Showing posts with label Story of the World. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Story of the World, Volume 3: Early Modern Times Resources

**Before I start the post, I want to tell you about this website that a friend of mine in our homeschool group passed on this AWESOME resource:  Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults.  Just search for the period you are looking for and click the link for a list of fiction books and reviews and age ranges!

We used this book a little differently than we used Story of the World Volumes 1 and 2.

We tried a more Notebooking approach (if you have not read Notebooking Success, I highly recommend it).

For this book, I looked ahead several chapters and made lists of things for the girls to look up on Google Images and print out.  They kept the images in the order of my list, used the three hole bunch and put the pages in their binder.  As we read the chapters, I would tell them to either summarize, outline or write a list of facts or their impression of an event or person.  I have included a list of the people/events the girls searched for images for under each chapter.  A few chapters did not have any people/events to search for and I noted this by saying "We read, reviewed, summarized and mapped this portion of the chapter".

As always, parents should preview all videos and DVDs, what one parent finds suitable another may not.

Story of the World, Volume 3: Early Modern Times


Chapter 1: A World of Empires


Vocabulary:  water moccasin, fury, conquistadores, quartz, ingots
Images to Print:  Philip II, Charlemagne, Charles V, a conquistador

The Holy Roman Empire



The Riches of Spain



Chapter 2:  Protestant Rebellions


Vocabulary:  provinces, dikes, petition, Catholic saint, regent, Protestant lord
Images to Print:  William the Silent, Balthazar Gerard, Mary Queen of Scots

The Dutch Revolt



The Queen Without a Country



Important to understand the Catholic/Protestant relationship in Britain at this time

Chapter 3:  James, King of Two Countries


Vocabulary:  monarch, divine right, colony
Images to Print:  James VI, Powhatan, John Smith, John Rolfe

James and His Enemies


King James's Town



Chapter 4:  Searching for the Northwest Passage

Vocabulary:  native, prosper, adrift
Images to Print:  Henry IV, Samuel Champlain, Henry Hudson


The French in the New World



Henry Hudson's Quest



Chapter 5:  Warlords of Japan



Vocabulary:  daimyo, samurai, sumo wrestling
Images to Print:  Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu


Hideyoshi, Japan's Great Leader


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work for this chapter.

The First Tokugawa Ruler


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work for this chapter.

Chapter 6:  New Colonies in the New World

Vocabulary:  Puritan, Separatists
Images to Print:  William Bradford, John Carver, Squanto, Peter Stuyvesant, map of Native American tribes of North America

Strangers and Saints in Plymouth



The Dutch in the New World



Chapter 7:  The Spread of Slavery

Vocabulary:  indentured servants
Images to Print:  John Rolfe (another picture, same guy), tobacco, Queen Nzinga

Tobacco - and Unwilling Colonists



Queen Nzinga of Angola


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work for this part of the chapter.

Chapter 8:  The Middle of the East


Vocabulary:  infantrymen, musketeers, artillerymen
Images to Print:  Ottoman Turks

The Persian Puzzle

  • We read, reviewed, summarized and mapped this part of the chapter.

The Ottoman Turks



Chapter 9:  The Western War


Vocabulary:  fenestra, defenstration
Images to Print:  30 Years War, Gustavus II of Sweden

The Thirty Years' War, 1618 - 1648

Chapter 10:  Far East of Europe


Vocabulary:  dominion, advisor, shogun
Images to Print:  Iemitsu, Ming/Manchu

Japan's Isolation: Closed Doors in the East

  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work for this part of the chapter.

The "Foreign Conquest" of China: The Rise of the Manchu


  • I found a lot of the videos on this graphic and disturbing, so we read, reviewed and summarized this part of the chapter.

I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.

Chapter 11:  The Moghul Emperors of India


Vocabulary: dynasty, Koran, guerilla warrior
Images to Print:  Taj Mahal, Aurangzeb

World Seizer, King of the World, and Conqueror of the World

  • We read, reviewed and summarized this part of the chapter.

