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Simple Studies: Middle Ages – A Charlotte Mason Instructor Guide for K-8 students.

In this guide we cover narration, medieval history, heraldry design, literature, biographies, dictation, art, geography, medieval music and chants, composer and picture studies, social studies, religious studies, creative thinking, narration notebooking, poetry development and copywork among other areas of schooling all while you simply read aloud.

Lessons take approximately 15-30 minutes.

Included in this study:

– 15 Simple Lessons that correspond with each chapter.

– Hand-drawn Coloring pages for younger students for each lesson.

– Picture Booklists for each lesson.

– Middle Ages Chapter Booklists for Grades 3+ and for Grades 6+

– Design Your Own Coat of Arms Info + Guidance each lesson.

– Medieval Music & Chants Links to listen to the music.

– Narration prompts with each lesson.

– Dictation Lessons for each lesson.

– Prompts for Older Students discussions and study.

– Prompts for Form 3 Students (Grades 7 & 8).

– Optional Activities for each lesson.

– Three Final Project options for Older Students

– Fra Angelico Picture Study.

– Hildegard von Bingen Composer Study.

– Review Questions… and more.

This guide is for teachers and/or parents to use with their students. No prep is needed other than printing these pages and gathering books listed in the guide.

Instructors will need access to one book to complete these lessons:

1) When Knights Were Bold by Eva March Tappan. (I recommend the New West Press edition for a printed copy but others exist online. This book is also available in the public domain. Audio recordings are available on LibriVox and Archive.org. Free copies of an e-book version are available online and multiple used paperback and hardback versions exist at used book stores by doing a search on Bookfinder.com.

"Let the child live in the atmosphere of the past; breathe it, absorb it, and grow strong with its nourishment. History is not a subject to be endured, but a source of endless fascination and discovery." – Charlotte Mason