Please
read ALL text in each section, watch the video where available and take
the test. If you do not get full marks on the test, read the text
again and repeat test. Keep repeating until you get full marks in the
test. Please record all your lessons done and test scores in your log
book.
HISTORY
Unit A: The Roman Empire
1. Watch a video by clicking here.
2. Read this topic by clicking here.
3. Take the test. (If you do not get full marks, please repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 until you get full marks)
Please record all your lessons done and test scores in your log book.
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- Look at these maps of Italy.
- Where is Italy? Where is it compared to Greece? Egypt?
- Find Rome on the Italy map.
- Next we are going to study about the Romans.
- Now take a look at thismap of the Roman Empire. See how much land they controlled when they were at their peak? All of those colored in places were part of their Empire. Notice how they controlled all the way around the Mediterranean Sea. Controlling water was very important.
- This map shows how big the Roman Empire was when it started.
- The Roman Empire is going to take us from BC to AD. That means Jesus will be born during their reign. And when Jesus was alive the Romans ruled Israel. Many Jews thought that Jesus was going to free them from having the Romans ruling over them. But that wasn’t the kind of king He was born to be.
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- Read about the city of Rome.
- Click on each of the tabs with questions and do the readings.
- Click on all of the pictures and videos. The videos weren’t loading, but you can see the pictures and read about them.
- Then click on the quiz button at the bottom and take the quiz.
- Write a sentence about Augustus. Type it in a document and save it. Call it Romans and save it in the folder with your name on it. We are going to add to this.
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- Read through this overview of the Roman Empire. Click on the chariots to keep moving forward.
- Take the quiz.
- Add to your sentences page with information about the Romans invading Britain.
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- Read about the Roman army.
- Read more information.
- Add to your Romans document with information about the Roman army.
- Take a look at the structure of the Roman army.
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- Read about Architecture.
- Take the quiz.
- Watch a video on how aqueducts work.
- Add information to your Roman document, whatever you find important or interesting.
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- Read about the Romans and builders.
- Construct an aqueduct.
- Add information to your Roman document, whatever you find important or interesting.
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- Read about Roman family life. Click on everything. The videos weren’t loading, but you can see the pictures and read about them.
- Then click on the quiz at the bottom of the page.
- ad about Roman Education.
- Take the quiz.
- Add information to your Roman document, whatever you find important or interesting.
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- Learn about Roman houses. Click on each of the colored letters.
- Add information to your Roman document, whatever you find important or interesting.
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- Read about Roman Entertainment.
- Take the quiz.
- Add information to your Roman document, whatever you find important or interesting.
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- Read about Roman religion. Click on everything. The videos weren’t loading, but you can see the pictures and read about them.
- Take the quiz.
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- Read about the 12 Tables.
- Read about the Senate.
- Add any important or interesting information to your Roman document.
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- Read about the problems that developed in the Roman empire: the Republic fails, the fall of Rome.
- Add important and interesting information to your document.
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- Play Dig It Up — The Romans.
- There are two more people you should know about.
- Read about Julius Caesar and Cicero.
- Add them to your document about the Romans.
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- Read about Roman theater.
- Read an article.
- Look at the most recent cartoon and try and answer the questions. Describe the cartoon and meaning to your parents.
- Add the Greeks and Romans to your overall timeline. Where do they fit in?
- We’re actually not quite finished with the Romans. We’re going to look at them from another perspective next.
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- Read about the Romans in the Bible.
- If you can’t figure out what the verse is talking about, you can use the links under each verse to read more.
- Who issued the decree for the census, causing Jesus to be born in Bethlehem as was prophesied? (answer: Caesar Augustus)
- What famous Bible author was a Roman citizen? (answer: Paul)
- What was a Roman colony that Paul traveled to? (answer: Philippi)
- In John 11:48 what are the Pharisees worried about and why? (answer: They are worried about the Romans taking their temple and power if Jesus got too many followers and caused a commotion. They were leaders of the Jews, but they were all under Roman rule.)
- Whose palace was Jesus taken to before He was killed? (answer: the Roman governor’s)
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- Read about the Roman gladiators.
- When it talks about them sending in criminals, this became a way that Christians were persecuted. If they confessed their loyalty to Christ as their King, they could be killed.
- Play the Time Warp gladiator game. Use the PlentiFax to find the answers to the questions.
- Take the test and record your marks.
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Unit B: Medieval Realms
INTRO
Did you know that the Bible is considered to be one of the most accurate history books in the world? It’s not accepted as true by everyone because of the miracles in it. Some people won’t accept the miracles as true even though the rest of the accounts have been proven true. The Bible details names of leaders and places and describes geography that is continually being proven true as more and more archaeological discoveries are made.
The history of the world begins with a time known as prehistory, the time before recorded history. No one was there to record, or write down, what happened. The closest thing we have to a recording of it is what we read in the Bible. This year in Bible we’ll read the beginning of Genesis which records the “prehistory” period. Also, the book of Job is probably from this time. Historians who don’t believe in God say humans must have begun speaking with grunts and slowly, slowly over thousands and thousands of years evolved their language, but, we know that Adam and Eve talked with God in the garden. Adam and Eve were God’s children and He taught them to speak.
