Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Yasmeen 9th Grade Log

History
Western Civilization
Ancients: Romans, Egyptians, Byzantines.
History of England
Medieval and Renaissance England (5th-18th century)
Main expertise: William the Conquer, Black Plague, The War of The Roses: House of York, Neville family, Tudor Era, Italian Renaissance, Borgia family.
Documentaries, Articles, and Books
The Yorkist Age by Paul Murray Kennedall (??)  
Mary Tudor: A Life by David Loades
Diana by Sara Bradford
D: Killer Queens: Queen Isabella of England (Isabella of France)
D: Killer Queens: Queen Matilda (Empress Matilda)
D: She Wolves: England's Queens, Isabella [of France] and Margaret [of Anjou]
D: The Medici: Godfathers of The Renaissance: Episodes 1-4 by PBS
D: Kings and Queens of England: Episode 1: The Normans
D: Kings and Queens of England: Episode 2: Middle Ages
D: Kings and Queens of England: Episode 3: Tudors
D: Kings and Queens of England: Episode 4: Stuarts
D: Kings and Queens of England: Episode: 5: Georgians
D: Kings and Queens of England: Episode 6: Moderns

D: Reconstructing Richard III's Face
A: TWOTR: The Battle of Mortimers Cross (www.mortimerscross.co.uk/history.htm)
A: Royalty and Daughters: The Lives of Isobel and Anne Neville by Wendy Zolo (www.triviumpublishing.com/articles/daughters1.html)
A: Marriage and The Neville's: A Brief Overview by Karen Clark (nevillfeast.wordpress.com)
A: Marriage and The Neville's: Richard III & Anne Neville by Karen Clark (nevillfeast.wordpress.com)
A: Marriage and The Neville's: George, Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville by Karen Clark (nevillfeast.wordpress.com)
A: Theodora (Byzantine Empress) by Encyclopedia Britannia
D: The War of The Roses: A Bloody Crown (2011)
Show: Horrible Histories (BBC) 

Literature
Read: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Read: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (re-read)
Read: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain