The next most requested resource, the part of the SOTW volume two lapbook that I have created is now in a zip file and can be downloaded here. The second part of the lapbook can be found at another blog since I was unable to finish the project.
The lapbook is downloadable free of charge. To donate:
5/19/13
Lapbook Link
It will take me awhile to fix the broken links, but in the mean time here is the zip file for the lapbook for volume one:
LAPBOOK LINK
Anybody willing to express their appreciate for this free resource is welcome to donate through this link. Thank you.
LAPBOOK LINK
Anybody willing to express their appreciate for this free resource is welcome to donate through this link. Thank you.
5/2/13
Broken Links
I have gotten some comments that links and downloads are currently not working. This is because, due to financial reasons, I had to let the subscription to my server/host lapse. Hopefully I can get it sorted out soon. Thank you.
1/10/13
MORE SOTW Volume 2 Lapbook chapters!
Thank you to Brenda from Carrot Top x3 and my apologies for the delay in posting this. She has generously been working on completing the chapters for volume two. They can be found at her blog, here.
Blessings!
Blessings!
12/3/12
Lapbook Update
I am currently in some contact with a woman who has generously offered to work with me to complete this project, so hold hope and sit tight! Hopefully more chapter additions will be added soon! In the mean time, if you are in a position to show your thanks for the material that is shared on this blog, please visit my page here, which is my donation page, as I am working on getting myself out of a situation of crisis and have until January first to stabilize it. Thank you.
9/27/12
The New School Year
Thank you everyone for your comments and posts. I wish I was keeping up on the blog better. It has been a hard year. I hope in the future to be able to complete book two and move on to book three.
In the mean time, if this blog has been helpful to you in anyway, please consider visiting the link below, set up for me by a friend of mine.
http://gogetfunding.com/project/to-a-house-of-love-from-a-house-of-fear-3
Thank you again for visiting the blog! I have not forgotten about it and hope to resume as soon as my situation is stable again.
Blessings,
-Alia
In the mean time, if this blog has been helpful to you in anyway, please consider visiting the link below, set up for me by a friend of mine.
http://gogetfunding.com/project/to-a-house-of-love-from-a-house-of-fear-3
Thank you again for visiting the blog! I have not forgotten about it and hope to resume as soon as my situation is stable again.
Blessings,
-Alia
12/3/11
More to Come...
I have several people ask and I wanted to let you know I do have plans to finish the Middle Ages lapbook as well as the other parts of book two that I want to get on the blog. But don't hold your breath. We have some things on hold on this end, and I am not sure when I will get to it. But I will!!
5/20/11
Trisagion Hymn Lapbook
Books for Further Reading
And Then Nicholas Sang: the Story of the Trisagion Hymn by Elizabeth Cripina Johnson
Who in the World Was The Acrobatic Empress?: The Story of Theodora by Robin Phillips
The Kingfisher Atlas of the Medieval World by Simon Adams
Istanbul, Once Constantinople by Sue Donovan
Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Istanbul (Cities Through Time) by Robert Bator
Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes (Wicked History) by Sean Price
The Byzantine Empire (World History) by James A. Corrick
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages by Susan Wise Bauer (specifically chapter 4)
Documentaries for Further Learning
Websites
See an online timeline of the Byzantine Empire.
Look at samples of Byzantine art.
Look at a map of the Byzantine Empire at its largest.
Trisagion (Holy God'|) '” Strochnoi Chant by Sretenyie available for individual download
Watch a six minute online movie called: Civilizations: Inside Byzantium
Extended Areas of Study
Earthquakes:
Earthquakes by Seymour Simon
Jump into Science: Earthquakes by Ellen J. Prager and Susan Greenstein
Time For Kids: Earthquakes! by Editors Of Time For Kids
Earthquakes (Let's-Read-and-Find... Science 2) by Franklyn M. Branley and Megan Lloyd
Free online unit study and lapbook on earthquakes
Watch a video online called: Earthquakes: The Science Of Earthquakes
Documentary called: Earthquake!: The Science Behind the Shake
Constantinople:
Medieval Constantinople (A Travel Guide To...) by James Barter
The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453 by Stephen Turnbull
Watch a two and a half minute online video called: The Founding Of Constantinople
Byzantium Architecture:
Sailing to Byzantium by Osbert Lancaster
The Middle Ages: A Watts Guide for Children by William Chester Jordan
People:
Emperor Theodosius
Hagia Sophia :
Seven Wonders of the Ancient Middle East by Michael Woods
Super Structures by DK Publishing, Inklink, and Phil Wilkinson
5/10/11
Review of Sylvan Dell Spring 2011 Titles
Sylvan Dell (a children's book publisher that integrates science into it's picture books) released their spring titles several weeks ago and though my children dug right into reading them as soon as they set their eyes on the brilliant glossy covers, I am running behind with reviewing them online. All Sylvan Dell books have a "For Creative Minds" section in the back . These pages are every homeschooling parent's dream, with several pages of material ready to be turned into easy lesson plans.
Scotti Cohn, Author of Big Cat, Little Kitty, also wrote one of my previous favorite Sylvan Dell releases, One Wolf Howls. This story from her follows a different cats from the feline family throughout a week; a tiger, cheetah, a lion, a snow leopard, a cougar, a jaguar, and a bobcat and after each page contrasts the wild cats to children's familiar favorite pet, the house cat. As each page is read the child learns about the different habitats these wild cats live in and which animals the cats are predators to. Susan Detwiler's illustrations are vibrant and show the beauty of the cats beautifully. The author uses a vast variety of verbs throughout the story which adds great interests and vocabulary development for the child.
Deep in the Desert is a genius book. Our whole family was entertained. My three year old was dancing. My 7 year old cranky-kid came to check it out and started singing/reading it again by himself when we were done. Best of all, I was stimulated while reading it, not bored. It is a series of songs put to familiar tunes (I knew all the tunes well) and all the new lyrics in the book teach about the desert and desert animals. We had fun getting the tunes into our head before we commenced with the new words and there were particular ones that were declared at the end "that was a fun one!" The illustrations by Sherry Neidigh (also from Count Down to Fall) were detailed and seemed almost textured. Rhonda Lucas Donald has not written for Sylvan Dell before but I hope she does again.
The Glaciers are Melting was my three year old's favorite, but as read-aloud-reader it was a nightmare. It's all done with animal names such as Wiley Wolverine, Sally Squirrel, Harry Hare, Mountain Monarch, Mandy Marmot, ect. Once we met all the animals I hoped we would then be on a first name basis with them but the book continues the tongue twister-ing names throughout the whole book. But this lyrical type chant by Donna Love did enrapture my three year old and the message stuck as afterwards she reenacted the book with her toys, complete with calls of "the glaciers are melting!" Also, some fabulous illustrations within this book though from Shennen Bersani. These illustrations were my favorite from the releases this spring.
This is short and simple book, Habitat Spy, relies on detailed illustrations by Christina Wald (who illustrated one of my favorite illustration from the Sylvan Dell books, Henry the Impatient Heron). Visiting many habitats through this book the text asks you to spy 4 things on each page. It is done in short and simple rhyme and opens up plenty of opportunity for discussion of the different verbs used (guard, cling, sip, knit, etc.) as well as room for further investigation about the subjects you are looking for (lichens, midges, algae, alders, ect.). I am quite impressed with this first picture book from Cynthia Keiber-King.
This book offers some wonderful information on the planets in a fun "announcer" style of writing (break out the "voices" for this read-aloud!). Laurie Allen Klein, who also illustrated a Sylvan Dell favorite, Where Should Turtle Be (which for this blog I designed a free lapbook for) had a difficult job, I am sure, personifying the planets through her illustrations. This book is more "cutesy" in over all style than my family usually goes for and my kids did not spend as much time with it as others, but for some families I know it would be a great success. It is also nice to have a recent astronomy release with Pluto omitted. With this book I did not have to explain why Pluto was there, and why it shouldn't be.
