SOTW Medieval History for Co-op

For a local Catholic History Co-op, I came up with the following schedule, focusing on medieval history.

Date Topic & Chapter


Aug 31 Opening Mass & Picnic

Sept 7  Ch 4, p45 -

Constantinople

Byzantine Empire

Rules of Justinian



Sept 21  Ch 21, p 211

Mongol Invasion / Pope Leo

http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/italy.html

452ad



Oct 5  Ch 1, p 17

Fall of Rome to the Visigoths

410ad

Oct 12  Ch 6, p 67

Ch 7 p 77

Rise of Islam

570-632ad



Oct 26 Organize Time Line Lap Folders

Nov 2 All Saints Day Party

Nov 16  Ch 13, p 127

Charlemagne Unites Politics and Church

771ad



Nov 30  Ch 3,

Christianity comes to England Irish Preservation of the Church

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_art

http://american_almanac.tripod.com/monks.htm

600ad



Dec 14  Ch 14

The Viking Invasion

N. America?

790-1000ad


Jan 18  Ch 15, p 152

Wm. the Conqueror and Hastings

1066ad



Feb 1  Ch 4, p 53

Refer back to Sept 7th Byzantium

The Schism

1054ad



Feb 15  Ch 18, p 177 and Ch 19?

Crusades

Magna Carta

1096ad



Feb 29  Ch 22, p 219

Marco Polo

Silk Road

1271ad



Mar 7  Ch 25 p 247

The Plague

1347ad



Mar 21  Ch 35 p 339

Gutenberg Printing Press

Renaissance

1456ad



Mar 28  Ch 28 p 273

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

1469ad



Apr 18 History Open House