• Great link for the whole year! Contributed by Carrie.

• Entire text of The Story of Europe by H.E. Marshall!

• Entire text of Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall!

• Entire text of Famous Men of the Middle Ages!  What a treasure!  

• Another spine choice is Story of the World, Vol. 2.  Click here for a handy chart that coordinates the two.

• Listing to coordinate Story of the World, Vol. 3 with our Year 2

• Have you chosen the Spielvogel books as a spine?  If so, click here to find more teaching helps!  To navigate through this site, click on the chapter title at the top of the page.  Please note that this is for the fifth edition of this book.  However, you'll find lots of helps!

• Another massive site: teacher's use, probably, initially, although you'll use it to find sites for your children to read.  If they want to read the originals, here they are!

• The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon is now online: read from the screen or print to your heart's content.

• All ages will love this site on US Government.  This site transcends unit boundaries.  It's GREAT!

• Eyewitness History is GREAT! It has first-hand accounts, graphics, and a wonderfully user-friendly interface. Bookmark today and use it all four years! I recommend that you start by clicking on "index" and then scroll through, noting upcoming topics in your Year-Plan! Enjoy!

• Use this site for great pictures when making lap books.  Contributed by Sue.

• This day in History

• All the time line links you could ever need for this year.

• Another great time line site for Medieval Times only.

• You might want to start by having your oldest students read this selection on "How to Read a History Assignment".

• Have Fun with History Videos

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• Another great time line site for Medieval Times only.

• You might want to start by having your oldest students read this selection on "How to Read a History Assignment".

• This webpage from Highland Heritage is full of great helps for this Year-Plan.

Week 1: Twilight of the Western Roman Empire

• Successors of Rome:  Lots of helpful information about the Goths, Visigoths, Huns, etc.  All kinds of interesting facts to aid in your studies are here.  Read this over the summer before beginning Year 2 to refresh your memory or beef up on events and people. 

• Excellent studies for reviewing Rome from Mr. Dowlings' Electronic Passport.  The study guide, homework assignments and treasure hunt are all worth taking a look at.  Print what you need for this week.

• Who Were the Celts?

• The Celts and the Romans in Britain

• Iron Age Celts:  Really nice interactive site for grammar students.  Recommended by Laura M.

• Augustine of Hippo

• Diocletian

• Constantine

• Arius

• Jerome

• Ambrose

• Alaric

• Gregory of Tours

• Clotilda

• Clovis

• Genseric

• Odoacer

• Theodoric

• Attila the Hun

• Leo I, Bishop of Rome

Week 2: Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Byzantine Empire

• 12 Byzantine Rulers:  These are podcast lectures that you can download and listen to.

• Your younger students will enjoy this description of the Byzantine Empire from Mr. Dowling.

• Justinian I

• Theodora (for rhetoric students)

• Pope Leo I

• Gregory I

• Saint Patrick

• Saint Benedict

• Augustine of Canterbury

• Venerable Bede

• Arius

• Athanasius

• Ethelbert

Week 3: Byzantine Empire and Rise of Islam

• Lots and lots of information here about the history of Islam

• Biography of Muhammad written by a Muslim

• Biography of Muhammad written by a non-Muslim

• Sunnis

• Kharijites

Week 4: The Making of Medieval Europe: Charlemagne

• The Historical Charlemagne

• Biography of Charlemagne

• Medieval images of Charlemagne

• Some Cathedral pictures

• Louis the Pious

• The Ordinance of Louis the Pious

• Charles the Bald

• Louis the German

• Lothair I

• Magyars

• Egbert the Saxon

• Charles Martel

• Pepin the Short

Week 5: Developments During the Viking Age

• Viking Age History

• The Vikings in North America

• The German Invasions of Western Europe:  follow links to get more detail about a specific topic

• Germanic tribes

• Successors of Rome:  Germania.  This link contributed by Brenda.

• Rollo the Viking (from Famous Men of the Middle Ages)

• Erik the Red

• Leif the Lucky

• Alfred the Great

• Hugh Capet

• Canute the Great

• Olaf Haraldsson

• William the Conqueror

• Play the game of Viking Quest which takes you back to AD 793. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize? Your chief has set the challenge; it's up to you to respond.  Note: some stick figure violence.

