HISTORY: St. Francis and the Magna Carta

Last week I read you the book "St. Francis: Poor man of Assisi". We learned more of the events and life of St. Francis and this week we will pick up where we left off.

St. Francis with Brother Wolf

Monday, we will complete the worksheet that goes along with our reading cards on "St. Francis of Assisi."  We will then read through some of St. Francis prayers. We talked about his glorifying God for all of his creations and giving thanks for always providing for himself and the "friars minor", you will be writing your own prayer in thanks for all that God has provided for you. Just like Brother Jacoba provided St. Francis with the wonderful little cakes, can you think of anything mom or dad might have provided you? Would you consider that a gift from God?


Tuesday, we will work to complete our prayers, then review for our test over St. Francis coming up on Wednesday.


Wednesday, St. Francis of Assisi Test

King John signing the
Magna Carta

Thursday, we begin our lesson over the Magna Carta. Don't confuse the word "MagNa," with "MagMa" as in that stuff that comes from the center of the earth. Magna Carta means Great Charter! We will read from our reading cards and complete the worksheet that goes along with it.


Friday, you will have a reading packet, "Magna Carta: Reading and Letter to the Pope", after we have read through it, we will all write a letter to the pope expressing our concerns and complaints about being under the thumb of monarchs for too long!

Mission: On a piece of notebook paper write down from History and Bible what tests you will be taking this week. Also write down what word you are not suppose to confuse "Magna" with.