VERY GOOD: The guide and text are in excellent condition. The timechart is laminated and cleans off easily, but shows small areas of wear on the edges where the laminate was not applied as well as is separating slightly. These separations do not hinder the function or readability of the chart.
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Robert G. Shearer has written a collection of biographies in the fashion of the other history study guides published by Greenleaf press.
There are 29 chapters about the lives of about 35 famous men. "I have tried to show the true character and personality of each individual," Shearer writes in the preface. "It has been my conscious intent to avoid painting individuals as heroes or villains. But I have tried to be careful to indicate and include the character flaws of the admirable and even the occasional virtues of the less-than-admirable."
The study guide includes vocabulary, pronunciation guides, and discussion questions for each chapter and suggests a number of additional texts.
Primary Texts:
The Italian Renaissance edited by John Clare in the Living History Series
Giotto and Medieval Painting by Lucia Corrain
Leonardo Da Vinci: Artist, Inventor and Scientist of the Renaissance by Francesca Romei
The Protestant Reformation: Major Documents edited by Lewis W. Spitz
Supplemental Texts:
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece from Eyewitness Books
Growing Up in Ancient Greece
The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome
Literature:
Classic Myths to Read Aloud
The Beggar's Bible by Louise Vernon
The Man Who Laid the Egg by Louise Vernon
Thunderstorm in Church by Louise Vernon
The Bible Smuggler by Louise Vernon
The Secret Church by Louise Vernon
The Prince: A New Translation by Niccolo Michiavelli
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
On Fire for Christ: Stories of the Anabaptist Martyrs retold from the Martyers' Mirror by Dave and Netta Jackson
Getting to Know the World's Great Artists series by Mike Venezia (see titles on Botticelli, Da Vince, and Michelangelo)
Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
Michelangelo: Master of the Italian Renaissance by Gabriella di Cagno
The timechart shows the chronological chapters of Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation alongside events in Europe, the explorers, and artists, among others. 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.
