William Tyndale ~ The English Reformation

William Tyndale was a translator of the bible into English who was eventually burnt at the stake for disagreeing with the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and for printing the bible in English - both were crimes punishable by death in Tyndale's day.

(We're non-denominational Christians so the book choices listed in my post reflect that.)

History & Geography:

• Bibliolplan Middle Ages Companion Text:  Chapter 31                 King Henry VIII, The English Reformation : (Refresher on ch:15 War of Roses etc)  English Monarch of the house of Tudor: King Henry VII 1485-1509, King Henry VIII 1509-1547 (& his "wives" ), King Edward VI 1547-1553, Lady Jane Grey 10-19 July 1553, Queen Mary I  1553-1558, Queen Elizabeth I  1558-1603, The Act of Succession 1533/1534, Sir Thomas More 1478-1535, William Tyndale 1492-1536,

•  Biblioplan Mapping:  Church of England

•  Famous Men of 16th & 17th Century ~ Shearer                  Henry VIII 1492-1547, Thomas More 1477-1535, Tyndale 1495-1536,  John Knox 1514-1572       (for Daisy 12yrs)

 Books:

• The Hawk that Dare Not Hunt By Day ~ O'Dell   (ex.SL6)    (for Daisy) We thought of listening to the audio but the reader just did not appeal, so she stuck with the book ;)

• William Tyndale:   The Smuggler's Flame ~ Rich    (Jay. He chose an easier reading selection as he's studying for "tests" next week.)

Movies:

• God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale   (DvD)      youtube link

•  The Forbidden Book: The History of the English Bible (2006 edition)                                                    The Forbidden Book is Available through youtube:      Part 1      Part 2      Part 3 

 

•  Battle for the Bible: The English Bible Wycliffe, Tyndale, Cranmer  youtube (Jay 14yrs)  (for much older students - graphic content!)   Created some interesting topics for discussion

Other:

•  Tyndale's Bible: St. Matthew's Gospel ~ Tyndale  Original Pronunciation Read by D. Crystal

• BBC Radio 4: King James Bible move the slider to start at 2:17  (BBC page: William Tyndale)  
• Awesome Stories - Brief Autobiography 
• The Reformation Project  (art copywork ☺ )
•  For Youngers ♥  William Tyndale Colour in Pages

Martin Luther (Reformer)

Our family seems to have paused and parked over an unplanned study on Martin Luther (protestant reformer) and the churches history during that time. Luther is a key figure in the churches history for our family.

Here is a link for others looking for a free on-line copy of Luther's 95 Theses.

Detailing what we've used:

 Biblioplan Companion Text: Medieval History

Ch. 27 The Protestant Reformation: Desiderius Erasmus 1466-1536, Martin Luther 1483-1546, Johann Tetzel 1464-1519, Diet of Worms 1521,  Emperor Charles V 1500-1558, Katharina von Bora 1499-1552

 

 The Famous Men of The Renaissance and Reformation ~ Shearer

Chapters: 13 Leo X, 14 Erasmus, 17 Luther, 18, Charles V

 

Invitation to the Classics 

(Medieval Christian Writers:  Martin Luther: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520), The Small Catechism (1529)  ~ Cowan & Guinness

The Issues to Explore sections in this book generate some interesting discussions!

 

Luther in His Own Words ~ Martin Luther (audio) (selections. Car Time Audio)

  Here I Stand: The Speech that Launched the Protestant Reformation ~ Martin Luther (audio)

 Luther: Biography of a Reformer ~ Nohl  (Sonlight 6/G title)

  Luther (MGM Dvd)    

(the children said they were pleased that they had background information on Luther and the events in his life before watching this Dvd as it made the movie easier to follow.  The film is rated as PG13 -  and, in my opinion, is definitely not for sensitive, or young children.

 Daisy thought it was a shame the actor never 'aged' throughout the movie and was such a skinny Luther ☺)

 Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World ~ Maier and illust Copeland  (Pict bk)

 Lovely pictures in this book .. Daisy and I really like picture books so I include them in our book baskets all the time.  The interesting thing is that visitors also enjoy browsing through any picture books we may have out ☺ 

We also have this book - Reformation Heroes ~ Kleyn  - in our book basket, but have so many other resources to use that the children often do no more than have a quick glance through it. I've enjoyed reading through the easy reading excerpts on each reformer myself .

