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An assignment for my 5th-6th grade co-op students... Look at each of the nine pictures very carefully. You can click on them to enlarge them. The dates listed are approximately when the art was created.   All of the ones in this post are related to the birth of Christ.    The paintings are from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (I had to take the pictures from a slight angle because otherwise I was getting a glare from the flash.)  These paintings and sculptures were created during the  Renaissance . Some of them are  gilded . Many of the the titles contain the words madonna  and  adoration . Click on each of these four bold words and write down definitions. There are Bible passages linked below three of the paintings.  Read each one. Writing assignment: Tell which one is your favorite piece of art and why. Then describe this picture or sculpture in at least three sentences. "The Adoration of the Shepherds" by Giorgione, 15...

Dear friends, These links and information are for the students in our home school co-op's 5th-6th grade English class. They are learning about medieval life in their history class, so I am trying to customize some of their literature selections to complement that. This week, at the start of Advent, we are learning how the Druids (pagans who practiced child sacrifice and a lot of superstition) came to accept Christianity, and how their existing winter solstice traditions were adapted to express the glad Christmas tidings of Jesus. "How St. Boniface Kept Christmas Eve"   is from the vintage book American Normal Readers, Book 5.   Print pages 212-227.  This will show up as numbers 207-222 on the book pages.   You can also find "Yuletide Customs" in the same online book.  Print pages 200-202, which will show up as 195-197 on the book pages. Questions: In what year did this story take place?  How many years ago was this? The first paragraph of the story descri...

This is a fun little quiz for middle school aged kids.  Answers are at the bottom in very tiny print!  Don't peek until you think you've guessed most of them! Obfuscated Christmas Carols Quiz Can You Name These Religious Christmas Carols? Approach Everyone Who Is Steadfast Ecstasy Toward The Orb Hush, The Foretelling Spirits Harmonize Hey, Minuscule Urban Area Southwest Of Jerusalem Quiescent Nocturnal Period The Autocratic Troika Originating Near the Accent of Apollo The Primary Carol During the Time Ovine Caretakers Supervised Their Charges Past Twilight Celestial Messengers From Splendid Empires The Tatterdemalion Ebony Atmosphere What Offspring Abides Thus? Removed in a Bovine Feeding Trough Seraphim We Aurally Detect in the Stratosphere The Slight Percussionist Lad The Event Occurred At One Minute After 11:59 PM—Visibility Unlimited Are You Experiencing Parallel Auditory Input? ANSWERS TO OBFUSCATED CHRISTMAS CAROLS QUIZ 1. O Come All Ye Faithful 2. Joy To The World 3. Ha...

"Christmas Once is Christmas Still" by Phillips Brooks The silent skies are full of speech, For who hath ears to hear; The winds are whispering each to each, The moon is calling to the beach, And stars their sacred mission teach Of Faith, and Love, and Fear. But once the sky its silence broke, And song o'erflowed the earth, The midnight air with glory shook, And angels mortal language spoke, When God our human nature took In Christ the Saviour's birth. And Christmas once is Christmas still; The gates through which He came, And forests wild and murmuring rill, And fruitful field and breezy hill, And all that else the wide world fill Are vocal with His name. Shall we not listen while they sing This latest Christmas morn, And music hear in everything, And faithful lives in tribute bring To the great song which greets the King Who comes when Christ is born. ~~Phillips Brooks~~ (He is better known for his carol, "O Little Town of Bethelehem." I have assigned this...