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Stories of the Middle Ages From the Death of Jesus Christ to 1500 AD

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Stories from the Middle Ages Death of Jesus Christ to 1500 AD

Stories by Anchor Date Including stories from

the Bible Family School

Kimber Academy The Good and the Beautiful *Tales of Olden Days and

History Sings by Hazel Gertrude Kinscella and the

*Forgotten Classics from Libraries of Hope

*Tales of Olden Days and History Sings are out of print, but can often be found from Used Books Stores and Retailers.

*The Forgotten Classics includes fables and myths that originated in Ancient cultures. While these stories may be fictional, they provide insight into the culture and teach valuable moral

lessons and so we include them in our list of history stories.

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Stories of the Middle Ages may be taught year after year between January and Mid-March. This allows all family members to participate in History Story time regardless of age. Simply record

stories read each year to avoid unnecessary duplication from year to year.

The stories are organized by the following anchor dates:

Anchor Date People and Events

AD 33 Death of Jesus Christ and the Apostles

AD 133 Emperor Constantine and the Spread of Christianity

AD 476 The Fall of Rome

AD 600 Mohammad and the Rise of Islam

AD 850 King Alfred the Great

AD 1076 Battle of Hastings and William the Conqueror

AD 1200 King John and the March of the Crusaders

AD 1492 The Moors are expelled from Spain; Christopher Columbus

AD 1536 William Tyndale and the King James Bible

AD 1607 Queen Elizabeth; Pilgrims travel to a new world

AD 33 - Death of Christ Story Bible, Bible Stories

New Testament – Acts through Revelations

Kimber Academy History Curriculum

Herod the Great

Why Didn’t the Jews Recognize Jesus?

Who was Josephus?

Overview of the Masada

The Incredible Story of Masada The Family School – Year Two History (LDS based)

Peter is Prepared

Peter Fulfills God’s Purposes

It’s Time to Take the Gospel to the Gentiles

Saul: A Man Who Fought Against Christ

Paul: A Man Converted to Christ

The Church Grows as the Word of God is Sent Forth: Epistles

Persecutions Diminish the Early Church (50-150 AD)

The Great Apostasy The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o Early Days of the Roman Empire

Stories of the Holy Land and Ancient Civilizations

o Stories from Jewish History Herod Agrippa Commencement of War Siege of Jotapata-Fall of

Jerusalem Conclusion

Stories of Greece and Rome o The Story of the Romans

Stories of Ancient Egypt and Africa o Africa: The Boy’s Book of

Explorations Africa as Known to the Ancients

Stories of Holland and Spain o Spain – From the Beginning to

the Roman Conquest (500 BC to 50 AD)

The Forgotten Classics – Great Lives Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of Great Humanitarians and Missionaries

o The Relay-Race o The Hero of the Long Trail - St.

Paul

AD 133 - Emperor Constantine – The Spread of Christianity


Emperor Constantine the Great

Christian Churches Outside Constantine’s Roman Empire

The Council of Nicea

Summary of the Rise of Simon Bar Cocheba

The Scattering of the Jews after the Destruction of Jerusalem

The Exciting History of Judah and Joseph

The Family School – Year Two History (LDS based)

Constantine and the Council of Nicea The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum – Year 1

Ancient Britain The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o The Barbarians and the Empire o The New Nations

Stories of Great Greeks and Romans o Tales of the Romans

Stories of China and India o The Story of China

Stories of Holland and Spain o The Goths in Spain (AD 200-

700)

Stories of the British Isles (Scotland and Ireland)

o The Story of Prince Gathelus (legend)

o A Fight with the Romans o The March of the Romans o Ireland: Introduction of

Christianity – St. Patrick


Stories of Great Spiritual Leaders o Had You Been Born a Roman

Catholic o Saint Patrick

Stories of Great Wives and Mothers o Monica, Mother of St.

