Inside This Box:

• Embroider the Bayeux Tapestry.
• Create rune stone jewelry.
• Read an except from Beowulf
• Play with Trading Cards featuring Anglo-Saxon gods.
• Color an ancient village and illustrate a comic depicting Anglo-Saxon life.
• A *free* Middle Ages timeline.

…and more!

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-ANG-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-ANG-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Learn to draw like the artists of Byzantium and then mix your own paint and paint an icon style portrait.
• Find out how politicians have been using sports loyalties to gain favor since the Middle Ages.
• Decorate your living or working space with a poster supporting one of Byzantium's favorite chariot racing teams.
• Discover everything you didn't know about chariot racing!

Inside This Box:

• Learn the history of chewing gum and make your own (with a Maya twist)!
• Learn about the Maya Calendar System and build your own circular calendar.
• Apply temporary tattoos while learning the importance of body art to the Maya.
• Own your own feather (and find out why the Maya might have executed you for having it!)
• Coloring sheet depicting a Maya temple and a comic about Maya culture.

...and more!

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-MAY-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-MAY-1OS

In This Box:

•  Learn how astronomy advanced under Seondeok’s reign and then create a night light using constellations she studied
• Try your hand at calligraphy as you learn how the Silk Road connected Korea, China, and many other countries
• Read the legend of Seondeok’s wisdom and craft a paper peony in her honor
• Color a scene from the Middle Ages Korea

...and more!

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-KOR-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-KOR-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Learn about advances in science and then make a window pendant to split white light.
• Find out why the confections industry exploded at this time in history and then grow your own rock candy.
• Read about hygiene in the Islamic Empire and then try brushing your teeth with a Miswak - a traditional middle eastern stick toothbrush!
• Try a recipe for a refreshing drink from the Middle Ages.

...and more!

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-ISL-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-ISL-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Meet a real knight in shining armor as you learn the ABCs of Charlemagne's Life.
• Discover the forgotten livestock of the Middle Ages and then make your own Mason Bee house.
• Find out why Charlemagne slept with a journal under his pillow and then follow in his footsteps.
• Learn who to blame for compulsory schooling and who to thank for the right to trial by jury!

...and more!

Youth SKU: BOX-CHA-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-CHA-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Craft a leather holder for your authentic drinking horn
• Weave cord on a Viking Lucet
• Play beautiful music on Viking style Pan Pipes
• Read about Thor and Loki's adventure to the land of the giants

Inside This Box:

• Build your own sand garden
• Try your hand at the art of origami
• Learn the history of tea and enjoy a treat made from matcha (green tea) powder
• Read a Japanese folktale shared during the Middle Ages
• Color a Samurai warrior

...and more!

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-JAP-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-JAP-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Decorate and play games with a Mongolian Shagai bone.
• Learn about the importance of wool and try a felting project.
• Taste a drink based on a traditional Mongolian recipe.
• Learn about the amazing life of a man who is still respected by some and despised by others: Genghis Khan!

…and more!

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-MON-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-MON-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Take an imaginative tour of the Forbidden City.
• Learn about the history of printing and then design your own block printing press.
• Find out the symbolic importance of folding fans.
• Read the real Ballad of Mulan.

...and more!

**Please note: This box contains (sealed) ginger candy. Custom "no food" orders are available by request!</strong>

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-MIN-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-MIN-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Discover how snail shells were used as currency and make your own "money" (cowrie jewelry).
• Read about African recycled jewelry.
• Enjoy using a traditional Nigerian bar soap.
• Learn to play traditional African and modern songs on a kalimba thumb piano.
• Read the folktale of Emotan, who cared for Benin's children and even hid the king from usurpers, as told by one of our Own Voices guest authors, Ekiuwa Aire.
• Color one of the Benin Kingdom's leaders from the Middle Ages.

...and more!

Looking for more information on the Kingdom of Benin? Our Benin Unboxed Pinterest board has additional activities, books, and learning resources.

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-BEN-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-BEN-1OS

Inside This Box:

• Paint a wooden mask inspired by the art of Native Alaskans.
• Learn about the different ways Native Alaskans thrived in their environments and try out a pair of snow goggles.
• Make an Alaskan yo-yo and play as children have for generations.
• Read a Tlingit story about Raven.

...and more!

This box about the history of Native peoples in Alaska was created in collaboration with Yupik and Tlingit artists and writers.

Our youth boxes contain printed materials at multiple levels from elementary to lower high school level. The young adult box contains additional literature featuring mature content.

Youth SKU: BOX-ALA-1OZ
Young Adult SKU: BOX-ALA-1OS