Usborne Book of World History, Part II
P 82
The Kingdom of Kush (2.5 minutes)
Assorted Nubian videos, books, and unit study
P 97
Various Medieval Ages activity sheets (dot-to-dot, mazes, color-by-number, coloring pages, etc.)
Medieval recipes (from the British Museum, including the actual original text as well as translation)
P 98
Charles the Hammer Video (3.5 minutes)
Story of Muhammad (10.5 minutes) -note: all the prophets are purposely blurred
Islamic and Mosque-themed crafts
P 99
Charlemagne video (5 minutes)
More Charlemagne (5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
El Cid video (20 minutes)
P 100-101
Viking Runes (4.5 minutes)
P 102-103
Feudal System and the Doomsday Book (7.5 minutes)
How to Joust video (3.5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 104-105
The Black Death TED talk (4 minutes) (I tried to find one that was more fact-based and less scary, but still proceed with caution)
Interesting and fun-looking black plague simulation/game as well as many other worksheets (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 106-107
Medieval guilds (7 minutes)
P 108-109
Medieval Travel/Pilgrimage (might wish to pre-watch as it is a little “different.” and might not speak positively about all aspects of the church). (20 minutes)
The Church in Medieval Europe (10 minutes)
P 110-111
What life was like for a crusader (12 minutes) (at around the 11:30 mark, there is a brief reference to cannibalism)
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P 112-113
Life in the Muslim empire (4.5 minutes)
P 114-115
Genghis Khan (10 minutes)
P 116-117
Angkor Wat (9.5 minutes)
Angkor Wat (3 minutes) (suggested by Courtney W.)
Angkor Wat Tour (9.5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 118-119
Marco Polo (13 minutes)
P 120-121
The Samurai (11.5 minutes)
P 122
Mansa Musa Crash Course (10.5 minutes)
Timbuktu (3 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Not exactly on topic, but salt is, so raised salt painting project
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P 123 (see 151)
P 124-125
The Inuit (4 minutes)
Native Americans (4 minutes)
P 126-128
The Aztecs (5 minutes)
The Aztecs (3 minutes)
Brainpop Aztecs (5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
The Maya (5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Aztec Mosaic Mask (this can also be done using paper squares for the tiles)
P 129-131
Teenage Mutant Ninja Renaissance Artists (2 minutes)
The Renaissance (5 minutes)
Why was Leonardo so famous? (3 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
https://www.justkidslit.com/renaissance-activities-for-young-artisans/
P 132-133
Some people of the Renaissance (5 minutes)
Galileo (4 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Intro to Galileo (3 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Who Was Isaac Newton (1 minute) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Isaac Newton Song (2 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.) (uses word idiots)
P 134-135
The Reformation (4.5 minutes)
John Calvin (3 minutes, suggested by Courtney W.)
Intro to Baroque Music (Suggested by Courtney W., 3 minutes)
Five Solas Craft (Costs $3.00, but you can come up with your own if you’d rather)
P 136-137
History of firearms (Warning: Contains weapons. And animal violence)
P 138-139
Machu Picchu (3.5 minutes)
The Incas (5 minutes) (might wish to pre-watch for a few reasons, including fried guinea pig)
Incas (Brainpop) (4 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 140-141
Francisco Pizarro (6 minutes)
A modern look at Colonization and its impact (7.5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 142-143
The Ottomans (5 minutes)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Song (2.5 minutes)
P 144-145
Ivan the Terrible (might be slightly violent, but I did try to find one of the least violent ones out there) (3 minutes)
A short look at the painting “Las Meninas” (“The Maids of Honor”) by Diego Velazquez (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 146-147
Sir Walter Raleigh and John White (5 minutes)
Shakespeare Biography (2 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Shakespeare List of Plays (Horrible Histories) (3 minutes)
Simpler Shakespeare Craft (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 148-149
Religious Turmoil in England (Horrible Histories) (3.5 minutes)
Horrible Histories: It’s a New World (3.5 minutes)
Horrible Histories: Jamestown (3 minutes) (as with all HH, warning)
Native American Crafts for kids
P 150
Battle of Quebec (15 minutes) (warning: has realistic war scenes)
A variety of worksheets and coloring pages regarding the fur trade
P 151
Benin Bronzes (4.5 minutes)
A Benin art list of activities from the British Museum
Photos of Benin art to help complete some of the activities
P 152-153
The Mughal Empire (12 minutes) (might wish to pre-watch from 6:30-7:02)
The Taj Mahal (4.5 minutes)
The Forbidden City (Suggested by Courtney W.) (2.5 minutes)
The Ming and Qing Dynasties (uses the word “hell.”) (13.5 minutes)
P 154-155
Warring States Japan (9.5 minutes) (does refer to a beheading)
Kabuki Theater (4 minutes)
Japanese Tea Ceremony (6 minutes)
A look at a tea ceremony (2 minutes)
Bonsai Trees (both artificial and real)
P 156-157
The Dutch East India Company (8.5 minutes)
P 158-159
Story about Cromwell and King Charles (6.5 minutes)
Mozart (6 minutes)
The Story Behind the Magic Flute (Warning: Uses the word “Hell”)
One of my children’s favorite Mozart songs (with lyrics not original to song) (2 minutes)
From one of our favorite classical music series
Meet Mozart (Suggested by Courtney W.) (3 minutes)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Cats (Suggested by Courtney W) (2 minutes)
P 160-161
Victorian Sports (1 minute)
A Day at the Seaside (1 minute)
A Short History of Pirates (4 minutes)
The Highwaymen of Hounslow Heath (10 minutes)
Bathing machines (1 minute) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 162-163
Agricultural Revolution (11 minutes)
P 164-165
Horrible Histories Inventions (3 minutes)
The clothes on your back: Factory kids(Suggested by Courtney W.)