Augustine (331-387 AD) The Forgotten Classics – Nature, Art, and Music Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of Hymns o St. Ambrose and St. Augustine o The Mother of Augustine o Latin Hymn – Writers of the

Ninth Century

Stories of Music and Art History Part 1 o Roman – Roman Music o Roman – Monuments of

Ancient Rome o Roman – Paintings Found in a

Buried City o Early Christian – Early Saintly

Music o The First Church o St. Sophia and St. Marks o Two Gothic Cathedrals o St. Ambrose and St. Gregory o The Christ-Child in Art o Cimabue and Giotto

Stories of Music and Art History Part II o England: Music – Early English

Music

AD 476 – Fall of Rome Kimber Academy History Curriculum

What Was Happening in Europe Before Charlamagne


Augustine Takes Christianity to England

Caedmon: The Lord’s Singer The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum – Year 1

The Spread of Christianity in Ireland/St. Patrick

The Spread of Christianity in England The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the British Isles (England) o The White-Cliffed Island o Caradoc o The Coming of the English

(Hengist and Horsa)


o The Story of Saint Columba

Stories of France and Canada o Sainte Genevieve o Clovis

o King Dagobert The Good o Pepin the Short


Stories of Great Spiritual Leaders o Had You Been Born a Roman

Catholic o Saint Patrick

Stories of Notable Lives from Around the World

o Genevieve – A Heroine from France (419-502: France)

The Forgotten Classics – Story Hour Series from Libraries of Hope *Suitable for Younger children

Stories from History o The Story of Venice (Italy) page

261 The Forgotten Classics – Nature, Art, and Music Series

Stories of Music and Art History Part II o France: Music – The Church

and the King

AD 600 - Mohammad – Rise of Islam


The rise of Mohammad

Mohammad, Founder of Islam

The Islam Religion The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o The Beginnings of

Mohammedanism o Tales from the Alhambra

Introduction (page 363)

Stories of Arabia and Islam o The Story of Islam o The Hand of Providence o Achievements of the Saracens

Stories of Holland and Spain o Holland: Early Times o The Growth of Towns o Spain: The Moorish Conquest

(AD 710-711) o Spain: Who Were the Moors

(630 -711 AD) o Spain: The Conquest (AAD 711

– 777) o Spain: Abderrahman the First

(AD 750 – 788) o Spain: Abderrahman’s

Successors (AD 788-852) o Spain: Flora and Mary (AD 840-

859) o Spain: Abderrahman the Third

(AD 850-961) o Spain: The Great Vizier (AD 961

– 1002) o The Christians of Northern

Spain (AD 740 – 1065)

Stories of France and Canada

o Clovis o King Dagobert The Good o Pepin the Short o Charlemagne o Roland and His Good Sword

Durandal o Sea Dragons from the North o The Capetian Kings

Stories of Russia and Germany o Russia at School o The First Troubles o Germany: Karl the Great o The Saxon Emperors o The Franconian Kings


Stories of Great Spiritual Leaders o Mohammed o Had You Been Born A Moslem

The Forgotten Classics – Nature, Art, and Music

Series

Stories of Music and Art History Part 1

o Spanish: A Glimpse into

Moorish Art

The Junior Classics – Collier

Stories from History

o The Lance of Kanana

AD 850 - King Alfred the Great


Charlemagne – Founder of the Holy Roman Empire

Alcuin of York The Family School – Year Two History (LDS based)

Alfred the Great: The Young Boy Learns to Read

Alfred the Great Fights for Freedom

Alfred the Great: A Just, Wise, and Good King

The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum – Year 1

King Alfred the Great -Year 2

Vikings: Part 1

Vikings: Part 2 The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o Charles the Great and the Holy

Roman Empire o The Days of the Northmen

Stories of Holland and Spain o Spain: Abdurrahman the First

(AD 750 – 788) o Spain: Abdurrahman’s

Successors (AD 788-852) o Spain: Flora and Mary (AD 840-

859) o Spain: Abdurrahman the Third

(AD 850-961) o Spain: The Great Vizier (AD 961

– 1002) o The Christians of Northern

Spain (AD 740 – 1065)

Stories of the British Isles (England) o King Arthur

o How the Story of Christ Was Told in England

o King Alfred, England’s Darling o Caedmon, The First English

Singer o Canute, The Danish King


o How the French and the Scots Became Friends

o The Last of the Picts o How a Ploughman Won a Battle

(King Kenneth) o Macbeth and the Three Weird

Sisters o Macbeth – The Murder of

Banquo (fiction) o Macbeth – How the Thane of

Fife Went to England o Macbeth – How Birnam Wood

Came to Dunsinane o Malcolm Canmore – How the

King Overcame a Traitor o Malcolm Canmore – How Saint

Margaret Came to Scotland

Stories of Russia and Germany o Russia: How the Russians Got

Their Name o Russia: Russia at School o Germany: Karl the Great o Germany: The Saxon Emperors o Germany: The Franconian Kings

