Chapter by Chapter
Resources and Links for
Story of the World:
Volume 2 Chapters 31-40
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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 all 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 31: Exploring New Worlds
- Watch Animaniacs- Magellan Song**
- Play the Spice Trader Game
- Watch Crash Course World History #21: Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners**
- Watch The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4**
- Exploring New Worlds lapbook piece (page 11)
- Unscramble the Explorers (activity book student page 130)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 32: The American Kingdoms
- Optional: Maya notebooking pages, lapbook pieces, and more information to read
- Watch NatGeoKids- Learn About the Maya**
- Read about the Maya, Mayan foods, and the Mayan ball game
- Read about the Mayan calendar, writing, and music
- Read about Mayan pyramids
- Watch Exploring Maya Civilization for Kids**
- Read about Meso-America, the Maya, and the Aztecs (you can split this up between days depending on how you read the chapter; there are also some great lapbook and notebooking pages to go along with this topic, if you choose)
- Watch National Geographic-Lost Temples: Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza** [This video does mention human sacrifice; please use your own discretion]
- Watch Chichen Itza-10 facts** [This one also mentions human sacrifice]
- Watch Time Warp Trio- Me Oh Maya**
- Read more about The Aztecs
- Watch Ask History: What Happened to the Aztecs?**
- American Kingdoms lapbook piece (pages 12-13)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 33: Spain, Portugal, and the New World
- Watch Hernan Cortes: The Conquistador of the the Aztecs**
- Watch The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23**
- Watch The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24**
- Watch Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5**
- Cortes Lapbook piece (page 14-15)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 34: Martin Luther’s New Ideas
- Watch ‘Crash Course World History 2- Luther and the Protestant Reformation #218’
- Read about Martin Luther
- Martin Luther Lapbook piece (page 16)
- Read about Henry VIII (all sections, fun facts, pictures, game, and quiz at bottom)
- Additional videos may be found on Netflix: (remember video availability on Netflix is continuously changing)
- Inside the Court of Henry VIII
- Secrets of Henry VIII’s Palace
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 35: The Renaissance
- Read about Johannes Gutenberg
- Match facts about Gutenberg
- Watch The Book That Changed the World**
- Read about The Renaissance (read all sections to Venice)
- Watch How a Gutenberg Printing Press Works**
- Watch Crash Course World History- The Renaissance: Was It a Thing? #22**
- Watch Alchemy: History of Science #10**
- Watch Crash Course European History- Medieval Europe #2** (This is a review video of topics covered through middle ages)
- Watch Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2**
- Watch The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3**
- Watch Cathedrals and Universities: Crash Course History of Science #11**
- The Great Invention Lapbook piece (page 17)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 36: Reformation and Counter Reformation
- Read about The Reformation (read all sections; you can skip over Martin Luther if you already read it with chapter 34)
- Watch A Fun, Animated History of the Reformation and the Man Who Started It All**
- Reformation Crossword Puzzle
- Watch Rick Steves’ Luther and the Reformation** (this is a bit long-55 minutes- but covers a lot of good information)
- Watch The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6**
- Watch Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7**
- Watch Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9**
- Catholics vs. Protestants Lapbook piece (page 18)
- Reformation Quiz
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 37: The New Universe
- Read about Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei (There is a 10-question quiz towards the bottom of the page)
- Watch Copernicus – Astronomer | Mini Bio**
- Watch How We Figured Out That Earth Goes Around the Sun**
- Watch Meet Galileo Galilei**
- Watch The Scientific Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #12**
- Copernicus Lapbook piece (page 19)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 38: England’s Greatest Queen
- Read about Queen Elizabeth I
- Watch BrainPop UK-Queen Elizabeth I
- Watch Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Queen of England**
- Queen of England Lapbook piece (page 20)
- Optional for Older Teens- Movie: Elizabeth (I would check Netflix and/or Amazon Prime; be aware that this movie does have an R rating for graphic violence, sex, and nudity; you can view the Common Sense Media review here)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
Chapter 39: England’s Greatest Playwright
- Watch The Story of William Shakespeare for Kids**
- Watch William Shakespeare-Playwright**
- Shakespeare Word Search (at time of posting, this was a free download on teacherspayteachers.com)
- Shakespeare Lapbook piece (page 21)
- Watch Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth (Part 1) and Gender, Guilt, and Faith-Macbeth (Part 2)**
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
- Usborne Book of World History
- Who Was William Shakespeare? (Get this Mini Unit Study and Flapbook to go along with the reading)
- William Shakespeare and the Globe
- Magic Tree House- Stage Fright on a Summer Night
Chapter 40: New Ventures to the Americas
- Read about Sir Walter Raleigh
- Watch The Lost Roanoke Colony**
- Watch 7 Theories About the Mysterious Vanishing Of Roanoke Colony** [This video does discuss cannabalism as a possibility, as well as witchcraft and dark magic.]
- New Ventures Lapbook piece (page 22)
- Optional Movie for Teens- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (I would check Netflix and/or Amazon Prime; be aware that this movie does have a PG-13 rating for violence; you can view the Common Sense Media review here)
- Additional books to add to weekly reading or for research:
(Last updated 10/1/2020)
I will continue to update with pictures and additional resources as we work through these chapters and I find more resources to incorporate.
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