Knights and Samurai

Knights and Samurai

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 17)

The English Code of Chivalry

1. Listen to the audio book selection or read pages 152 - 155, from the Story of the World book. 

2. Watch : Chivalry , I'm a Knight Lego from Horrible Histories, and How to Shoot an English Longbow
3. Write the first page of your notebook.

4. NO timeline entries for this chapter.

5. Design your shield. 

The Samurai: Japanese Knights

1. Read pages 155- 159, from the Story of the World book.

2. Read pages 270-271, "Land of the Samurai", from The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History

3. Finish your notebook. 

4. Watch/Listen to this presentation of medieval Japanese music and a short video on the Japanese Bow.

Happy Homeschooling!

Michele

England After the Conquest

England After the Conquest

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 16)

The English Language

1. Listen to the audio book selection or read pages 140 - 144, "The English Language", from the Story of the World book. 

2. Watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U

3. Set up your notebook.

4. NO timeline entries for this chapter.

5. Fill out the map.

Serfs and Noblemen

1. Read pages 144 - 147, "Serfs and Nobleman", from the Story of the World book.

2. Read page 220, "The Feudal System", from The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History

3. Fill out the Feudalism mini book and copywork in your notebook. 

4. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCPp7XWZfHo

Stone Castles

1. Read pages 147 - 151, "Stone Castles", from the Story of the World book. 

2. Read pages 224 - 225, "Living in a Castle, from The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History

3. Complete Castle coloring page. http://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/09/71/lt9111151-sip-13-468550.jpg

Harvesting and winnowing.

Review

1. Watch Castle by David Macaulay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGbPShUpjpg

2. Look through Eyewitness Books, "Castle". Add any interesting items to your notebook. Use Google to research further. Fill in your notebook with your findings.

I chose to look up falconry and the medieval farming year which led me to winnowing. This really gave me an understanding of how hard it was just to stay alive in the middle ages!

Happy Homeschooling!

Michele

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

The Frankish Empire Under Clovis and The Islamic Empire

The Frankish Empire Under Clovis

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 11)

and

The Islamic Empire

(Chapter 12)

 Master of the Coronation of Charles VI, Paris, about 1375–80

Day 1 & 2 - Chapter 11
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Write these on the timeline:
447 Merovius becomes leader of the Franks
c. 481 Clovis begins his reign over the Franks
510 Clovis ends his reign over the Franks

3. Work on workbook pages and the "make your own kingdom" activity.

Day 3 & 4 - Chapter 12 
1. Listen to the audio book selection or read the book. 

2. Write these on the timeline:
710 Rodrigo becomes king of the Visigoths
711 Tariq invades Spain

3. Do notebook pages. We also learned about the Rock of Gibraltar.

Day 5 - Chapters 11 & 12
1. Listen to the audio book again and read notes from your notebook.
2. Make:
Saumon, Moustarde, and Minces

Salmon

Mustard sauce

Little cabbages

Finished notebook page.

Happy Homeschooling!

-Michele

The Bottom of the World

The Bottom of the World

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 10)

Aboriginal people were the first Australians

Day 1
We listened to the audio book selection. We wrote the narrations in our notebooks and added this to our timeline:
800 The Maor'i arrive in New Zealand

Aboriginal Rock Art, Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.

Day 2
We used the Chapter 10 lapbook elements and pasted them, along with our activity book map into our notebook. We also read Cultures of the World: Australia. 

A Māori chief with tattoos (moko) seen by James Cook and his crew.

Day 3
We watched Dreamtime and Maori Creation Story in sand art.

Day 4
We read The Maori of New Zealand and watched Dances of Life.

Day 5
We listened to the audio book again and read our notes from our notebook.

Finished notebook page.

Notes from our extra readings and videos will go in the blank areas. I taped the map as an insert in the middle of the page. That way it can be turned over like a page. 

Happy Homeschooling!

-Michele

East of China

East of China

(Story of the World, Volume 2, Chapter 9)

Iwakura Onsen-kyo hot spring resort is the origin of a myth of Yamato Takeru (a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty).

Day 1
We listened to the audio book selection. We wrote the narrations in our notebooks and added these to our timeline:
300 Yamato Dynasty in Japan
300 Beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea

Amaterasu

Day 2
We used the Chapter 9 lapbook elements and pasted them, along with our activity book map into our notebook. We also read An Illustrated History of Japan.

cranes

Day 3
We watched The Legend of Amaterasu and Paekche Kingdom. We then wrote "I love you" in Japanese.

Day 4
We read The Crane Wife and then had a Japanese bento dinner. Our recipes included:

Rice Balls

Sushi

Tempura

soba noodles

pickles

green tea (can you tell I love Japanese food?) We also talked about the Japanese tea ceremony and watched this great video about it. 

Day 5
We listened to the audio book again and read our notes from our notebook. We also had fun making Origami.

Finished notebook page.

Happy Homeschooling!

-Michele