rookie Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 dd13 grade 7 is studying Middle Ages. I have ordered and stocked every book ever written on the subject (almost). It's a bit much. But they all look so good that I can't send any back to the library. However, I do think I should choose a core set of "Must Reads" for her. Please share the books you would assign, without fail, for your middle schooler to read about the Middle Ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Here are some of our successes: Beowulf: A New Telling - Nye Cathedral, Castle - Macaulay (He has other titles that you might also consider.) Saint George and the Dragon - Hodges Joan of Arc - Stanley (This author has lots of good titles.) Around the World in a Hundred Years - Fritz Starry Messenger - Sis Tales from Shakespeare - Williams The Shakespeare Stealer - Blackwood Ramsay Scallop - Temple A Single Shard - Park Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Kareni, I really appreciate your time and post! Best, rookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I would add Mosque by Macaulay and literature such as Adam of the Road, Otto of the Silver Hand and Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. If she's a really good reader, Ivanhoe is excellent. I read it a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Joan of Arc - Stanley (This author has lots of good titles.) Starry Messenger - Sis These are two of my favorite authors. They bring their subjects to life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_Mom Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I would add Mosque by Macaulay and literature such as Adam of the Road, Otto of the Silver Hand and Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. If she's a really good reader, Ivanhoe is excellent. I read it a few years ago. Adam of the Road was a huge hit here. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Please share the books you would assign, without fail, for your middle schooler to read about the Middle Ages. Jacques Le Goff is one of the highest quality medievalists of our times and I've found his books, both as a student and as a professor, to be an INVALUABLE resource. BUT, those books are a bit hard for a middle schooler. You would have to read them in advance, pick selections and then work through them with your daughter. However, if you do wish to uplift your studies to a whole new level, I can't recommend him enough. I watered down a LOT of Le Goff for my girls over the years, or read through parts of his works with them - he was our main History supplement. He'll be more interesting to you than to her as his writing is quite adult-level, but you'll find a way to communicate it to your daughter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks to all who have shared book ideas as I've needed to start a list as well :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks to all who have shared book ideas as I've needed to start a list as well :) Luckymama, here is my booklist from when I was teaching the MA to 3rd, 6th, and 8th graders. (Ignore the asterisks: they were simply notes to myself that one of my kids had already read those titles. I dropped the Winston Churchill books b/c I thought they were not appropriate for middle school ages.) This is my MA study put together as a Catholic. If you would like the break down of titles by time period and reading level, if you send me your email address by pm, I can email an excel spreadsheet. Constantine by Frank Slaughter In This Sign You Shall Conquer Byzantium-spine Time Life Books Didache:History of the Church A Little Story of World History- by Gombrich The Birth of Britian--spine by Winston Churchill The New World--by Winston Churchill Kings and Things by Marshall Sister Wendy's Story of Painting Our Island Story by Marshall How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization--Woods Timelines of World History --by DK books The Early Middle Ages by Teaching Company Popes and the Papacy by Teaching Company The History Of Christianity in the Reformation Era by Teaching Company Augustine, St and his Search for Faith by Lomask Restless Flame: Story of St. Augustine by Louis de Wohl Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland--LIBRARY by de Paola Between the Forest and the Hills by Ann Lawrence Atilla the Hun by Louis de Wohl *Citadel of God, St Benedict by Louis de Wohl *Fingals Quest by Madeleine Polland Parzival (King Arthur) by Katherine Paterson Sword and the circle (King Arthur) by Rosemary Sutcliff Arabian nights by Andrew Lang March of Islam---Time Life Books Bede, St--online from Ambleside online Charlemagne--A Horizon Carvavel book Namesake (King Alfred the Great) by C. Walter Hodges Knights Templar-EWTN radio *Crusades by Harold Lamb Castle by David Macaulay and Eyewitness Books Dominic, St by Windeatt Joyful Beggar (St Francis of Assisi) by Louis de Wohl Magna Charta by James Daugherty Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle Cathedral by David Macaulay Mongol horde--Time Life Books Otto oF the Silver Hand by Pyle Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger L. Green, another by Ann Mc Govern Quiet Light (Thomas Aquinas) by Louis de Wohl Adam of the Road byElizabeth Gray Black Death Lay Siege to Heaven (Catherine of Siena) by Louis de Wohl Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson Men of Iron by Pyle Trumpeter of Krakow byEric kelly Joan of Arc: one by Johnston and Mars, other by Mark Twain Michelangelo by Peck Twice Queen of France:Anne of Brittany byMildred Butler Thomas More----library movie The Golden Thread: St. Ignatius Loyola by Louis de Wohl Spanish Inquisition--EWTN radio The World in 1492 by Jean Fritz and Katherine Paterson *Pedro’s Journal by Conrad *Set all Afire (Francis Xavier) by Louis de Wohl Works of Lamb by Charles and Mary Lamb, selected Shakespeare for older *Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli *Mission to Cathay (Fr. Ricci, mainland China) by Polland A Trumpet Sounds by Henry Garnett Philadelphia Catholic in King James’s Court by Kennedy Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal by Allen French Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Jacques Le Goff is one of the highest quality medievalists of our times and I've found his books, both as a student and as a professor, to be an INVALUABLE resource. BUT, those books are a bit hard for a middle schooler. You would have to read them in advance, pick selections and then work through them with your daughter. However, if you do wish to uplift your studies to a whole new level, I can't recommend him enough. I watered down a LOT of Le Goff for my girls over the years, or read through parts of his works with them - he was our main History supplement. He'll be more interesting to you than to her as his writing is quite adult-level, but you'll find a way to communicate it to your daughter too. My dd is studying the midde ages next year. When I looked up books by this author there were quite a few. Are there any specific titles you recommend above others - or any that are a better starting point than others? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thank you to each of you for sharing. Ester Maria - I will look up your recommendation. I have the other books and will cull a bit. rookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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