
The World's Story 2: The Middle Ages (Download)
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Overview
Downloadable, full-color student textbook from our World's Story 2 (Set) featuring engaging narrative and beautiful historic illustrations, photographs, maps, and cultural connections.
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Product Details
SKU | K094-9 |
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Manufacturer | Master Books |
Weight (in lbs) | 0.00 |
Title | The World's Story 2: The Middle Ages (Download) |
Subtitle | The Fall of Rome Through the Renaissance |
Series | The World's Story |
Volume in Series | 2 |
Contributors | Angela O'Dell |
Publisher | New Leaf Publishing Group, LLC |
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A Charlotte Mason inspired Journey Through World History!
The World's Story 2 guides students in a trip around the world as they study history from the Fall of Rome to the Renaissance.
In The World's Story 2, your student will:
- See God's guiding hand through history
- Study the major events of the Middle Ages and delve into how society and culture developed and changed
- Study Church history of this period
- Study medieval civilizations spanning the whole globe, including the Byzantines, Anglo-Saxons, Muslims, Chinese, Japanese, Mongols, Mughals, Vikings, Normans, Russians, Songhai, and Aztecs
- and so much more!
Exciting, interactive stories!
The World's Story 2 brings history alive for students in an exciting way! Through engaging, conversational narrative, O'Dell interacts with students and draws them in to imagine the adventures, hardships, failures, and triumphs of the incredible events and civilizations that shaped Middle-Age world history.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Fall of Rome
- 2. The Rise of the Church
- 3. England’s Angles and Saxons
- 4. Medieval Irish Christianity
- 5. The Culture of the Medieval Period
- 6. The Rise of Islam
- 7. The Franks and Charlemagne
- 8. Medieval Chinese History
- 9. Korea and Japan
- 10. The Khans, Genghis and Kublai
- 11. The Gupta & Mughal Dynasties of India
- 12. The Vikings and Their Escapades
- 13. Medieval Chivalry and Drafty Castles
- 14. The Crusades
- 15. Lionheart, Lackland, & the Magna Carta
- 16. The Black Death’s Horrible Rampage
- 17. Wars and Roses of 14th-Century England
- 18. The Good & Bad of Ferdinand & Isabella
- 19. The Mighty Ottoman Empire
- 20. Vlad Tepes, Ivan the Terrible, & More
- 21. The Dawn of the Renaissance
- 22. The Art of the Renaissance
- 23. The Reformation Arises
- 24. The Counter-Reformation Reacts
- 25. Henry VIII and His Six Wives
- 26. Henry’s Daughters
- 27. Africa During the Middle Ages
- 28. The Americas During the Middle Ages
- Bibliography
- Index
Customer Reviews
As a parent, I feel I'm re-learning history with our children in a more significant way. I love history and Angela O'Dell's history texts have a way of making history feel more alive. She puts stories in context and relates events to both the time period they occurred in and helps readers to relate past events to current day happenings.
I also appreciate the author’s honesty and humility regarding the mistakes of the church (forced conversions, violence, etc.) during this era. These darker topics are covered gently, briefly, and are prefaced with a loving spirit—so important for the younger ages (late elementary to middle school). It is similarly written from a Christian perspective—highlighting that the gods of certain cultures are false, and continuously drawing the line of truth within the text. Some of the devotional thoughts that come out amidst the stories are especially precious. For instance, there is wisdom about not camouflaging our faith, even in the face of persecution, as with the Kakure Kirishitan in Japan, who ended up with a Buddhist and Shintoist practices mixed permanently into their Christianity.
The storytelling style of writing makes this curriculum enthralling and relevant. It could easily become a high school curriculum with additional reading and writing supplemented to each lesson.
If you are looking for a light narration of history from a Christian perspective, this is an excellent series (we’ve also enjoyed World’s Story 1: the Ancients). It could be used either with or without the Teacher’s Guide, but is a complete course with both books.