The First Kings of England

The First Kings of England

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 15)

King Alfred of Wessex

Day 1 & 2 
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Write these on the timeline:

867-874 The Vikings (also called Danes) invade England

871 Alfred becomes king

899 Alfred the Great dies

1066 Battle of Hastings

3. Work on workbook pages and watch, Horrible Histories "Battle of Hastings" and "The Animated Bayeux Tapestry" (this is amazing).

Day 3 & 4
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Do notebook pages. Read: Usborne pg. 214-215.

Day 5 
1. Listen to the audio book again and read notes from your notebook.

Our history club is not meeting in December, so we have a lot more time before the next chapters are due. The activity I am having the kids do next week is to make their own Bayeux Tapestry of an event in their life. It will be a little break from history, but I think they will enjoy it. I am going to give them copies of this comic style sheet to draw on. I will post pictures when we have finished. 

Happy Homeschooling!

Michele

The Arrival of the Norsemen

The Arrival of the Norsemen

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 14)

Viking longship

Day 1 & 2 
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Write these on the timeline:690 Charles Martel born

790 Viking raids on Europe begin

860 Vikings settle in Russia

900-911 Viking settle in Normandy

983-986 Viking start a colony in Greenland

1000 Leif Ericsson sails to North America

1100 Viking raids end

3. Work on workbook pages and watch, "The Vikings in a Nutshell" and "Vikings - 10 Fun Interesting Facts"

Day 3 & 4
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Do notebook pages. We also read, Usborne pg. 210-211.

Day 5 
1. Listen to the audio book again and read notes from your notebook.

I happen to like genealogy and decided to add both the lineage of Thor and Loki to my notebook. The kids didn't find it as fascinating that Loki was actually the father of Fenrir and the Midguard Serpent!

Happy Homeschooling!

Michele

Jump Start!

In an effort to streamline lessons and get the kids more involved with guiding their own education, I have started something I am calling Jump Start. Jump Start is the first thing we will be doing in the morning. I am writing four questions on the white board and asking the kids to use any means neccessary to answer the questions. Examples are encouraged!

The kids have all day to answer the questions and will start sharing the answers at dinner when Dad is home. This way they will have to "present" what they have learned and Dad can listen to what they have learned and provide more discussion. I am giving the kids a week to practice before we bring it to Dad.

Here are the questions for next week. My hope is that the kids will start helping me come up with the questions in the future.

Week 1
1. What does "break the ice" mean?
2. Who was Attila the Hun?
3. What is a homonym?
4. Find the Andes mountains.
5. What does "make ends meet" mean?
6. What is Feudalism?
7. List five homonyms?
8. Find the Rocky Mountains?
9. What does "once in a blue moon" mean?
10. What is a synonym?
11. Find the Appalachians.
12. Who is your favorite author?
13. What does "RSVP" mean?
14. What is a guild?
15. List five synonyms for words you choose.
16. Find the Himalayas.
17. What does "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink" mean?
18. What is an Antonym?
19. List five antonyms for words you choose.
20. Find the Urals.

Happy Homeschooling
-Michele

The Great Kings of France

The Great Kings of France

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 13)

Leo III crowning Charlemagne

Day 1 & 2 
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Write these on the timeline:690 Charles Martel born

732 Battle of Tours (Battle of Poitiers)

771 Charlemagne comes to power

800 Charlemagne is crowned emperor

814 Charlemagne dies

3. Work on workbook pages and watch, "The Age of Charlemagne", Charles Martel, and Crash Course World History #14.

Day 3 & 4
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Do notebook pages. We also read, "Famous Men of the Middle Ages, Charlemagne".

Day 5 
1. Listen to the audio book again and read notes from your notebook.

Happy Homeschooling!

Michele