Literature for the World History Classroom

Middle Ages
Henry IV -Shakespeare
Canterbury Tales-Geoffrey Chaucer
Adventures of Don Quiote-Miguel Cervantes
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings-Amy Kelly
Three Musketeers-Alexandr Dumais
A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-Mark Twain
Ivanhoe-Sir Walter Scott

Renaissance
The Inferno-Dante (example of vernacular literature)
Romeo and Juliet-Shakespeare (example of arranged marriages, etc.)
The Prince-Machiavelli*
The Book of the Courtier-Baldassare Castiglione

Reformation
Here I Stand:Life of Martin Luther-Roland Bainton

French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens
Les Miserables-Victor Hugo
Queen of France-Andre Castelot

Enlightenment
Candide-Voltaire

Scientific Revolution
Madame Curie-Eve Curie
Men in Mathematics-Eric Bell (emphasis on mathematicians who lived from the 1600s-1800s)

Industrial Revolution
Hard Times-Charles Dickens
Queen Victoria-Lytton Strachey

Russian Revolution
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Dr. Zhivago-Boris Pasternak

WWI
A Farewell to Arms-Ernest Hemingway
All Quiet in the Western Front

Creative History Classroom

• Use artifacts if possible-kids love to handle objects
• Have a book gallery-use plate stands to showcase books (fiction and non-fiction) on the topic you are studying with your students
• Use milk of magnesium tablets to neutralize the acid in newspapers (this will keep them from turning yellow)
• Use the WWW-Quia is great for online quizzes
• Have your students create bulletin boards (grade with rubrics)
• Incorporate literature, if possible