Stories of France and Canada o France: Charlemagne o France: Roland and His Good

Sword Durandal o France: Sea Dragons from the

North o France: The Capetian Kings


Stories of Great Statesmen and Leaders

o Alfred the Great – The Beginning of Old England’s History (849-899 AD)

Stories of Notable Lives Around the World

o A War for an Archbishop – The Curious Story of Vladimir the Great (Rules 980-1015: Russia)

The Forgotten Classics – Story Hour Series *Suitable for Younger Children

Stories from History o The Story of Horatius, the

Roman Boy, Whose Ancestor “Kept the Bridge so Well”

o Alexander the Great (first edition of Stories from History)

o The Sacred Mount (509 BC) – The Rise of Rome (first edition of Stories from History)

o Cincinnatus (first edition of Stories from History)

o The Keeping of the Bridge (first edition of Stories from History

Stories of Great Lives

o Roland and the Jewel (Knight of the Round Table)

o King Alfred o King Alfred and the Cakes o King Alfred and the Beggar o King Canute on the Seashore

Poetry for the Well-Educated Heart o King Canute (History: Month 1)

Stories of Hymns o Robert II of France

The Forgotten Classics – Nature, Art, and Music Series

Stories of Music and Art History Part II o England: Art – Early English

Painting o Germany: Music – The Early

Songs of Germany Tales of Olden Days by Hazel Gertrude

Kinscella (Music Stories)

King Arthur and the Magic Sword

AD 1076 - Battle of Hastings/ William the Conqueror

The Family School – Year Two History (LDS Based)

William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings


William the Conqueror

Life in the Middle Ages The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o The Great Pope Hildebrand

Stories of the British Isles (England) o William the Conqueror o King Henry and the White Ship o Thomas A Becket


o The Story of Pierce-Eye o The Reigns of Donald Bane,

Duncan II, and Edgar o Alexander I, The Fierce o David I, The Sore Saint. The

Battle of the Standard

Stories of Russia and Germany o Russia: The First Troubles o Russia: The Tartars o Germany: A New Line o Germany: Friedrich I o Germany: End of the Line

Stories of Holland and Spain o The Cid Campeador (AD 1064-

1099) o The Battle of Las Navas (AD

1002-1212)

The Forgotten Classics – Story Hour Series *Suitable for Younger Children

Stories from History o The Story of Wulf, the Saxon

Boy, Who Helped Make England o At the Ford of the Tribute

(Ireland) page 241 o The Fall of London Bridge

Stories of Great Lives o The Sons of William the

Conqueror o The White Ship

Poetry for the Well-Educated Heart o The Knight’s Toast (History:

Month 3)

Stories of Hymns o The Bernards of Clairvaux and

Cluny The Junior Classics – Collier

Stories from History o The Boy Viking, Olaf II of

Norway Tales of Olden Days by Hazel Gertrude


David and the Silver Bell (London Bridge

is Falling Down)

The Three Jovial Welshmen

AD 1200 - King John – The March of the Crusaders


Summary of the Crusader Period of 1099 to 1291 AD

The Crusades

Sultan Saladin – Saintly Muslim Hero

The Battle of Hattin – AD 1187

Ruler’s Law and the Middle Ages

American History: Setting the Stage for the Building of America

American History: Importance of the Magna Charta

American History: The Magna Charta (Entire Text)


King John and the Magna Charta: A Freedom Document

The Family School – Year Three History (LDS based)

The Black Plague

The Crusades 1095-1291: New Ideas Come to Europe


The Magna Carta, Parts 1 and 2

The Age of Chivalry

The Black Death & the Renaissance -Year 2

Genghis and Kublai Khan

The Travels of Marco Polo The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o The Crusades o The Monks and the People in

the Time of the Crusades

o The Thirteenth Century o St. Dominic and St. Francis o The Black Death

Stories of Arabia and Islam o Jerusalem and the Crusades

Stories of France and Canada o The Crusades o The French Children’s Crusade o Louis the Young o France: Philip, The Gift of God o France: Saint Louis (IX) o France: The Hundred Years’

