Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 We're wrapping up doing ancient Rome and moving on to the Middle Ages. What were your very favorite resources for this era. We have a lot of books from our last cycle through history, but I'm sure that I've forgotten many of the books we used or what was a great book, but not useful for my kids at the time. And of course there are all the new books that would have come out in the last several years that I've missed because I wasn't thinking about the middle ages. So help me brainstorm what was a great hit at your house. WTM board tried and tested. I'm particularly noticing that there doesn't seem to be a history pockets for this era. Any suggestion for some hands on action? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Logic stage, I assume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Logic stage, I assume? Logic stage (and great readers) for the older two, but grammar stage (and still emerging reader, ie, not sold on chapter books for independent reading) for the youngest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) We've enjoyed reading: A Door in the Wall Crispin: Cross of Lead Good Masters, Sweet Ladies Whipping Boy Adam of the Road The Bible Smuggler The Kings Shadow Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare Castle Diary Famous Men of the Renaissance Shakespeare Stealer series various smaller topical books from the library like Joan of Ark Bard of Avon Who was Leonardo DaVinci Starry Messenger (about Gallileo) many books on Knights, castles, Vikings, etc ETA: here's a good thread Edited December 9, 2010 by i.love.lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 My son did Middle ages this year and read: Famous men of the middle ages Beowulf: A New Telling Robert Nye Robin Hood Tales from Arabian Nights (because it fit with the caliphat and harun-al-rashid) St. George and the Dragon Margarete Hodges D’ Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths Usborne Norse Myths Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott (Great Illustrated Classics) The one and future king TE White Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean Son of Charlemagne Barbara Willard Saladin Diane Stanley Joan of Arc Diane Stanley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Very good book list there. The only ones I really wanted to chip in with are... Catherine Called Birdy The Midwife's Apprentice Matilda Bone - all by Karen Cushman The Road to Damietta by Scott O'Dell - about the life of St. Francis I'm especially fond of the Crispin books mentioned above - there are two sequels now. And my kids have loved the D'Aulaire's Norse Myths. Also, we found Mary Pope Osborne's Favorite Medieval Tales to be a good starter book. Oh, and my personal favorite is the TH White version of the Arthur stories - your whole family could enjoy the first part - The Sword in the Stone - as a read aloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Homeschool Share has some great lapbooks for the Middle Ages. We love everything by Rosemary Sutcliff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calandalsmom Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 The Seventh Expert is super. We have SO enjoyed the Sword in the Stone (book 1 from Once and Future King) on audio. My library ordered it for me, bc its 101 dollars on amazon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 This isn't for everyone, but I taught oldest dd to read Middle English when we hit logic stage Middle Ages. It isn't all that hard; I needed (a) Bellerophon's Chaucer (this is the beginning of the General Prologue, with beautiful woodcuts from the Caxton edition); (b) a Chaucer with translation notes (for me; I used the Riverside edition because I had it on hand, but there are cheaper editions, and I'm sure something online) so that I would be secure about the meanings of the words ahead of time; © the Chaucer Studio recording of the General Prologue, so we could hear exactly how it was to be pronounced; and © a vocabulary notebook for entering and studying unfamiliar words. We started very slowly, one or two lines a day, and when we finished a page, she got to color the woodcut. By the end, she had a good grounding in reading Middle English, had memorized a huge chunk of the beginning of the General Prologue, and had a beautifully illuminated book of Chaucer. It was one of the most rewarding homeschool activities we ever did. I can't wait to do it again with the next girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 This isn't for everyone, but I taught oldest dd to read Middle English when we hit logic stage Middle Ages. It isn't all that hard; I needed (a) Bellerophon's Chaucer (this is the beginning of the General Prologue, with beautiful woodcuts from the Caxton edition); (b) a Chaucer with translation notes (for me; I used the Riverside edition because I had it on hand, but there are cheaper editions, and I'm sure something online) so that I would be secure about the meanings of the words ahead of time; © the Chaucer Studio recording of the General Prologue, so we could hear exactly how it was to be pronounced; and © a vocabulary notebook for entering and studying unfamiliar words. We started very slowly, one or two lines a day, and when we finished a page, she got to color the woodcut. By the end, she had a good grounding in reading Middle English, had memorized a huge chunk of the beginning of the General Prologue, and had a beautifully illuminated book of Chaucer. It was one of the most rewarding homeschool activities we ever did. I can't wait to do it again with the next girl! Wow, I'm speechless. I have one kid who would probably really like