As a parent, an educator, and a daughter of a published children's author, my favorite illustration vote this season go to Shennen Bersani from The Glaciers are Melting and my favorite writing was by Rhonda Lucas Donald for Deep in the Desert. My 10 year old girl voted for Deep in the Desert as her favorite story and her favorite illustrations came from Big Cat, Little Kitty. My 7 year old boy was drawn to the pictures from The Glaciers are Melting also and his favorite story was Deep in the Desert. My almost 4 year old girl got into them all but The Glaciers are Melting made the most lasting impression on her.
All in all I am really very pleased with the spring titles. I always look forward to Syvlan Dell's releases. Be sure to check them all out!
Scotti Cohn, Author of Big Cat, Little Kitty, also wrote one of my previous favorite Sylvan Dell releases, One Wolf Howls. This story from her follows a different cats from the feline family throughout a week; a tiger, cheetah, a lion, a snow leopard, a cougar, a jaguar, and a bobcat and after each page contrasts the wild cats to children's familiar favorite pet, the house cat. As each page is read the child learns about the different habitats these wild cats live in and which animals the cats are predators to. Susan Detwiler's illustrations are vibrant and show the beauty of the cats beautifully. The author uses a vast variety of verbs throughout the story which adds great interests and vocabulary development for the child. Deep in the Desert is a genius book. Our whole family was entertained. My three year old was dancing. My 7 year old cranky-kid came to check it out and started singing/reading it again by himself when we were done. Best of all, I was stimulated while reading it, not bored. It is a series of songs put to familiar tunes (I knew all the tunes well) and all the new lyrics in the book teach about the desert and desert animals. We had fun getting the tunes into our head before we commenced with the new words and there were particular ones that were declared at the end "that was a fun one!" The illustrations by Sherry Neidigh (also from Count Down to Fall) were detailed and seemed almost textured. Rhonda Lucas Donald has not written for Sylvan Dell before but I hope she does again.The Glaciers are Melting was my three year old's favorite, but as read-aloud-reader it was a nightmare. It's all done with animal names such as Wiley Wolverine, Sally Squirrel, Harry Hare, Mountain Monarch, Mandy Marmot, ect. Once we met all the animals I hoped we would then be on a first name basis with them but the book continues the tongue twister-ing names throughout the whole book. But this lyrical type chant by Donna Love did enrapture my three year old and the message stuck as afterwards she reenacted the book with her toys, complete with calls of "the glaciers are melting!" Also, some fabulous illustrations within this book though from Shennen Bersani. These illustrations were my favorite from the releases this spring.This is short and simple book, Habitat Spy, relies on detailed illustrations by Christina Wald (who illustrated one of my favorite illustration from the Sylvan Dell books, Henry the Impatient Heron). Visiting many habitats through this book the text asks you to spy 4 things on each page. It is done in short and simple rhyme and opens up plenty of opportunity for discussion of the different verbs used (guard, cling, sip, knit, etc.) as well as room for further investigation about the subjects you are looking for (lichens, midges, algae, alders, ect.). I am quite impressed with this first picture book from Cynthia Keiber-King.This book offers some wonderful information on the planets in a fun "announcer" style of writing (break out the "voices" for this read-aloud!). Laurie Allen Klein, who also illustrated a Sylvan Dell favorite, Where Should Turtle Be (which for this blog I designed a free lapbook for) had a difficult job, I am sure, personifying the planets through her illustrations. This book is more "cutesy" in over all style than my family usually goes for and my kids did not spend as much time with it as others, but for some families I know it would be a great success. It is also nice to have a recent astronomy release with Pluto omitted. With this book I did not have to explain why Pluto was there, and why it shouldn't be.As a parent, an educator, and a daughter of a published children's author, my favorite illustration vote this season go to Shennen Bersani from The Glaciers are Melting and my favorite writing was by Rhonda Lucas Donald for Deep in the Desert. My 10 year old girl voted for Deep in the Desert as her favorite story and her favorite illustrations came from Big Cat, Little Kitty. My 7 year old boy was drawn to the pictures from The Glaciers are Melting also and his favorite story was Deep in the Desert. My almost 4 year old girl got into them all but The Glaciers are Melting made the most lasting impression on her.
