Week 7

This week we learned about the struggle between secular kings and emperors. We also learned about the Crusades. We also learned about Gothic Cathedrals. We took a tour of our local St. John's Cathedral. What a beautiful place!!

History:

Literature:

Church History:

Dictation: For dictation we did All Creatures of our God and King by St. Francis of Assisi

All creatures of our God and King,

Lift us your voice and with us sing,

Alleluia!

Thou burning sun with golden beam,

Thou silver moon with softer gleam,

O praise him, alleluia!

Let all things their Creator bless,

And worship him in humbleness,

O praise him, alleluia!

Praise, parise the Father, praise the Son,

And praise the Spirit, three in one,

O praise him, alleluia

Geography: The maps this week were the Crusades and the territory of the Empire of the Seljuk Terks.

Timeline Figures:

Frederick I, Phillip II, Richard the Lionheart, Peter the Hermit, St. Fransis of Assisi

Notebooking:

Projects:

Silly kids were doing Gregorian chants down the aisle. The nice thing is that the church was not really open to the public today, but they let us go in and have the place to ourselves. This was great for me because I can not stand in a cathedral and NOT sing!! :-)

Week 6

This week we learned about the details of feudalism in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory VII, and Emperor Henry IV.

History:

Literature:

Church History:

Dictation: We did a selection from Canturbury Tales.

Writing: We wrote about the different roles in the feudal system

Notebooking Pages:

Project: We are painting a castle backdrop for our Medieval feast

Week 5

The goals for this week are to learn about the Viking culture and to study the key men who lived during this time.

History:

Literature:

Church History:

Writing: We are doing the writing assignment in Writing Aids this week (level 6) and we are taling about the four different types of essays. The kids will choose which one they want to write about for this week (as suggested in WA)

Dictation: Our dictation included quotes from famous Vikings and other Barbarian leaders.

Notebooking Pages: We will do small books on Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky and make a book about Vikings. We will also include some pictures of Viking art.

Timeline: We included the figures from Homeschooling in the Woods timeline CD:

Alfred the Great, Rolf, Erik the Rd, Leif Erickson, and William the Conqueror

Geography: We will be doing maps of the Viking expansion and Scandinavia this week

Evaluation: This week will be the Upper Grammar fill in the blank test

Project: Viking longhouse boat

Week 4

This week we are focusing on Charlemagne and the impact he had on the Middle Ages.

History:

Literature:

Church History:

Dictation:This week we are using exerpts from Beowulf for dictation.

Writing: We are writing a mini-report about Charlemagne

Timeline: We are adding Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and Charlemagne to our timeline.

Notebook Pages:

Project: We are making Coat of Arms