Chapter by Chapter
Resources and Links for
Story of the World:
Volume 2 Chapters 21-30
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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 and up
Activities for high 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 21: The Mongols Devastate the East
- Watch Crash Course World History- Wait for it…The Mongols #17**
- Watch Time Warp Trio- You Can’t but Genghis Khan**
- Play Time Warp Game
- Read The Mongols, Genghis Khan, Mongols Conquer Asia, and Mongols Conquer Asia
- Read biography of Genghis Khan
- Watch History v. Genghis Khan**
- Read about Mongolian homes (Yurts)
- The Mongols Devastate the East lapbook piece (page 41-42)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
- Usborne Book of World History
- Who Was Genghis Khan?
- Fa Mulan (followed by Disney interpretation, Mulan)
Chapter 22: Exploring the Mysterious East
- Watch Crash Course World History- International Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and the Indian Ocean Trade #18**
- Read more about Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan
- Read about Marco Polo
- The Silk Road lapbook piece (pages 43-45 )
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 23: The First Russians
- Watch Crash Course World History- Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols #20**
- The First Russians Lapbook piece (page 46-47)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 24: The Ottoman Empire
- Read The Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I, Life in the Ottoman Empire, and The Ottoman Empire Declines
- Watch Crash Course World History- Venice and the Ottoman Empire #19**
- Circles of Islam Lapbook piece (page 2)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 25: The End of the World
- Watch Crash Course World History 2- Disease 203**
- Watch Coroner’s Report: Plague (NOT for the squeamish); Read paragraph below video
- Read Middle Ages for Kids: The Plague
- Watch Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9**
- The Plague Lapbook piece (page 3)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 26: France and England At War
- Read about Joan of Arc (there are various activities below reading including test about reading, puzzles, word search, coloring, etc. to choose from as well)
- Watch Joan of Arc for Kids**
- Joan of Arc Lapbook piece (page 4)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 27: War for the English Throne
- Read about the Tudors
- Read What was life like during the Tudor Times?
- Play Place in History activity
- Look through pictures of artifacts from the Tudors
- War of the Roses Lapbook piece (page 5)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 28: The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal
- Watch The Animated History of Spain**
- The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal Lapbook piece (page 6)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 29: African Kingdoms
- Watch Crash Course World History #16: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa**
- African Kingdoms Lapbook piece (page 7-8)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 30: India Under the Moghuls
- Watch ‘Mughal Rule in India’ and ‘Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires’ (Khan Academy- Don’t forget to sign in)
- India Under the Moghuls Lapbook piece (pages 9-10)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
(Last updated 09/30/2020)
I will continue to update with pictures and additional resources as we work through these chapters and I find more resources to incorporate. If you come across any links that no longer work, please let me know in a Facebook comment and I will fix it as soon as I can.
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