how to read a book so it becomes the curriculum - focus on the Middle Ages

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All the resources I recommend are in this blog post, linking to my YouTube workshop. Most things are linked directly to the source. They are NOT affiliate links....in case you're wondering. There is also a list of ideas you can talk about with your kids as you learn how to make reading into the curriculum.
0:49 - Feedback from a listener
3:30 - The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (for example)
6:51 - What would be a list of topics that you could pull out of a book?
7:58 - Tools for teaching History (Globe, maps, timelines, etc)
16:24 - Learning Vocabulary
18:06 - Studying character through literature
26:00 - What books would you use to extend your study?
30:11 - Would this be your History study and would you read every day?
37:16 - Activities to help grow interest
38:17 - Do you pre read a book before reading it to your kids?
44:13 - Dissecting paragraphs and writing styles
48:42 - How do you decide what to pull out of a book?
https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/resources-for-homeschool-workshop?rq=resources
And this blog post contains links to the list below, it also includes a list of questions you might have in your brain to use literature as curriculum.
https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/some-suggestions-for-studying-the-middle-ages-as-a-family
Novels suggested for a Medieval history study

Augustine came to Kent (In 597 a young boy accompanies a group, including Prior Augustine, to evangelize England)

Son of Charlemagne (780s - the relating of the life of Charlemagne through one of his sons)

If All the Swords in England (late 1100’s, story of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket)

St. Thomas Aquinas, the dumb ox by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Big John’s Secret (early 1200’s, during the Crusades, a squire encounters St. Francis of Assisi)

A Door in the Wall (1400’s - a young squire’s life is changed in the midst of the bubonic plague when he becomes crippled and needs care)

Story Books

Tomie DePaola

• Francis the Poor Man of Assisi
• The Knight and the Dragon
• Brother Francis of Assisi
• Clown of God

A Medieval Feast Aliki

Marguerite Writes a Book

Saint George and the Dragon

The Kitchen Knight

DOVER BOOKS - historical colouring books

EYEWITNESS

• Knight
• Medieval Life
• Castle
• Arms and Armour
• Da Vinci and His Times

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