Morningstar Adventures: MOH 3 Overview and Quarter 1

This year we are using The Mystery of History 3 by Linda Hobar. ( see change of plans below) We highly recommend this curriculum! Go here for more information on the curriculum and the author. http://www.themysteryofhistory.com/ The information below are web sites, books, movies, and other information we have gathered to go with Linda's curriculum. Linda's curriculum can be read just as it is with no further investigation or research. However we have high schoolers and we like them to test the curriculum and go deeper. We also allow for bunny trails in areas of great interest. As the year progresses we will post photos of completed projects.

Resources

Books We Are Reading:

If you do not want your children exposed to nude figures please preview and read the books with your children. Nudity in art was the norm during this period.

The Renaissance Travel Guide Anna Claybourne

My daughter loves this simple book. It is of everyday life, what to see and do , transportation, crime and punishment, all set in the Renaissance time period as if you were actually traveling during that time. There is a great timeline and who's who of the renaissance guide.

1492 The Decline of Medievalism and the Rise of the Modern Age.Barnet Litvinoff

Art in Renaissance Italy John T Paoletti and Gary M. Radke

The Secret Language of the Renaissance Richard Stemp

Art History Museum of Vienna Newsweek

The Panorama of the Renaissance Margaret Aston

Master Painters of the Renaissance David Jacobs

The Art of the Italian Renaissance Andre Chastel

The Renaissance and the Modern World Giovanni Caselli

Renaissance Andrew Langley

The Renaissance Tim Wood

The Royal Diaries: Isabel Jewel of Castilla Kathryn Lasky

These books are written in diary form. My 12 yo thinks they are boring, my 14yo loves them.

The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth 1 Red Rose of the House of Tudor Kathryn Lasky

On Line Books ( these are free, extra large print and done on a colored background which makes them easy on the eyes)

Isabella of Castile Oliver Otis Howard

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=howard&book=isabella&story=_contents

The Tudors and The Stuarts M.B. Synge

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=tudors&story=_contents

Famous Men of Modern Times John H. Haaren

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=haaren&book=modern&story=_contents

Movies

Movies that you might find helpful. This list was compiled by Lizzie in Ma. She is also teaching at the upper levels. Thank you Lizzie!

Some of the truths of history are quite gruesome and immoral. I suggest previewing of the movies before viewing with your children.

Robyn Hood Errol Flynn
Joan of Arc 1999 Leelee Sobieski
Plantagenet dynasty: Princess of Thieves
History of Christianity Program 2 & 3 & 5 Netflix
The Royal Diaries: Isabel_ Jewel of Castilla
Reformation Overview Netflix
Luther Joseph Fiennes 2003 PG 13
The Sword and the Rose Disney
The Six Wives of Henry Vlll 1970 Mini Series/PG
The Royal Diaries -Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
The Sea Hawk Errol Flynn
Biography: Pocahontas- Her True Story A & E Productions
Robinson Crusoe
The Courageous Mr Penn

Web Pages with lesson plans/themes done by teachers

http://www.cln.org/themes/renaissance.html

http://www.milforded.org/schools/harborside/jdahl/webquest.html

http://www.cantonpl.org/kids/renaiss.html

http://www.crcs.k12.ny.us/lib/hs/renaissance.htm

Lapbooks

http://www.thehomeschoollibrary.com/sugarplum/renandrefbook.html

Week by Week Web Resources Quarter 1

Music 1455 - 1521

Josquin Desprez

http://www.josquindesprez.com/

Alonso de Alba ( not much info but follow links to other composers of the time )

http://www.hoasm.org/IVL/Alba.html

Guilame Dufay

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/dufay98.htm

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/composers/dufay.html

Johannes Okeghem

http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Johannes_Ockeghem/25611.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Ockeghem

Heinrich Isacc

http://www.karadar.com/Dictionary/isaac.html

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Isaac-Heinrich.htm

http://www.hoasm.org/IVA/Isaac.html

Jacob Obrecht

http://www.hoasm.org/IVA/Obrecht.html

Cristobal Morales

http://www.hoasm.org/IVL/Morales.html

Week One

War of the Roses

http://www.warsoftheroses.com/ Excellent site with interactive map of the battles, timeline, info on rulers, battles, important people.