Week 6: Medieval Life: Feudalism

• Kids' Castle has lots of educational activities that encourage learning.

• Excellent site on the Feudal life

• Cultural origins of the Germans

• Emperor Otto I

• Pope Gregory VII

• Emperor Henry IV

• Henry II

• Hugh Capet

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

• Thomas a Becket

• Anselm

Week 7: The High Middle Ages

• Medieval Times. This link contributed by Heather.

• From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook:  The Crusades

• Biographies of many of the barons present at Runnymede, site of the signing of the Magna Charta. 

• Three versions of Peter the Hermit

• Frederick Barbarossa

• Richard the Lionheart

• John Lackland

• Louis IX

• Saint Francis of Assi

• Saint Dominic

• Boniface VIII

• Saint Clare

• Frederick II

• Pope Innocent III

• Louis IX

• Thomas Aquinas

Week 8: The Mongols, Marco Polo, and the Far East

• If you are making a display board this week, click here for a number of pdf files that could be very helpful!

• Genghis Khan and the Mongols

• Kublai Khan

• In the Footsteps of Marco Polo.  This link contributed by Martha.

• Marco Polo

• Marco Polo and his Travels

• Pope Innocent III

• Philip IV of France

• Peter of Aragon

Week 9: The Reshaping of Medieval Europe

• Grisly first-hand account of symptoms of the Black Death by a Florentine.  Rhetoric level.  Not for faint hearts, tender stomachs or young eyes!

• Hundred Years War: great site for research.  Great presentation: dialectic and up.

• Rulers during the Hundred Years War

• High Middle Ages

• War of the Roses

• Joan of Arc

• Henry VII of England and France

• Pope Boniface VIII

• Edward III of England

• Philip VI of France

• Charles VII of France

• Henry V of England

• Charles VI of France

• King John of France

• Charles V of France

• Richard II of England

Week 10: Early Lights of the Reformation

• You'll find this chart of the Protestant Reformers very helpful.  Martha contributed this great link.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• John Wycliffe

• Great interactive site for grammar level students about Wycliffe.  This link contributed by Jennifer.

• John Hus

• Edward IV

• Edward V (never crowned)

• Richard III

• Henry Tudor

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Week 11: Introduction to the Southern Renaissance

• A massive Teacher's Site: history, maps, activities, games, art--links to everything about the Renaissance (and some about the Reformation, too).

• See many reproductions of European art. Parental supervision needed. Classic nudity.

• Giotto

• Petrarch

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Cosimo de' Medici

• Brunelleschi

• Lorenzo Valla

• Alberti

• Donatello

• Masaccio

• Ghiberti

• Buoninsegna

• Botticelli

Week 12: The Southern Renaissance and the Early Explorers

• Neat BBC interactive site that contains information about early navigation. 

• Spanish Inquisition

• Prince Henry the Navigator:  From EnchantedLearning.com

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Isabella of Castile

• Ferdinand of Aragon

• Christopher Columbus:  From EnchantedLearning.com

• Tomas de Torquemada

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Amerigo Vespucci:  Account of his first Voyage

• Amerigo Vespucci site with interactive quizzes, information on sailing, comparisons between Columbus and Vespucci, maps and cartography, and the cities where he visitied.  This link contributed by Jennifer.

• Vasco da Gama

• Botticelli

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Pope Alexander VI

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Girolamo Savonarola

• King Charles VIII of France

• King Charles VIII of France

Week 13: The Southern Renaissance and the Age of Exploration

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• From EnchantedLearning.com:  Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral, Juan Ponce de Leon, Ferdinand Magellan, Francis Drake

• Sebastian Cabot

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Francis Xavier

• Jacques Cartier

• Raphael - classic nudity

• Michelangelo - classic nudity

Week 14: Spanish Dominion and the New World: Aztecs and Incas

• Ancient Aztecs

• Ancient Incas

• Ancient Mayas

• Aztec Calendar

• The Conquest of the Aztec Empire: Hernan Cortez

• PBS on:  Conquistadors

• Hernando Cortez

• Sebastian Cabot

• From EnchantedLearning.com:  Francisco Pizarro, Hernando de Soto, Francisco de Coronado

