Condition
VERY GOOD: The three items in this set—guide, text, and timechart—are in excellent condition. The timechart is laminated and cleans off easily.
Product Details
This collection of biographies was taken from a 1904 text
Famous Men of the Middle Ages and was revised, edited, updated, and reprinted by Robert G. Shearer and Cyndy A. Shearer of Greenleaf Press.
The study guide includes vocabulary, pronunciation guides, and discussion questions for each chapter and suggests a number of additional texts.
Primary Texts:
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Cultural Atlas of the Middle Ages from Facts on File
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Cathedral by David Macaulay (video also available)
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Castle by David Macaulay (video also available)
Supplemental Texts, Music, Videos, Kits:
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D'aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants from Doubleday
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The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum
- The music of Wagner
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Charlemagne by Einhard
- The Arabian Knights
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Beowulf translated by Frederick Rebsamen
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The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Saint Patrick's Day by Joyce K. Kessel
- The Usborne Time Traveler Book of Viking Raiders
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Make This Viking Settlement, Usborne Cut-out Model
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The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway
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Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland
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The Black Fox of Lorne by Marguerite de Angeli
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A Tournament of Knights by Joe Lasker
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Design Your Own Coat of Arms from Dover Press
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MacBeth by William Shakespeare
- "The Bayeaux Tapestry" in National Geographic August 1966
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Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
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Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
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The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
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Living in Castle Times from Usborne
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The Truth About Castles by Gillian Clements
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Time Traveler Book of Knights and Castles from Usborne
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A Medieval Feast by Aliki
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The Minstrel in the Tower by Gloria Skurzynski
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The Magna Carta by James Daugherty
- The Travels of Marco Polo
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Marco Polo, a Landmark Book by Random House
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Chanticleer and the Fox by Chaucer
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The Canterbury Tales
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Henry V by William Shakespeare
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Fine Print by Joann Johansen Burch
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Ink on His Fingers by Louise Vernon
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Richard II by William Shakespeare
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Henry V by William Shakespeare
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Richard III by William Shakespeare
The timechart shows the chronological chapters of
Famous Men of the Middle Ages alongside events in Medieval Europe, the age designation of the years, church history, and other nations and information. When opened to its full size it is 34 inches tall and 11 inches wide.
Greenleaf Press looks at history through the Christian lens. The study is designed for "any age" student, but has been used successfully from Grade 2 on up.