Medieval links - Pt3 The Medieval Christian Church

Links for our Pt3 Schedule: The Medieval Christian Church ~ St. Patrick, St. Columba,  St. Augustine, St. Jerome

While there seem to be so many (!!) books about St. Patrick there are not too many, yet, about St. Columba ... I guess since some of my ancestors came from the Isle of Iona I have a vested interest in what Columba was doing there :)


Columba, brief biography  I find it interesting that the Book of Kells was produced in the monastry Columba inhabited

O God, Thou Art the Father   Hymn ascribed to Columba
Music
Words

Insular Art Ireland (Education Portal)

The list for the Dark Ages from Education Portal

Augustine's Conversion ~ Max McLean (audible)

Our Week Ahead ~ 24 March 2014

Last week was technically, as in supposed to be, a very lite left overs week/semi week off. 
In reality it was a full week on with IRL situations that just leapt out of the box at us.
We are very happy to back to scheduled learning this week ☺ 
March 24^th 2014

• Bible 

All: 1 Corinthians ch:11- ch:12 & discussion with Dn
Daisy: II Kings  (continue)

Memorisation & Cursive Copywork:
Hymn: Bob's choice for this term
Scriptures: Ephesians 4:32

Christian Life 1 verses pg 217 from Living Memory ~ Campbell (wk 4 of 8)

• History & Geography

Topic: Medieval Christian Church
Biblioplan Ch: 3 The Medieval Christian Church~ St. Patrick, St. Columba, 
St. Augustine, St. Jerome
Mapping: Invasion (biblioplan)
Encyclopedia Research: Return to Christianity, Monks & Monasteries

N/F: Church History (selections)

Family 
Read Alouds:

Black Horses for the King ~ McCaffrey  (complete).

Flame Over Tara (SL) ~ Polland (start)

Car time audio: Beowulf the Warrior ~ Sutcliff

N/F: How the Irish Saved Civilization ~ Cahill 941.501 Cah (selections)
Poetry: Anglo Saxon Poetry 
The Dream of the Rood (GGtML) supporting link
The Seafarer, or, The Wanderer

Daisy ~ History & Literature:
SOTW 2: Ch 3: Christianity Comes to Britain

N/F: Medieval Myths, Legends and Songs ~ Trembinski

Reader: Where Red Deer Run ~ Jenny Robertson (Columba)
Audio: King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table ~ Pyle
Poetry: A Child's Introduction to Poetry ~ Driscoll

Bob ~ History & Literature:
1: Greenleaf Guide to Medieval Literature ~ (Interjecting a comment here about GGtML: J, and I, just flat out like!! these guides.  The guides are written directly to the student and Mrs. Shearer injects humour right into the lessons, which often produce a burst of laughter during lit studies.  J is enjoying, his 2nd year, using a Greenleaf lit guide.)

Lesson 2: Anglo Saxon Poetry, incs Caedmon's Hymn

  (the changes in Medieval English) (complete on Monday)
Lesson 3 : Introduction to Beowulf
2: Invitation to the Classics (early Christian Writers: Augustine AD401 - selections)  ~ Cowan & Guiness

Audio: Augustine's Conversion ~ Mclean

 

• English (or Language Arts ;) )

Daisy:
All About Spelling

Grammar in Rod n Staff 4

LOF: Language Arts bk 2
Type outlines on history topics
Continue with current lesson in Story Starters ~ Andreola
Strong Fundamentals Writing With Ease (level 4)  ~ Bauer

Bob (English):
WWS: continue with re-organising folders. Complete all the necessary, missing, written pieces.

AAS rules  

Grammar in Rod n Staff 6
Type outlines on history topics
(Writing in Greenleaf Guide, Above)

• Math

Both: Khan Academy
Daisy: Select topics in:  
AoPS Pre-Algebra book & videos, 
Making Math Meaningful (review)
Bob: AoPS (select topics)

• Science (both)

Chemistry 101 (Friday)

The Periodic Table of Videos   (Delight led)

Bob (check start date for Coursera astronomy courses)

Daisy (delight led: Equine/Horses)

Our Week Ahead: March 10th 2014

Using that handy-dandy post scheduling feature, and I'm not listing everything we'll be using or hoping to do...