Aurangzeb's Three Decisions


Chapter 12:  Battle, Fire and Plague in England

Vocabulary: high-spirited, noblemen, barge, monarchy, commonwealth, reform, triumphant
Images to Print:  Charles son of James I, Oliver Cromwell, Great Fire of London

Charles Loses His Head

  • discuss difference between Charles supporters, the Cavaliers and the supporters of Parliament, the Roundheads and why there is a difference, what the difference is

Cromwell's Protectorate



Plague and Fire

Chapter 13:  The Sun King

Vocabulary:  dauphin
Images to Print:  Louis XIV

The Sun King of France

  • King Louis XIV (youtube)
  • my girls are very interested in fashion and decor, so we spent some time looking at how Louis XIV influenced these things

Chapter 14:  The Rise of Prussia


Vocabulary:  Reich
Images to Print: Prince Frederick of Prussia

Frederick, the First Prussian King

  • We read, reviewed, summarized and mapped this part of the chapter.

Chapter 15:  A New World in Conflict

Vocabulary:  smallpox, Philadelphia means "city of brotherly love" in Greek
Images to Print:  Metacom, Iroquis tribe, William Penn

 Assignment:  I had my girls each pick a part of this chapter and create a Presentation on it.  We don't have Powerpoint so we used the FREE program in Google Docs called Presentation, just go to your Google Account, access Google Drive and select Create > Presentation and let your kids play around until they are familiar enough.  I required 5 slides for this first Presentation.

War Against the Colonies: King Philip's War



War Against the Colonies: Louis XIV Saves France



William Penn's Holy Experiment




I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.

Chapter 16:  The West


Vocabulary:  scientific method, gravity, economists, philosopher, political philosopher
Images to Print:  Isaac Newton, John Locke

The Universal Laws of Newton and Locke

  • Reading/writing project:  I assigned one of my girls to read a biography on Newton and write a report and the other read a biography on Locke and wrote a report
We found this book to be great and had a lot of fun with the activities.

Scientific Farming


  • We discussed this, came up with more ideas, talking about how science has changed other things; discussed technology.  It was a great opportunity for my kids to tease me for being old. lol.

Chapter 17:  Russia Looks West


Vocabulary: czar, surrender
Images to Print:  Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Peter's Port to the West


Chapter 18:  East and West Collide


Vocabulary:  sultan
Images to Print:  Ahmet III the Tulip King

The Ottoman's Look West - Twice


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work for this chapter.

Chapter 19:  The English in India


Vocabulary:  sultry
Images to Print:  Aurangzeb, Robert Clive

The Indian Empire Falls Apart


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work.

The Shopkeepers' Invasion


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work.

Chapter 20:  The Imperial East


Vocabulary:  Dalai Lama
Images to Print:  Chi'en lung

Emperor Chi'en-lung's Library


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work.

The Land of the Dragon




I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.

Chapter 21:  Fighting Over North America


Vocabulary:  protectorates, alliance

Three Pointless Wars


  • this was a confusing chapter with a lot of wars, we made a bullet point for each war and listed the facts (very basic outlining)


The Seven-Year War
Images to Print: George Washington (if you can get a picture of him as a soldier all the better)

Chapter 22:  Revolution!


Vocabulary:  Sugar Act, Treaty of Paris, diploma, Minutemen, manifest
Images to Print:  Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere

Discontent in the British Colonies

The American Revolution

Chapter 23:  The New Country  **we spent a lot of time on this chapter!


Vocabulary:  constitution, House of Commons, House of Lords, Congress, House of Representatives, senators, treaties, Supreme Court, executive branch of government, judicial branch of government, legislative branch of government, ratify, Bill of Rights, district, inaugurated

 Images to Print: Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington

 Liberty Bell **we live near Philly and took a trip there when we covered this chapter

The American Constitution

Photo Credit
Photo credit



The First American President (1789-1797)

  • I had my girls create a diorama of George Washington's life; they were able to find drawings of his boyhood home, paintings of him as a soldier, as President, Mt. Vernon, his wooden teeth, Martha, etc. to include in their dioramas
  • Who Was George Washington (good book for Grades 2-4)
  • George Washington for Kids: His Life and 24 Activities (same series as the Newton book, we loved these books and had fun doing some of the activities)

Chapter 24:  Sailing South


Vocabulary:  transit, Aborigine
Images to Print:  Captain Cook, map of world with Australia at bottom

Captain Cook Reaches Botany Bay

The Convict Settlement

  • This was fascinating.  We used a globe to see how Australia is at the bottom of the world and then talked about the expression "Down Under".

Chapter 25:  Revolution Gone Sour


Vocabulary:  estates
Images to Print:  Louis XVI, The Bastille, Marie Antoinette

The Storming of the Bastille

The Reign of Terror



I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.


