SOCIAL STUDIES

GENERAL BOOKS! Please note, this is a huge area of study and there are so many more resources to come, but I thought it better to get started and I will add to the historical periods and recommendations a bit at a time as I find the space to do so! In the mean time, ready my book - HOW TO READ A BOOK SO IT BECOMES THE CURRICULUM

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Book of Virtues

Dover colouring books. We used this just laying around for any specific historical period we were reading about. They made great stocking stuffers and east basket fillers! There are also little mini sticker books, great for the littles. Links in each historical section below.

Let the Authors Speak

World Book Encyclopedia

Eyewitness Books, links listed in individual historical sections below.

David McAuley Books: CITY CASTLE CATHEDRAL PYRAMID. UNDERGROUND

ANCIENT HISTORY

EARLY CHURCH

MEDIEVAL HISTORY: a post about studying the middle ages as a family

A Medieval Feast

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

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

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

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray (1200’s story about a wandering minstrel)

St. Thomas Aquinas, the Dumb Ox by Mary Fabyan Windeatt (1200’s, the story of the Saint for children)

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

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

by Tomie DePaola: Francis of Assisi, The Knight and the Dragon, Brother Francis of Assisi, Clown of God

Marguerite Writes a Book

Saint George and the Dragon

The Kitchen Knight

DOVER BOOKS - historical colouring books, great stocking and easter basket gifts!

knights and armour, life in a medieval village, jousts and tournaments, medieval fashion, castles, tapestries, illuminated alphabet

Eyewitness Books have great historical and science series, and are readily available from local libraries and used book stores. The are excellent models for paragraph writing. They work really well for multi-age teaching as they are so visually appealing for younger children. FYI, so worth getting hardcover when available.

Here are a few of our favourites:

Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Ancient Civilizations

Arms and Armor Castle Knight Viking

C0MING SO SOON!!!

RENAISSANCE

MODERN

Great Books to Study Canadian History

Tan history series

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The Story of Civilization, Volume 1: The Ancient World Audiobook by Philip Campbell

The Story of Civilization, Volume 2: The Medieval World Audiobook by Philip Campbell

The Story of Civilization Volume 3: The Making of the Modern World Audiobook by Philip Campbell
World Book Encyclopedia
Eye Witness Books (Knight, Medieval Life, Castle, Arms and Armour, Da Vinci and His Times)
Power From On High: Theocratic Kingship from Constantine to the Reformation by Phillip Campbell