Literature & Resources for Mystery of History Vol 2

One of the biggest things I want to improve for school next year is an increase in the number of books we read, particularly books related to the time period we’re studying in history.

Next year, we’ll be studying The Mystery of History, Volume 2: The Early Church and The Middle Ages — which spans, roughly 30 AD to 1450 AD. (Or EC or whatever the toodles it is now.) My kids will be ages 11, 8 and 5 and I want to find books that they can read and look at on their own, read together, and have read to them. I want living history type books that add to our history story, while expanding our knowledge and appreciation of literature.

I have a tendency to want things pretty specific and just so.. HEY.. I know what I want. ;0)

So I’ve scanned the table of contents, I’ve googled and found a few other book lists, I’ve searched Amazon, and I’ve made my own list of books to buy/borrow for the school year. Here’s it is:

That’s a ton of books!! Obviously we’ll try to find as many as we can at the library, or used book stores. I’ve included plenty of options because we may not be able to find some of them locally and I don’t want to buy them all. The ones with asterisks are the ones I’d really like to own.

Other Resources:

I’ll up date with additional resources as I come across them.

Roman History – History for Kids
Middle Ages for Kids
The Vikings – History for Kids
Medieval Russia – History for Kids
All About King Arthur
The World of the Samurai

Also, here’s a link to our coordinating book list for geography.

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