Famous Figures of the Middle Ages & Renaissance
Bring the past to life—literally! With moveable paper puppets of 21 legendary figures, your child can snip, fasten, and reenact history from head to toe.
$21.95
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Famous Figures of the Middle Ages & Renaissance
Meet the people of the Middle Ages & Renaissance.
Famous Figures of the Middle Ages & Renaissance introduces your child to twenty-one influential men and women who helped shape a remarkable period of history. Using sturdy, articulated paper figures, your child can assemble and interact with historical figures such as Charlemagne, Johannes Gutenberg, Joan of Arc, Galileo, and others while learning about their lives and contributions.
Each figure is based on historical artwork, sculptures, mosaics, and portraits, and can be assembled in either full color or black-and-white. Printed on heavy, no-bleed cardstock with perforated pages, the figures are designed for repeated use and display.
More than a craft project, this resource pairs each figure with a well-researched, age-appropriate biography that helps place the individual within the broader story of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. An included reading list encourages further exploration for children who want to dig deeper.
Whether your child is reenacting historical events, illustrating a history presentation, or simply learning about the people who influenced science, exploration, faith, government, and culture, Famous Figures of the Middle Ages & Renaissance combines hands-on creativity with meaningful historical learning.
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Throughout history, religion has played a major role in shaping the world for significant reasons:
- Religion has shaped the development of civilizations. Many of the world's major civilizations, such as ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, were founded on religious beliefs. Religion has also played a role in law, government, and education development.
- Religion has been a source of conflict and violence. Wars have been fought over religious differences, and religious persecution has been common throughout history.
- Religion has influenced art, music, and literature. Religious themes have been a source of inspiration for artists, musicians, and writers for centuries.
In short, religion is mentioned in world history because it has greatly shaped human societies and cultures throughout history. Religion has been a complex and multifaceted force in human history, and its influence continues to be felt today.
- June 3, 2026
Karo
We really appreciate these paper dolls that coordinate with the Story of the World history curriculum that Timberdoodle sells. My daughter loves to rotate between coloring and cutting out the pre-colored one since there is 2 sets in the "book". She enjoys making up stories with the characters in her free time. She remembers the stories that go along with the paper doll figures because of that visual aid. I highly recommend them.
- April 2, 2026
Karolyn B.
These figures make working through a history textbook more fun as you wait to see if this week/this chapter you get to learn about a moveable paper doll. Making the paper dolls is a great way to practice coloring in the lines and cutting out something from card-stock. My daughter thoroughly enjoys these and likes to make up stories with her collection of put together people from history.
- July 18, 2024
Fun learning
Sara W.
We love these. My son has done two of this series now and he always looks forward to doing them. Sometimes he gets ahead on weeks where he has more time and can’t wait to show them off to family and friends. He mastered his cutting skills too with these!
- March 11, 2024
2nd Year using and we love it
Rachelle
We love coloring the people. We have them hung up around our classroom. We place them on our time line.
- February 12, 2024
History Comes Alive
Vanessa H.
These were a fun addition to our history studies. Necessary, no. But definitely helped the kids to engage in the history they were listening to in order to understand the story of the person they were making. Each book has a figure that is colored and one that is not for each person represented - my two children alternated who did the coloring and who did not on different characters; sometimes they wanted the professionally colored one and sometimes they wanted to color so this worked out perfectly!
- June 5, 2023
Love it
Brittany T.
My kid loves these. They are a wonderful hands on addition to the Story of the World History lessons.
- February 3, 2023
Great quality, visually appealing
Kristen F.
The paper quality is amazing! We have had no problem assembling the dolls. I love the fact that it comes with a colored in doll and a doll that she can customize with her own colors. She always gets excited to hear the stories that goes along with the dolls. A very cute creative way to remember historical figures.
- February 17, 2022
Two of Everything
Hannah B.
My daughters enjoy coloring and cutting out Famous Figures. They take turns with the coloring ones and have quite a collection of them, now. I really like that it coincides with what we are reading in our history, and having a list of who goes with what chapter in the handbook.
- November 13, 2021
Fun Addition to Story of the World
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They have been such a blessing to have these. While I'm reading the chapter with my kids they are putting together their Character and still listening.
