MFW is fantastic but I love the flexibility that I have to add some exercises that I deem worthy for my students. I love the Story of the World - Book I took us to through the fall of Rome and now we are heading into Book II- Medieval Age. It's the extra downloadable pages that are so worth the $13.00 price tag. I need four copies of everything, they are the perfect pages to solidify the reading and my students love to color ........bonus!
Here is an example of the worksheets that we are working on today about the Byzantine Empire. Paper dolls, who doesn't love paper dolls? I remember when we toured the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL and Mackenzie picked out paper dolls of the Lincoln family, historical figures and home. She still plays with them and she remembers everything she learned.
After reading that Empress Theodora came from a humble beginnings as a circus performer, yep, she was a MIME for her parents circus, Harper just had to draw an additional outfit for her.
Here she is dressed in her best clown costume for those quiet times in the palace when she is nostalgic about her childhood.
Great maps are essential to understanding the ever-changing kingdoms and empires of this region.
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