How is LEGO made? | Maddie Moate(Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 166-167
Industrial Revolution (2 minutes)
Horrible Histories Work, Terrible Work Song (3 minutes) (HH warning)
What is The Salvation Army?(Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 168-169
Horrible Histories Transportation
How does the Panama Canal work?(Suggested by Courtney W.)
Panama Canal – Full Transit- Time Lapse(Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 170-171
The French Revolution with Mr. Peabody and Sherman (6 minutes)
Horrible Histories: French Revolution Report (3.5 minutes)
Horrible Histories: Napoleon Report (4 minutes)
Les Miserables: Do You Hear the People Sing? (2 minutes)
P 172 (Part 1, Paragraphs 1-4)
American Revolution Causes Song (4 minutes)
The American Revolution (10 minutes)
P 172-173 (Part 2)
Women’s Suffrage (7.5 minutes)
Eight Women’s Voting History Stories You May Not Know
Karl Marx (2 minutes)
Marxism (6 minutes) (This is a hard topic, but it relates well to the Industrial Revolution and it is broken down well)
P 174-175
Slavery and Reconstruction (4 minutes)
The Civil War (4 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Harriet Tubman Song (3.5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 176-177
Captain Cook from the Indigenous perspective (5 minutes)
Who Was the First Person to Reach the North Pole (3 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
Dr. Livingstone Names Victoria Falls (2 minutes)
P 178-179
Horrible Histories British Empire Report (3 minutes)
The Ottomans (8 minutes)
The Suez Canal (5 minutes)
The Ashanti Tribe (8 minutes)
The Great Zimbabwe (3 minutes)
The Boar Wars (7 minutes)
The Zulus (7 minutes)
P 180-181
England in India (8 minutes)
England in Australia (this is obviously the intro to a series, but it gives plenty of detail) (4 minutes)
History of New Zealand (4 minutes)
P 182-183
History of Native Americans (5.5 minutes) (might want to prewatch from 4:10-4:20)
Westward Expansion (5 minutes)
Lego Battle of the Little Bighorn – stop motion (Custer’s Last Stand)(Warning: Lego violence) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
The California Gold Rush cartoon 1849 (The Wild West)(Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 184
Westward Expansion and the Wild West (Crash course warning: Lots of good info, but often deals with harsher content and at one point says, “My God,”) (13 minutes)
Westward Expansion (6 minutes)
California Gold Rush (9 minutes)
I’m The Worst Cowboy in the Wild West. | DON’T FORGET YOUR UNDERWEAR(Suggested by Courtney W.)
P 185
Cinco de Mayo and the Maximilian Affair (8 minutes)
The Reasons for the Alamo (11 minutes)
Alamo craft for kids (3 minutes)
P 186-187
Russian Revolution (Crash Course, warning, uses the word “God” at the 2:45 minute mark) (14 minutes)
Alexander II of Russia (2.5 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (watch with caution, contains war scenes)
P 188
The Meiji Restoration (5 minutes)
What is a Samurai (3 minutes) (Suggested by Courtney W.)
189
Empress Dowager Cixi and the Boxer Rebellion (8 minutes)
History Brief: the Boxer Rebellion(Suggested by Courtney W.)
