General
- Modern History Sourcebook: original historical documents you can use to find sites for your children to read! Older students can read the originals!
- All ages will love this site on US Government.
- Library of Congress – A Closer Look!
Unit 1 – The Middle Ages
Week 1: Twilight of the Western Roman Empire
Week 2: Byzantine Empire & the Eastern Orthodox Church
Week 3: Byzantine Empire & Rise of Islam
Week 4: The Making of Medieval Europe: Charlemagne
- No links for this week.
Week 5: Developments During the Viking Age
Week 6: Medieval Life: Feudalism
Week 7: The High Middle Ages
- Estates-general
- Magna Carta: the text
- Spark notes: the relationship between France and England.
Week 8: The Mongols, Marco Polo, and the Far East
Week 9: The Reshaping of Medieval Europe
- No links for this week.
Week 10: Early Lights of the Reformation
- No links for this week.
Unit 2 – Renaissance & Reformation
Week 11: Introduction to the Southern Renaissance
- There are no objectives this week.
Week 12: The Southern Renaissance & the Early Explorers
Week 13: The Southern Renaissance & the Age of Exploration
Week 14: Spanish Dominion & the New World: Aztecs & Incas
Week 15: The Northern Renaissance & Its Scholars
- Spark Notes for Utopia
Week 16: The Reformation: Martin Luther & the German States
Week 17: Reformation in Switzerland, England, & Scandinavia
- John Calvin: scroll down to read about how he affected government
- The Anabaptists
Week 18: Counter Reformation, French Huguenots, & the Netherlands
Week 19: Elizabethan England & the Scottish Reformation
- James I of England (VI of Scotland)
- English monarchs
Unit 3 – Of Crowns & Colonies
Week 20: Early New World Colonies & Eastern Europe
Week 21: Puritans in New England
Week 22: Charters, Creeds, & the English Civil War
- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
- Background information on the Fundamental Orders.
- U.S. Government (colonial times): from Yale Law School, primary source documents from 122 B.C. to the 21st Century. (These are the documents listed in the Week 22 Teacher’s Notes.)
Week 23: Restoration Colonies & the Age of Louis XIV
Week 24: Dissenters in America & the Age of Reason
Week 25: Colonists & Native Americans
Week 26: Empires at Odds
Week 27: Thirteen Established Colonies
Unit 4 – Age of Revolutions
General Resources for this Unit
- U.S. Government for Kids: everything you need to know for government for kids.
- Congress for Kids: at each webpage you can read a bit about the topic and then click on “Show What You Know” for a reinforcement activity. If you click on “Play More” it takes you to a list of links for games, quizzes, maps, etc.