this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 I merged the various lists from this and the other linked thread and came up with a big list. Some of the titles have 1-2 x's, indicating they were mentioned in multiple lists. I also added in books I was reminded of while searching. I suppose the good news is that I think I probably have a lot of these in storage that will be coming to the new house. But wow, what a cornicopia of books to work through. I put the compiled list on my blog. I'm still looking for more English language titles about central Europe like Charlemagne, and middle European knights and saints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Here's some suggestions for Charlemagne, etc.: The Story of Siegfried, James Baldwin (from the Nibelungenlied, Volsungsaga, and Eddas) [i just got this from Dover at their 60% off sale, which has ended; but they currently have a coupon for $10 on their site!] Dover also has Grimm's Household Tales. But I absolutely love the collected Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Stories of Charlemagne and the Peers of France, Alfred Church (free at The Baldwin Project ) Saint Elizabeth's Three Crowns (Elizabeth of Hungary) If you want, I can give you my entire book list for the Middle Ages, here or at your blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2boys030507 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Thanks for all of the suggestions. I am in the middle of planning our year in the Middle Ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Here's some suggestions for Charlemagne, etc.: The Story of Siegfried, James Baldwin (from the Nibelungenlied, Volsungsaga, and Eddas) [i just got this from Dover at their 60% off sale, which has ended; but they currently have a coupon for $10 on their site!] Dover also has Grimm's Household Tales. But I absolutely love the collected Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Stories of Charlemagne and the Peers of France, Alfred Church (free at The Baldwin Project ) Saint Elizabeth's Three Crowns (Elizabeth of Hungary) If you want, I can give you my entire book list for the Middle Ages, here or at your blog. I'd totally forgotten that we used a few chapters from Church's Stories of Charlemagne. I think I just printed off copies from the Baldwin Project, but that got tiresome quickly (maybe I really do need one of those eReaders?). I'd love to see your whole list. Every list I read reminds me of something I've forgotten. If you post it here, then everyone can see it. If you've got a blog and want to put a link in my comments, that would be great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) I'd totally forgotten that we used a few chapters from Church's Stories of Charlemagne. I think I just printed off copies from the Baldwin Project, but that got tiresome quickly (maybe I really do need one of those eReaders?).Dd8 loves that book (we were fortunate enough to find a beautiful and inexpensive hardcover edition while in Edinburgh). Featuring not just one but two chess-related killings! Let's see if I can fit the whole list in one post: Early Middle Ages General Famous Men of the Middle Ages (Greenleaf) The Middle Ages CB (BritMus) The Middle Ages CB (Dover) CB of the Middle Ages (Bell) The Saxons and the Normans Ladybird 400-1272 The Anglo-Saxons Activity Book (BritMus) Kings and Queens CB (Bell) 500-600 When Saints Were Young St. Genevieve 512 Vision St. Benedict, Hero of the Hills 529 Windeatt/Vision The Search for King Arthur 6th C. HC King Arthur and His Knights 6th C. LM St. Gregory the Great: Consul of God 590-604 Vision Augustine Came To Kent 597 600-800 The Hammer of Gaul: The Story of Charles Martel 732 Charlemagne Charlemagne HC Son of Charlemagne 781 Charlemagne 771-814 Cal Stories of Charlemagne Church The Story of Roland Baldwin 800-900 Alfred The Right Line of Cerdic 878 Voyage to Coromandel 878 The Marsh King 900-1000 A Song For Young King Wenceslas 907-935 1000-1100 The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow 1010 Sword of Clontarf 1013 The King's Men: A Story of St. Olaf of Norway 1025 William the Conqueror LM The Field of Sennlac 1066 The Norman Conquest Cal Splintered Sword 1098 Vikings 800-1100 The Vikings HC The Vikings LM Viking Life Viking Adventure (Bulla) Story of the Vikings CB (Dover) Myths and Legends of the Vikings CB (Bell) The Norse Gods [Cal] Late Middle Ages General The Middle Ages Ladybird When Knights Were Bold Illuminated Alphabet CB (Dover) Design Your Own Coat of Arms (Dover) The Medieval Knight Knights and Armor CB (Dover) Master Builders of the Middle Ages 12th-13th C. HC Stained Glass Windows CB (Dover) See Inside a Castle Castle Life Knights & Castles How Castles Were Built Castles of the World CB (Dover) Life in a Medieval Castle & Village CB (Dover) 1100-1200 Great Lawyers: King Henry II 1133-1189 (Bell) The Red Keep 1165 If All the Swords in England 1170 Henry II and Thomas Becket 1170 Ladybird When Saints Were Young St. Thomas Becket 1170 Vision Crusades The Crusades 1095-1269 LM Paper Soldiers of the Middle Ages: The Crusades (Bell) Knights of the Crusades HC The Blue Gonfalon 1095 First Crusade The Earl's Falconer A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver 1150 The Crusader: The Story of Richard the Lionheart 1189-1199 Credo Richard the Lion Heart Ladybird Where Valor Lies 1248-1250 Seventh Crusade Saint Louis and the Last Crusade 1248-1254 1200-1300 Otto of the Silver Hand Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde 1206-1227 LM Francis and Clare, Saints of Assisi 1209 Vision The Magna Carta 1215 LM King John and Magna Charta 1215 Ladybird St. Dominic 1215 Windeatt St Hyacinth of Poland 1220 Windeatt St. Elizabeth's Three Crowns 1231 Vision St. Anthony