War o France: King John, The Royal

Hostage o France: Bertrand Du Guesclin,

The Diamond in the Rough o France: Dr. Guesclin Fights for

France o France: Charles VI, The Mad

King

Stories of the British Isles (England) o Richard I – England’s Royal

Crusader o Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest o John and the Great Charter o Henry III o Edward I, The Hammer of the

Scots o The Black Prince (King Edward

III) o Chaucer and the Canterbury

Pilgrims o Madcap Harry (Henvy V) o Wat Tyler and the Peasant

Revolt (Black Death) o The Last of the Barons


o William I, The Lion o The Story of Alexander II

o Alexander III – How Little King Was Crowned and Married

o Alexander III – The Taming of the Ravens

o Alexander III – How a Beautiful Lady Took a Brave Knight Prisoner

o Alexander III – How the King Rode Homeward Through the Dark Night

o The Maid of Norway (Margaret – Queen of Scotland)

o John Baliol – The Siege of Berwick

o John Baliol – The Last of Toom Tabard

o The Adventures of Sir William Wallace

o The Adventures of Robert the o Ancient Ireland

Stories of Russia and Germany o Germany: Friedrich II o Germany: More Feuds with the

Popes o Germany: Rodolf of Hapsburg o Germany: Four More Kings o Germany: Rule and Misrule o Germany: The Reformation o Germany: Maximilian

Stories of Holland and Spain o Seville (AD 1213-1284) o Castile and Aragon (AD 1284-

1469) The Forgotten Classics – Great Lives Series


o The Little Poor Man Brother Francis of Assisi (1181-1226 AD)

o Francis Coeur-De-Lion (St. Francis of Assisi)

Stories of Great Statesmen and Leaders o Robert Bruce (1274 -1329 AD)

Stories of Great Artists o A Shepherd Lad of Tuscany

(Giotto 1267-1337 AD) o Fra Angelico (1395-1455 AD)


o Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374 Italy)

o Queen Philippa and the Citizens of Calais (1314-1369 England)

o The Troublesome Burghers (1340-1382: Netherlands)

o The Sad Story of a Boy King (England – 1377)

o Robert Bruce (1274-1329: Scotland)

o Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231: Hungary)

o Dante (1265-1321: Italy) The Forgotten Classics – Story Hour Series

*Suitable for Younger Children

o Stories from History

o The Story of Gilbert, the Page,

Who Will One Day Become a

Knight

o Stories of Great Lives

o King John and the Abbot

o Bruce and the Spider

o The Miler of the Dee

o Arnold Winelried (1386)

o The King and His Hawk (Genghis

Khan)

o “Little Brothers of the Air” St.

Francis

o Poetry for the Well-Educated Heart

o King Bruce and the Spider

(History: Month 3)

o The Bell of Atri (King John of

Acre – Italy. History: Month 4)

o The Richest Prince (Germany –

History: Month 10)

The Forgotten Classics – Nature, Art, and Music

Series Part 1

Stories of Music and Art History Part 1

o Church Music of the Medieval

Day

o Pisa and Pisano’s Pulpit

o A Bird’s Eye View of Florence –

Giotto’s Tower

o Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise

o Brunelleschi’s Dome

o Luca Della Robbia and

Donatello



o Knighted by King Henry IV

o Joan the Maid

o The Great Discoveries

Tales of Olden Days by Hazel Gertrude


The Minstrel’s Song

The Beginnings of Ballads

Robin Hood and the Widow’s Three

Sons

The Sheriff of Nottingham

The Opera “Robin Hood”

The Bugle Song

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

The King and the Brazen Horse

(Canterbury Tales)

The Village of the Red-Roofed Castle (La

Gruyere)

A Brave Mountaineer (William Tell)

The Opera “William Tell”

Bell-Ringing in Switzerland

AD 1492 - Christopher Columbus – Moors Expelled from Spain


Who Were the Moors?

The Significance of 1492

The “Christ-bearer”

Marco Polo

Map of Medieval Trade Routes

American History: Columbus – Man of Myth of Man of God?

