Weeks 9 and 10 of school we learned about Carolingian Art using Layers of Learning, year 2 unit 6.
We copied scriptures and poems and then illustrated them like monks and scribes did.
We made religious art.
We looked at architecture and identified what had carolingian influence.
We watched a video showing examples of Carolingian architecture.
We talked about epic poems and made up one of our own.
We learned about kennings and came up with some (for example, tiger: savannah pirhanna; whale: water beast).
Week 8 of school we learned about King Arthur tales using Layers of Learning, year 2 unit 5.
We made a sword in a stone.
We wrote messages on the hilt of a sword.
We designed wanted posters for Mordred, Morgan Le Fey, or Lancelot.
The boys took turns adding to an oral story about going on a quest for the Holy Grail.
We created our own coat of arms.
Weeks 6 and 7 of school we learned about Viking Art using Layers of Learning, year 2 unit 4.
We drew dragons. Adrian wants everyone to know he just didn’t feel like finishing the details on his.
The boys worked together to design and name a Viking sword.
We made cups out of clay.
We made image stones.
The boys wrote their names in runes.
We made Yggdrasil, the tree of the world.
The boys got to use their creativity the fifth week of school using Layers of Learning, year 2 unit 3. There was a long list of activities to choose from. The boys made a commercial.
The first two weeks of school we learned about illumination using Layers of Learning, year 2 unit 2.
We watched videos on calligraphy and making books.
We wrote our names in calligraphy and decorated them.
We made illuminated letters.
We decorated the margins of old books.
We watched a documentary about the Book of Kells.
The first two weeks of school we learned about Byzantine Art using Layers of Learning, year 2 unit 1.
We did some metal leafing.
We made bean mosaics.
We tried out cross stitching.
Off: The boys had to turn off a screen and then take a picture of it. Cameron picked the TV with a reflection of part of our living room. Fritz picked Adrian’s Fire with a reflection of a drawing he made. Adrian picked Cameron’s old phone with a reflection of part of my Harry Potter phone case.
Proposals: The boys each had to respond to one of three proposals. Cameron assisted in discrediting Bishop Berkeley’s theory of the non-existance of matter. Fritz imagined his feet in a mountain stream. Adrian dressed like his father.
The Art of Complaining: The boys had to think of something they wanted to complain about and represent that somehow. Cameron was sick that day so he chose to complain about being sick. Fritz really, really hates cliffhangers (at the end of a chapter) so that’s what he decided to complain about. Adrian couldn’t think of anything to complain about so his complaint was having nothing to complain about.
Emotional Furniture: The boys had to arrange furniture to portray confidence, envy, and melancholy. Fritz chose confidence, Cameron did envy, and Adrian picked melancholy.