All in all I am really very pleased with the spring titles. I always look forward to Syvlan Dell's releases. Be sure to check them all out!
5/3/11
New Buttons
I've added some buttons to the blog for "following". The only one that is not active it Twitter. Not sure if I am going that direction or not. But there is a new facebook group for general SOTW chatter amongst ourselves. You can also subscribe via email, RSS feed or blogger. Everyone is starting to think about next year, time to get yourselves into the planning mode!
5/2/11
SOTW 2 History Schedule
Due to schedule and life-type stuff with the families in our own class, we have decided to start doing one SOTW book every TWO years. We were having a really hard time doing all 42 chapters in 52 weeks. I know many individual families have had the same experience. This is why the blog has been so quiet recently. We got half way through half of SOTW 2 and decided to stop for the year. We will be picking it back up in September, starting with a review and doing 3 classes a month instead of one every week, also giving us more time for breaks around holidays. Also, we live in a rural farming area and trying to continue to meet through July was nearly impossible with people's outdoor schedules. Breaking the books up will allow us to finish up the unit by the time public schools are out for the year. Look for the second half of SOTW in September! I will be posting things here and there as my family and I catch up on some missed projects and as I prep for the coming school year. I also have a free lapbook almost ready for download on the Trisagion hymn, for all the Catholic and Orthodox homeschoolers out there....
2/20/11
Middle Ages Lapbook for Story of the World
Anybody willing to express their appreciate for this free resource is welcome to donate through this link. Thank you.
I am designing the lapbook elements for volume two's lapbook one week at a time, as we go. You can find them all in each chapter's post using the "Middle Ages" tag but I will also put them here, the ones I have so far, and update the running list every so often. When all the chapters are complete I will zip them into one large file as well as post a video walk through. When you print these makes sure you set your settings to "shrink to a printable area".
SOTW Two Chapter 23: The First Russians
Internet links:
A short history of Russia
Scroll down to read about the role of Ivan the Great.
Scroll down to read about the role of Ivan the Great.
Downloadable images:
The First Russians
Activities:
You are a Noble, You are a Peasant activity
Possible movies or DVDs:
Movies
Brainpop:Vikings
HowStuffWorks:
Kremlin
Snack:
Borscht and bread from the activity guide
Lapbook element:
Chapter 22- PDF download
Books for further reading:
SOTW Two Chapter 22: Exploring the Mysterious East
Internet links:
An in-depth look at the Mongols
Find out why the Mongols were successful invaders and learn more about their way of life. To see pictures of key figures, click on links under "Image Gallery".
Find out why the Mongols were successful invaders and learn more about their way of life. To see pictures of key figures, click on links under "Image Gallery".
Follow the journey of Marco Polo
Marco Polo was a European who travelled through the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century.
Marco Polo was a European who travelled through the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century.
China during the Tang and Sung dynasties
Click on the Tang and Song (also Sung) books in the bookcase, click on the camel and notebooks to learn about trade, then explore the scene for a timeline and more information. To return to the room, click on "Home".
Click on the Tang and Song (also Sung) books in the bookcase, click on the camel and notebooks to learn about trade, then explore the scene for a timeline and more information. To return to the room, click on "Home".
More about Tang, Song (Sung) and Ming dynasties
Click on the links under "Daily Life/Culture".
Click on the links under "Daily Life/Culture".
Timeline of porcelain, how it's made and a quiz
Point your mouse at the white circles on the "learn" section to find out how porcelain is made, then to go on an adventure, click on "Porcelain Hunt" on the "interact" section.
