Pages: \u00a0<\/strong>156<\/p>\n Grade level:<\/strong> \u00a0appropriate for 5th \u00a0‘ 8th \u00a0grade, target grade is 6th \u00a0(appropriate for high school with modifications*)<\/p>\n Course type:<\/strong> Study guide<\/p>\n * Middle Ages \u00a0Level two is a comprehensive course that is appropriate for both middle school and high school students with little modification. For high school students we recommend adding daily lesson summaries and one oral report of the student?s choosing. We also recommend reading unabridged, original versions of the classic literature such as \u00a0Beowulf<\/em>, Shakespeare, and \u00a0The Canterbury Tales<\/em>.<\/p>\n From fall of Rome to the Renaissance, Middle Ages level two \u00a0is a complete one-year curriculum guide that combines \u00a0history with literature, world geography, and writing activities. \u00a0Students \u00a0study events from the middle ages including monasticism; the Vikings; knighthood; the Crusades; the Dark Ages, feudalism; early America; African and Asian dynasties; and the Renaissance. This comprehensive course covers success and failures of civilizations in the Middle Ages from all parts of the world such as Normans, Byzantines, Mongols, Aztecs, Hapsburgs, Tudors, and many others.<\/p>\n Middle Ages \u00a0level two \u00a0is a student guide that provides step by step lessons to teach world history from 500 \u00a0to 1600. Level 2 History Odyssey guides are written to be used independently by students with the parent\/teacher assisting when necessary with lessons and assessing \u00a0the student’s \u00a0completed work. Middle Ages \u00a0level two does not require an answer key \u00a0due to the subjectivity of the assignments that encourage critical thinking (i.e. there \u00a0is rarely any one correct answer). \u00a0Answer keys to map work are found in the main spine (The<\/em> \u00a0Kingfisher History Encyclopedia<\/em>).<\/p>\n Literature and writing \u00a0instructions and assignments found in the course \u00a0include three-level outlining of history readings, How to Write a Biography, creating plot diagrams, creating character webs, and identifying elements of an epic.<\/p>\n Critical thinking with history studies found in this course \u00a0include identifying connections and cause\/effect relationships, timeline analysis, and identifying connections between geography and history through map work.<\/p>\n This guide includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n