American History: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

American History: Columbus Discovers the New World

American History: Columbus Returns to the New World

American History: The Fateful Third Voyage

American History: Columbus’s Fourth and Last Voyage

American History: Columbus’s Marvelous Accomplishments


Joan of Arc: The Maid is Led to Her Purpose

Joan of Arc: The Maid Overcomes Obstacles

Joan of Arc: The Maid Fulfills Her Mission

Joan of Arc: The Maid Stands for Truth The Family School – Year Three History (LDS based)

Leif Erikson

Marco Polo

A World Prepared: Christopher Columbus

A Man Prepared: Christopher Columbus

Columbus Discovers the New World: Christopher Columbus

The Christ Bearer: Christopher Columbus

The Age of Exploration The Good and the Beautiful History Curriculum – Year 1

Joan of Arc, Parts 1, 2, and 3 -Year 2

Motivations for Exploration

Christopher Columbus: Part 1



Balboa/John Cabot and His Son Sebastian

Exploring the New World: Amerigo Vespucci, Ponce De Leon, De Soto

Mesoamerican Civilization: Introduction

Mesoamerican Civilization: Aztecs

Mesoamerican Civilization: Maya

Mesoamerican Civilization: Inca

Mesoamerica – Cortez & Other Spanish Conquistadors

The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o The End of the Middle Ages o Christopher Columbus

Stories of Holland and Spain o The Moors at Granada (AD

1250-1476) o Zahara and Alhama (AD 1481-

1482) o Border Warfare (AD 1483) o The Fall of Malaga (AD 1483-

1488)

o The Fall of Granada (AD 1488-1492)

o The Last of the Moors (AD 1492-1575)

o The Condition of Spain (AD 1450-1500)

o Columbus (AD 1484-1492) o The Discovery of America (AD

1492-1493) o The Second Voyage (AD 1493-

1498) o The Death of Columbus (AD

1498-1506) o The End of Ferdinand and

Isabella (AD 1475-1516)

Stories of China and India o The Adventures of Marco Polo o The Story of China o India’s Story: How Brave Men

Went Sailing Upon Unknown Seas

o India’s Story: Success at Last

Stories of France and Canada o The Maid of New Orleans o France: Louis XI, The

Superstitious King o France: France and Bayard o France: Francis I o The Story of Joan of Arc o Canada: How Lief the Son of

Eric the Red Sailed into the West

o Canada: Westward! Westward! Westward!

o Canada: How a Breton Sailor Came to Canada

o Canada: The Story of Henry Hudson

o Canada: The Father of New France

Stories of Mexico and South America o Cortes and Montezuma o Hernando Cortes o The Mountaineers o Montezuma’s Policy o Mexico o Montezuma a Prisoner o The Aztec War

o The Fight on the Tower o The Moving Towers o Montezuma’s Death o The Retreat from the City o Guatemozin o Destruction of the City o New Spain


Stories of Great Statesmen and Leaders o Jeanne d’Arc (1412 – 1431 AD)

Stories of Great Artists o Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) o Pietro Perugino (1446-1523) o Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) o Filippino Lippi (1459-1504) o Albrecht Durer and His City

(1471-1528) o Vittore Carpaccio (1465-1526) o A Boy Who Spent Three Years in

a Palace (Michel Angelo 1475-1564)

o Michael Angelo Buonarotti o Raphael (1483-1520) o The Border Wonderful (Del

Sarto 1486-1576) o The Boy of Cadore (Titian 1488-

1576) o When the Princess Passed

(Correggio 1489-1534) The Forgotten Classics – Freedom Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of American History o Christopher Columbus o John Cabot and Americus

Vespucius o The American Indians o Vasco Nunez Balboa and

Ferdinand Magellan o Hernando Cortez o Francisco Pizarro o Juan Ponce de Leon and

Hernando de Soto o Jacques Cartier

Stories of Christopher Columbus


Stories of Music and Art History Part 1 o Michael Angelo o Cellini, Bologna, and Bernini o The Madonna and Child of the

Fifteenth Century o Fra Angelico – The Painter-

Monk o Leonardo da Vinci o Raphael o Early Spanish Painting o Flemish: The Van Eycks and

Their Followers

Stories of Music and Art History Part II o England: The Madrigalian Era

The Forgotten Classics Story Hour Series from Libraries of Hope *Suitable for Younger Children

Stories of Great Lives o A Boy Who Spent Three Years in

a Palace

Poetry for the Well Educated Heart o Columbus (History: Month 1)

