Medieval History High School (2024) Literature Bundle

As of 8/22/24, Teacher Guides are no longer included in our bundles. Teacher guides are only available for in person pick-up.

By reading some of the best literature on the subject, homeschooling students and parents will be encouraged to discuss the new ideas and social changes that emerged between 400 and 1600 AD. Although many people have been taught that this time was marked by darkness, ignorance, and struggle, this course will show you that the opposite is true!

This 2024 updated and expanded study, designed for 10-12th grade, contains background information, links to websites, hands-on activities, recipes, discussion questions, writing assignments vocabulary words, and mapping activities that will bring the Middle Ages in Europe, Africa, and Asia to life. Rich period literature will demonstrate that the medieval era was a time when people were forming ideas that still impact us today. It was also a time of exciting discoveries, new innovations, and wonderful stories.

Reading Beowulf will open homeschool students' eyes to the terrors of living under the threat of Viking raids. The Song of Roland provides a glimpse into the mores and ethics of a time when the concepts of chivalry were just developing. Travel with Ibn Battuta through Asia and Africa, and learn the songs, hymns, and creeds of the medieval church. Visit African empires that controlled the gold and salt markets for centuries. Read the writings of Martin Luther, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, John Calvin, and many others. Students who complete this study will have a rich, literary understanding of this pivotal time period, which has much to teach us about the times we live in now.

Curriculum Pack Includes: 1 Teacher Guide 1 Map 1 Timeline 12 Books: -The European World 400-1450 by Barbara Hanawalt -An Anthology of Medieval Literature by Rebecca Manor and Rebecca Allen -Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney -Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett -A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg -The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle -King John and Henry VIII by William Shakespeare -Ibn BattutaL The Journey Of a Medieval Muslim -A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park -The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster -The Walls of Cartagena by Julia Durango -The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer

•98 Lessons •3 lessons per week for a one-year study