Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 82-84

Lesson 82  The Inkas of South America


sun craft

Lesson 83  The Ottoman Turks Take Constantinople 

Pippo the Fool

by Tracey Fern

Lesson 84  Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press 

Who in the World was the secretive printer:  Johannes Gutenburg

by Robert Beckman

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 79-81

Lesson 79   Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

For this lesson we read this book:

Chanticleer and the Fox

by Barbara Cooney

Lesson 80 John Huss

John Huss was known for singing hymns as he was dying.  So, for this lesson we sang some of the hymns we have been learning this year.


Lesson 81  The Life and DEATH OF JOAN OF ARC

For this lesson we watched the DVD by Nest Entertainment.

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 76-78

Lesson 76  The Black Death of Europe

For this lesson we did the activity that you can find HERE.  

Lesson 77  The Ming Dynasty of China and the Forbidden City

We made this Imperial Court Hat.  You can find out more info on this and the printable HERE.

You can also make court robes.  You can find the printable and info HERE.

Lesson 78  JOHN WYCLIFFE, “MORNING STAR OF THE
REFORMATION

He made this string art for the "morningstar."

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 73-75

Lesson 73  Dante Alighieri, Poet of the Middle Ages

We watched some of this You tube video.

Lesson 74  The Aztecs (The Mexica)

We read this book as an add on to the lesson.

You Wouldn't want to be an Aztec Sacrifice!

by Fiona MacDonald

Lesson 75  The Hundred Years’ War 

I had him watch this video.

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 70-72

Lesson 70  The Great Khans and the Mongol Invasion of China

Making a yurt like Gengis Khan and the Mongolian Empire.

Umbrella, clothespins, and sheets!!

Lesson 71  MARCO POLO TRAVELS EAST

Following the trail of Marco Polo by Geronimo Stilton

Lesson 72  Sir William Wallace and Robert Bruce, Bravehearts of Scotland 

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite de Angell

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 67-69

Lesson 67  Frederick II, “The Amazement of the World” 

This activity was in the book.

Lesson 68  St. Thomas Aquinas, Philosopher of the Middle Ages

For this lesson, we discussed Matthew 22:37-39.

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”   Matthew 22:37-39  ESV

Lesson 69   Roger Bacon, Scientist of the Middle Ages

We had a fun discussion on how there is nothing in this life that will get us into Heaven, but God.  Nothing can save us from our sin, except the redeeming blood of Jesus Christ!!

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 64-66

Lesson 64 St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clara, and St. Dominic

Brother Francis and the Friendly Beasts

by  Margaret Hodges

For this lesson, we listen to the hymn written by Francis of Assisi. All Creatures of our God and King is here.

Lesson 65 The Children’s Crusade

For this lesson we watched The Pied Piper

Lesson 66 King John and the Magna Carta

For this lesson we watched this video for further explanation.




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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 58-60

Lesson 58 The Petrobrusians and the Waldensians

You can download a copy of this HERE.

Lesson 59 Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Queen of Two Nations

Don't know much about Kings and Queens of England

by Kenneth Davis

I got the tapestry lesson and sheet here.

Lesson 60 The Jews of the Middle Ages

The Travels of Benjamin of Tudlea

by Uri Shulevitz

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!  (I highly recommend the audio book version of this)

by Laura Schlitz

For this lesson we watched The Fiddler on the Roof.

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 55-57

Lesson 55 William the Conqueror and the BATTLE OF HASTINGS 

Cathedral

by David Macaulay

You wouldn't want to work on a Medieval Cathedral

by Fiona MacDonald

 

We made this Norman Soldiers Hat found here.

Lesson 56  Pope Gregory VII, Henry IV, and the Investiture Controversy 

The Minstrel in the Tower

by Gloria Skurzynski

Wearing our cross on the front while marching off.

Turning it around as we return home.

Lesson 57  THE EARLY CRUSADES

The Usborne Official Knight Handbook

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 52-54

Lesson 52  LEIF ERICSSON DISCOVERS AMERICA

Leif the Lucky by Ingri

Beorn the Proud 

by Joan Coppa Drennan

I then had him color some shields to attach to his ship.

Then the oars.

Lesson 53  Macbeth, King of Scotland 

Macbeth for Kids

by Lois Burdett

Castle

by David Macaulay

Birthday present and history all in one!!  Lego castle!!  This has been such an awesome learning tool.

Lesson 54  El Cid, a Spanish Hero 

Ms. Frizzle's Adventures

Medieval Castle

by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

We used self-hardening clay to build a small castle tower.  1st I had him roll the clay out and then cut it into a square.

Notching the castle out.

Molding it around a filter that was at work.

Adding the details!

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Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 49-51

Lesson 49 The Song Dynasty of China

Chinese fan.

Lesson 50 St. Simon and the Coptic Orthodox Church

Carried water for the animals like Simon did for the elderly.

Lesson 51 Eric the Red and the Settlement of Greenland

Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky

by Barbara Shiller

Viking Adventure

by Clyde Robert Bulla

For this lesson we did some polar bear science.  The vikings were in Greenland, also known for polar bears.  We discussed how the polar bears have hair on the bottom of their feet that help to prevent them from sliding on the ice.

You will need 2 cans of tuna, a cookie sheet, a wash cloth, and a rubber band.

1st- put the washcloth around one of the cans of tuna and secure with the rubber band.

The one with the washcloth is the polar bear and the one without is the viking.

The viking slid away and the polar bear held his ground.

The next thing we did was mark off 20 feet on the side walk outside of earth.  That is how far a polar bear can jump.  I had him run and jump to see if he could jump that far.  

He made it 6 feet!!

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