• PBS on: Francisco de Coronado

• Montezuma II

• Venetian Art, Venetian Color

Week 15: The Northern Renaissance and Its Scholars

• The Northern Renaissance

• Chronological Listing of Northern Renaissance Artists

• The Reformation and Art

• Pieter Bruegel

• William Tyndale

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Charles V

• Martin Luther

• Luther's 95 Theses

• Latin version of the 95 Theses

• Albrecht Durer

• Ivan the Terrible

• William Tell

• The Swiss Reformation

• Test for Rats/Bulls and Flying Machines  pdf file (no answers here, check your book)

Week 16: The Reformation: Martin Luther and the German States

• General Reformation information with lots of good review questions.

• Factors that lead to the Reformation

• Luther at the Imperial Diet of Worms

• The Augsburg Confession

• The Peace of Augsburg

• Martin Luther

• Katherina von Bora

• Charles V

• Philipp Melanchthon

• Pope Leo X

• From PBS: "Martin Luther" plus more

Week 17: The Reformation in Switzerland, England, and Scandinavia

• Gallery of Pictures of Henry VIII  

• Royal United Kingdom site here

• The English Reformation

• General Reformation information with lots of good review questions

• Reformed theology:  What is It?

• Catherine of Aragon

• Anne Boleyn

• Jane Seymour

• Anne of Cleves

• Catherine Howard (or Kathryn Howard)

• Catherine Parr (or Katherine Parr)

• Edward VI of England

• Lady Jane Grey

• Mary I of England

• Mary I, Queen of Scotts

• Thomas Cranmer

• Thomas Cromwell

• Cardinal Wolsey

• John Calvin

• Huldreich Zwingli, chronology

• Thomas Muntzer

• Conrad Grebel

• Michael Sattler

• Melchior Hoffman

• Jan Matthys

• Menno Simons with GodTube audio, Mennonites

• Jacob Ammann and the Amish

• Read more here about the Amish church

• Jacob Hutter and Hutterites

• Anabaptists

• Moravian Church in America

Week 18: The Counter Reformation, French Huguenots, and the Netherlands

• When preparing to teach the Catholic Reformation (Counter Reformation) to dialectic and rhetoric levels, this link to the Council of Trent should be read, by you or by them, independently, or preferably, both.  It is a page from the Catholic Dictionary, and represents the Catholic view of this council.  

• Read the decrees of the Council of Trent for yourself, and understand why the kernel argument between Catholics and Protestants remains to this day. Dialectic and up.  Especially note Cannons 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 30 and 33.

• Read the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Controversies on Grace.  Rhetoric or teacher level.

• A Brief History of the Jesuits

• More helpful maps and information for studying William of Orange and the Netherlands.  Recommended by Katie.

• William of Orange.  Biblical worldview here

• Francis I, King of France

• Francis II, King of France

• Catherine de Medici

• Henry of Navarre: Henry IV of France

• Ignatius Loyola

• Charles V of Spain

• Charles IX

• Jacobus Arminius

Week 19: Elizabethan England and the Scottish Reformation

• Elizabeth I

• Mary Stuart: Mary I of Scotland: Mary, Queen of Scots

• Phillip II of Spain

• Francis Drake

• John Hawkins

• John Knox

• William Shakespeare

• Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)

• Christopher Marlowe

• Humphrey Gilbert

• Edmund Spenser

• Walter Raleigh

• The English and Scottish Reformation

• General description of Presbyterianism.  If you want to know more, scroll to the bottom of the page for additional links.

• Anglicanism

• Shakespeare quotations:  use for copywork or recitations

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Week 20: Early New World Colonies and Eastern Europe

• James I

• From Enchanted Learning: Christopher Newport

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• Pocahontas

• Powhatan

• Opechancanough

• Lord Delaware

• Gustavus Adolphus

• Galileo Galilei

• Walter Raleigh

• Edward Wingfield

• Thomas Dale

• Virginia Dare

• Picture of title page, and some pages, of reprints of John Smith's book The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles.