Chapter 26:  Catherine the Great


Vocabulary:  empress, harness, state of affairs
Images to Print:  Catherine the Great

Princess Catherine Comes to Russia

Catherine the Great

  • Catherine the Great (movie on youtube)--Again, please preview, what one parent finds suitable another may not.

Chapter 27:  A Changing World


Vocabulary:  miller, methane, cotton gin
Images to Print:  British coal miners, Eli Whitney

Steam and Coal in Britain

Cotton and Guns in America


Chapter 28:  China and the Rest of the World


Vocabulary: kowtow, opium, opiate
Images to Print: Chi'en lung, opium

The Kingdom at the Center of the World

  • We read, reviewed, summarized and mapped this section of the chapter.

The Rise of the Opium Trade

  • Opium figures powerfully into history over the next several hundred years, so we took some time to explain it to our girls.
  • History of Opium for kids

Chapter 29:  The Rise of Bonaparte


Vocabulary:  oligarchy, aristrocrat, aristrocracy
Images to Print:  Napoleon Bonaparte, Battle of Trafalgar

Napoleon Comes to Power

The Emperor Napoleon

Chapter 30:  Freedom in the Caribbean


Vocabulary:  goldsmith
Images to Print:  Toussaint L'Ouverture

The Haitian Revolt


  • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work for this chapter.

I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.


Chapter 31:  A Different Kind of Rebellion


Vocabulary:  belch, tainted, slums
Images to Print:  English factories, Luddite

The World of the Factories


  • memory work: the girls memorized the William Blake poem on page 291


The Luddites


Chapter 32:  The Opened West



Vocabulary:  junction
Images to Print:  Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Thomas Jefferson, Sacajawea, Jean-Baptiste, Tecumseh


Lewis and Clark Map the West

Tecumseh's Resistance

Writing Project:  Pick either Lewis & Clark or Tecumseh to do a research paper on

Chapter 33:  The End of Napoleon


Images to Print:  Alexander I, Napoleon, Waterloo


Napoleon's Wars (And 1812, Too!)

Waterloo!

Chapter 34:  Freedom from South America



Vocabulary:  creole, tuberculosis
Images to Print:  Simon Bolivar, Prince Ferdinand


Simon Bolivar: The Liberator

Freedom, But Not Unity


Chapter 35:  Mexican Independence

Vocabulary:  heretic, doctrine
Images to Print:  Don Miguel, Voltaire, Miguel Hidalgo

The Cry of Dolores


The Republic of Mexico




  • Independencia (youtube)

    • I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
    We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.


    Chapter 36:  The Slave Trade Ends


    Vocabulary:  abolish, abolitionists, 

    The Work of the Abolitionists


    Chapter 37:  Troubled Africa


    Vocabulary:  grapple, seize, hard-bitten, warfare, savage
    Images to Print:  Shaka Zulu, Boers (Dutch farmers)

    The Zulu Kingdom


    The Boers and the British


    Chapter 38:  American Tragedies


    Vocabulary:  immigrants
    Images to Print:  Trail of Tears, Nat Turner

    The Trail of Tears


    Nat Turner's Revolt

    Chapter 39:  China Adrift


    Vocabulary:  bribe
    Images to Print:  Ho-Shen, Pinyin Jiquing

    The First Opium War

    Chapter 40:  Mexico and Her Neighbor


    Vocabulary:  empresario, Anglos, a mission (center for Catholic worship), garrisons, 
    Images to Print:  The Alamo (building), Jim Bowie (bowie knife), Sam Houston,  

    Remember the Alamo

    • The Alamo (movie)--we did watch this, it is violent, parents should use caution!

    The Mexican-American War

    Chapter 41:  New Zealand and Her Rulers


    Vocabulary: annexed, pakeha, maori, sovereignty
    Images to Print:  Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand map

    The Treaty of Waitangi

    The New Zealand Wars


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work.

    Chapter 42:  The World of Forty-Nine


    Vocabulary: iron pyrite, Forty-niners, boom town
    Images to Print: Gold Rush

    The Gold Rush


    A World of Unrest


    • Creative Writing: I had my girls write a short story about a character who lives during this period.

