Category: History – Renaissance

by Claire October 21, 2015 9
History - Renaissance Homeschooling

The Renaissance Age

I’ve gathered all the Renaissance work into one place to make it (hopefully) easier to find.  We very much studiedContinue Reading

by Claire August 19, 2015 4
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Act III

  For Day 1 see here For Day 2 see here We did things back to front today as LornaContinue Reading

by Claire August 18, 2015 11
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Act II

For Day 1 see here Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scenes I-VI Watch a Stage Production of Act II, ScenesContinue Reading

by Claire August 17, 2015 9
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Studies Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet – Act I

Our first Shakespeare Club week was a huge success, so we were all looking forward to this week, assuming itContinue Reading

by Claire August 14, 2015 12
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 5

Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 1 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 2 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 3 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 4Continue Reading

by Claire August 13, 2015 10
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 4

Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 1 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 2 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 3 Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins)Continue Reading

by Claire August 12, 2015 7
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Studies Literature Study - Shakespeare PBL: Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Summer Adventure Box

Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 3

Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 1 Midsummer Night’s Dream Day 2 Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins) Read out-loud  Act I, sceneContinue Reading

by Claire August 11, 2015 10
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 2

For Day 1 see here Shakespeare Biographical Work (10 mins) Read out-loud Act 1, scene 2: John Shakespeare supports hisContinue Reading

by Claire August 10, 2015 16
Art Journals History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 1

Pre study The children read Midsummer Night’s Dream from the following books to familiarise themselves with the story: I alsoContinue Reading

by Claire August 5, 2015 13
History - Elizabethan Times History - Renaissance History - Tudors & Stuarts Homeschooling Literature Study - Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Club Summer Adventure Box

A Summer Shakespeare Club: Adventure Box

We’ve been making summer adventure boxes for years.  They are so useful for building anticipation as the children gleefully watchContinue Reading