Story of Paintings

o St. George and the Dragon – Vittore Carfaccio (1440-1522)

American History Stories from Libraries of Hope (Mara Pratt)

Long Ago

Some Wonderful Sea Islands

The Boy Columbus

Columbus and King John II of Portugal

Columbus and Isabella, Queen of Spain

The Voyage

The People of the Island

Last Years of Columbus Life

Americus Vespucius Tales of Olden Days by Hazel Gertrude


Troubadour Songs

The Minstrel and the Cobbler

Sunny Spain

Spanish Music

A Brave Sailor

AD 1536 - William Tyndale and the King James Bible


Summary of the Reformation Period

The Influence of Roger Bacon in the 1200s

Michelangelo – Italian Painter and Sculptor

Johannes Gutenberg – German Inventor of Movable Type

Summary of the Reformation Period

Summary of the Life of Martin Luther

Words to Hymn – “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”


Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press: The Invention that Changed the World

The Renaissance: Learning Comes to Life

The Renaissance – A Scientific Awakening – Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and Kepler

The Beginning of Reform: The Reformation – Recognizing Problems

Peter Waldo and the Waldenses: Prelude to the Reformation

John Wycliffe: Morning Star of the Reformation

Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

Martin Luther: Trials and Translation

William Tyndale and the English Bible: Read, Study, and Share


The Scientific Revolution The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o The Beginning of Modern Times

o A New World o The Reformation o The Counter-Reformation

Stories of the British Isles (England) o William Caxton (England’s First

Printer – 1476) o Bluff King Hal (Henry VIII)

Stories of Holland and Spain o Charles the First (AD 1517-

1558) o Philip the Second (AD 1556-

1568) o The Duke of Alva (AD 1559-

1570) o Don John of Austria (AD 1547-

1578) o The Knights of Malta (AD 1565) o The Moriscoes (AD 1566-1609) o Spain Under Philip the Second

(AD 1560-1598) o Two More Philips (AD 1598-

1665)

Stories of Russia and Germany o Russia: Breaking the Yoke o Russia: The First Czar o Russia: Sledging Through

Mucovy o Russia: Serfdom and

Pretenders o Germany: Martin Luther o Germany: Max II o Germany: The Revolt in

Behemia

Stories of France and Canada o France: The Period of Religious

Wars o France: King Henry of Navarre o France: Richelieu, The Great

Minister

Stories of Mexico and South America o The Stories of Francisco Pizarro o Makers of South America: Jose

de Anchieta

The Forgotten Classics – Great Lives Series

Stories of Great Spiritual Leaders o The Monk that Shook the World

(Martin Luther) o Had You Been Born a Protestant


o St. Vincent De Paule: The Shepherd Boy Who Became a Philanthropist (1576-1660)

Stories of Great Wives and Mothers o The Good Protestants – An

English Tale (Mid 1500s)

Stories of Great Inventors o Laurence Coster, The

Discoverer of Type-Printing o John Gutenberg, The Inventor

of the Printing Press o John Gutenberg and the

Invention of Printing o The Romance of Pottery –

Enameling Earthenware Invented by Palissy

Stories of Great Scientists o Galileo and the Wonders of the

Telescope (1564-1642) o Kepler and the Pathway of the

Planets (1571-1635)

Stories of Great Statesmen and Leaders o William the Silent (1533 – 1584

AD)

Stories of Great Artists o Jacopo, the Little Dyer

(Tintoretto 1518-1594) o The Light of Guido’s Lamp

(Guido Reni 1575-1642)

Stories of Notable Lives from Around the World

o William the Silent – A Hero of Holland (1533-1584: Holland)

The Forgotten Classics – Freedom Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of American History o Sir Francis Drake

o Sir Walter Raleigh The Forgotten Classics – Story Hour Series *Suitable for Younger Children

Stories from History o The Story of Roger, the English

Lad, Who Longed to Sail the Spanish Main

o How a Boy Saved a Queen (Scotland) page 249

o The Men of Forest Cantons (Switzerland – William Tell) page 253

Stories of Great Lives o Sir Philip Sidney o The Ungrateful Soldier

Poetry for the Well-Educated Heart o The Leak in the Dike (undated

legend of Holland – History: Month 2)

o Quivira (Francisco Coronado History: Month 9)


Stories of Hymns o Hymns of Jewish Origin o Hymns of the Eastern Church o German Hymns o “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

– Martin Luther o God, A Mighty Fortress

Stories of Music and Art History Part 1 o Palestrina (1524-1594) o The Oratorio and the Opera o Correggio o Titian o A Group of Venetian Painters o Velasquez o Belgium: Rubens o Van Dyck, and Other Followers

of Rubens

Stories of Music and Art History Part II o France: The Song and the

Singer

o France: The Age of Lully and Rameau

o France: Art – Early French Art o Germany: German Church

Music o Germany: Art – Nuremberg o Germany: Albrecht Durer o Germany: Hans Holbein


English Explorers

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Walter Raleigh

Fate of Sir Walter Raleigh

The Northmen

First View of the Pacific

First Voyage Around the World



o Christmas with Queen Bess

Tales of Olden Days by Hazel Gertrude


The Beginnings of Opera

The First Opera

A Brave Mountaineer (William Tell)

The Opera “William Tell”

History Sings by Hazel Gertrude Kinscella

Pacific Coast Tales

o Where California Got Its Name

o Music in the Missions

o Los Pastores

o The Bell of Silver Voice

AD 1607 - Queen Elizabeth


William Shakespeare – English Playwright and Poet

Vasco da Gama – Portuguese Sea Captain and Explorer

American History: John Smith and the Settling of Jamestown

American History: The Incredible Story of Jamestown

American History: The Coming of the Pilgrims

American History: Why Communal Living Did Not Work


Two Grand Ideas: A Heritage of Freedom

The Spanish Armada: God’s Hand in Battle

John Smith and Pocahontas: Jamestown

The Starving Time and Beyond: Jamestown

William Bradford, a Man Prepared: Pilgrims and Plymouth

Leaving England and the Mayflower Compact: Pilgrims and Plymouth

The First Winter: Pilgrims and Plymouth

Squanto and the First Thanksgiving: Pilgrims and Plymouth


The Faithful French Huguenots

New France The Forgotten Classics – World History Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the World o England and Spain o The Seventeenth Century

o The Pilgrim Fathers o The Age of Louis XIV o The East of Europe in the

Seventeenth Century o The Eighteenth Century o The Story of India

Stories of the British Isles o Queen Elizabeth o The Spanish Armada o Spenser and the Faerie Queen

(Edmund Spenser) o Shakespeare o The Cousins from Scotland o Oliver Cromwell o The Pilot of the State (William

and Mary) o Horatio Nelson o Wellington, The Iron Duke o George III o Queen Victoria o Alfred Lord Tennyson o Edward VII

Stories of China and India o India’s Story: How the Dutch

and the English Set Forth to India

o The First British Ambassador goes to the Court of the Emperor of India

o The Hatred of the Dutch o The French in India o The Siege of Arcot o The Black Hole o The Battle of Plassey o Times of Misrule

Stories of Holland and Spain o Charles the Second (AD 1665-

1700) o Philip the Fifth (AD 1700-1746) o Ferdinand the Sixth (AD 1746-

1749)

Stories of Russia and Germany

o Russia: Gaining Strength o The Great Czar: Travels and

Troubles o The Great Czar: His Reforms o Russia: German Influence o Russia: The Great Elizabeth o Russia: Court Manners o Russia: Catharine the Great o Germany: More Wars o Germany: Prince Eugene o Germany: Maria Theresa o Germany: Joseph II

Stories of France and Canada o France: The Sun King (Louis

XIV) o France: Louise XV o France: The Locksmith King o Canada: The Founding of

Quebec o Canada: How a Bold Answer

Saved Quebec o Canada: How the Union Jack

was Hoisted Upon the Fort of St. Louis

o Canada: The Feast of Eat-Everything

o Canada: A Knight of New France

o Canada: The Beginning of the Hudson Bay Company

o Canada: The Adventures of La Salle

o Canada: Count Frontenac o Canada: The Story of

Madeleine de Vercheres o Canada: The War of the

Boundary Line o Canada: The Path of Glory o Canada: For the Empire



o The Apostle of the Indians Isaac Jogues (1607-1696)

Stories of Great Musicians

o The Whittler of Cremona (1644-1737)

o Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

o George Frederick Handel (1686-1759)