Point your mouse at the white circles on the "learn" section to find out how porcelain is made, then to go on an adventure, click on "Porcelain Hunt" on the "interact" section.
The world's oldest printed dated book
Find out more about a book made in 868 in China.
Find out more about a book made in 868 in China.
Clickable timeline of China
Find out about dynasties, key figures, art and technology.
Find out about dynasties, key figures, art and technology.
Follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo
Click on "Marco Polo" and follow the introduction or click on "The Journey" for a clickable map (click on square icons).
Click on "Marco Polo" and follow the introduction or click on "The Journey" for a clickable map (click on square icons).
More about the travels of Marco Polo
You can also read a few extracts from his book.
You can also read a few extracts from his book.
Read more about Ibn Batuta
Scroll down to read more about Ibn Batuta (Buttuta) and see a map of his travels.
Scroll down to read more about Ibn Batuta (Buttuta) and see a map of his travels.
Downloadable images:
Exploring the Mysterious East
Activities:
Travel the Silk Road
Possible movies or DVDs:
Movies
Documentaries
HowStuffWorks:Silk Road
Lapbook element:
Chapter 22: PDF download
Books for further reading:
Quarter Two review- Jeopardy Game for SOTW volume two
I do not yet have pdf documents for practice review for SOTW volume two for chapters 11-21. But here is a pdf file of a jeopardy game I made up for chapters 11-21 review. We played this game again as a class of 6 teams of 2 people. This is still our best arrangement thus far. We paired the strongest students with the younger players and the teams came out fairly evenly matched. I did not have a jeopardy board this time, but worked off of index cards which was an expectable substitute since I was behind on planning this time around.
2/8/11
SOTW Two Chapter 21: The Mongols Devastate the East
Internet links:
An in-depth look at the Mongols
Find out why the Mongols were successful invaders and learn more about their way of life. To see pictures of key figures, click on links under "Image Gallery".
Find out why the Mongols were successful invaders and learn more about their way of life. To see pictures of key figures, click on links under "Image Gallery".
Downloadable images:
The Mongols Devastate the East
Activities:
Quarter 2 Review Game
Possible movies or DVD's:
Movies
Documentaries
HowStuffWorks:
Brainpop:
Snack:Chicken in peanut sauce from the Activity book
Lapbook element:
Chapter 21: PDF download
Books for further reading:
SOTW Two Chapter 20: The Diaspora
Copywork:
Activities:
Tzadakah Box
Possible movies or DVDs:
Documentaries
HowStuffWorks:None this week
Brainpop:
None this week
Snack:
Charoset from the Activity Book
Lapbook element:
Chapter 20-PDF download
Books for further reading:
2/1/11
SOTW Two Chapter 19: A New Kind of King
Internet links:
Pictures and information about the feudal system
Click on "Feudal System".
Click on "Feudal System".
Find out about the Crusades
Click on "Next" to continue.
Click on "Next" to continue.
More on The Crusades, with maps and works of art
Click on the drop-down menu for links to related topics.
Click on the drop-down menu for links to related topics.
Online guide to 14th century and the Black Death
Click on "14th Century".
Click on "14th Century".
Can you win an archery contest and save your life?
The King suspects you of treason and to regain your freedom you must win an archery contest.
The King suspects you of treason and to regain your freedom you must win an archery contest.
Find out more about medieval crime and punishment
Click on any of the topics under "Before 1450" then click on "Game" on the left for an activity, or click on "Case Studies" on the right to see original documents.
Click on any of the topics under "Before 1450" then click on "Game" on the left for an activity, or click on "Case Studies" on the right to see original documents.
Downloadable images
A New Kind of King
Activities:
Making our own Magna Carta
Simple Robin Hood quiver and arrows
Possible movies or DVDs:
Movies
Documentaries
HowStuffWorks:None this week
Brainpop:
Magna Carta
Snack:
Still looking for one...
Lapbook element:
Chapter 19- PDF download
Books for further reading:
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