Sixth Grade
Medieval History/Lit/Reading
Week 1 - Monday
Review with “Fall of Rome” - 395 - 410 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 1
King. Red, Early Middle Ages, pgs 97-99, 138-43
Usborne Medieval World, pg 3
Historical Atlas, 3.01
A History of Britain through Art, Jillian Powell ( 4-7)
Mystery of History, pg. 52 (re: Arthur)
Literature:
Tales of King Arthur, retold by Felicity Brooks (Usborne - use who’s who at end for memory work)
The King Who Was and Will Be: The World of King Arthur and His Knights, Kevin Crossley-Holland (use Arthur books over course of first two weeks for lit and reading)
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Sidney Lanier, ed.
Independent Reading:
Merlin and the Making of the King, M. Hodges
Perceval, John Perkins
Lancelot, Hudson Talbott (simple)
Young Arthur, Robert D. San Souci (simple)
Magic in the Mist, Margaret Kimmel (Wales - simple)
Roman Myths, G. McCaughrean - L
Wednesday
“Early Britain”- c. 449 A.D.
(Celts, Barbarians, Beowulf)
History:
SOTW Ch. 2
Usborne Med. World, pgs 46-47
Hist. Atlas, 3.02
The Celts, Hazel Martell
Kings and Queens for God: Matilda of Scotland
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Intro I, Intro II, Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3
read from History of the Kings and Queens of England, David Williamson
100 Greatest, pgs. 88, 91
Literature:
Scottish Myths and Legends, K. E. Sullivan
Beowulf the Warrior, Ian Serraillier
Beowulf, Sutcliff - L
Beowulf, F. Rebsamen; G. Hinds (Graphic Novel)
The Names Upon the Harp, Heaney
Celtic Myth, James Harpur
Independent Reading
Drabne of Dole, Evslin - L
Brian Boru: Emperor of the Irish - L (He loved this book! He’s now doing a research report on him and is going to come dressed as him for his Medieval Faire at the end of the Medieval class we’re doing)
By His own Might, Dorothy Hosford - L
Week 2 - Monday
“Christianity in Britain” - c. 596 A.D.
(Augustine, Monasteries)
History:
SOTW Ch. 3
King. Red, pgs 102-03; 168-69
Usborne World, pgs 97; 108-09
Eyewitness Medieval Life, pgs 30-43
Usborne Med. World, pgs 7; 34-41
Hist. Atlas, 3.09
Watch “Cathedrals” video
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 7; 21; 25
The Church: Life in the Middle Ages, Kathlyn (or Katherine?) Hinds
Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages, pgs. 4-9
Independent Reading:
Augustine: The Farmer’s Boy of Tagaste, P. de Zeeuw
Brother Wolf of Gubbio, A Legend of Saint Francis, Colony Santangelo (simple)
The Holy Twins, Benedict and Scholastica, Kathleen Norris (simple)
Saint Francis, Brian Wildsmith (simple)
Brenden the Navigator, Fritz - L
Literature:
Brother Cadfael videos
Across a Dark and Wild Sea, Don Brown (simple)
Augustine Came to Kent, Barbara Willard
Wednesday
“Byzantine Empire”
History:
SOTW Ch. 4
King. Red, pgs 100-01
Usborne World, pgs 92-93
Hist. Atlas, 3.15
Usborne Med. World, pgs 4-5
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 6
Literature:
Anna of Byzantium, Tracy Barrett (later time period, but just won’t be able to fit it in then)
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
Independent Reading:
The Story of Writing and Painting, Anita Ganeri - L
St. Patrick, Ann Tompert - L
The Man Who Loved Books, Jean Fritz - L
St. Francis, Margaret Bunson, Nina Bawden - L
Silver Treasure, pg. 118
Bronze Cauldron, pg. 5
Music Appreciation:
Gregorian Chants
Eyewitness Music
Good King Wenceslas, Mury Reed - L
Week 3 - Monday
Continue Byzantine Empire
Cultural Atlas for Young People, Corbishley - L
Wednesday
“Medieval India” - 200 - 650 A.D.
(Skandagupta)
History:
SOTW Ch. 5
Usborne World, pgs 116-17
Hist. Atlas, 3.19
Gupta India - Cobblestone - L
100 Greatest, pgs 106
Literature:
Seasons of Splendour - L
Indian Myths and Legends
Independent Reading:
Broken Tusk - L
In the Heart of the Village, Barbara Bash - L (simple)
Week 4 - Monday
“Rise of Islam” - 570 - 632 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 6
Usborne World, pgs. 96; 98-99
King. Red, pgs 106-07
Eyewitness Medieval World, pgs. 44-45
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 8-9
Hist. Atlas, 3.05
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 8
Usborne Book of World Religions
Literature:
The Lantern Bearers, Sutcliff - L
Independent Reading:
The Door in the Wall, De Angeli - L
Sinbad the Sailor, mini-classic
Wednesday
Continue Rise of Islam
Independent Reading:
Cities of Splendor: Mecca, pg. 14
Silver Treasure, pg. 28
Week 5 - Monday
“Islamic Empire”
History:
SOTW Ch. 7
King. Red, pgs. 116; 134-35
Usborne World, pgs. 112-13
Child’s Eye View, pg. 18
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 10-11
Hist. Atlas, 3.13; 3.14
Islam, Neil Morris - L
The Arabs in the Golden Age, Mokhtar Moktefi - L (good book on Arab culture)
Independent reading:
Muhammad, Demi - L (simple)
Wednesday
Continue Islamic Empire
Week 6 - Monday
“Great Chinese Dynasties” - 581 - 906 A.D.
