A curriculum guide to accompany The History of the Medieval From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade, by Susan Wise Bauer.
Susan Wise Bauer’s narrative world history series is widely used in advanced high school history classes, as well as by home educating parents. The Study and Teaching Guide, designed for use by both parents and teachers, provides a full curriculum with study questions and answers, critical thinking assignments, essay topics, instructor rubrics, and test forms. Explanations for answers and teaching tips are also included.The Study and Teaching Guide, designed by historian and teacher Julia Kaziewicz in cooperation with Susan Wise Bauer, makes The History of the Medieval World even more accessible to educators and parents alike.
There is a lot of content here to support your reading and study of The History of the Medieval World. Every chapter has a Section I Who, What, Where; Section II Comprehension; Section III Critical Thinking; and most have a Section IV Map Exercise (about 50 maps total). Sometimes the Critical Thinking was great, and other times it seemed way too particular. More primary literature inclusion and more big-picture questions would have been great. I bought both the hard version and the digital version, and this was valuable, because making copies for my kids was easy using the digital, and I followed along in discussions of the questions with my hard copy. It could use revision for cleaning up of typos, but this is not surprising in a text so large. Also, many times there is not enough space on the worksheets for students to write appropriate answers. For the busy parent or teacher, however, this is a useful resource.