Second Grade, History, Set Three

I read chapter 66 of Child's History. It covered:

• Renaissance
• Michelangelo
• Sistine Chapel
• Raphael
• Leonardo da Vinci

In addition we read/watched:

• Exploration and Conquest by Maestro -- we are continuing to use this book to make our timeline.
• Leonardo da Vinci -- dvd in the series Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia
• Michelangelo -- dvd in the series Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists by Mike Venezia
• In these videos when they show sculptures or painting that are of unclothed people, they either don't show the private parts (just show the torso of David), or they cover it up with a banner or person, etc.
• The Renaissance by Rupert Matthews -- look through it before hand. There may be a few pages you want to skip, but it has great illustrations and information.
• Leonardo's Monster by Jane Sutcliffe -- a picture book about Leonardo da Vinci's boyhood
• Michael the Angel by Laura Fischetto -- a picture book about the boyhood of Michelangelo
• Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci by Gene Barretta -- this book takes many of Leonardo's ideas and drawings and tells about when they were actually built.

I read chapter 67 of Child's History. It covered:

• Reformation
• Martin Luther
• King Henry VIII

I was able to refer back to the books we read in Bible about Martin Luther and William Tyndale (which had Henry VIII in it).

In addition we read:

• Raphael by Mike Venezia -- interesting book about the artist Raphael Sanzio. Look through it first to make sure you are okay with all the pictures. There was one I stuck a small sticky note on.
• The World in the time of Leonardo da Vinci by Fiona Macdonald -- in this book we mostly looked at the pictures and read the captions about them.
• Christianity by Nancy Martin -- we read pages 10 - 13 about the church in the Roman Empire and the reformation
• Christianity by Philip Wilkinson -- we looked at pages 28 - 35 regarding Catholicism and the Reformation
• Monday with a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne -- the is a book from the Magic Tree House series about Leonardo da Vinci.

During week 5 I wanted to consentrate on what what happening in the Americas during this time period. However, most of the books about Native Americans that I found are about the 1800s. Here are the books we used:

• North American Indians by Marie and Douglas Gorsline -- this book tells how some of the Indian tribes lived when the European settlers first came.
• Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- this is a picture book with pictures by Susan Jeffers
• If You Lived with The Hopi by Anne Kamma -- easy reading, nice illustrations