(Yan Chien, Tang)
History:
SOTW Ch. 8
King. Red, pgs. 104-05; 136-37
Usborne World, pgs. 118-19; 153
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 70-71
Hist. Atlas, 3.20; 3.21
Science in Ancient China, George Beshore - L
Famous Men of the Middle Ages, ch. 2
History’s Villains: Attila the Hun, Scott Ingram
Ancient World Leaders: Attila the Hun, Bonnie Carman Harvey
The Song Dynasty - Cobblestone- L
Nature Company: Ancient China
China Jackdaw
The Great Ships, O’Brien
Ancient China, Scarpari
Mummies, pg. 46
100 Greatest, pg. 97
Literature:
Chinese Myths and Legends
Chinese Myth, Philip Wilkinson
Independent Reading:
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, mini-classic
Wednesday
“Japan and Korea” 300 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 9
King. Red, pgs. 118-19
Usborne World, pgs. 120-21; 154-55
Eyewitness Castle, pgs. 36-37
How Children Lived, pg. 30
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 72-73
Hist. Atlas, 3.24; 3.25
Japan: The Culture - L
Japan: The Land, both by Bobbie Kalman - L
Look Into the Past: The Japanese, Doran
Heroines: Great Women Through the Ages, Rebecca Hazell (re: Lady Shikibu) - L
100 Greatest, pg. 90
Independent Reading:
The Boy who Drew Cats, Margaret Hodges - L
The Crane Wife, Odds Bodkin - L (simple)
In the Moonlight Mist: A Korean Tale, Daniel San Souci - L (simple)
Little Oh, Laura Melmed - L (simple)
Mysterious Tales of Japan, Rafe Martin - L
Week 7 - Monday
“Australia” - 800 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 10
How Children Lived, pg. 32
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 76-77
An Adventure in New Zealand, Cousteau Society - L
Destination Australia, Jonathan Grupper - L
100 Greatest, pg. 99
Literature:
Going for Oysters, Jeanie Adams - L (simple)
Wednesday
“Islamic Invasion” - c. 711 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 12
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 11
Spain, Marylee Knowlton - L
Spain: The Culture, Noa Lior - L
Literature:
From the Alhambra, Washington Irving - L
Independent Reading:
The Beautiful Butterfly, Victoria Chess - L (simple)
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Spain, Virginia Haviland - L
The Three Golden Oranges, Alma Flor Ada - L (simple)
The Sword in the Tree - L
Week 8 - Monday
“Kingdom of the Franks” - 485 - 510 A.D.
(Clovis)
History:
SOTW Ch. 11
Eyewitness Medieval World, pgs. 6-31
Eyewitness Castle, pgs. 14-15
Usborne Med. World, pg. 6
Hist. Atlas, 3.06
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 5
Defenders of France - Calliope - L
Literature:
Song of Roland, Merriam Sherwood - L
Independent Reading:
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France, Virginia Haviland - L
Favorite Medieval Tales, Osborne (re: Roland) - L
Silver Treasure, pg. 20
Wednesday
“Great Kings of France” - 690 - 814 A.D.
(Charles the Hammer; Charlemagne)
History:
SOTW Ch. 13
King. Red, pgs. 114-15; 126-27
Continue Eyewitness Medieval World
Usborne Med. Worlds, pgs. 18; 48-49
Kings and Queens for God: Charlemagne
The World in the Time of Charlemagne, Fiona Macdonald
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 9, 10, 24
Ten Kings: Charlemagne
Charlemagne and the Early Middle Ages, Miriam Greenblatt - L
Charlemagne: Founder of the Holy Roman Empire, R. J. Stewart - L
Independent Reading:
Perrault Fairy Tales
Puss in Boots, Fred Marcellino - L (simple)
Toads and Diamonds, Charlotte Huck - L (simple)
Valentine and Orson, Nancy Burkert - L (simple)
The Whipping Boy (I found a free, online vocab study list for this)
Week 9 - Monday
Continue with France
History:
Continue Eyewitness Medieval World
A Day with a Noblewoman, Regine’ Pernoud - L
Ten Queens: Eleanor (or week 12 or 15?)
Heroes of History, Winston Churchill, re: Henry II and Thomas Becket - L (right time?)
Literature:
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Minever, re: Eleanor - L
Independent Reading:
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pg. 22
Wednesday
“Arrival of Norsemen” - 790 - 1000 A.D.