• Bible 

All: 1 Corinthians ch:8- ch:10 & discussion with Dn
Bobs: the book of Ezekiel (continue)
Daisy: 1 Samuel  (continue)

Memorisation & Cursive Copywork:
Hymn: review Hymns from 2013 (wk 3 of 3)
Scriptures: Christian Life 1 verses pg 217 from Living Memory ~ Campbell (wk 3 of 8)

• History & Geography

Topic: Great Britian pt.2
Biblioplan Ch:2 Great Britian:  Celts, Roman Britons, Angles, Jutes, Saxons, King Arthur, Stonehenge, Beowulf, Arius & Athanasius, Nicea
Mapping: Britian (biblioplan)
Encyclopedia Research: Babarian Kingdoms
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Alaric the Visigoth, Genseric the Vandal

Family 
Read Aloud: Black Horses for the King ~ McCaffrey (SL)  AD 500
Poetry: Favourite Poems, Old & New ~ Ferris (SL),
&/or, The New Oxford Book of Children's Verse ~ Phillip

Daisy ~ History & Literature:

The Great Deeds of Superheroes: Cuchulain the Champion ~ Saxby & Ingpen pg 142-157  

 Amazingly The Great Deeds of Superheroes is still available for sale through bookdepository. I personally like this book and don't agree with the school librarian's negative review on amazon ;). This book covers a wide range of personalities & legends, including Moses and Samson, and Ingpen's  illustrations are amazing!  (Ingpen is one of my favourite illustrators for children's books.) 
Saxby's writing style is engaging and succinct with the stories long enough to get a good overview of the character Saxby is introducing you to.  These elements made this book a perfect leaping off point for extra reading about the characters that interested us.  For 7-13 yr olds, I prefer Saxby's retelling of Gilgamesh over any other stories I've read about Gilgamesh, written by other authors, for this age group.

I especially appreciated the hero chart in the book, it lists each hero and then things particular to each one:

Weapon or talisman, circumstances of birth, prophecy, tutor/mentor, infancy, boyhood & youth, initiation, task & trials, journey, strengths, weaknesses, death.

Heroes studied are Perseus, Heracles, Theseus, Jason, Odysseus, Gilgamesh, Sigurd, Vainamoinen, Moses, Samson, Beowulf, King Arthur, Cuculain, Roland, & El Cid.

 

Reader: King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table ~ Pyle
Audio: Beowulf the Warrior ~ Sutcliff
Poetry: A Child's Introduction to Poetry ~ Driscoll

Bobs ~ History & Literature:
HoTMA ~ Bauer (discuss with mum)
Greenleaf Guide to Medieval Literature ~
Lesson 1: Bede ~ The Ecclesiastical History of the English People  (complete)
Lesson 2: Anglo Saxon Poetry, incs Caedmon's Hymn (the changes in Medieval English)
Idylls of the King ~ Tennyson (audio opt, selections)   contains very mature themes

• English (or Language Arts ;) )

Daisy:
Continue with reviewing in All About Spelling, Grammar in Rod n Staff 4
Type outlines on history topics
Complete current lesson in Story Starters ~ Andreola
Start:  Strong Fundamentals Writing With Ease (level 4 section)  ~ Bauer


Bobs:
Continue with reviewing AAS rules,  Grammar in Rod n Staff 6,
Latin & Greek Roots
Type outlines on history topics
(Greenleaf Guide Above)

• Math

Both: Khan Academy
Daisy: Select topics in:  AoPS Pre-Algebra book & videos, Making Math Meaningful (review)
Bobs: AoPS (select topics)

• Science

Chemistry 101
The Periodic Table of Videos
etc :)
Bobs is on a delight led run, at the moment, with Astronomy ....
so Dn has the telescope back out.

•  Other

Online 'educational' games we're choosing from this week : thought I'd add this in, for others who may prefer any computer time during a 'schooling' run to be educational too.
Geography:
United Kingdom Cities
European Geog
Continents Map (not as easy as it seems)
Oceania quizz
Vocabulary:
Free Rice
Wordly Wise Student Games

Our Week Ahead: 3rd March 2014

I recently learnt a really good trick from a blogging friend: type posts up and then schedule them to publish themselves while you're away busy doing something else. 
So I started typing this in advance and to schedule "it' to post itself on Monday 3rd March...
Ha!  Life got to whirlwind speed and so I'm briefly stepping out of the whirlwind and coming back to brush up the draft & hit post. (At least the draft was nearly all done ☺)

Summer is officially over for us and it surely feels like autumn, we've got feijoas and walnuts falling off our trees (weeks earlier than normal!)  :/
Part of our family exercise of late has been cutting, wheel barrow-ing and stacking huge piles of wood for winter time fires.

Here is what our scheduled week ahead looks like - sometimes the reality pans out to be quite different.

