Chapter by Chapter
Resources and Links for
Story of the World:
Volume 2 Chapters 11-20
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Supplies:
- Story of the World Volume 2 (We do an average of one chapter per week, but if chapters are unusually short we may double up in one week, or if there is a lot of content to cover, we extend into multiple weeks.)
- Story of the World Volume 2 Activity Book
- Story of the World Volume 2 Test and Answer Key Book
- Binder or notebook for notes, maps, lapbook pieces, timeline, tests, etc. (It’s helpful to keep everything together in one place.)
Activities are aimed specifically at elementary age
Activities for middle school age
Activities for both age ranges
(I will continue to update as we work through these chapters and I find more resources to incorporate, as well as add pictures.)
Options for each chapter:
- Read chapter
- Answer review questions from activity book either written or orally (I usually write the questions in the notebook, leaving space between each for them to write the answers. It takes a little extra time to write the questions myself, but it helps me keep up to date with what they are learning and to know what to ask about.)
- Mapwork from activity book
- Coloring page from activity book
- Pick a craft project from activity book
- Timeline Entry or Timeline Cards (We stapled the printable timeline inside the back cover of the notebook and add pages as we need them by taping them to the last one. It will end up accordion-like.)
- Chapter Test
Chapter 11: The Kingdom of the Franks
- Watch Intro to Middle Ages:Franks**
- Watch Overview of the Middle Ages (Don’t forget to sign in)
- Kingdom of the Franks lapbook piece (page 27)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 12: The Islamic Invasion
- Watch The Conquest of Spain 711AD**
- Islamic Invasion lapbook piece (pages 28-29 )
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 13: The Great Kings of France
- Read about Kings and Laws ; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Watch Reign of Charlemagne**
- Great Kings of France Lapbook piece (page 30)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 14: The Arrival of the Norseman
- Optional: Complete Vikings Lapbook using information from page as well as additional readings
- Read Who were the Vikings; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Watch The Vikings** (music video)
- Read about Vikings at Sea; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Read about Viking Raiders; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Read about The Vikings and Viking Raids; complete Looking at the Evidence section at bottom
- Watch The Vikings-in a nutshell**
- Watch Who Were the Vikings?**
- Vikings boat craft
- Arrival of Norseman Lapbook piece (page 31)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 15: The First Kings of England
- Read about Vikings at Home; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Read about Vikings Family Life; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Read about Vikings Trade and Exploration; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Watch Time Warp Trio- Viking and Liking It**
- Play Vikings online activity
- Read about Viking Longships; answer questions at bottom
- Watch Vikings: Secrets of the Vikings- The Viking Longship**
- Read about A Viking Settlement; answer questions at bottom
- Read The Vikings Settle Ireland; answer Think and Discuss questions at bottom
- Read about King Alfred the Great; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Watch Ten Minute English and British History #04 -Alfred the Great and the Rise of Wessex**
- Watch Ten Minute English and British History #05 -The Vikings and the Danelaw**
- Watch The Epic Adventure William the Conqueror** (about 7 minutes)
- Watch A Young Person’s Guide to the Battle of Hastings** (about 11 minutes)
- First Kings of England Lapbook piece (page 32)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 16: England After the Conquest
- Read about Vikings Beliefs & Stories; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Read about Vikings Settlements; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Read about Viking Towns; click through each tab, watch videos and look at pictures, then take quiz in activities box
- Play Dig It Up: Vikings
- Play Viking Quest
- Watch Crash Course-World History 2: The Vikings!**
- Read about Feudalism Pyramid and the Feudal System
- Watch Feudal System during the Middle Ages and Serfs and Manorialism; Practice: Key Concepts-Serfdom (Don’t forget to sign in)
- Feudalism Chocolate Demonstration
- Read about Entertainment in the Middle Ages
- Read about Women in the Middle Ages and Middle Ages Food
- Watch Vikings -10 Fun Interesting Facts**
- England After the Conquest Lapbook piece (pages 33-34)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 17: Knights and Samurai
- Watch Chivalry in the Middle Ages**
- Read about Middle Ages Weapons
- Watch Time Warp Trio-Sam Samurai**; Read more using the Time Warp Trio Plentifax
- Watch Shoguns, Samurai and the Japanese Middle Ages (If you create a Khan Academy account, it will keep track of what you’ve completed when you are signed in)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 18: The Age of Crusades
- Read about the Crusades
- Watch Crash Course World History: The Crusades- Pilgrimage or Holy War #15**
- Read about the Crusades
- Watch Introduction to the Crusades; Overview of the Crusades; Impact of the Crusades; and Knights Templar (If you create a Khan Academy account, it will keep track of what you’ve completed when you are signed in)
- Read What Were the Crusades; How Was Crusading Justified; The When, Where, and Who of Crusading; and The Impact of the Crusades (If you create a Khan Academy account, it will keep track of what you’ve completed when you are signed in)
- Age of Crusades Lapbook piece (pages 35-36)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 19: A New Kind of King
- Watch The Story of the Magna Carta**
- Was There A Real Robin Hood? | Robin Hood: Fact Or Fiction | Timeline**
- A New Kind of King Lapbook piece (pages 37-38)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 20: The Diaspora
- The Diaspora Lapbook piece (pages 39-40)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
(Last updated 09/29/2020)
I will continue to update as we work through these chapters and I find more resources to incorporate.
(Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see Disclosure Policy.)
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