4-Year Cycle: Medieval Historical Era (Live, Online Classes)

Apr 3, 2020 | 4-Year Cycle

ANNOUNCING: Homeschool Connections’ four-year cycle for live, interactive courses …

In response to requests from students and their parents, Homeschool Connections has organized a four-year cycle of coordinated courses for all students in your family, third through twelfth grade. This is so your entire family can learn about the same era at the same time, making life easier for parents and making school more fun for children. (We also offer alternate courses, not in the cycle.)

The four-year cycle includes:

• Grade-school unit studies: 3rd through 6th grade (reading list and suggested activities provided for pre-k to 2nd siblings)
• Middle-school history and literature courses: 6th through 8th grade
• High-school history, literature, and philosophy courses: 9th through 12th grade

NOTE: If you prefer recorded, independent-learning courses, this is already available through our Unlimited Access program. For a list of Unlimited Access courses available and how they fit into the four-year cycle click here.

For the upcoming 2020/2021 school year, we are offering courses based on Medieval History in addition to our regular slate. Here are the live, interactive courses now open for you to get started on learning together as a family …

— Grade School. The online grade school unit study program is based on TAN Books’ Story of Civilization. The unit study is geared for third through sixth grade and will include religion, history, language arts, and science. For 2020/2021 we are adding a creative writing course for 3rd to 6th grade with a Medieval theme. Taught by Jackie de Laveaga. Registration is open HERE.

• Unit Studies
• Creative Writing

— Middle School. Click on the course title to learn more or register:

• History: Middle School Medieval History, Fall 2020 taught by Phillip Campbell (12 weeks)
• History/Science: Medicine, Invention, and Technology in the Middle Ages, Spring 2021 taught by Phillip Campbell (12 weeks)
• Literature/History: Spring Tide: Living History Through Literature (Medieval Era 5), Fall 2020 taught by Jackie de Laveaga (6 weeks)
• Literature/History: Augustine Came to Kent: Living History Through Literature (Medieval Era 6), Fall 2020 taught by Jackie de Laveaga (6 weeks)
• Literature/History: Red Falcons of Tremoine: Living History Through Literature (Medieval Era 7), Spring 2021 taught by Jackie de Leveaga
• Literature/History: Door to the North: Living History Through Literature (Medieval Era 8), Spring 2021 taught by Jackie de Leveaga

— High School. Click on the course title to learn more or register:

• Philosophy: An Introduction to the Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas, Part One, Fall 2020 taught by Dave Palmer (12 weeks) – Coupon code for 50% off, philo50
• Philosophy: An Introduction to the Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas, Part Two, Spring 2021 taught by Dave Palmer (12 weeks) – Coupon code for 50% off, philo50
• History: Age of Faith: Medieval History 313-732, Fall 2020 taught by Phillip Campbell (12 weeks)
• History: The City of God: The High Middle Ages, Spring 2021 taught by Phillip Campbell (13 weeks)
• History/Science: History of Medieval Science, Part One, Fall 2020 taught by Inshal Chenet (12 weeks)
• History: Science: History of Medieval Science, Part Two, Spring 2021 taught by Inshal Chenet (12 weeks)
• Literature: An Introduction to Dante’s Divine Comedy, Fall 2020 taught by Joseph Pearce (6 weeks)
• Literature: Dante on Dante, Fall 2020 taught by Kevin O’Brien
• Literature: Shakespeare and King Lear, Fall 2020 taught by Kevin O’Brien (6 weeks)
• Literature: Romanticizing the Middle Ages, Spring 2021 taught by Joseph Pearce (6 weeks)
• Literature: Shakespeare and Macbeth, Spring 2021 taught by Kevin O’Brien (6 weeks)
• Literature: Shakespeare and Richard II, Spring 2021 taught by Kevin O’Brien (6 weeks)

We also offer all levels of Latin. Search our registration page to find the right course for you or email us for a free Latin placement test.

READING LIST FOR PRE-K TO 2ND GRADE: Make sure to include your pre-k to 2nd grade children too! Here is a picture book list for the Medieval period from Sarah Mackenzie of Read-Aloud Revival, https://readaloudrevival.com/middle-ages. We also recommend For the Love of Literature: Teaching Core Subjects by Maureen Wittmann for age-appropriate reading.

Have your older children read aloud to your little children for a win-win homeschool day (lessons reinforced for older children, little children are included, Mom gets a break).