Timeline for students to date events from the life of Jesus until the Holy Roman Empire is formed.

PowerPoint with with a few pictures of the crusades.

Short quiz on Crusades and our response to Government authority.

Teacher's notes on events leading up to the Crusades and what the Crusades were.

Teacher's notes on John Huss' life and martyrdom.

Teacher's notes on the life of Mohammad and the teachings of Islam, including the 5 pillars of Islam.

An alternate test about the church in the Middle Ages, Mohammad and Islam, and the Crusades.

Student handout on the "Babylon Captivity" of the pope and schisms resulting from the their abuse of power.

Short quiz on Islam and the Holy Roman Empire.

Student handout on John Huss' life and martyrdom.

Powerpoint including pictures of Charlemagna intending to show the spread of Roman Catholic influence in the middle ages.

Student handout on the spread of Christianity throughout Europe by missionaries and political power.

Student handout on the Crusades.

Student handout on the Waldensians and the Albigenses, two groups who were persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church.

Student handout on monasticism.

Teacher's notes on monasticism: what it was, why it was started and the effects it had on the common people.

Student handout showing the change in leadership structure in the church from multiple leaders in the early church to one powerful Pope with other leaders under him.

Teacher's notes on the decline of the Roman Empire, the invasion of the Germanic tribes, and the effects this had on the church.

Powerpoint including pictures and information of the decline and collapse of Rome and the Germanic tribes' influence.

Christian History Magazine's Issue 22 provides information on the Waldensians, including their history and beliefs, things their persecutors said about them, and a letter written by one of them from prison. Visit the CHM website...