"Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my
words, that they may learn to fear me all the days
that they shall live upon the earth,
and that they may teach their children." Deuteronomy 4:10 KJV
A horse lover's dream, beginning in
the 1700's with the Godolphin Arabian and continuing through the early
1900's, students will learn of the Lipizzaner stallions, wild mustangs, the
American bred Morgan horse, the Chincoteague ponies and other breeds. The History of the
Horse, a Literature Approach to Equine History utilizes the Marguerite Henry award-winning books, Walter Farley's
Black Stallion and Anna Sewell's Black Beauty. The student
will learn horse anatomy, identification of breeds, basic sketching of
horses, charting blood lines and bible memory verses regarding the horse.
Find out about your favorite horses from Arabians to
Clydesdales in the Album of Horses. Lavishly illustrated by Wesley Dennis and described in vivid
detail by Marguerite Henry, you will learn about over 26 different types of horses.
"Shows aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following the step-by-step method in this book."
Included are Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Shetland Ponies, Performing Lippizaners, Pintos, as
well as various stages of a horse in motion (galloping, trotting, cantering, jumping.)
"Packed with 250 vivid full-color photographs of more than 100 horse breeds. The authoritative and
systematic photographic approach, with words never separated from pictures, marks a new generation of field guides."
It's a fun book if you have a horse fan in your family. Used with Beautiful Feet's History of the Horse Study
Guide.
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The following books are used for
this study and purchased separately or borrowed from the library: