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Myths of the Norsemen
by R.L. Green
Text for Thor Packet
Teach students about Old Norse mythology and the origin of their favorite Marvel characters like Thor. This text was used to create the Thor packet
Joan of Arc French Soldier and Saintby Philip Wolny
Text for Joan of Arc Packet
About the Book by E. Hathaway (excerpt from the Joan of Arc teaching packet) -Joan of Arc was born around the year 1412, and under typical circumstances for girls in the Middle Ages, she would have grown up to live a quiet and regular life. Women, who were famous or influential in the 15th century, were mainly royalty or married into power. Joan, on the other hand, broke through the barriers set before her to become one of the most influential women in French history.
FOCUS JEANNE D’ARC ORLÉANS
Free Resource in French
Product to accompany Museum Spotlight on Joan of Arc (see https://www.teachingthemiddleages.com/museumspotlight)
Beowulf (a graphic novel)
by Gareth HInd
A Text for Beowulf Packet (forhcoming)
The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf — reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds’s masterful illustrations. Grendel’s black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother ... Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats ... are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail. Told for more than a thousand years, Beowulf’s heroic saga finds a true home in this graphic-novel edition.
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The Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio
A Medieval text written during the pandemic of the Middle Ages --
this edition is used for the Decameron Story Map
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkein
75th Edition
For tenth graders through HS
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Recognition and Modes of Knowledge
by Teresa Russo
Classical and Modern Recognition Theories
A book for teachers; incluses discussions of Dante, Miguel de Cervantes, and other medieval authors and includes discussion of Biblical recognitions by Piero Boitani.
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Book available in the United States
Book availble in Canada
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Dante's Golden Legends by Mary Alexandra Watt
"Dante's Golden Legend proposes that the Divine Comedy represents not only Dante's autobiography but also his attempt to portray himself as a martyr-saint whose poem will cleanse the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy, of the corruption that prevents Rome from fulfilling its destiny as the City of God"
Boccaccio: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works Kindle Edition
Resource for Boccaccio's Decameron
(Perfect to Accompany StoryMap)
Long celebrated as one of “the Three Crowns” of Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–75) experimented widely with the forms of literature. His prolific and innovative writings—which range beyond the novella, from lyric to epic, from biography to mythography and geography, from pastoral and romance to invective—became powerful models for authors in Italy and across the Continent.
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This book has been used to create the first Decameron StoryMap (forthcoming as a teaching tool for HS teachers)
Product used as a source for The Decameron StoryMap -
Support our contributor, Michael Sherberg
The Decameron
Third Day in Perspective
Edited by Francesco Ciabattoni & Pier Massimo Forni
New Addition
The product used as source for The Decameron Story Map - Support our contributor, Francesco Ciabattoni
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