SOTW2 - Chapter 4: The Byzantine Empire

• THE BEAUTY OF CONSTANTINOPLE
• Read online: Hagia Sophia (with computer reconstructions)
• Read online: Constantinople

• JUSTINIAN, THE JUST EMPEROR
• Project: Byzantine Costume Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney ISBN 0486420779)

• THE EMPRESS THEODORA
• Read: Who Was the Acrobatic Empress? The Story of Theodora by Robin Phillips (ISBN 0972860398)

• THE CHURCH IN THE EAST
• Read: Saint Nicholas by Ann Tompert (ISBN 1590783360)
• Project: Make a mosaic using the Byzantine technique

SOTW2 - Chapter 3: Christianity Comes to Britain

• AUGUSTINE COMES TO ENGLAND
• Read online: Augustine of Canterbury

• MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES
• Read: What Were Castles For? by Philip Roxbee Cox (ISBN 1580863965)
• Read online: Monks and Monasteries, Nuns and Convents

• WRITING BOOKS BY HAND
• Read online and/or project: Illuminations - A Lesson in the Art of Illuminated Letters by Amy Bruce (pdf) - contains instructions and examples of children's projects.
• Project: How to Illuminate a Letter
• Project: Illuminated Letter Coloring Pages
• Visit: Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts.  I especially recommend viewing such manuscripts as "Les Très Riches Heures de Metz", which was produced in the years 1300-1310 but has beautiful illuminations  (skip the first few pages because there seems to have been some damage, but if you go further in the book, it's gorgeous).  For a manuscript produced circa 700, visit this site.

SOTW2 - Chapter 2: The Early Days of Britain

• THE CELTS OF BRITAIN
• See my list of resources from SOTW1, Chapter 35
• Online activities: The Iron Age Celts
• Read: The Celts by Hazel Martell (ISBN 0670865583)

• BARBARIANS COME TO BRITAIN
• See my list of resources from SOTW1, Chapter 41~
• Watch:  Dark Age England - A Journey Back in Time (DVD)

• BEOWULF THE HERO
• Read: The Hero Beowulf by Eric Kimmel (ISBN 0374306710)
• Visit the site: Beowulf

SOTW2 - Chapter 1: The Glory That Was Rome

• WANDERING THROUGH THE ROMAN EMPIRE
• Read: I Wonder Why The Romans Wore Togas and Other Questions About Ancient Rome by Fiona MacDonald (ISBN 0753407620)
• Online video: The Legions of Rome (3 parts)
• Project: Make your own Roman Soldier costume with tips found here
• Project: Make a Roman Helmet
• Project: Make a Roman Signum - look at pictures of Roman signa here and here and follow instructions from p 3 of the SOTW2 Activity Guide

• THE FALL OF ROME
• Online video: The Fall of the Roman Empire (Brainpop, subscription required)
• Read: Walking in Roman Footsteps (Reading A-Z.com, level Q)
• Read online: Emperor Valens and the Barbarians

SOTW1 - Chapter 42: The End of Rome

• THE LAST ROMAN EMPEROR
• Online video: The Fall of the Roman Empire (Brainpop, Subscription required)
• Read online: The Fall of Rome

• THE GIFTS OF ROME
• Read online: What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

SOTW1 - Chapter 41: The Attacking Barbarians

• ATTILA THE HUN
• Read online: The Fall of Rome
• Read online: Dining with Attila the Hun, 448 AD
• Read online: Attila, King of the Huns

• STILICHO, ROMAN AND BARBARIAN
• Read online: Stilicho, Magister Militum in the Late Roman Empire 

• THE COMING OF THE VISIGOTHS
• View a map of one of the attacks of the Visigoths
• Read online: Alaric, King of the Visigoths, and the Sack of Rome, AD 410
• Read online: Visigoths
• Read online: History of the Vandals

SOTW1 - Chapter 40: Rome Begins to Weaken

• THE BRITISH REBELLION
• Project: Roman soldier costume
• Read online: Boudicca's Revolt

• ROME DIVIDED IN TWO
• Online Game: Battle Barbarians!
• Read online: Uh Oh! Here Come the Barbarians!
• Read: Pompeii: Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne (ISBN 0375828893) 
• Read: Pompeii: Buried Alive! by Edith Davis (ISBN 0394888669)
• Read online: The Roman Empire is Split Into Two Pieces