 1.8
Lesson 25: Daniel in Babylon
 Mark a 15 to 20 foot line with masking tape.
 Hard-boiled egg
 Spoon
 Prepare to tell of a time God has blessed you to do something you
knew you could not do on your own.
 History Flashcard 1.12-1.22
Lesson 26: Cyrus the Great, King of Persia
 Story of the World
 History Flashcards 1.13-1.24
 History Timeline Card 1.9
Greece
Lesson 27: The Greeks and their Gods
 4 or 5 common household objects, such as a wooden spoon, piece of
paper, a coin, a piece of rope, a flashlight, etc.
 Crayons or colored pencils
 Glue
 History Flashcards 1.15-1.24
Lesson 28: The Beginning of Greece: the Minoans (3000-1450 B.C.), the Mycenaeans
(1450-1200 B.C.) and the Dark Ages (1200-700 B.C.)
 Find a written story (in your journal, scripture, church history,
or history), one that would be unfortunate not to have. Be
prepared to read the story.
Example: The First Vision.
 Imagine a work project your family might do together—cleaning a
large room, planting a garden, bottling food, etc.
- Decide how you would break the work down and which children
you would assign to do each task. For some tasks have children
working together.
- Be able to describe the project and the individual assignments
and the way things might go if the children shirked their
responsibilities and they fought and quarreled with each
other. Some being bossy; others complaining, etc. and then
with the children all working cheerfully at their task:
talking and laughing together with no contention.
- You are not going to actually do the project, just talk about
the difference between working peacefully or not.
- Colored pencils or crayon
 History flashcards 1.15-1.26
 History Timeline Cards 1.12 and 1.13
Lesson 29: Homer: The Great Storyteller—The Trojan Horse (800 B.C.)
 Story of the World
 “The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War” by Emily Little
(This is a STEP into Reading book.)
 History Flashcards 1.17-1.27
 History Timeline Card 1.14
Lesson 30: Greek City-States: Sparta (700 B.C.)
 Music or a musical instrument
Any noise maker will work, even
beating two blocks together. The activity will work better if you
can control the speed of the sound or music.
 Story of the World, Chapter 22: “Sparta and Athens”—Life in
Sparta
 Crayons or colored pencils
 Children’s Songbook, p. 172 or 1-30e above
 Preach My Gospel, p. 126.
Make a copy of this page for each
child doing the suggested record activity or print from 1-30h
above.
 History Flashcards 1.18-1.28
Lesson 31: Greek City-States: Athens—Democracy, Education, and Olympics (600-400
B.C.)
 Ask your children to come to class with an idea of what they
would like to have for dinner. They will need to present their
idea and give arguments about why their dinner suggestion is
best. Tell them they will need to convince the family that their
idea is both desirable and practical.
 The Story of the World, Chapter 22—Sparta and Athens, “Life in
Athens”
 Crayons or colored pencils.
 History Flashcards 1.19-1.29
Lesson 32: Aesop: The Teller of Fables
 Pictures of 10 or more different animals. (For example, you might
use a fox, grasshopper, hummingbird, deer, snake, robin,
alligator, etc. You will be able to use the pictures more
effectively if they can be cut out and glued to a poster board,
but you can use pictures in books if you need to.)
Make one
copy of each animal.
 A piece of poster board (optional)
 There are four fables in this lesson. Each of them has a gospel
principle related to it. Using the Spirit and the needs of your
family, choose the fable with the gospel principle you would like
to discuss. You will use the other three fables to read to your
children as examples of what a fable is.
 For “The Crow and the Pitcher” you will need a pitcher, partially
full of water, and many pebbles (or marbles or some other small
object).
 “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet (If you don’t have a
physical copy, you can find it at 1-32i—Pamphlet: For the
Strength of Youth—Friends.)
 History Timeline Cards 1.20-1.30
 History Timeline Card 1.15
Lesson 33: Socrates: The Athenian Philosopher (469 B.C.)
 Prepare to sing “Kindness Begins with Me” (Children’s Songbook,
145).
 History Flashcards 1.21-1.31
 History Timeline Card 1.16
Lesson 34: The Persian and the Peloponnesian Wars
 Twenty sheets of paper plus one extra sheet of paper for each
child.
(This can be newspaper or scratch paper.)
 Twenty toothpicks plus one extra toothpick for each child
 The Story of the World, Chapter 24: “The Wars of the Greeks,”
section 2 “The Greeks Fight Each Other”
 History Flashcards 1.22-1.33
Lesson 35: Phillip, Alexander the Great, and the Fall of Greece
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History Flashcards 1.24-1.34
History Timeline Card 1.17