and the Christ Child 1231 Vision St Thomas Aquinas and the Preaching Beggars 1274 Vision Marco Polo's Adventures in China 1271-1295 HC The Story of William Wallace 1297 Corbie 1300-1400 Great Lawyers: The Inns of Court ca. 1300 (Bell) In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce 1292-1315 The Story of Robert Bruce 1314 Corbie Bl. Imelda Lambertini 1333 Windeatt The Black Death 1347-1353 [Cal] The Door in the Wall The Hundred Years War 1337-1453 Teller of Tales: The Story of Geoffrey Chaucer 1340-1400 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales General Prologue CB (Bell) St. Catherine of Siena 1380 Windeatt When Saints Were Young St. Catherine of Siena 1380 Vision 1400-1500 The Story of Henry V 1415 Ladybird Joan of Arc 1429 HC Joan of Arc 1429 Vision Great Lawyers Trial of Joan of Arc 1431 (Bell) Constantinople: City on the Golden Horn HC The Fall of Constantinople 1452 LM Johann Gutenberg & Printing 1455 [Cal] The Trumpeter of Krakow 1461 Key to publishers/series: Cal = Calliope magazine LM = Landmark histories HC = Horizon-Caravel Bell = Bellerophon books BritMus = British Museum Press CB = coloring book Edited December 11, 2010 by Sharon in Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 Oh, this is another great list. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Augustine Came to Kent? I have most on those lists but I didn't see this one on there unless I just missed it for some reason? Teaching them Middle English is a brilliant idea-I even have the coloring book you used--all I'd need is the recording--I can't wait! I remember my HS English teacher reading it in Middle English and being completely entranced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I have my sixth grade history and lit list up on my blog, too, if you want more titles. The link is in my signature.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 This isn't for everyone, but I taught oldest dd to read Middle English when we hit logic stage Middle Ages. It isn't all that hard; I needed (a) Bellerophon's Chaucer (this is the beginning of the General Prologue, with beautiful woodcuts from the Caxton edition); (b) a Chaucer with translation notes (for me; I used the Riverside edition because I had it on hand, but there are cheaper editions, and I'm sure something online) so that I would be secure about the meanings of the words ahead of time; © the Chaucer Studio recording of the General Prologue, so we could hear exactly how it was to be pronounced; and © a vocabulary notebook for entering and studying unfamiliar words. We started very slowly, one or two lines a day, and when we finished a page, she got to color the woodcut. By the end, she had a good grounding in reading Middle English, had memorized a huge chunk of the beginning of the General Prologue, and had a beautifully illuminated book of Chaucer. It was one of the most rewarding homeschool activities we ever did. I can't wait to do it again with the next girl! Wow! That's awesome!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Augustine Came to Kent? I have most on those lists but I didn't see this one on there unless I just missed it for some reason? A great choice. Dd8 just read that one and loved it. Teaching them Middle English is a brilliant idea-I even have the coloring book you used--all I'd need is the recording--I can't wait! I remember my HS English teacher reading it in Middle English and being completely entranced.If you spend enough money at The Chaucer Studio, they give you a free Chaucer tote bag. Don't ask me how I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verity Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'm doing Middle Ages this year with my 3rd and 6th gradesr. My older son is doing History Odyssey Middle Ages level 2. I'm using the HO reading list plus other books from various curricula (see below). We are also reading one chapter a week from Memoria Press's Famous Men of the Middle Ages along with the student workbook. The book list is for both history and literature. Also I wanted to recommend Matt Whitling's Medieval Legends:Imitation in Writing. This book has sections from Beowulf, Charlemagne/Roland, Siegfried, St. George, and King Arthur. So far it's been a great tie-in/go along with the history. I haven't bothered trying to match the chapters up to what we are doing in History Odyssey and Famous Men of the Middle Ages. I figure that multiple exposures will just provide alot of reinforcement. Next time we cover this era I will be sure that he gets a more formal outline/time frame for each section. Middle Ages reading list for 6th Grade Castle by David Macaulay The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelley Beowulf, A New Telling by Robert Nye The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French Knight’s Fee by Rosemary Sutcliff The Story of King Arthur and his Knights by Howard Pyle (with MP student workbook) The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (with MP student workbook) Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Jane Gray (with MP student workbook) The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, retold by Geraldine McCaughrean One Thousand and One Arabian Nights retold by Geraldine McCaughrean Tales of the Heike (Tales from Japan retold by Helen and William McAlpine) The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (with MP student workbook) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Also I wanted to recommend Matt Whitling's Medieval Legends:Imitation in Writing. This book has sections from Beowulf, Charlemagne/Roland, Siegfried, St. George, and King Arthur. So far it's been a great tie-in/go along with the history. I haven't bothered trying to