Medieval History

Textbook: –

Materials: Books listed below
Various supplies for projects throughout the year

Supply Fee: $10 per year

Length: 1 hour class

Class Description: Starting at the fall of Rome and running through the end of England and France’s Hundred Years War, we’ll hit:
The East/West split between Rome and Byzantium
The founding and growth of Islam, as well as the Reconquista
Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Huns, and Vikings
LOTS of kings, emperors, and popes
The development (and wars) of various European countries
Plagues, Crusades, and other ways to die
The Magna Carta and the Hundred Years War
Snarky comments and shocking displays of arrogance
and events leading up to the Protestant Reformation

Homework will consist of vocabulary, map work, and 2-3 project/presentations per semester.

We will be reading several books over the course of the year. Please have the book or books before the beginning of the month we read them.

Aug: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo
(Note: This is a monster story and there are battle scenes. Although this is a fairly kid friendly version, for sensitive readers, I’d recommend prereading.)

Sept: King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Gerldine McCaughrean

Oct: Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World by Polly Brooks
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green

Nov: The Magna Charta by James Daugherty

Dec: Knight: The Medieval Warrior’s Unofficial Manual by Michael Prestwich

Jan: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray
Morning Star of the Reformation by Andy Thompson

Feb: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Adapted by Barbara Cohen

Mar: Joan of Arc by Kathleen Kudlinski

Apr: Fine Print, A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch

All of these books can be found at Beautiful Feet Books and Thrift Books. I’ve also found several on eBay.