• Early America:  Colonization

• The First Virginia Charter Rhetoric and up.

• Virtual Jamestown: all ages!  Be sure to visit the "images" page, the "original maps" page, and the "artifacts" page (includes model of Jamestown fort you can copy as last image)!

Week 21: Puritans in New England

• John Carver

• Samoset

• Squanto

• William Bradford

• Miles Standish

• Henry Hudson

• John Winthrop

• Rene Descartes

• William Brewster

• Anne Bradstreet

• John Robinson

• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages. This link contributed by Martha.

• Early America:  Colonization

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

• The Pilgrims and the Plymouth Colony: 1620

• Scholastic on the Plymouth Colony

Week 22: Charters, Creeds, and the English Civil War

• Charles I

• Oliver Cromwell

• Roger Williams

• John Cotton

• Thomas Hooker

• John Davenport

• Blaise Pascal

• Cecil, Lord Baltimore

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Louis XIII

• Louis XIV

• Peter Minuit

• Samuel Rutherford

• John Winthrop

• Anne Hutchinson

• Maryland's Act of Toleration: original document.  Rhetoric and up unless read aloud.

• Early America:  Colonization

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Background information on the Fundamental Orders.  This link contributed by Isaac.

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

• The Trial of Anne Hutchinson

Week 23: Restoration Colonies and the Age of Louis XIV

• Charles II

• Samuel de Champlain

• Michiel de Ruyter

• Peter Stuyvesant

• Early America:  Colonization

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

Week 24: Dissenters in America and the Age of Reason

• James II

• William III

• Queen Mary

• Anne of Great Britain

• Charles XII of Sweden

• Peter I (the Great)

• Leopold I (Holy Roman Emperor)

• William Penn

• Cotton Mather

• Anne Hutchinson

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Duke of Marlborough

• George Fox

• Quakers

• Palace of Versailles (has panoramic views...beautiful!)

• Early America:  Colonization

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

Week 25: Colonists and Native Americans

• Peter I (the Great)

• George I of Britain

• Antonio Vivaldi

• King Philip (Metacom)

• Wamsutta-Alexander

• Pope

• Early America:  Colonization

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

Week 26: Empires at Odds

• Louis XV

• George II of Britain

• George Washington

• Frederick II of Prussia

• Catherine the Great of Russia

• Robert Walpole

• George Frideric Handel

• Maria Theresa

• Voltaire

• Charles Montesquieu

• Louis de Buade de Frontenac (Governor General of New France)

• Duke of Orleans

• James Oglethorpe

• Life in Colonial America

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

Week 27: Thirteen Established Colonies

• Jonathan Edwards

• Benjamin Franklin

• Daniel Boone

• A great site for Daniel Boone recommended by Genevieve.  If you're presented with a password dialog box, just click "Cancel" to access the site.

• John Adams

• Abigail Smith Adams

• John Hancock

• Benjamin West

• James Cook

• James Watt

• George III of Britain

• Here's a brief, simple summary of the Great Awakening. (Screen is blue and a little hard to read, but the content is excellent.)  Good for dialectic levels and up.

• The Great Awakening and Its Effect on the Society and Religion of the Connecticut River Valley.

• Simple, but helpful chart about Native American tribes.  This link contributed by Tracy.

• Great chart about the Colonies! Link contributed by Barbara.

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• One of our users, Lauren, sent this information.  You may or may not agree with all the assertions this organization makes.  Check out Dave Barton’s website. It’s filled with terrific books, audiotapes and videotapes that should be in your library and in your church’s library. 

• Visit THE CHARTERS OF FREEDOM at the National Archives.  This includes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

• Visit BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS at National Archives

• Read our DOCUMENTS OF FREEDOM.  This includes:  Columbus Letter Announcing His Discovery,  The Mayflower Compact,  The Declaration of Independence,  Articles of Confederation,  Constitution of the United States,  Bill of Rights and the Later Amendments,  The Monroe Doctrine, The Star Spangled Banner,  The Pledge of Allegiance,  The Gettysburg Address,  The American's Creed

• Click here for one more excellent resource as you are studying the birth of America.  Recommended by Sharie.  You'll find *lots* of teacher's helps, and everything you'll need for teaching and learning about our early government.

