Curious Historian 3B - Teacher's Edition

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A one-semester course for grades 7 and up

The Curious Historian Level 3 is the third part in a 3-level series that presents the study of history and culture from the beginnings of civilization (Mesopotamia and Egypt) through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Students will grow excited about history, see how people throughout the ages were both similar to and different from themselves, and learn to be scholars of the past who can make a difference in the future. The Curious Historian Level 3B: Late Middle Ages and Renaissance (TCH3B) introduces students to:

• Unit I: The High Middle Ages
  • European society after 1066
  • The Crusades
  • Byzantium, the Muslim world, Outremer
  • Western Christendom in the high Middle Ages
  • 12th- and 13th-century renaissance and renewal
• Unit II: The Empires of the East
  • China’s Song, Ming, Qing dynasties
  • The Mongol and Mamluk Empires
  • Islamic Empires: the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal
  • Medieval Japan
• Unit III: The Renaissance and Reformation
  • Masters
  • Crises of the 14th and 15th centuries
  • The Renaissance and the New World
  • The Reformation
  • Reactions to the Reformation

The Curious Historian teacher’s editions include detailed teacher notes and tips, a suggested weekly schedule, answer keys for all exercises, and sample responses and prompts for the discussion questions.

Bonus Digital Resources for Level 3B is a collection of PDFs which is complimentary when you purchase The Curious Historian Level 3B Program (or available for purchase separately). These digital files can be printed and either distributed to students or displayed in the classroom:

• The Curious Historian Level 3B Quizzes (PDF) and Answer Key (PDF) 
• “Four Categories of Virtues (and Vices)” chart (PDF) from TCH3B appendix C
• The “Spotlight on Virtue” discussion questions (PDF) from TCH3B appendix C
• Reference Archive charts indexed in TCH3B appendix F

Plus: A supplemental Go Deeper PDF will be available to view for free! This resource includes additional information to share with your students or explore for your own interest: fun tidbits, links to museum collections of artifacts, links to virtual tours of medieval ruins and other key sites, and much more. Icons in the teacher’s edition indicate when to reference this optional resource.

“We believe that history is about more than memorizing dates, reciting lists of kings and emperors, and remembering who won which battle in wars that changed the world forever. History is also the study of the people who lived during those events. From the beginning of recorded time, people have invented new ways to do things, created beauty in dreary places, and erected buildings and monuments that continue to inspire us. Some of these people became well-known figures and others were ordinary men and women like you and me. But all of us are part of the greater tree of humankind, and we each need to know what our part is as a leaf upon that tree. Without an understanding of the past, we will be less equipped to live in the present and plan for the future.” —Dr. Christopher Perrin