MOH3 - Mystery of History III ~ Crazy JC Girl

Here is a chronological list of additional resources for studying MOH3 (1455-1707).

Check back – we will update these lists as we gather more information.

High School suggestions: AH = American History; WL=World Literature; BL=British Literature

E=Elementary; M=Middle Grades (4/5th-8th); H=High School;

NR=No Review; *=Enjoyed; info=Information Given

Year	MOH3 Topic	Focus
1455 A.D.	War of Roses		Shakespeare: Richard III
1464	Italian Renaissance		Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (after 1290 A.D.) Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew
		AH	M/H – NR – Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann (young reader’s version) (pre-1491 history)
			M – ,NR – Children of the Longhouse* by Joseph Bruchac (late 1400s – Mohawk tribe)
1492	Lorenzo the Magnificant		Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing (when Aragon ruled Sicily)
1503	Leonardo da Vinci Paints the Mona Lisa		M/H – NR – Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance by John Philips (National Geographic)
1519, 1531	Cortes & Pizarro Conquistadors of Spain		M/H – NR – The Seven Serpents Trilogy by Scott O’Dell M/H – NR – The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell
1521	Martin Luther & the Spread of the Protestant Reformation		Field Trip: Museum of the Bible M/H – NR – The Monk Who Shook the World by Cyril Davey
1536	William Tyndale		Field Trip: Museum of the Bible
		BL	H – NR – The Faerie Queene (Book 1) by Edmund Spenser
1558	Elizabeth I		M – * – Book Review: A Murder for Her Majesty
1592	Shakespeare		M – * – Book Review: The Shakespeare Stealer Field Trip: American Shakespeare Center E/M – Studying Shakespeare E/M – Writing Ideas: Shakespeare
			M – NR – The Samurai’s Tale by Erik C. Haugaard (16th Century – Japan)
1605	Cervantes writes Don Quixote	WL	H – NR – Don Quixote by Cervantes Translated by Walter Starkie or try…. Translated by Tobias Smollet
1607	The Founding of Jamestown		M – NR – Blood on the River: James Town,1607 by Elisa Carbone
		(AH)	M/H – NR, * – Stink Alley by Jamie Gilson (1614: Separatist refugees from England to Holland with William Brewster)
1620	Pilgrims Land at New Plymouth	AH	M/H – NR – The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
1630	John Winthrop & Puritans		M – Book Review: The Iron Peacock
1632	Galileo Galilei		M – NR – Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick
16th-17th Centuries	Jewish Renaissance & Reformation		M – Book Review: Out of Many Waters (1654)
1654	Blaise Pascal		M – NR – A Piece of the Mountain: The Story of Blaise Pascal by Joyce McPherson
		WL	H – NR – The Misanthrope by Moliere translated by Richard Wilbur (1666)
1667, 1678	John Milton & John Bunyan: Puritan authors of 17th Century		M – Book Review: Escape Across the Wide Sea (1686) M/H – Book Review: Pilgrim’s Progress (1678)
		BL	H – NR – Paradise Lost by John Milton
			M – NR – Madeline Takes Command by Ethel Claire Brill (1692 Quebec: 14-year-old Madeline de Verchere commands family fort from Iroquois attack)