House of York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_York

Margaret of Anjou

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Anjou

On Line Book: Margaret of Anjou by Jacob Abbott

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=abbott&book=margaret&story=_contents

House of Lancaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lancaster

House of Tudor

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor_family_tree.htm

King Richard the Third

In old english ( just for fun!) http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/r3.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDrichard3.htm

Edward the Fourth

Henry Tudor

http://www.answers.com/topic/henry-vii-of-england

http://tudorhistory.org/secondary/henry7/contents.html

Cosimo de' Medici and the Rise of the Italian Renaissance

http://galileo.rice.edu/gal/medici.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10120a.htm Excellent bio info on the Medici family.

http://www.finearttouch.com/The_Rise_of_the_Medici,_Florentine_Bankers.html Lots of photos of renaissance art arranged by time period and a bit about the Medici.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/it-ren/ basic info on a few artist from this period.

http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/italirenlinks.htm

A few of the links on this site are broken. However the author has done a fabulous job of putting together the history of the dress of the early Italian Renaissance. The styles are fascinating! Shoes have come a long way! This site is well worth a visit.

http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/donatello.html

Brunelleschi Dome

http://www.obscure.org/~perky/uofr/fall2002/ISYS203U/Duomo_Site/

http://www.ciaoadriano.com/Europe%202007/Italy/04_8_Days/A_Tour_2007_8.htm

Donatello

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/donatello.html

Ghiberti

http://www.artist-biography.info/gallery/lorenzo_ghiberti/

Fra Angelico

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/F/fra_angelico.html

Fra Filippo Lippi

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/L/lippi.html

Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Spanish Inquisition

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0009.html

Good basic information on the Inquisition

http://countrystudies.us/spain/7.htm

Information on Ferdinand and Isabella

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08177a.htm

Information on Isabella

http://www.answers.com/topic/ferdinand-of-aragon

Information on Ferdinand

Week 2

Ivan the Great

http://www.answers.com/topic/ivan-iii-of-russia

Dias and da Gama Round the Cape

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml

You Tube Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/

The title is Vasco da Gama's Voyage of Discovery

The video is no longer available for download but can be viewed on You Tube.

Lorenzo the Magnificent

http://galileo.rice.edu/gal/medici.html

Week 3

Christoper Columbus Sails to an "Other World"

http://www.columbusnavigation.com/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/columbus.php

http://www.evgschool.org/Columbus's%20Sailing%20Ships.htm

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/080_columbus.html

http://awesome.goodmagazine.com:80/features/011/Wanderlust/

The Return of Cristobal Colon

See above

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai: Empires of the West

http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/curriculum/m7a/activity3.php

General overview of the Empires of the West to modern times.

http://www.swjcs.k12.in.us/midlhigh/academic/Facstaff%20Webs/Moderau/West%20Africa.ppt.

Good Geography Study on West Africa. Easy for all levels.

http://www.manuampim.com/ZIMBABWE.html

Great photos of the Zimbabwe Empire

http://joyandbobby.com/albums/zimbabwe/index.html

Nova Documentary on The Great Zimbabwe Empire

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/zimbabwe.html

Songhai Empire

http://www.accessgambia.com/information/songhai.html

Griots

http://www.rps.psu.edu/0205/keepers.html

Kumbi Saleh

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/06/sfw/ht06sfw.htm

Almoravid Dynasty

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Almoravid_Dynasty_1073_-_1147_(AD).PNG

Week 4

The Death of Savonarola

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/savonarola.html

http://www.nndb.com/people/631/000094349/

The Safavid Empire of Persia

http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/safavids.html

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=hin

http://www.christianchronicler.com/history1/renaissance_papacy.html

Leonardo da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa

Week 5

There are so many web sites on Leonardo. It is best to know what you what to find out about him and stick with that topic! He was an artist, a scientist, musician.

This first site has many links about Leonardo. I did not take the time to check every link on the site.

http://www.eclectichomeschool.org/articles/article.asp?articleid=283#works

http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/davin2.shtml

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/

http://www.leonardo.net/gallery.html#start

http://library.thinkquest.org/3044/

Michelangeo

Very informative site.

http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html

Where works of Michelangeo are in the world.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/michelangelo_buonarroti.html

Sistine Chapel