Home School in the Woods is a company we are extremely familiar with. We have used a variety of their projects over the years and have learned a tremendous amount of information. Recently, we were asked to review The Middle Ages from the Project Passport World History Studies section from Home School in the Woods .
Home School in the Woods is a leader in the homeschooling world when it comes to hands-on learning, especially when it comes to history. They offer projects that are filled with information, important dates and people, and fun projects. No matter what time period your student is learning, they have a fun-filled hands-on project to discover. Learning while having fun should really be there slogan.
For this review, we received a link to download the The Middle Ages Project Passport World History Study. They offer either a download version or an actual CD for purchase. The CD is only a dollar more, so it's really your personal preference.
For this project, we traveled to the Middle ages. The Middle Ages Project Passport World History Study covers everything you would think. Daily life, science, art, the Church, Vikings, Knights, and castles are all included. Students will learn about England, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.
Project Passport: The Middle Ages has 25 stops along your journey.
Stop # 1~ Laying the Foundation (Packing for the Trip)
Stop # 2~ Laying the Foundation (Barbarians in the South & East)
Stop # 3~ Laying the Foundation (Barbarians in the North & East)
Stop # 4~ Everyday Life (Family)
Stop # 5~ Everyday Life (Clothing & Food)
Stop # 6~ Everyday Life (Community)
Stop # 7~ Everyday Life (Crime, Punishment, & Entertainment)
Stop # 8~ Business (Towns & Guilds)
Stop # 9~ Business (Merchants, Trade, & Exploration)
Stop # 10~ Science & Invention
Stop # 11~ Education
Stop # 12~ The Arts
Stop # 13~ Medicine & Diseases
Stop # 14~ The Church (History)
Stop # 15~ The Church (Church & Other Religious Events)
Stop # 16~ The Church (Monastic Life)
Stop #17~ The Crusades
Stop #18~ The Crusades
Stop #19~ Knights 7 Chivalry
Stop #20~ The Vikings (Life)
Stop # 21~ The Vikings (Era of the Vikings)
Stop # 22~ Battles, Wars, & Conflicts (Muslim Invasions)
Stop # 23~ Battles, Wars, & Conflicts (Eastern Europe)
Stop # 24~ Battles, Wars, and Conflicts (England)
Stop # 25~ Final Stop (Packing Up)
Students will work on filling in a timeline, have maps to label, get to create various projects like puppets, floral wreath circlet, a Robin Hood cap, a castle out of sugar cubes (Legos could work too), a catapult, a Viking ship, and weave a tapestry.
How Did We Use Project Passport: The Middle Ages?
The projects from Passport Projects World History Studies are geared for students in 3rd through 8th grade. Used alone they are a fantastic history program for younger students. As the kids have gotten older, they have been a wonderful start to build on. So, we don't use the project exactly as they suggest now that the kids are older. When they were younger, we created the lapbooks and cute little suitcase.
Now, the kids just add the material to their 1.5 inch history binder. Since we study history in chronological order, they just add the pages as we go along. We use the history projects from Home School in the Woods as an add-on to our other history curriculum. They are a great starting point or a wonderful addition to a lesson already planned. The suggested use it to work on a lesson or stop over a 8-12 week period. Students could also work on a stop each day. This would allow students to finish the entire Middle Ages within one month. Since we use it as an add-on, we do a few stops each week, usually two to three. Since the kids spend so much time reading different materials for their history lessons, I love the hands-on projects. These creative projects are a fantastic addition to their notes and it breaks up all that reading.
Students will need colored pencils and glue sticks. Moms will need plenty of paper, white and colored. A few other materials are needed but everything is listed in great detail. No confusion.
What Did We think of Project Passport: The Middle Ages?
Well, of course, we liked it. We've liked every item we've used from Home School in the Woods. I was pleased to see a variety of Catholic saints included in this history unit study. The history of the Church stops were well done and provided a non-bias view of the Church and the Crusades. The note pages provided the kids with the basics while the books they read for history provide the rest. Michael and Therese have both studied this time period before so a lot of the information was review for them. Many of the hands-on projects the kids had done in the past. Michael loved creating a catapult and a viking ship when he was younger. Now, he's feels a little too old to create the cafts.
Over the years we've used quite the selection of products from Home School in the Woods. We have enjoyed them all.
~Hands-On History Lap-Paks~
Wonders of the World
U.S. Elections
~A La Carte Projects~
Science, Invention, and Mathematics Timeline
The Art of Quilling
~Time Travelers U.S History~
The Early 19th Century
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution through The Great Depression
America in World War II
~Project Passports World History~
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
and now they have Ancient Rome available.
The rest of the crew members have been working on working through other projects. If you want to find out more about a different project, click on the link below. I'm sure one of the amazing crew members reviewed it.
Till Next Time,
Monique
Are you still in a CCM co-op? and do you use these resources in conjunction with it? I am into my 4th year of a ccm co-op and we will be doing Beta this year so anything middle ages could be a possibility for me. :)
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