(Gods, Eric the Red and Son)
History:
SOTW Ch. 14
King. Red, pgs. 130-31
Usborne World, pgs. 100-01
Child’s Eye View, pg. 20
How Children Lived, pg. 18
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 12-15
Hist. Atlas, 3.07
A History of Britain through Art, continue (8-9)
Explore-a-Maze, Robert Snedden - Leif Eriksson
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 12, 13
Viking Life, John Guy (w/ questions)
BBC Fact Finders: Vikings, Peter Chrisp
The Great Ships, O’Brien
A Soldier’s Life, pg. 6
People in the Past, pg. 20
History of US, Book 1, Chapter 13
Inside Story: A Viking Town, Fiona Macdonald
If You Were There: Viking Times (w/ fold out game board), Antony Mason
Usborne Starting Point: Who Were the Vikings? (Simple)Jane Chisholm and Struan Reid
Usborne Illustrated World History: The Viking World, Philippa Wingate
Life and Times of Louis XIV (right time?) - L
The Civilization Library: Vikings, Jill Hughes - L
100 Greatest, pgs. 92, 94, 96
People in the Past, pg. 20
Independent Reading:
DK Great Adventures (re: Leif)
History Dudes: Vikings
Leif the Lucky, Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire (simple)
Bronze Cauldron, pg. 102
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Viking Explorer! Andrew Langley - L
Crystal Pool, pg. 14
Bronze Cauldron, pg. 87
Literature:
Black Fox of Lorne, Marguerite de Angeli
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Allen French
Week 10 - Monday and Wednesday
Continue Vikings
History:
Viking News - L
Myths and Civilization of the Vikings, Hazel Martel - L
Early Civilizations: Viking Life - L
The Viking Adventure - L
Literature:
East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon, George Webbe - L
Favorite Norse Myths, Osborne - L
Tales of the Norse Gods - L
Myths of the Norsemen, Roger L. Green
The King’s Shadow - L
Independent Reading:
Fafnir, Evslin - L
Odin’s Family: Myths of the Vikings, Neil Philip - L
Redwall books
D’Aulaire’s Norse Myths and Trolls
Week 11 - Monday
“First English Kings” - 866 - 1066 A.D.
(Alfred, Battle of Hastings)
History:
SOTW Ch. 15
King. Red, pgs. 122-23; 132-33
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 16-17; 20
A History of Britain through Art, continue (10-11)
Battles of the Medieval World, Kelly Devries, et al - Hastings
Kings and Queens for God, Carol Greene: Oswald, Guaire Aidni, Alfred the Great, Edward the Confessor
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 14, 15, 16, 18, 19
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
A Soldier’s Life (Norman Conquest), pg. 8
The Battle of Hastings, William Lace - L
Macaulay, Cathedral - L
Famous Generals and Admirals for Young People, Raymond Peyton (re: William) - L
William the Conquerer, Costain - L
The Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, Norman Denny - L
Truth about History, pg. 103
Literature:
The Shining Company, Sutcliff - L
Independent Reading:
The Minstrel in the Tower, Gloria Skurzynski - L (simple)
The Tower of London, Leonard Fisher - L (simple)
Wednesday
Continue with England
History:
BBC Factfinder: Anglo-Saxons
Life and Times: Alfred the Great and the Saxons, Robin May - L
Literature:
Sword Song, Sutcliff - L
Week 12 - Monday
“England After Conquest”
(Language, Serfs, Noblemen, Stone Castles)
History:
SOTW Ch. 16
King. Red, pgs. 152-55; 158-59
Usborne World, pgs. 102-07
Eyewitness Knight, applicable sections
Eyewitness Castle (except specific countries)
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 22-23; 26-31
Hist. Atlas, 3.08
Ultimate Explorer: Castles, Susan Churchill (w/ kit)
A History of Britain through Art, continue (12-13)
The Big Book of Knights and Castles, Barbara Weisberg
Castle, Struan Reid
Scottish Castles, Gordon Jarvie
Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World, Polly Brooks
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
Castle at War: The Story of a Siege, Andrew Langley - L
Truth about History, pg. 93
Independent Reading:
The Castle, A Pop-Up Fantasy, Tom Partridge
Knight’s Castle, Edward Eager - L
A Medieval Feast, Aliki - L (simple)
Literature:
Marguerite Makes a Book, Bruce Robertson (simple) - I found an online lapbook study to go with this at Homeschool Share.