    I gave the girls a Vocabulary test.
    We made sure our Timelines and Book of Centuries was up to date.
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    Wednesday, August 14, 2013

    Story of the World Vol. 2: The Middle Ages Resources


    Story of the World has been our spine for the last three years.  In addition to history, much of our writing, reading comprehension, vocabulary, geography and art have centered around Story of the World.

    I planned our chapters in Google Docs with links to different resources.  I have decided to make those resources public.

    I always buy the book and the Activity Guide.

    My girls each have a binder, divided into sections for each book and within each section, there is a tabbed section for vocabulary.

    We always read the chapter, answered the review questions in the Activity Guide, summarized the chapter and did the map work for each chapter/section.  If that was all we did, I have noted that.  For many chapters, we read supplemental books, watched movies and videos or did additional writing.

    **Parents should preview all videos, books and websites.  What one parent finds suitable for their children another parent may find unacceptable.  

    **There are affiliate links in this post.  If you click the link to buy the product, I will benefit from that.

    Chapter 1: The Glory That Was Rome


    Vocabulary:  Mediterranean,  Pax Romana, plague, barbarians, raven, 

    Wandering Through the Roman Empire

    The Fall of Rome

    Chapter 2: The Early Days of Britain


    Vocabulary:  bard, Anglo-Saxon

    The Celts of Britain

    Barbarians Come to Britain

    Beowulf the Hero

    Chapter 3:  Christianity Comes to Britain

    Vocabulary:  monastery, parchment, scriptorium

    Augustine Comes to England

    • We just read, reviewed, summarized and did map work for this part of the chapter.

    Medieval Monasteries

    Writing Books by Hand

    • We made the Medieval Letter Illumination suggested in the Activity Guide (art project)
    • Middle Ages for Kids

    Chapter 4:  The Byzantine Empire


    Vocabulary:  mosaics, tesserae, orthodox, patriarchs, rites

    The Beauty of Constantinople

    Justinian, the Emperor

    • The girls wrote their own "Code of Justinian" as suggested in Activity Guide (writing assignment)
    • They also made the paper dolls in the Activity Guide

    The Empress Theodora

    The Church in the East

    • We just read, reviewed, summarized and did map work for this section of the chapter

    Chapter 5:  The Medieval Indian Empire


    Vocabulary: fertilizer, monks, frescoes

    A King Named Skandagupta

    Monks in Caves

    Chapter 6:  The Rise of Islam


    Vocabulary:  peninsula

    I realized that my girls had heard really bad things about Muslims and had a poor view, so we spent a month learning about different religions.  We visited a Buddhist Temple and a Muslim Mosque with our homeschool group.



    Muhammed's Vision

    Muhammed Flees to Medina

    The Koran: Islam's Holy Book

    • We memorized the Five Pillars and what they mean
    • We labeled and colored the pillars in the Activity Guide

    Chapter 7: Islam Becomes an Empire


    Vocabulary:  mecca

    The Fight for Mecca

    The Spread of Islam

    The City of Baghdad

    Sinbad in the Valley of Snakes

    Chapter 8:  The Great Dynasties of China


    Vocabulary:  dynasty

    Yang Chien Unites North and South

    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work for this section of the chapter.

    The Tang Dynasty

    • China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty (Kids book - I am a children's librarian and a lot of the books we buy are requests from patrons.  If your library doesn't have a book you want, ask them if they will buy it or something like it.)
    • We made Chinese lacquered bowls as suggested in the Activity Guide (art project)

    Chapter 9:  East of China


    Vocabulary: clan

    The Yamato Dynasty of Japan

    A Tale of Three Countries:  Korea, China and Japan

    We made a dish from each country:

    Chapter 10:  The Bottom of the World


    Vocabulary: continent, aborigine

    The First People of Australia

    The Long Journey of the Maori

    Chapter 11:  The Kingdom of the Franks

    Clovis, the Ex-Barbarian

    • King Clovis (video)
    • The girls designed their own dynasty as suggested in the Activity Guide (writing/critical thinking)

    Four Tribes, One Empire

    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work

    Chapter 12:  The Islamic Invasion


    Vocabulary:  Berbers, moor, Rock of Gibraltar

    Islam in Spain and Africa

    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work for this part of the chapter.