We read in the Bible the first making of clothing was done by God. He made clothes for Adam and Eve. In fact, I bet He taught them a lot of things. Historians who don’t believe in God say how it would take hundreds and hundreds of years to make each new development. They don’t consider there was someone teaching the people how to do things. I think all through history there were times when people were given supernatural knowledge or ideas. If you have studied year 4 already, you read about George Washington Carver. He prayed and asked God for ideas of what to do with the peanut. God gave him hundreds of ideas, including yummy peanut butter. Let’s not forget to see God working throughout all of history.
We are going to leave prehistory to what we read in the Bible. We won’t study some people’s guesses about what might have been. We will start our history year with history recorded both in and out of the Bible. The first civilization we’re going to study is found in the book of Genesis. Joseph is sold to the Egyptians.
- What is the difference between history and pre-history? (answer: History is recorded; prehistory is the time from before we have books recording events.)
- How do we know the first people weren’t cave dwellers who communicated by grunting? (answer: We can read about Adam and Eve living in the garden and speaking with God.)
Middle Ages
- A new era–the Middle Ages go from about 500 AD to 1500 AD. How many years is that? (answer: 1000)
- You probably know this time period best as the time of knights and castles.
- We’re going to use our handy-dandy history website to begin learning about that time.
- Read about the Anglo-Saxons. This site is going to be talking about the early years of this period. This is just one place and one time. After we read these pages, we’ll look at some other aspects of this time period.
- After you read you can take the quiz and play the game in the Activities section of the page.
- Read the introduction to the Middle Ages.
- Then click enter and read the next page.
- Then click Feudal Life and click the next page.
- Read about Feudalism. You DON’T need to click on all of those links.
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- Read about kings.
- Make sure you click on all of the tabs and click on the pictures to read their captions.
- Take the quiz when you finish.
- Read about the Feudalism pyramid.
- Read more about roles and rules during this time.
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- Read about Anglo-Saxon life. Make sure you look at all of the pictures and read the captions.
- Take the quiz when you are finished.
- Read about daily life in the Middle Ages. Use the links to read more. You don’t have to read about entertainment yet.
- Write about the lives of nobels and peasants and compare and contrast them.
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- Read about kids!
- Take the quiz.
- Read about village life and religious festivals (use the link).
- Write a paragraph about what you think you would have liked and disliked about living during that time.
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- Read about entertainment in the middle ages.
- Use the links to learn more.
- Learn about one game on each list (board games and outdoor games) that you have never heard of before.
- Compare and contrast yourself to the people in the middle ages. Tell someone what types of games/entertainment that they liked that you think you would have liked to and what wouldn’t you have liked.
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- Read about King Alfred the Great. Make sure you click on everything to read.
- Take the quiz.
- Read an overview of some of Middle Ages History.
- Read the page and then choose one of the wars to learn more about. Use the link and read about it.
- Write a paragraph about the war. (Intro, details, conclusion)
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- Read about Anglo-Saxon settlements.
- Take the quiz.
- Read about women.
- Read about food.
- Choose one of these to write about, or you could be creative and act out one of the women or make some of the food.
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- Learn about weapons.
- Learn more about two you don’t already know about.
- Draw pictures of them and write or explain to someone what it was and how it was used.
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- Read about religion.
- Write a paragraph summarizing what you read today.
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- Read about the Normans.
- Take the quiz.
- Learn about the Doomsday book.
- Learn about the Battle of Hastings.
- Choose one of these to write about.
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- Read about the Crusades.
- Write a paragraph about what you learned.
- Add the crusades to your overall timeline.
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- Read about knights and pages and find the page where you get to dress the knight in his armor.
- Read about the Crusades. Use the links to learn more.
- Write a paragraph about what you learned.
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- *You are going to write a newspaper article about the Crusades. Read the first two pages and print the last page. Today fill in the page you printed out.
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- Today write your article. You could include this in your portfolio.
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Please read ALL text in each section, watch the video where available and take the test. If you do not get full marks on the test, read the text again and repeat test. Keep repeating until you get full marks in the test. Please record all your lessons done and test scores in your log book.
From medieval monarchs to modern marvels, explore history and find out about some of the characters and events that changed the world.
- The Middle Ages
- The Norman Conquest, The feudal system and the Domesday Book, Thomas Becket and Henry II, The Crusades, King John and the Magna Carta, The Black Death, The Peasants' Revolt, Everyday life in the Middle Ages
- The Tudors and Stuarts
- Henry VIII, The Reformation, Elizabeth I, The Armada, The Gunpowder Plot, Charles I and the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, The Plague, Everyday life in Tudor and Stuart times
- The industrial era
- The triangular slave trade, The Industrial Revolution, The Chartists, Everyday life in the industrial era
- The 20th century
- The campaign for women's suffrage, The First World War, Ireland in the 20th century, The Second World War, The Holocaust, Hiroshima, The civil rights movement in America, Everyday life in the 20th century
- The wider world
- The Roman Empire, The Islamic world in the Middle Ages, Modern China
- The UK through time
- The British Empire, The UK economy through time, UK government through time, Shaping the UK, Medicine through time, Movement and Settlement in the UK, Popular Protest through time and the UK, Religion through time in the UK, Conflict through time and the UK