Wednesday
Continue with England
History:
What do we Know About the Middle Ages? - L
The Truth about Castles - L
A Medieval Castle: Inside Story - L
Knights, Philip Steele - L
The Middle Ages, Jane Shuter - L
Independent Reading:
Till Year’s Good End, W. Nikola-Lisa - L (simple)
The Reluctant Dragon, Kenneth Grahame - L
St. George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges; also one by G. McCaughrean - L
Literature:
The Striped Ships, McGraw - L
Dante’s Inferno, Pinsky (just a canto)
Week 13 - Monday
“Knights and Samurai” - to 1560 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 17
King. Red, pgs. 150-51; 156-57
Usborne World, pgs. 136-37
Eyewitness Knight, as much as possible
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 24-25
The World of the Medieval Knight, Christopher Gravett
Exploring History: Ancient Weapons, Will Fowler
A Samurai Castle, F. MacDonald - L
Sword of the Samurai, Eric Kimmell - L
Living History: Knights in Armor - L
Swords, Boos
Warriors, Harpur
Knights, De Lance
People in the Past, pg. 28
Pocket Castles
Build a Castle
Independent Reading:
Days of the Knights, A Tale of Castles and Battles, Christopher Maynard (simple)
If You Lived in the Days of the Knights, Ann McGovern (simple)
In the Time of the Knights, Shelley Tanaka (simple)
The Samurai’s Daughter, Robert San Souci - L (simple)
Usborne Knight’s Handbook
The Secret History of Giants, Ari Berk
Knights of the Kitchen Table, Jon Scieszka
The Samurai’s Tale, Erik Haugaard
Literature:
Tales of Great Dragons (coloring)
The Gargoyle on the Roof, Prelutsky (simple - poetry)
Dragonology, Steer
Dragons and Other Beasts, Inga Moore
Wednesday
Continue with Knights
Time Traveller: Knights and Castles - L
Macauley Castle video - L
The Middle Ages, Caselli - L
The Making of a Knight, Patrick O’Brien - L
Week 14 - Monday
“Age of Crusades” - 1031 - 1099 A.D.
(Jerusalem, Saladin, El Cid)
History:
SOTW Ch. 18
King. Red, pgs. 145-49
Usborne World, pgs. 110-11
Child’s Eye View, pg. 26
Eyewitness Castle, pgs. 34-35
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 42-43
Hist. Atlas, 3.17
A Soldier’s Life, pg. 10
Battles of the Medieval World, continued - Hattin and Arsuf; Constantinople
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 17
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
People in the Past, pg. 22
Truth about History, pg. 146
Independent Reading:
Saladin, Noble Prince of Islam, Diane Stanley (simple)
The Saracen Maid, Leon Garfield - L (simple)
Literature:
The Beduins’ Gazelle, Frances Temple
Wednesday
Continue Crusades
History:
Mysteries of History (Templars), pg. 60
People in the Past, pg. 22
Independent Reading:
El Cid, McCaughrean - L
Literature:
Innocent Wayfaring - L
Jackaroo - L
Week 15 - Monday
“New Kind of King” - 1189 - 1215 A.D.
(Richard the Lionhearted, John Lackland, Magna Carta, Robin Hood)
History:
SOTW Ch. 19
Usborne Med. World, pg. 45
King. Red, pgs. 162-63
Living History: Fourteenth-century Towns, Ed. John D. Clare
If You were There: Medieval Times, Antony Mason (w/ fold-out game board)
Magna Carta, Daugherty - L
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 23
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
Truth about History, pg. 136, 264, 308
Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages, pgs. 10-37
Guide to Philosophy: St. Thomas Aquinas, pgs. 22-23, 54
Literature:
The Legend of Robin Hood, Ed. Dami Editore (Barnes & Noble illus. edition)
The Canterbury Tales, retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
Understanding the Canterbury Tales, Clarice Swisher
The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer (Penguin Classics)
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Roger Lancelyn Green
The Scottish Chiefs, Porter
Independent Reading:
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle (RD’s Young Readers)
Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Gray (and on tape)
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page, Richard Platt (I found online notebooking pages to go with this)
DK Robin Hood on tape
Wednesday
Continue with England
Extraordinary Women; Heroines....; and Ten Queens - all re: Eleanor
Geoffery Chaucer of England, Marchette Gaylord Chute - L
Week 16 - Monday
“Diaspora” - 70 - 1306 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 20
King. Red, pgs. 108-09
Milk and Honey, A Year of Jewish Holidays, Jane Yolen
Dance, Sing, Remember, Leslie Kimmelman - L
Truth about History, pg. 93
Independent Reading:
Great Illus. Classics Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott (simple)
Blessed are You, Michelle Edwards - L
Bronze Cauldron, pg. 109
The Golden City, Neil Waldman - L
Literature:
Legends of the Bible, Ginzberg
Ivanhoe - L (movie?)
Wednesday
“Mongols” - 1167 - 1294 A.D.
(Genghis Khan)
History:
SOTW Ch. 21
Usborne World, pgs. 114-15
King. Red, pgs. 170-71
Child’s Eye View, pg. 22
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 52-53
Hist. Atlas, 3.22; 3.23
Battles of the Medieval World - Leignitz
Ten Kings: Kublai Khan
Ancient China, Robert Nicholson - L
Marco Polo, F. MacDonald - L
Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East, Hal Marcovitz - L
People in the Past, pg. 24
Literature:
Bestiary, Jonathan Hunt - L (simple)
Independent Reading:
The Hunter, Casanova - L (simple)
Chingis Khan, Demi - L (simple)
Beautiful Warrior, Emily McCully - L
DK Great Adventures (re: Marco Polo)
Week 17 - Monday
Continue Mongols
The Silk Road, John Major - L
Ghenghis Khan: Mongol Emperor, Humphrey - L
Marco Polo, Graves - L
Wednesday
“Mysterious East” - 1271 - 1924 A.D.
