**The winner is Bettina Kuersten**
Oh let me tell you, if you are a lapbooker, scrapbooker, notebooker, Classical educator, or Charlotte Mason follower, you will love this product! This is the ultimate way of showing off your journey through history. I had the tremendous pleasure of reviewing Barbara Shukin’s Medieval History Portfolio Junior and I immediately fell in love with this amazing creation.
Mrs. Shukin has created four volumes of the History Portfolio Series for the following time periods: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern. These books are designed for ages 9 and up. She has also created two special volumes for the Ancient and Medieval time periods just for the Junior historian (ages 5-8).
As Mrs. Shukin says,
The 5 – 8 years can be a time of pleasant exposure to the subject of world history. The Portfolio Junior is designed especially for that purpose, with care taken to offer plenty of variety while not over burdening the young student with laborious writing tasks. The Portfolio Junior offers a gentle introduction to history and notebooking with plenty of games and puzzles, images to color, and as much or as little writing as is appropriate for each child.
The sections include:
- The Christians
- The West Roman Empire
- The Celtic Tribes
- The Germanic Tribes
- Frankish Kingdom
- The East Roman Empire / Byzantium
- The World
I was so grateful to learn how easily this portfolio compliments Story of the World. As a matter of fact, Mrs. Shukin includes a special resource guide in the back that shows exactly which SOTW chapters correlate with each page of the History Portfolio.
A product like this will truly appeal to all types of homeschoolers. Mrs. Shukin thought of everything, including tailoring the volume to three ability levels; for the child who is not able to write much, the child who enjoys simple copywork, and the child who is capable of writing out their own narrations. We enjoyed rotating between the different levels.
Other features of the portfolio include:
- 11″ x 47″ timeline
- Book recommendations for early readers and picture books
- Topics for narrations and reports
- Important dates and events
- Notebooking ideas
- Gorgeous full color maps of: The Holy Land at the Time of Christ, The Spread of Christianity, The Roman Empire, The Celts, The Vikings, The Frankish Empire, Cultural Map of Western Europe, Constantinople, Kublai Khan’s Empire, Islam and Christianity, The New World Before Columbus
Made of thick cardstock and contained in a landscape binder, this is a durable portfolio that will last for years. Please see this page for beautiful colored examples of some of the pages.
We are thrilled to be able to give away one boxed kit which contains one Medieval History Portfolio Junior containing Student Pages on heavy weight card stock paper and the Parent Guide and Notebooking Materials, a 10 sheet pack of 65 lb. multicolored card stock paper, a set of the Medieval History Portfolio Full Color Maps, a bookmark, and a box of 12 quality colored pencils. A $44.95 value.
To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment and tell us your favorite historical event. Comments will be closed Friday, October 31st at 10pm EST and the winner will be announced on Sunday in our weekly newsletter. You can sign up by entering your email address in over in the right sidebar. As always please make sure you leave your email address or that it is clearly listed on your profile or blog. If we can’t email you, you can’t win. This giveaway is only open to U.S. residents.
Ooo, my favorite historical event? Hmmm. That is hard to narrow down, but I love reading pioneer stories about their journey west and life on the way. It is definitely a time I would like to “go back” and try out.
Tristan
tdrowlee@yahoo.com
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Ooooooooh…that looks like a fabulous product!! Thanks so much for sharing. We are long-time CM hsers and I am going to spend a few minutes perusing it right now.
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That looks lovely! Please count me in.
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Oh, my girls love history. I’d love to win this.
Colonial America
WWI & WW II
Are the three time periods they love the best.
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As for my favorite historical event, that is the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.
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That is a tough question. I guess my first would be the birth of Jesus. Other than that it would be when George Washington became president and when the United States was becoming a great nation.
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I would have to agree with the birth of Christ as my favorite event in history. Thanks so much for the giveaway. This product looks great!
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The birth of Jesus, most definitely came to mind – even before I read the other comments
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Can Canadians enter? This looks like a great prize!
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Well, I was going to say my favorite event was Christ’s death & ressurection, but he had to be born before he did that…so I guess I’ll have to say both. I really love learing about history. I used to wish I was born in cowboy/American pioneer time or a teenager during the 1950′s. History in general just fascinates me. This sounds like a great product. Thanks for the review & the opportunity to win.
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My Favortite event would have to be… the building of Karyatides statues of the Erechtheion in Athens Greece.. I love the art and building combo they make together, Very Unique!
Hugs!
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My favorite historical event would have to be the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus (I know it’s 3 events, but without all 3 together, our salvation wouldn’t be possible). This product looks amazing – thank you for your generosity in giving it away!
Sharon
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Besides the obvious answer of Christ’s birth, death and then resurrection my next favorite historical event would be the making and signing of the US Constitution. I truly believe it was a blessed document created by men who were led by the hands of God.
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To echo everyone else – yes, the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I love everyone’s answers! My next answer would have to be the Christian Reformation period.
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WOW! What a wonderful resource! Thanks for making it possible to be a winner.
And my favorite historical event has to be Jesus’ life and ministry. Where would I be without HIM…Where would any of us be???
Blessings,
Lori TenHaken
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My favorite historical event has got to be the creation of the earth. My kids and I are in the middle of a creation study. WOW!
I’ve had Barbara Shukin’s Medieval History Portfolio Junior on our wish list for a year now.
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Well, I know I’ll be repeating most others, but yes – Christ’s life and ministry would be the most signifcant historical event, and my favorite as far as impacting my life. I find the Reformation to be very interesting as well.
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One of my favorite historical events is when man first landed on the moon, the day after my birthday! Sounds like a great product for our two boys.
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My favorite event is when we received the ten commandments,
directly followed by Jesus reminding us to think before throwing stones at others!
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Hi,
My favorite as well is the Birth of Christ, and we are looking forward to the Christmas season again this year. I learned of The “Jesse tree” from Amy B’s blog last year and I think we are going to do that this year. Thank you for this awesome website, and the resource giveaway opportunity. This looks like a fabulous product! My 9 year old loves History. This would be great for her.
Blessings In Him,
Danielle
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My favorite historical event (after the birth of Christ as many others have said) is the emancipation of the slaves in America.
Courtney P.
Kinder, LA
cshortprudhomme@yahoo.com
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