Good Morning, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend…. I hope you are feeling refreshed and ready to tackle this week with diligence and joy! We only have a few more weeks left to finish off the school year! We are going to turn our attention to the French Revolution and dig a little … More * French Revolution- Week 6 (2S)
This time in history, ushered in a new era of cultural achievements. An abundance of classical works like music and art filled the world. The return to the Bible gave men a new vision that sparked individual creativity the world had never known. Most of the worlds great works (music and art) were products of … More (class) Week 6 (2S)- Post Reformation Music and Art (2019)
Happy Valentines Day! The Parliament of Fowls is perhaps the first St. Valentine’s Day poem ever written. It is said that it was begun in May of 1382 and finished for Valentine’s day in 1383. Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400) from The Parliament of Fowls A garden saw I, full of blossomy boughs Upon a river, in a … More * Let us love one another- Week 5(2S)
Good Morning! Last week we learned about Martin Luther’s role in the Reformation. One of my favorite quotes is: “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and by plain reason and not by popes and councils who have so often contradicted themselves, my conscience is captive to the Word of God. To go against conscience is neither … More * Post-Reformation (2019)-Week 4(2S)
Good morning! 🙂 Things you will be doing this week: Journaling Writing a paper Monday Reformation (journal entry) What was the Reformation? The Reformation was a religious crisis within the Catholic Church where many people began to demand reforms or changes. People were unhappy with many aspects of the Church so they … More *The Protestant Reformation- Week 3(2S)
Good Morning! Things you will complete this week: Journaling Monday Remember Charlemagne He was king of the Franks and when he died his son Louis took the throne. Louis had a rather weak reign, and before he even died his 3 sons divided the empire by civil war. About 3 years after their fathers death, … More * The Age of Exploration- Week 2(2S)
Monday Elanor of Aquitaine (journal entry) Today I want us to learn a little more about an important character of medieval history, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor was important in both France and England. She influenced events in both countries. At the age of 15, Eleanor inherited the duchy of Aquitaine, one of the richest and … More * The Hundred Years War, War of the Roses and the Tudors- Week 1(2S)
Good morning and happy Monday! 🙂 This will be a short week. There is only journaling, NO vocabulary 🙂 Charlemagne’s Empire has just fallen. There is disorder and a lack of government in western Europe. The people needed some form of government and leadership. They also needed protection. So they began depending on powerful landowners … More *Week 13- The Crusades
What you will do this week: Journal Entries This week we will continue in the Middle Ages….. There is so much to cover… I wanted to take this week to talk about the Black Plague. The Black Plague devastated Europe. Monday Black Death (journal entry) Watch this video on the Black Plague https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw2OBCfXsEo Where … More *Week 12- Middle Ages- Black Plague
Good Morning! The Middle Ages…. a time of change in the world. So much in so many different places. We learned what was happening in the church on Friday, and so this week we will continue to learn about the Middle Ages and important figures during that time. Rome has fallen!!!! Europe is going through … More *Week 11- The Middle Ages
CVCA World History 