(Marco Polo, Forbidden City)
History:
SOTW Ch. 22
King. Red, pgs. 174-75; 180-81; 184-85
Child’s Eye View, pg. 24
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 74-75
Explore-a-Maze - Marco Polo
The World in the Time of Marco Polo, Fiona Macdonald
Mysteries of History (re: Marco Polo), pg. 70
People in the Past, pg. 34
Literature:
The Adventures of Marco Polo, As Dictated in Prison to a Scribe in the Year 1298, What He Experienced and Heard During His Twenty-four Years Spent in Travel through Asia and at the Court of the Kublai-Khan, ed. for the modern reader by Richard J. Walsh - primary source
Week 18 - Monday
Continue w/ Marco Polo
People in the Past, pg. 24
Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages, pg. 38-43
Wednesday
Continue w/ Marco Polo
Week 19 - Monday
“First Russians and Germany” - 860 - 1584 A.D.
(Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible; Holy Roman Empire)
History:
SOTW Ch. 23
King. Red, pgs. 112-13; 120-21; 124-25; 222; 226-27
Usborne World, pgs. 128; 144-45
Eyewitness Castle, pgs. 18-21
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 19; 56-59
Battles of the Medieval World - Peipus
Kings and Queens for God: Vladimir, Elizabeth, Jadwiga, Katarina, Anastasia Romanov
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Ch. 4; 20; 22
The Central Asian States, Paul Thomas - L
Eyewitness Russia
People in the Past, pg. 34
Truth about History, pg. 294
Literature:
Forests of the Vampire, Slavic Myth, Charles Phillips and Michael Kerrigan
Stories of the Steppes, Mary Lou Masey (or Liam read?) - L
The Knights of the Golden Table, E. M. Almedingen (also has out books on Ancient Russia)-L
Independent Reading:
The White Stag, Kate Seredy
The Crystal Pool, pg. 27
The Silver Treasure, pg. 60
The Bronze Cauldron, pg. 121; 31
Russian Fairy Tales
Wednesday
Continue Russia/Germany
Independent Reading:
Usborne Stories from Around the World, pgs. 37, 67, 82
Week 20 - Monday
“Ottoman Empire” - 1250 - 1566 A.D.
(Constantinople; Suleiman)
History:
SOTW Ch. 24
King. Red, pgs. 182-83; 209; 216-17
Usborne World, pgs. 142-43
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 54-55
Hist. Atlas, 3.16
Battles of the Medieval World - Constantinople (198)
The World of the Ottoman Ruler: Suleyman the Magnificent - Cobblestone - L
Literature:
The Emperor’s Winding Sheet, Jill Walsh - L
Wednesday
Continue w/ Ottoman Empire
Week 21 - Monday
“Plague”- 1320 - 1351 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 25
King. Red, pgs. 178-79
Eyewitness Medieval Life, pgs. 60-61
Usborne Med. World, pg. 44
Hist. Atlas, 3.10
Life During the Black Death, John Dunn - all from Library
Plague, Katie Roden
Black Death titles:
Timothy Levi Biel
Don Nardo
Cobblestone
Phillis Corine
Daniel Cohen
James Day
Literature:
Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Avi
Independent Reading:
The Beggars’ Bible, Vernon
Wednesday
Continue with Plague
Week 22 - Monday
“France and England at War” - beg. 1413 A.D.
(Henry V; Agincourt; Joan of Arc)
History:
SOTW Ch. 26
King. Red, pgs. 176-77
Usborne Med. World, pg. 21
A History of Britain through Art, continue (14-17)
Battles of the Medieval World - Agincourt
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
Joan of Arc, Morpugo
Other Joan of Arc: (all from Library)
Josephine Poole
Diane Stanley
Margaret Hodges
Wilson-Ross
Women in Medieval Times, F. MacDonald - L
The Hundred Years War, William Lace (Lale?) - L
Henry V - movie - Branaugh directed, 1989 - L
Independent Reading:
Up the Chimney, Margaret Hodges - L
Literature:
Fire, Bed, and Bone (re: Wat Tyler Rebellion) - L
Wednesday
Continue w/ 100 Years War
Week 23 - Monday
“War of the Roses” - 1422 - 1485 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 27
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 50-51
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
A Soldier’s Life, pg. 12
Literature:
Writing on the Hearth - L
The Black Arrow, Robert Louis Stevenson
Wednesday
Continue War of Roses
Week 24 - Monday
“Spain and Portugal” - 1419 - 1492 A.D.
(Ferdinand and Isabella; Henry the Navigator)
History:
SOTW Ch. 28
King. Red, pgs. 200-01
Eyewitness Castle, pgs. 16-17
How Children Lived, pg. 22
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 60-61
applicable pages from Columbus and the Renaissance Explorers, Colin Hynson (20-23)
Exploring Africa, Hazel Martell and Gerald Wood ( 12-21, carrying over into next two weeks)
Ten Queens (re: Isabella)
Also, Outrageous Women.... - L
Lives.... - L
Isabella of Castille, Joann Burch - L
Ferdinand and 15th Century Spain, Kenny Mann - L
Ferdinand and Isabella, Paul Stevens - L
Prince Henry: (all at Library)
L. Fisher
William Jay Jacobs
Independent Reading:
Don Quixote and the Windmills, Eric A. Kimmel (simple)
Don Quixote, retold by Michael Harrison (simple)
Literature:
Around the World in a Hundred Years, From Henry the Navigator to Magellan, Jean Fritz
Wednesday
Continue w/ Spain and Portugal
Prince Henry the Navigator and the Highways of the Sea, Thomas Chubb - L
Literature:
readings from unabridged Quixote
Week 25 - Monday
“Africa” - 1000 - 1526 A.D.