Week 28: Shaping Influences on Colonial Culture

• Early America: Colonization

• Benjamin Franklin / Mrs. Silence Dogood

• John Wesley

• George Whitefield

• Emperor Qianlong

• Robert Clive

• Deborah Read

• John Harrison

Week 29: French and Indian War

• Picture gallery of the Presidents

• Early America: Colonization

• Great flash movie about Benjamin Franklin. Link contributed by Karen.

• Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary website.  Recommended by Kyla.

• George Washington

• William Pitt

• General Edward Braddock

• General James Wolfe

• Marquis Montcalm

• Chief Pontiac

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Jefferson

• Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Voltaire

• Sir Edward Hawke

• Lawrence Washington

Week 30: Give Me Liberty!

• Early America: Colonization

• George III

• Benjamin West

• Benjamin West's artwork in various museums

• Phillis Wheatley

• John Singleton Copley biography and selected paintings from the National Gallery of Art

• Francis Hopkinson biography and handwriting sample

• William Billings

• William Pitt

• Documents and biographies about Captain James Cook

• James Watt

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Frederick the Great

• Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

• Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

• Samuel Adams

• Great information about the Boston Tea Party from the Boston Tea Party Historical Society including a printable poster.  If you print the poster at 125%, it will fit nicely on an 8-1/2 x 11" piece of paper.

• Great Patrick Henry resources for students and teachers

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• Sons of Liberty

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

Week 31: First Battles for Independence

• Picture gallery of the Presidents

• Karen recommends this site that has two great flash movies about George Washington.

• Another great flash movie that kids will enjoy; this one's about the French and Indian War. Click on "From the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham" to view.  Site links and teaching guide are at the bottom of the page. 

• Neat resources for aiding in your study about the French and Indian War. Recommended by Stephanie.

• George III

• George Washington

• General Thomas Gage

• John Dickenson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Benedict Arnold

• Ethan Allen

• Richard Henry Lee

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Paine

• View original Declaration of Independence from National Archives

• Visit THE CHARTERS OF FREEDOM at the National Archives.  This includes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

• The Declaration of Independence

Week 32: Waging the Revolutionary War

• Excellent site with lots of links on the American Revolution & Independence

• Revolutionary War time line

• Another American Revolution time line link. Contributed by Katie.

• Virtual marching tour of the American Revolution.  You can even listen to battle tunes!

• This Revolutionary War site offers a great time line with brief descriptions of the major events and battles of the war. This site was contributed by Becci.

• Boston Massacre site, contributed by Kathy in Ohio.

• A flash movie about Patrick Henry

• Voices of the American Revolution.  Recommended by Jana A.

Week 33: America under the Articles of the Confederation

• Shays’s Rebellion

• Excellent site with lots of links on the American Revolution & Independence

• Revolutionary War time line

• Voices of the American Revolution.  Recommended by Jana A.

Week 34: Writing the Constitution

• Excellent site with lots of links on the American Revolution & Independence

• Revolutionary War time line

• Voices of the American Revolution. Recommended by Jana A.

Week 35: Federal Republic & French Revolution

• Michelle has contributed this good, basic site about the Constitution. Click on links at the top for various learning levels.

• The National Center for Constitutional Studies has a movie called "A More Perfect Union." The DVD is very inexpensive when purchased in bulk by educators. You can download a free guide, quiz, words searches, etc. They have done a very careful, historical re-enactment of the Constitutional Convention on location in PA. 

Week 36: Perilous Times: The Adams Administration

• Don't pass up this site!  Everything you need to know for government for kids, broken down into easy-to-use grade levels.

• Contributed by Susan in LA: I found the following link for downloading and printing out flashcards for the 50 states. The front has an outline of the state, a picture of the state flag, the state bird, and a small map showing where the state is located in the region. The back has info about the state.

• The National Center for Constitutional Studies has a movie called "A More Perfect Union." The DVD is very inexpensive when purchased in bulk by educators.  You can download a free guide, quiz, words searches, etc. They have done a very careful, historical re-enactment of the Constitutional Convention on location in PA. 

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