History Review and Giveaway

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**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.