(Gold, Salt, Ghana, Mansa Musa)
History:
SOTW Ch. 29
King. Red, pgs. 117; 164-67; 208
Usborne World, pgs. 122-23; 151
Child’s Eye View, pg. 32
How Children Lived, pg. 20
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 62-65
Hist. Atlas, 3.18
City States of the Swahili Coast, Thomas Wilson
History of the World: Africa (8th to 18th Century)
Images Across the Ages: African Portraits, Hoobler - L
Eyewitness Africa
The Zulu Kingdom, Klopper
The Asante Kingdom, Thompson
Mysteries of History (re: Great Zimbabwe), pg. 80
People in the Past, pg. 32
100 Greatest, pgs. 93, 101
Literature:
Continue w/ Around the World in a Hundred Years
Independent Reading:
DK Great Adventures (re: Ibn Batutta)
Wednesday
Continue w/ Africa
Independent Reading:
Traveling Man, James Rumford - L (simple)
Ten Kings: Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa, Kephra Burns - L (simple)
Sundiata, Davis Wisniewski - L (simple)
Bronze Cauldron, pgs. 11 and 113
History:
African Kingdoms of the Past, Kenny Mann - L
The Royal Kingdom of Ghana, Mali and Songhay, Pat McKissack - L
African Kingdoms - Kids’ Discover - L
Ghana: Enchantment of the World, Ettagale Blauer - L
Ghana, Karen Jacobsen - L
Ibn Batuta - Cobblestone - L
The Empire of Mali, Carol Thompson - L
West African Kingdoms, Julie Nelson - L
Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu, Larry Brook - L
Ethiopia: Land of the Conquering Lion of Judah, I. G. Edmonds - L
Great Zimbabwe: Cities of the Past - Cobblestone - L
Benin: An African Kingdom and Culture, Kit Elliott - L
The King of Benin, Dominique Macaquais - L
Literature:
Demons, Gods, and Holy Men: African Myths - L
West African Stories, Riordan - L
Kings, Gods, and Spirits from African Myth - L
Week 26 - Monday
“Moghul India”- 1526 - 1556 A.D.
(Akbar)
History:
SOTW Ch. 30
King. Red, pgs. 218-19
Usborne World, pg. 152
How Children Lived, pg. 28
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 66-69
continue w/ applicable pages from Columbus and the Renaissance Explorers (24-27)
Explore-a-Maze - da Gama
Continue w/ Around the World in a Hundred Years
Sacred River, Ted Lewin - L
In the Land of the Taj Mahal, Ed Rothfarb - L
Literature:
The Golden Deer, Margaret Hodges - L
Independent Reading:
Premlata and the Festival of Lights, Rumer Godden - L
Wednesday
“Columbus, Vespucci and Magellan” - 1492 - 1520 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 31
King. Red, pgs. 232-33
Usborne World, pgs. 140-41
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 90-91
Hist. Atlas, 3.03
continue w/ applicable pages from Columbus and the Renaissance Explorers (2-15)
Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World, Peter Chrisp
Magellan and the Exploration of South America, Colin Hynson (w/ questions)
Christopher Columbus: First Voyage to America, From the Log of the ‘Santa Maria’ - primary source
Explore-a-Maze - Columbus and Magellan
Columbus, David Adler - L
Magellan, Jim Gallagher; Michael Burgan - L
Amerigo Vespucci, Ann Fitzpatrick - L
Exploration and Discovery - L
Explore: Uncharted Waters - L
Forgotten Voyager, Ann Alder - L
Meet Christopher Columbus, James De Kay - L
Young Ch. Col., Eric Carpenter - L
The Great Ships, O’Brien
History of US
Literature:
Westward with Columbus, John Dyson
Continue w/ Around the World in a Hundred Years
Independent Reading:
The Great Adventure of Christopher Columbus, a Pop-Up Book, Jean Fritz
Columbus, Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire
DK Great Adventures (re: Columbus, Da Gama, and Cortes)
Week 27 - Monday
Continue Explorers
History:
The Explorers, Neil Grant - L
A Long and Uncertain Journey (re: Da Gama), Joan Goodman - L
Macaulay Ship - video - L
The Discovery of the Americas, Maestro
Mysteries of History (re: El Dorado), pg. 94
History of US, Chapters 15-21
Independent Reading:
Crystal Pool, pg. 123
Wednesday
Continue Explorers
Week 28 - Monday
“Americas” - 600 - 1525 A.D.
