Gisella's School

The Atlantic Slave Trade was a major social and cultural development in Europe and the new World from the 16th to 19th centuries. Most slaves were captured in West Africa and then transported to the new world. Many Africans were brought to the new world in this way that they actually represented the largest immigrant…

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Today I will be summarizing the life of George Whitefield. Whitefield was born in Lancaster, England in 1714. His parents were rather poor innkeepers, and George did not have the means by which to attend college. As a result he paid for his college by being a servitor at Oxford. It was at Oxford he…

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Today I will be reviewing the life of Tycho Brahe. Brahe was a Danish nobleman and scientist. He was the imperial mathematician of Emperor Rudolf II until his death, at which time Kepler replaced him. He studied astronomy, medicine, and alchemy. Brahe was born in Sweden in 1546 to a noble family. He attended a…

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Today I will be summarizing the story of Jamestown. The story begins when Walter Raleigh founded the first English colony in North America. While Roanoke was no great success, many other colonies would begin developing along the Atlantic coast of North America. The first settlement in North America was the colony of Jamestown, in modern…

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This week I will be summarizing the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland 1542 when she was 6 days old. Mary was pushed into a marriage with the king of France at an early age. She grew up in France, but after her husband, the king of France, died,…

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This week I will be reviewing the Reformation of France. The story begins when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenburg, in 1517. Little did he know this would start a whole movement. The Protestant Reformation started in Germany, but included nearly every major nation in Europe. Luther’s original grievance…

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Today I will be reviewing one of the great artists that I learned about this week, Michelangelo. We will be talking about his life, his greatest works, and what kind of legacy he left behind. Michelangelo was born in Florence in the year 1475. He was the son of a banker family and even learned…

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Today I will be reviewing Ferdinand and Isabella’s rule of Spain. Ferdinand and Isabella were King and Queen of different parts of Spain. What is interesting about this is that they ruled to together as husband and wife, but they ruled different parts of the kingdom. This was new to the world in those days.…

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Today I will be walking you through the fascinating history of Venice. Venice is a city in Italy comprised of 118 small islands. Venice is a beautiful city in which the cities and towns are connected by water. Because of this the people travel by boat. These boats are called Gondolas. They have flat bottoms…

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Today we will be looking at the life of Joan of Arc. In the time that Joan was born, the hundred years war had been raging on for quite a while. She was born in 1412 to a family of farmers. Even as she grew up, her parents saw her working hard. At only twelve…

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