    Chapter 13:  The Great Kings of France


    Vocabulary:  chronicle

    Charles the Hammer

    The Greatest King: Charlemagne

    Chapter 14: The Arrival of the Norsemen

    ** We took another month-long break and studied Norse mythology
    Vocabulary:  Norseman, Normans, propel

    The Viking Invasion

    Eric the Red and "Eric's Son"

    The Norse Gods

    Thor and the Giant King

    Chapter 15:  The First Kings of England

    **At this point we updated our Book of Centuries and TimeLine

    The Vikings Invade England

    Alfred the Great

    The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite.
    But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right.
    When he stands like an ox in the furrow – with his sullen set eyes on your own,
    And grumbles, 'This isn't fair dealing,' my son, leave the Saxon alone

    The Battle of Hastings

    Chapter 16:  England After the Conquest


    Vocabulary:  maternal, fraternal, feudalism, peasant, serf, lord, gruel, conquest

    The English Language

    • We read, reviewed and summarized this section of the chapter.

    Serfs and Noblemen




    Stone Castles

    • A Medieval Castle - this is a cool book that shows you diagrams of what it was like in a castle
    • I had my girls do a piece of creative writing: Write a story, the main character lives in a castle during the Dark Ages.  

    Chapter 17:  Knights and Samurai


    Vocabulary:  chivalry, squire, page, samurai

    The English Code of Chivalry

    The Samurai:  Japanese Knights

    Chapter 18:  The Age of Crusades


    Vocabulary:  pilgrims, Crusades, ambush

    A Command from the Pope

    Recapturing Jerusalem

    Saladin of Jerusalem

    El Cid and the "Reconquest of Spain"

    • We made the "Conquest and ReConquest" Flipbook in the Activity Guide

     Chapter 19:  A New Kind of King


    Vocabulary: Magna Carta, warrior, representative

    Richard the Lionhearted



    John Lackland and the Magna Carta

    Robin Hood



    Robin Hood and the Butcher


    Chapter 20:  The Diaspora


    Vocabulary: zealot, Torah

    The Scattering of the Jews

    • We made a Mezzuzah as suggested in the Activity Guide

    A Tale of the Diaspora

    The Clever Rabbi of Cordova

    • We discussed the rabbi's plan and why it was good.  We came up with different situations and solutions to them.

    Chapter 21:  The Mongols Devastate the East


    Vocabulary:  khan, spare, domination

    Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Men

    • we memorized the first lines of Kublai Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and discussed what they meant (poetry/memory work)

    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure-dome decree:
    Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
    Through caverns measureless to man
       Down to a sunless sea.

    The Mongol Conquest of China

    Chapter 22:  Exploring the Mysterious East

    Marco Polo Goes to China

    • Even though it was not summer

    The Forbidden City of the Ming

    Chapter 23:  The First Russians

    The Rus Come to Constantinople

    • I am Polish and we do something similar to the Russian Bread and Salt greeting at weddings.  We went over the tradition with the girls so they know what to expect at their own weddings.
    • I made Borscht, because I have always wanted to try it.
    • We made the Architectural Eggs suggested in the Activity Guide, but we used wooden eggs from the craft store instead of real eggs and I now keep those eggs in a dish in my living room :)

    Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible



    Chapter 24:  The Ottoman Empire


    Vocabulary:  ghazi, sultan, mercenary, harbor

    The Ottoman Turks Attack


    • A lot of the videos on this are very violent, we just read, reviewed, summarized and did the mapwork.

    The Sheep-Rocks


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work.

    The Capture of Constantinople



    Suleiman the Lawgiver



    Chapter 25:  The End of the World


    Vocabulary:  Black Death, buboes, bubonic plague, apprentice

    The Plague

    A New Way of Living

    **Around this time I made sure that our Book of Centuries and TimeLine was up to date!

    Chapter 26:  France and England at War


    Vocabulary:  dauphin

    Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt


    • Henry V Speech (youtube video from a movie, I did not watch the whole movie to know how it was, just the speech)

    Joan of Arc


    • I had my girls read biographies of Joan of Arc (our library had several) and write a report.  Then we watched a movie based on Joan of Arc.
    • There are several Joan of Arc movies, we watched this one: Joan of Arc - Child of War, Soldier of God 

    Chapter 27:  War for the English Throne


    Vocabulary: regent, coronation

    The Wars of the Roses



    The Princes of the Tower

    • We made pop-out Tower of London cards as suggested in the Activity Guide (art project)

    Chapter 28:  The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal


    Vocabulary:  navigation, compass, knots (boat speed)

    Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spain



    Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal

    • Jason helped us located the North Star in the night sky (astronomy)

    Chapter 29:  African Kingdoms


    Vocabulary:  alms

    Gold, Salt and Ghana

    • We played the Fast Tax Game in the Activity Guide

    Mansa Musa of Mali



    The Songhay Empire


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work for this section of the chapter.