(Mayans, Incas)
History:
SOTW Ch. 32
King. Red, pgs. 110-11; 128-29; 172-73
Usborne World, pgs. 124-27; 138-39
Child’s Eye View, pgs. 16 and 34
How Children Lived, pg. 26
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 78-85
Hist. Atlas, 3.26; 3.27; 3.28
Pyramids, Anne Millard, pgs. 42-55
The Aztecs, Peter Chrisp - L
Ten Kings: Atahualpa
Eyewitness: Aztec, Inca, Maya
Cultures of the Past: The Incas, Hinds
The Aztecs, Woods
Inca Life, David Drew - L
Plains Indians, Swan-Jackson
Growing up in Aztec Times, Marion Wood - L
History of US, Chapters 6-9 and 11-12
Mummies, pgs. 23 and 28
Secret Treasures Pop-up (Maya and Mesa Verde)
Aztec Times w/ game
The Incas, Tim Wood
Nature Company Native Americans
The Wigwam and the Longhouse, Yue
People in the Past, pg. 18
100 Greatest, pgs. 89, 95, 98, 100, 102-103
Independent Reading:
Looking at Aztec Myths and Legends: Land of the Five Suns, Kay McManus
Bronze Cauldron, pg. 63
Hands of the Maya, Rachel Crandell - L
Literature:
Fiesta Femenina, Mary-Joan Gerson - L
Inuit Mythology - find this
The Legend of Lord Eight Deer, Pohl
The King’s Fifth, O’Dell
Mesoamerican Myth, A. Ganeri
Wednesday
Continue w/ Americas
Week 29 - Monday
“Spain, Portugal, and New World” - c. 1519 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 33
King. Red, pgs. 186-91 wrap-up; 196-99; 206-07; 212-13; 220-21
Atlas of Exploration, Dinah Starkey - L
Cortes, William Jacobs and Gina De Angelis - L
Lives of Extraordinary Women: Nzingha - L
Outrageous Women: Malinali - L
Fine Print, Joann Burch - L
The Art of the Renaissance, Lucia Corrain - L
The Middle Passage, Tom Feelings - L
Read 7 chapters of Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation this week
History of US, chapters 22-27
Truth about History, pg. 92
Literature:
King’s Cavalier - L
Independent Reading:
Starry Messenger, Sis - L (simple)
Gutenberg, L. Fisher - L (simple)
Wednesday
“Renaissance” - c. 1456 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 35
King. Red, pgs. 160-61; 193-95; 202-05
Usborne World, pgs. 129-33
Child’s Eye View, pg. 30
Eyewitness Medieval Life, pgs. 62-63
How Children Lived, pg. 24
Usborne Med. World, pgs. 32-33; 86-89
Hist. Atlas, 3.11; 3.12
Watch “Masterworks of Western Art: The Northern Renaissance” video
Living History: Italian Renaissance, ed. John D. Clare
Journey through History: The Renaissance, Garme Peris (simple)
Eyewitness Renaissance
Breaking into Print, Stephen Krensky - L
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists, Mike Venezia - L
Michelangelo: (all from Library)
Antony Mason
Robin Richmond
Diane Stanley
Leonardo: (all from Library)
Robert Sabuda
John Malam
Sean Connolly
Norman Marshall
Diane Stanley
Alice Provensen
Guido Visconti
People in the Past, pg. 26
Truth about History, pgs. 130, 170, 212
Independent Reading:
How a Book is Made, Aliki - L (simple)
Leonardo’s Horse, Jean Fritz - L
Pish, Posh.... Nancy Willard - L (simple)
The Squishiness of Things, Marc Kompaneyets (simple)
DK Great Adventures (re: Cellini and Cervantes)
Week 30 - Monday
Continue Renaissance
History:
Images Across the Ages: Italian Portraits, Hoobler - L
Journey through History: The Renaissance, Garme Peris - L
The Doges of Venice - Cobblestone - L
Boticelli, Sarah Halliwell - L
The Renaissance, Alison Cole - L
Leonardo Da Vinci, Hahn - L
Read 7 chapters of Famous Men of the Ren. and Ref. this week
Venice, Birth of a City, Piero Ventura - L
Rembrandt and 17th Century Holland, Claudio Pescio - L
The Second Mrs. Giaconda - L
Venice and Its Merchant Empire, Kathryn Hinds - L
Copernicus, Catherine Androvik - L
Galileo, L. Fisher; Paul Hightower; Paul Mason; Jacqueline Mitton - L
The Sea Beggar’s Son, F. N. Munro - L
Science in the Renaissance, Brendan January - L
Wednesday
Continue Renaissance (New Universe; Copernicus) - 1543 - 1609 A.D.
