Creating a medieval curriculum can be an exciting and educational experience, especially if you're interested in learning about the Middle Age. That being said, if you are at all unsure of the topic and do not remember much, it can be extremely daunting. There are many moving parts, history, literature, art, architecture, music, and geography. Luckily both Build your Library and Torchlight use History Quest and Curiosity Chronicles alongside their extensive book lists and curriculum.
The kids and I started Medieval last year but just could not get into it. I seemed like such a big subject. So this year, we decided to break our history curriculum up into sections, or unit studies. We will be doing four, 6-9 weeks studies on the following topics;
US history (which we have already done a lot with and are returning back to)
US Geography and presidents
Medieval history
Early modern history
This reorganization will mean that we touch on each topic for the next few years, but we will not be burnt out on the topic. It also allows for us to take rabbit trails without feeling like we are “behind” in the curriculum. Here is what our curriculum looks like for the books we will be reading together and the art we will be doing. This is just a small sampling of what our 132 page medieval history curriculum looks like. I included all the comprehension questions, discussion questions, the extra books, and activities in the presentation and now I can upload it to our google classroom so that the kids have access to it when they are ready to do this subject.
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