• Bible 

All: 1 Corinthians ch:6- ch:8 & discussion with Dn
Bobs: the book of Ezekiel (continue)
Daisy: 1 Samuel  (continue)
Me: 1 Corinthians (study)

Memorisation & Cursive Copywork:
Hymn: review Hymns from 2013 (wk 2 of 3)
Scriptures: Christian Life 1 verses pg 217 from Living Memory ~ Campbell (wk 2 of 8)

• History & Geography

Topic: Great Britian Pt.1
All:
Biblioplan Ch:2 Great Britian:  Celts, Roman Britons, Angles, Jutes, Saxons, King Arthur, Stonehenge, Beowulf, Arius & Athanasius, Nicea
Mapping: The 5 Oceans, &, Great Britian (biblioplan)
Encyclopedia Research: Medieval World
Famous Men of the Middle Ages: Egbert of Saxon (AD 802-837)

Family 
Read Aloud: Black Horses for the King ~ McCaffrey (SL)  AD 500
Poetry: Favourite Poems, Old & New ~ Ferris (SL),
&/or, The New Oxford Book of Children's Verse ~ Phillip
Car time Audio: The Best of Our Island Story ~ Marshall (Naxos)

Daisy ~ History & Literature:
SOTW 2  ~ Bauer  Ch 2: The Early Days of Britain
Reader: King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table ~ Pyle (audio opt)
& book basket selection/s
Audio:
Poetry: A Child's Introduction to Poetry ~ Driscoll

Bobs ~ History & Literature:
HoTMW ~ Bauer (discuss with mum)
Greenleaf Guide to Medieval Literature:
Lesson 1: Bede ~ The Ecclesiastical History of the English People  (complete)
Reading: The Hound of Ulster ~ Sutcliff (opt) completed. Bobs enjoyed this book, and devoured it. He said to note that there are some mature female/male relationship themes in it.  (Recommending you pre-read it Y)
or a book basket selection
Other literature: Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court ~ Twain (audio) completed ages ago, says he  :-o
Bobs said he was really enjoying this story until Twain took a Charles Dickens "bender" (gloomy & depressive) in the last part of the story.
History Audio: This Sceptred Island vol. 1 

• English (or Language Arts ;) )

Daisy:
Continue with reviewing in All About Spelling, Grammar in Rod n Staff 4
Type thank you letters
Complete current lesson in Story Starters ~ Andreola

Bobs:
Continue with reviewing AAS rules,  Grammar in Rod n Staff 6,
Latin & Greek Roots
Type thank you letters
(Greenleaf Guide Above)

• Math

Khan Academy for both (continue)

• Science

Chemistry 101
Continue our study of turkeys, ducklings, and pigeons

• Electives

Daisy:
Piano
Home Economics (baking)
Delight led extras

Bobs:
Drums
Carpentry (with Dn)
Lego ;-)
Delight led extras

Middle Ages Schedule 2014

Popping this post here, for those that may be interested in having a look at our Middle Ages schedule for 2014.
(Just leave a comment if the links won't work... sometimes dropbox throws a wobbly)
Bobs (14, this month) is in his 2nd year of NZ levelled highschool learning, and Daisy (12, this month - yep, two birthdays in one month ☺) is in her last year of intermediate levelled learning.

For those that want to just skip to a long list of books we selected, I've included that link at the end of this post.

Here is our block schedule, in it's entirety, which also includes our book basket options:
Middle Ages Block Schedule

I've left our weekly schedule very open on purpose and will scrawl all over it as we go along, here's a sample of that:
Middle Ages Schedule Parts 1-10

In a nut shell: we are using Biblioplan's Companion Text as our leading spine and then branching out from there.
I do like BP's Companion Text - it's a perfect leaping off point as a discussion starter with my late logic, and early rhetoric stage children.
I learnt my lesson from trying to use Sonlight's schedule in the early years - someone else's schedule does not work for us - so I've ignored the thought of using a Biblioplan schedule and created our own.


Bobs chose Susan Bauer's History of:  the Middle Ages, and, the Renaissance & the Reformation as his history reading spines (there are no where near as many eye widening inserts in these books as there appear to be in the Ancient's volume - which he & I have been through together).
We've chosen medieval literature (including selections or tie-ins) from:
TWTM list (selections from the grade 10 list),
Greenleaf Press
etc..

Daisy chose Story of the World: Middle Ages for her history reading spine (though she may decide to move over into using Dorothy Mills books as we go along, maybe ☺).
We are using a huge chunk of Sonlight for her history based literature, selecting from:
(the old) Core 5/F,
the Middle Ages part of Core 6/F,
 and some Core 200 titles.
(I really like the old Sonlight book notes, and mapping work, so we are using those too.)
Also selected books from:
 Biblioplan's mega long book list,
Selections from Ambleside on line,
etc...

And now, we start ☺

ETA:  Linking our long list of books for both children.

The literature list for our highschooler, who was also reading titles selected from various highschool literature lists for Medieval Literature 400 - c.1600AD , can be found here.
And this post lists some of Jay's, other,  optional titles (scroll down to J (14) )