I love history that transports you back in time! We have been taken on an adventure with Project Passport World History Studies: Renaissance & Reformation from Home School in the Woods.
This downloadable program, designed for grades 3-8, contains 25 "stops" that will take you to experience the Renaissance & Reformation. It's one in a series of world history studies - you can purchase each era, or the Complete Project Passport Collection. (the newest Project Passport: Ancient Rome is now available!)
This study is packed with activities! It contains everything you'll need for a full unit study of history - all you add is the printer, and basic supplies. The entire study is approx. 8-12 weeks of study. The planning has all been done for you. In the edition we explored, the Renaissance & Reformation we had stops that covered:
- Italy & Da Vinci
- Everyday Life
- Renaissance Art
- Famous Artists of the Renaissance
- Music of the Renaissance
- Literature, Drama, & Shakespeare
- Science, Math and Astronomy
- Inventions
- Exploration: The Americas
- Exploration:Africa, Asia, and Around the World
- The Early Reformers
- Martin Luther
- The Thirty Years' War
- Zwingli and Switzerland
- John Calvin
- France & Wars of Religion
- Henry VIII
- Henry's Children
- Civil War
- Knox and Scotland
- The Counter-Reformation
Let me show you...
Each stop begins with a "Travel Iternerary" which will outline exactly what you need for this lesson. Each stop contains a variety of options that you can customize to your family. Over 50 activities like timelines, creative writing, lapbooking, notebooking, mapping, cooking, games and fun hands-on projects are all included.The "Guide Book" on each stop is a well-researched and comprehensive summary of the particular topic. This is the "meat" of this program, it's much more than just the projects! In addition, many stops also include audio tours that you can listen to as well.
To begin, I like to sit down and spend time printing out everything I need. The study walks you through exactly what you need, it's very easy (but, you do want to have an extra ink cartridge handy). Several ongoing projects are included - the Scrapbook of Sights and a Lapbook.
We really love lapbooking around here. It creates a project that my students are really proud to show off, and we use them over as review tools. Here is our lapbook we created with this study:
My sweet testers love a chance to create! In this study, we made our very own tiaras while learning about France's Wars of Religion. The hands on projects really make the learning come off the page and memorable. They took an idea for masquerade masks from the lesson on Everyday life and have been wearing them ever since! This is my test of great history...do they personalize it and play with it?
The Renaissance is a time of art, so of course - we tried our hands at making frescos!
Additional Resources are recommended that you can add to the study. You will be completely impressed with the depth of this study - and you will never want boring history textbooks again! I promise.
Be sure to check out this series:
Project Passport World History Studies
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- NEW Project Passport: Ancient Rome
- The Middle Ages
- Renaissance & Reformation
- NEW Complete Project Passport Collection
- Hands-on History Lap-Paks
- Time Travelers American History
- Hands-on History Activity-Paks
- Hands-on History Activity Studies
- À La Carte Timelines
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