Dear Fellow Homeschooler,
In this blog post, I would like to give you a sneak preview into the world of our school at Harper Bell Academy, by sharing with you a piece of work that was produced by a nearly eleven year old student. If you noticed the title, you will see that our History lesson is a Bible History lesson. This simply means that we study the great empires of the world in times past, and see what the Bible has to say on these things. We at HBA, believe that when students study historical events, and see that they were predicted, prophesied in God's Word hundreds of years before, the Bible becomes alive to them as their faith is built upon the reliability of every Word that proceeds out of God's mouth. This is one of the reasons why God gave to us prophesy, for He said that He has told us these things before, so that when they happen, we might believe.
Not only is Bible History a great faith builder in the promises of God's Word, but the student gets a revelation of what is to shortly take place in the future, for God tells us that the thing that has been shall be. The child already has witnessed how God's Word was fulfilled in the past, and so when they are taught that those events will happen again, as found in such and such verse, they will believe it, and seek a readiness of heart and mind for such a time.
The portion of work that I have posted here, is from our class today, where Rachel did her written review on the Battle of Actium, which begun the reign of Pagan Rome. For this subject, I used the book, Daniel and the Revelation, by Uriah Smith. I made sure I studied and understood it first. Then I re-packaged it for the understanding of my fourth grader. It was fun in class, because it was like reading an adventure story.
Here is the written review from Rachel A. Wells (Without my editing the needed corrections):
'In the past, nations would conquer areas by war and conquest. But Rome was to do what the nations before him didn't do- to conquer nations by letting them surrender their land to him. He would conquer the "fattest place of the province", or the areas that were rich in resources. And all that Rome conquered, the spoil, the prey, and riches were given to them. They were treated kindly.
Three men, Mark Antony, Augustus Caesar, and Lepidus swore to avenge the death of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony was sent on government business to Egypt. (Antony was Augustus' brother-in-law by marrying his sister Octavia.) While there, he fell in love with Cleopatra, Egypt's queen. He divorced Octavia, celebrated triumphs at Alexandria instead of Rome, and gave provinces to Cleopatra. (By this time, Lepidus was out of the triumvirate.) Augustus had no difficulty in getting the people to be on his side. At last, Augustus decided to war against 'Egypt', but it was directed at Antony. Antony's fleet had five hundred ships, bearing men who had no experience in war. Cleopatra's ship was like a palace of gold with purple sails, with Antony still following behind.
Augustus had a trained army, although less in number, and not so beautiful. Antony assembled his fleet at Samos. Next spring, he and Augustus met on the Sea at Actium, Egypt. Antony's counsellors told him not to war at sea, but send Cleopatra to Egypt, and trust the issue to his land forces. Antony didn't take this advise. The contest was decided when Cleopatra ran off, carrying her fleet with her, Antony still following her. At last, the land forces deserted him, going to Augustus for surrender, who received them. Antony, seeing that the battle was lost, killed himself. Octavia married Antony so that he and Augustus could be reunited. But neither were content with half of the kingdom.'
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