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In planning for next year, I am looking mostly at the SCM guide and Beautiful Feet. It seems that most of the literature is from 1200 AD and up. In the SCM guide, only the first 19 lessons cover from the years 394 to 982. Is this time period so “dark” that we leave a 600 year gap in our history studies? I would like to have a better understanding of this time period for myself too. Could someone please give me a short summary? For our history next year, I would like to add some age-appropriate literature to cover this time period. Ages 8 – 12. Any suggestions?
So far I have found:
a non-fiction by Caselli called The Roman Empire and the Dark Ages
Son of Charlemagne for the year 781 AD
I think King Arthur was during the dark ages.
I don’t have my All Through the Ages book handy, so I can’t look it up right now. You might check out Guest Hollow’s website. She has history resources for each time period listed.
Barbarians/Atilla the Hun
Beowulf
Dawn Wind and Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff are good titles for middle thru high school
yes, King Arthur
Celts/Anglo-Saxons
vandals
Church history – Justinian/monasteries/Pope Gregory/Boniface
Islam
Charlemagne/Roland – Charlemagne’s knight (Song of Roland)
feudalism
Early stages of Knights
Vikings
Alfred the Great
Macbeth
Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge
Leif Erickson
Isaac Asimov has a good book called Dark Ages for high schoolers or parents to use as a spine.
Just a few topics and titles. Not a silent period at all. ? Gotta go but can give specific titles later if needed.
Books…
Atilla – The White Stag by Seredy
Beowulf – a good rebelling by Serrallier
the Sutcliff books mentioned above
King Arthur – there are many
The Fall of Constantinople by Kielty
The Iron Charm by Williamson
Augustine Came to Kent by Willard
the one you listed of Charlemagne is good
Viking Adventure by Bulla or Black Fox of Lorne by de Angeli
Thank you, Robin. I am looking into these. I can’t figure out why a Newbery honor book, Black Fox of Lorne, would be oop! I have King Arthur listed, but did not realize the time period.
Also by Rosemary Sutcliff is The Shining Company set in 600 AD. SCM has it listed for grades 7 – 9. I wonder if this would be okay for my 6th grader to read? I see great reviews on Amazon…except one star from an 11 yo boy and another from a homeschool student. So that makes me think it may be better for an older student. Thoughts?
And Lantern Bearers is listed for grades 10 – 12. So I thought that may be too much for a 6th grader too?
Michelle Miller lists Lantern Bearers for grades 7-12. Sutcliff is an excellent author. Some don’t like that her books can sometimes be dark but that has more to do with the time period she writes about, I think. It has been a long time since I read Shining Company. I don’t remember much, I’m afraid. I never understood why Black Fox of Lorne was OOP either. Excellent. It is longer and Viking Adventure is another don’t miss book so don’t worry if you can’t find it.
I am looking into Truthquest again…and thinking it may be a good fit for us. I am always tweaking other guides and really making my own plan anyway. I love how the books are listed like a timeline and include various grades. Do you read aloud all of the commentaries? How long does that usually take?
I read many of the commentaries or sometimes just paraphrase. Sometimes the commentaries are our whole history day because they are longer but important in setting the stage for Big 2 Beliefs to look out for which is a crucial part of studying history, IMO. Most of the time, it’s just a very few minutes spent and we get on with the books.
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