match the chapters up to what we are doing in History Odyssey and Famous Men of the Middle Ages. I figure that multiple exposures will just provide alot of reinforcement. Next time we cover this era I will be sure that he gets a more formal outline/time frame for each section. I have the Aesop's and Fairy Tales versions of this series, but I haven't seen the Medieval Legends. Can you give me an idea of what level this is written on? How long are the selections? This might be a really good thing to use, since I'm trying to focus on improved writing and Writing with Skill won't be out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Wow, I'm speechless. I have one kid who would probably really like this idea. You should go for it. With your knowledge of German it probably won't be that difficult. I did Old English in college and it was a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 This isn't for everyone, but I taught oldest dd to read Middle English when we hit logic stage Middle Ages. It isn't all that hard; I needed (a) Bellerophon's Chaucer (this is the beginning of the General Prologue, with beautiful woodcuts from the Caxton edition); (b) a Chaucer with translation notes (for me; I used the Riverside edition because I had it on hand, but there are cheaper editions, and I'm sure something online) so that I would be secure about the meanings of the words ahead of time; © the Chaucer Studio recording of the General Prologue, so we could hear exactly how it was to be pronounced; and © a vocabulary notebook for entering and studying unfamiliar words. We started very slowly, one or two lines a day, and when we finished a page, she got to color the woodcut. By the end, she had a good grounding in reading Middle English, had memorized a huge chunk of the beginning of the General Prologue, and had a beautifully illuminated book of Chaucer. It was one of the most rewarding homeschool activities we ever did. I can't wait to do it again with the next girl! Wow, I'm speechless. I have one kid who would probably really like this idea. Kid, shmid. I really like this idea for me!! [i only say that because while we're beginning Middle Ages, my eldest is just 9, so probably not quite ready for Middle English. Which reminds me that my senior English teacher in high school received her degree from Oxford. She had us read selections of [i]Beowulf[/i] in Old English, Chaucer in Middle English, and, of course, Shakespeare in, well, Shakespearean. Wonderful teacher!] Thanks for all the lists, everyone! Very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 You should go for it. With your knowledge of German it probably won't be that difficult. I did Old English in college and it was a lot of fun. What? I've never done my party trick of reciting the first 14 lines of the Prologue in Middle English for you? Remind me when we have coffee. It really freaks the kids out. I learned this in one high school and then it was an assignment the next year after I'd moved to a new school. It sort of sealed my reputation as an odd duck that I was able to recite this the day after it was assigned. The running joke in my English undergrad days was that if you started reciting this in a bar and then watched who joined in, you'd know who the other weirdos were that you wanted to hand out with. Chaucer is great. I will probably read through The Knight's Tale with my kids, since it is such an interesting merger of Greek and Medieval settings and points of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpedIntoTheDeepEndFirst Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 What? I've never done my party trick of reciting the first 14 lines of the Prologue in Middle English for you? Remind me when we have coffee. It really freaks the kids out. I learned this in one high school and then it was an assignment the next year after I'd moved to a new school. It sort of sealed my reputation as an odd duck that I was able to recite this the day after it was assigned. The running joke in my English undergrad days was that if you started reciting this in a bar and then watched who joined in, you'd know who the other weirdos were that you wanted to hand out with. Chaucer is great. I will probably read through The Knight's Tale with my kids, since it is such an interesting merger of Greek and Medieval settings and points of view. I did exactly the same thing in high school. That and being able to recite Jaberwocky or sing the French national anthem are enough to convince my family that I am disturbed. Funny the memory items that stick with you. Maybe there is a club somewhere for people with these "problems". :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verity Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I have the Aesop's and Fairy Tales versions of this series, but I haven't seen the Medieval Legends. Can you give me an idea of what level this is written on? How long are the selections? This might be a really good thing to use, since I'm trying to focus on improved writing and Writing with Skill won't be out yet. Sorry I didn't see your response before tonight. Each reading selection is roughly one page front and back, approx 10pt font. The selections are written in older English, a bit challenging but I like my 6th grading being exposed to this kind of language. This is listed as 4th Grade by Veritas Press...but IMO this would be pretty challenging for most 4th graders. Here is a sample I found online (no idea how to make a cool link): http://writing-edu.com/writing/PDF%20samples/Logos/IWL_Sample.pdf Happy Hunting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 I did exactly the same thing in high school. That and being able to recite Jaberwocky or sing the French