Stories of Great Wives and Mothers o Rachel, Lady Russell (1636-

1723) o Susanna Wesley (1669-1742)

Stories of Great Inventors o Extraordinary Career of

Bottgher, the Inventor of Hard Porcelain

o James Watt, the Inventor of the Steam Engine

Stories of Great Scientists o Newton and the Finding of

World Secret (1642-1727) o Charles Linnaeus and the Story

of the Flowers (1707-1778) o Herschel and the Story of the

Stars (1738-1822)

Stories of Great Statesmen and Leaders o Queen Elizabeth of England

(1533 – 1602 AD) o Peter the Great – The Boy of

the Kremlin (1672 – 1725 AD)

Stories of Great Artists o The Joyous Vagabond (Claude

Lorraine 1600-1682) o Bartolome’s Velvet Hat (Murillo

1617-1682) o The Father of English Wood

Engraving (Bewick 1753-1828)


o The Boy Commander of the Camisards (1681-1740 France)

o The Story of Catherine (Died 1797: Russia)

The Forgotten Classics – Story Hour Series

Stories from History o The Story of Ezekiel Fuller, the

Puritan Boy – December 22, 1620

o Siege of Leyden (Holland) page 282

o The Defence of Rochelle – How the City of Refuge Fought for Liberty (France)

o The Invincible Armada (Spain and England) page 304

o The Virginia Wife-Market – Two Shiploads of Sweethearts and the Prices Paid for Them

Stories of Great Lives o The Kingdoms – Frederick

William, King of Prussia o The King and the Page

(Frederick, King of Prussia)

Poetry for the Well-Educated Heart o Pocahontas (History: Month 1) o Swedish Battle Song (History:

Month 1) o The Pilgrims Came (History:

Month 2) o Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers

(History: Month 2) o The Twenty-Second of

December (History: Month 2) o Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee

(Fictional poem about pirates – History: Month 2)

Stories of Paintings o Baby Stuart – Sir Anthony Van

Dyck (1599-1641) o Divine Shepherd – Murillo

(1617-1682) o The Buttery – Pieter De Hooch

(1632-1681) o The Sleeping Girl – Jan Van Der

Meer (1632-1675) o Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-

1669) Portrait of an Old

Woman The Night Watch

Rembrandt’s Native Land


Stories of Hymns o First Song of one who had been

Speechless o An Impromtu Hymn and Tune o Martin Rinkart o “Now Thank We All Our God” o Paul Gerhardt o Gerhard Tersteegen, the

Weaver

Stories of Music and Art History Part 1 o Italian Art in the Seventeenth

Century o Murillo o Rembrandt o A Group of Dutch Painters o Landscape and Marine Painters

Stories of Music and Art History Part II o A Musical Medley (Queen

Elizabeth)

The Forgotten Classics Freedom Series from Libraries of Hope

Stories of the Pilgrims

Stories of Historic Americans o The Story of John Winthrop, of

Boston, Called “The Washington of Colonization”

Stories of American History o Stories of Early Virginia o Stories of Early Maryland o Stories of Early New England o Stories of Early New York o Stories of Early Pennsylvania o Stories of Early George o Life in Early Colonial Days o Father Marquette o Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La

Salle o Stories of the New Englanders

and the Indians


The Colonies

Captain John Smith

Plymouth Colony

A Chapter of English History

Puritans and Pilgrims

The Pilgrims in America

The Pilgrims at Work Tales of Olden Days by Hazel Gertrude


Pilgrim Hymns

The Pilgrims Came (poem)

Sunday in the Colonies

Famous Concerts in a Coal Shed

(Thomas Britton)

Now is the Month of Maying (Thomas

Morley)

History Sings by Hazel Gertrude Kinscella

(Music Stories)

Atlantic Coast Beginnings

o It Began with a Song

o The Indians Who Met Columbus

o Songs in a Strange Land

o Miles Standish and His Bugle

o A Play-Party

o The First Thanksgiving

o Merrymount

o More Puritan Songs

o The Bay Psalm Book

o Sunday in the Colonies

o Old Jamestown Songs and

Dances

Along Southern Borders

o Four Flags and a House (St.

Augustine, Florida)

o Music from the Skies (history of

Bells)

o Indian Tribal Music

o Indian Rhythms

o Indian Melody and Harmony

o Indian Musical Instruments

o The Oldest Organ

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