    Chapter 30:  India Under the Monghuls


    Vocabulary:  moghul

    The Moghul Dynasty



    Akbar of India

    • I made Dal which is one of my favorite dishes ever! (comfort food)

    The Bad-Luck Servant

    **Around this time I made sure that our Book of Centuries and TimeLine was caught up!

    Chapter 31:  Exploring New Worlds

    Christopher Columbus


    • I had my girls each pick one of these three explorers, read a biography on them and make a poster with pictures and facts and present an oral presentation on the explorer.  This coincided with Easter and they presented their posters and presentations to our extended family--answering the question: what do these homeschoolers do? ;-)
    • Children's History: Christopher Columbus

    Vespucci and Magellan



    Chapter 32:  The American Kingdoms

    The Mayans of Central America



    The Marvelous City of Tenochtitlan

    • We made the Aztec Hot Chocolate recipe in the book--it was SO GOOD!  We found it so interesting that it was considered a sacred drink!

    The Incas

    Chapter 33:  Spain, Portugal and the New World


    Vocabulary:  conquistadores, 

    The Slave Trade


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did map work.

    Cortes and Montezuma



    Chapter 34:  Martin Luther's New Ideas


    Vocabulary:  indulgences, proxy

    Martin Luther's List

    Henry VIII's Problem



    Chapter 35:  The Renaissance


    Vocabulary: Renaissance, scientific

    A New Way of Thinking

    **We took a trip to an art museum at this point as well.  I coordinated a tour for our homeschool group and asked the docent to speak about the Renaissance.

    Gutenberg's Great Invention



    Chapter 36:  Reformation and Counter Reformation


    Vocabulary:  seminary, Bishop, reformed

    The Spread of Reformation



    The Council of Trent



    Chapter 37: The New Universe

    ** We took about 6 weeks to do a unit on the Solar System


    Vocabulary:  astronomy, star maps, condemn, gravity, theory, logic

    The Revolution of Copernicus

    Galileo's Strange Notions



    Chapter 38:  England's Greatest Queen


    Vocabulary: behold, throne

    The Queen Who Almost Wasn't



    Good Queen Bess

    • My girls LOVED the Renaissance Cures in the Activity Guide!

    Chapter 39:  England's Greatest Playwright

    **If you have the opportunity to take your child to see a Shakespeare play, I encourage you to do so.  we were able to see Julius Caesar our first year homeschooling when we read about it in Story of the World Volume 1 and it blew my mind--I always struggled to understand Shakespeare, but when I see it acted, it is completely different.  We did not study Macbeth when we read this chapter because our local Shakespeare Theatre was putting on A Midsummer Night's Dream, so we read that instead.  I love "No Fear, Shakespeare" books.

    Vocabulary: playwright, tragedy, comedy

    William Shakespeare



    Macbeth



    Macbeth's Decision

    • The girls memorized Macbeth's Famous Speech (memory work)
    She should have died hereafter;
    There would have been a time for such a word.
    Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
    Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
    To the last syllable of recorded time;
    And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
    The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
    Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
    That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    And then is heard no more. It is a tale
    Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
    Signifying nothing.     — Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 17-28)

    We discussed the meaning of this speech, but I must admit I was really happy for my brother who is a high school teacher with a specialization in Shakespeare because the ability to understand this written is beyond me.  When I see Shakespearean plays it all makes sense, but reading it goes over my head.

    Chapter 40:  New Ventures to the Americas


    Vocabulary:  fertile, commander, settlement, fleet

    Walter Raleigh and the New World



    The Lost Colony



    Chapter 41:  Explorations in the North


    Vocabulary:  wigwams

    The New-Found Land


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work for this section of the chapter.

    Jacques Cartier's Discoveries



    Chapter 42:  Two Empires Collide


    Vocabulary: grapple

    Spain and England's War


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work.

    The War at the End of the Sixteenth Century


    • We read, reviewed, summarized and did the map work.
    **We made sure our Book of Centuries and TimeLines were up to date!
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