national anthem are enough to convince my family that I am disturbed. Funny the memory items that stick with you. Maybe there is a club somewhere for people with these "problems". :lol: Or God Save the Tsar or parts to Boris Gudenov? I think there is a club, and we're definitely in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Sorry I didn't see your response before tonight. Each reading selection is roughly one page front and back, approx 10pt font. The selections are written in older English, a bit challenging but I like my 6th grading being exposed to this kind of language. This is listed as 4th Grade by Veritas Press...but IMO this would be pretty challenging for most 4th graders. Here is a sample I found online (no idea how to make a cool link):http://writing-edu.com/writing/PDF%20samples/Logos/IWL_Sample.pdf Happy Hunting! Oh, this looks like it is a good jump above Fairy Tales, which is a step above Aesop. Do you do each selection at once or do you take it one part at a time (ie, taking three sessions to complete the three sections in the Beowulf selection in the sample)? I think VP marks it as 4th grade because that's where Middle Ages falls for them. I'd say this is would be quite a challenge for many fourth graders. I know it will make my kids' eyes bug out. But it will be good for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 What? I've never done my party trick of reciting the first 14 lines of the Prologue in Middle English for you? Remind me when we have coffee. It really freaks the kids out. I learned this in one high school and then it was an assignment the next year after I'd moved to a new school. It sort of sealed my reputation as an odd duck that I was able to recite this the day after it was assigned. The running joke in my English undergrad days was that if you started reciting this in a bar and then watched who joined in, you'd know who the other weirdos were that you wanted to hand out with. No! You've never told me. We read a bit of Beowulf in class, but the professor offered the course since we were interested. It was a fun class. I had one of my hand-outs here, but now I can't find it. grrr. You probably would have liked hanging out with the group from my Medival Europe classes. The last class was always at the bar and the prof bought the first round--not that I was old enough to drink LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Great lists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 We've moved into the phase of our middle ages studies that have my kids outlining Kingfisher and then researching and writing about topics from the reading (a la WTM). This week they both picked Henry of Anjou and Thomas a Becket. And then struck out at the library. I think I've salvaged things by pointing them to our set of The Story of Civilization by the Durants. But I wanted to give them another list of resources. So I put together this set of online sites that seemed reasonably well founded. Thought that I'd share the list. Middle Ages resources English Monarchs http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/index.htm Middle Ages.net http://www.themiddleages.net/ Middle Ages.org http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/ Minnesota State University eMuseum http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/ Norton Anthology of English Lit Middle Ages pages (esp King Arthur, Beowulf and religious orders) http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/middleages/welcome.htm Music History (from Drexel) http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/middle/index.html Washington State University http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MA/MA.HTM Met Museum (Medieval Art) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=15 Internet Medieval Sourcebooks http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1.html Sorry I didn't stop to make it pretty. I'm behind on school with the youngest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thanks to everyone who contributed resources! I'll be back to take notes this weekend :D We're at the start of the Middle Ages section in Human Odyssey----it begins with the Islamic world, then heads into western Africa, Europe, China and the Mongol empire. My lone contribution from this week: Mosque by David Macaulay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thanks to everyone who contributed resources! I'll be back to take notes this weekend :D We're at the start of the Middle Ages section in Human Odyssey----it begins with the Islamic world, then heads into western Africa, Europe, China and the Mongol empire. My lone contribution from this week: Mosque by David Macaulay The Metropolitan Museum link has a lot of resources for non-Western art, including an entire section on Islamic art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I have some of the resources we used for logic middle ages running down the right side of my blog. For hands on I used Picture the Middle Ages from the Jackdaw company. http://www.jackdaw.com/p-338-picture-the-middle-ages.aspx And we're working on the Magna Carta Jackdaw right now---lots of good stuff in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 I recently added the following links to my resource list. The Abelard link has some very good stuff on the construction of cathedrals (though the interests of the site do seem to wander far and wide). Fairy Tales http://surlalunefairytales.com/ History of Art, Janson 6th ed. http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_janson_histofart_6/ Abelard.org http://www.abelard.org/france/cathedral-construction.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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