SOTW Ch. 37
Continue Famous Men
Week 31 - Monday
“Martin Luther” - from 1509 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 34
Usborne World, pgs. 34-35
Hist. Atlas, 3.04
Luther the Leader, Virgil Robinson
Continue Famous Men - 7 chapters this week
A Medieval Cathedral, F. Macdonald - L
Martin Luther, Edwin Booth - L
John Knox, W. Standord - L
The Reformation, Sarah Flowers - L
John Calvin, Sally Stepanek - L
Martin Luther, Judith O’Neill - L
World of Lady Jane Grey - L
any books by Sevastiades? - L
Independent Reading:
Hunchback of Notre Dame (Eyewitness) - L
Literature:
Perilous Gard - L
Wednesday
“Reformation and Counter-reformation” - from 1545 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 36 – King Henry VIII, Robert Green
King. Red, pgs. 214-15; 224-25; 228-29
Continue Famous Men
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
Places of Worship, Angela Wood - L
The Reformation, F. Macdonald (also, Sue Stanton?) - L
100 Greatest, pg. 104
Week 32 - Monday
“England’s Greatest Queen” - 1547 - 1603 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 38
King. Red, pgs. 210-11
Usborne World, pgs. 146-47
A History of Britain through Art, continue (20-25)
Mary, Bloody Mary, Carolyn Meyer
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
Henry VIII bios? - L
Elizabeth the First, Queen of England, Carol Greene - L
Good Queen Bess, Diane Stanley - L
Ten Queens
To be a Princess, Hugh Brewster - L
Finish Famous Men of the Ren. and Ref.
Mary, Queen of Scots - L
Literature:
Long Meg - L
Queen’s Own Fool - L
The Hawk that Dare not Hunt by Day - L
Independent Reading:
She was Nice to Mice, Alexandra Sheedy - L
Bronze Cauldron, pg. 68
DK Great Adventures (re: Cutpurse; Duval)
Wednesday
Continue w/ England
Week 33 - Monday
“Shakespeare” - 1564 - 1616 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 39
Child’s Eye View, pg. 36
The Young Person’s Guide to Shakespeare, Anita Ganeri (w/ CD)
Shakespeare’s Theatre, Andrew Langley
Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb
Shakespeare Treasure Chest
Truth about History, pg. 82
Independent Reading:
Shakespeare’s Globe, An Interactive Pop-Up Theatre, Toby Forward
The Bard of Avon, Diane Stanley - L
Welcome to the Globe - L
William Shakespeare and the Globe, Aliki - L
Macbeth for Kids - L
Hamlet for Kids - L
Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare! Marcia Williams - L
Child’s Portrait of Shakespeare - L
Hear, Hear, Mr. Shakespeare, Bruce Koscielniak - L
Shakespeare can be Fun! Lois Burdett - L
Literature:
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children, E. Nesbit
Shakespeare’s Stories: Comedies, retold by Beverly Birch
Oxford School Shakespeare: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and Much Ado About Nothing, all edited by Roma Gill
Macbeth, ed. Nicholas Brooke
Shakespeare videos: Henry V, Midsummer Night’s Dream - L
Stories from Shakespeare, Chutz - L
Fairie Queen, Spenser - L
Poetry: John Donne, Rene’ Descartes - Norton’s Anthology
Music:
Palestrina CD’s
Wednesday
Continue w/ Shakespeare
Literature:
Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare, David Scot Kastan and Marina Kastan
Independent Reading:
Midsummer.... Usborne Young Readers
Week 34 - Monday
“New Ventures in America” - 1539 - 1607 A.D.
(Raleigh; Lost Colony)
History:
SOTW Ch. 40
Walter Raleigh, Susan Korman - L
Maps and Mapping, Deborah Chancellor - can’t find
Roanoke, Brooke Coleman - L
The Whole World in Your Hands, Melvin Berger - L
The Great Ships, O’Brien
Mysteries of History (re: Roanoke), pg. 102
People in the Past, pg. 30
Independent Reading:
Silver Treasure, pg. 108
DK Great Adventures (re: Selkirk; Blackbeard; James Cook)
Wednesday
Continue w/ America
History of US
Truth about History, pg. 88
Week 35 - Monday
“Exploration of Northern N. America” - 1534 - 1608 A.D.
(Cartier)
History:
SOTW Ch. 41
King. Red, pgs. 230-31
continue w/ Columbus and the Renaissance Explorers (16-19; 28-31, plus questions at end)
Famous Explorers: Jacques Cartier, Jeff Donaldson-Forbes - L
Jacques Cartier, Jean Blashfield - L
John Cabot, Charles Shields - L
Newfoundland and Labrador, Lawrence Jackson - L
The Great Ships, O’Brien
100 Greatest, pg. 105
History of US
Independent Reading:
How Snowshoe Hare Rescued the Sun, Bernard Emery - L (simple)
The Huron Carol, Juan De Brebeuf - L (simple)
Literature:
Kayuktuk - L
Rough-Face Girl - L
Wednesday
Continue w/ N. America Exploration
Week 36 - Monday
“Spain and England’s War” - 1588 A.D.
History:
SOTW Ch. 42
King. Red, pgs. 223; 234-39
continue w/ Kings and Queens of England
Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada - L
Spanish Armada titles - L
A Sixteenth Century Galleon - L
Usborne Scientists and Inventors - L
See Inside a Galleon, Jonathan Rutland - L
Sir Francis Drake, Alice Duncan; Roy Garrard - L
History of US
Wednesday
Continue w/ Spain/England War
Independent Reading:
Usborne Official Pirate’s Handbook
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