Introduction to BiblioPlan, Year Two

MEDIEVAL
Medieval and Church History from the Fall of Rome to the Renaissance
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BiblioPlan's second Year covers Medieval and Church History from the Fall of Rome to the Renaissance.
Second Year students will cover:
  • Church history from the persecution of the early church and the conversion of Emperor Constantine through the Protestant Reformation
  • European and Mediterranean World history including Knights and Feudalism, Christian France, the rise of Islam, Muslim Spain, Viking conquests, England's rulers and more
  • Topics from faraway China, Japan, Australia, India and Africa
  • Early explorers of the New World

Year Two students will watch the Christian church emerge from hiding to become a world power. They will see the rise of Christian France begin with the conversion of France's King Clovis. Then they will watch as the Islamic Empire rises up in a flash to take control of most of the Mediterranean world. They will see nearly all of Spain fall to Berber Muslims from Africa, known as the Moors. They will watch the Moors move on from Spain to threaten Christian France itself, until they are finally stopped by another French king, Charles Martel.

Year Two students will also follow the Viking Invasions of France and England and watch the Vikings gain a permanent foothold in Normandy. They will see these French-speaking Normans leap across the English Channel to conquer England. They will study every ruler of England from that first Norman king, William the Conqueror, to the thoroughly English Queen Elizabeth I. In following England's rulers, they will learn about milestone events such as the Crusades, the creation of the Magna Charta, the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses. Year Two ends with England's defeat of the powerful Spanish Armada in 1588, which signals the decline of the wealthy Spanish Empire and the rise of France and Britain.

Year Two students will also cover:
  • Rurik the Viking and the origins of Russia
  • Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
  • Osman I and the Ottoman Empire
  • The Siege of Constantinople and the fall of the Byzantine Empire
  • New World explorers from Spain and Portugal
  • Topics from China, Japan, Australia, India, Africa and elsewhere

Each of the 34 Year Two lessons includes a Highlight on Church History section. In their study of Christian church history, Year Two students will cover:
  • The Romans' persecution of early Christians
  • The lives and deaths of early church martyrs like Polycarp and Blandina
  • The conversion of Roman Emperor Constantine
  • Important ecumenical church councils like Constantine's Council of Nicea
  • The creation of the highly detailed Nicene Creed and the unauthorized addition of the filioque
  • The Great Schism between the churches of Rome and Constantinople
  • The lives and ministries of church fathers, missionaries and saints like Anthony of Thebes, Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Ambrose of Milan and Francis of Assissi
  • Important Christian literature like Dante's Divine Comedy
  • Important pre-Reformation figures like Peter Waldo, John Wycliffe and Jan Hus
  • The Protestant Reformation and the Roman Catholic counter-Reformation
  • Important Reformation figures like Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, Menno Simons, John Calvin and John Knox

Here is a sampling of the age-appropriate literature selections outlined in the Guide for Year Two:

K-2
The Making of a Knight (O’Brien)
Yoshi’s Feast (Kajikawa)
Columbus (D’Aulaire)
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Nolan)		3+
Leif the Lucky (D’Aulaire)
The Sword in the Tree (Bulla)
Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg (Burch)
Whipping Boy (Fleischman)
5+
Secret of the Andes (Clark)
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (Cohen)
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow (French)
William of Orange: The Silent Prince (Van de Hulst)		8+
Beowulf (Heaney)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Borroff)
Family Read-Alouds
Joan of Arc (Stanley)
Spy for the Night Riders (Jackson)
The Prince and the Pauper (Twain)
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