Name: The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster
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The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster

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Publisher’s Description of The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster

This is the story of a wonderful, changing, reawakening world—the world of the Renaissance and Reformation. Measured by the lifetime of Columbus and his sons, this book spans the years from 1451-1539. With Columbus as the central figure of this narrative, readers will also learn the fascinating stories of Prince Henry the Navigator, Ivan III of Russia, Gutenberg, Queen Isabella, Leonardo da Vinci, Mohammed II, the African ruler Nomi Mansa, Martin Luther, Erasmus, Albrecht Dürer, Copernicus, Michelangelo and many others.

Told in Foster’s engaging and winsome style enhanced by her helpful chronologies and timelines, readers will learn of the religious, cultural and scientific changes that ushered in a new frontier of exploration and discovery.

Category Description forLiterature Approach to Medieval History Intermediate

From 500 A.D. to 1530 A.D., this literature approach to history takes students through the medieval period via some of the best classic and historic literature available.Students read works by classic authors such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Sir Walter Scott.They learn about heroic figures of the time like Wycliffe, Tyndale, Joan of Arc, Luther, Saladin and more.This one-year course has been revised and the publishers have broken the study into two guides; one for intermediate/junior high grades, and one for high school.The guides are now full-color.The Intermediate/Junior High guide features 35 weekly lessons with reading assignments, mapping activities, research and discussion topics, hands-on and craft suggestions, vocabulary lists and more.