Tag: middle ages
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Teaching Medieval History for High School
I have always been intrigued by teaching history through literature. I love reading historical fiction, and any primary sources I can get my hands on, which can include what was then realistic fiction. You can learn so much about a time period from reading books, but I’ve always wondered how you taught all of history,…
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War of the Roses lesson
Can I just say that a few weeks ago when we got back into our history lessons I was incredibly excited? I’ve been eagerly looking forward to digging into all of the fun of the Renaissance and Reformation (huh, I thought I had a landing page for this), and we kicked this year off with…
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Rome to Reformation history lessons
You know what is a fascinating time period? The Middle Ages. The time from the end of the Roman Empire to the start of the Reformation have so many fun hands-on history lessons you can go through. So let’s call this Rome to Reformation history lessons. Mainly because I like how that sounds, it sounds…
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Stained Glass craft
I had one final King Arthur activity up my sleeve, for this bit of funschooling homeschool history and that was a stained glass craft. I know, everyone has a stained glass activity, and you’re right, but my kids haven’t done a stained glass craft before, and it’s fun. Now, this can fit into several different history…
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Jousting Activity for King Arthur Unit
Last week in our homeschool history lesson I showed your our knight’s shields we made as part of our King Arthur study, now you get to see how we used the shields: a super fun Jousting activity. I’ll warn you this is super messy, and you need to wear clothes you can ruin (though I…