Textbook Audio

Big News!

We are getting a new textbook this year.  Students will also have access to a digital portal with the textbook, helpful tools (such as audio versions of the passages, translations, etc.).  More information to come soon!


Note- the info. below is for a textbook that we will no longer have access to. 

Listen to your Textbook

Click on the links below to access audio files of our textbook! 

Perfect if you want to review while driving or exercising, or if you need to get homework done and don't have your textbook.  

Listen to your textbook!

Chapter 1:  Studying the Ancient World

1.1 - Clues from the Past

1.2 - Putting the Pieces Together



Chapter 2:  The Fall of Rome

2.1 - The Roman Empire

2.2 - Fall of the Western Roman Empire

2.3 - The Byzantine Empire


Chapter 3:  The Rise of Islam

3.1 - Geography and Life in Arabia

3.2 - Origins of Islam

3.3 - Islamic Beliefs and Practices



Chapter 4:  The Spread of Islam

4.1 - Early Expansion of Islam

4.2 - Muslim Empires

4.3 - Cultural Achievements



Chapter 5: Early West African Societies

5.1 - Geography of Africa

5.2 - Early Culture and Trade



Chapter 6:  West African Empires

6.1 - Empire of Ghana

6.2 - Empire of Mali

6.3 - Empire of Songhai

6.4 - Historical and Artistic Traditions



Chapter 7: China 

7.1 - China Reunifies

7.2 - Tang and Song Achievements

7.3 - Confucianism and Government

7.4 - The Yuan and Ming Dynasties



Chapter 8:  Japan 

8.1 - Geography and Early Japan

8.2 - Art and Culture in Heian

8.3 - Growth of a Military Society



Chapter 9:  The Early Middle Ages

9.1 - The Geography of Europe

9.2 - Europe After the Fall of Rome

9.3 - Feudalism and Manor Life

9.4 - Feudal Societies



Chapter 10:  The Later Middle Ages

10.1 - Popes and Kings

10.2 - The Crusades

10.3 - Christianity and Medieval Society

10.4 - Political and Social Change

10.5 - Challenges to Church Authority



Chapter 11:  The Renaissance

11.1 - Origins of the Renaissance

11.2 - The Italian Renaissance

11.3 - The Renaissance Beyond Italy



Chapter 12:  The Reformation of Christianity

12.1 - The Protestant Reformation

12.2 - The Catholic Reformation

12.3 - Effects of the Reformation



Chapter 13:  The Scientific Revolution  (...coming soon...)



Chapter 14:  The Early Americas

14.1 - Geography and Early Cultures

14.2 - The Maya

14.3 - Maya Life and Society



Chapter 15:  The Aztec and Inca Empires

15.1 - The Aztec Empire

15.2 - Aztec Life and Society

15.3 - The Inca Empire

15.4 - Inca Life and Society



Chapter 16:  The Age of Exploration 


16.1 - Great Voyages of Discovery

16.2 - The Columbian Exchange

16.3 - Origins of Capitalism



Chapter 17:  Enlightenment and Revolution 

17.1 - Ideas of the Enlightenment

17.2 - New Views on Government

17.3 - The Age of Revolution