This week is going to be big and amazing! We are learning about two powerhouses of the ancient world who had a lot of ties to each other. First, Ancient Greece, and next Ancient Rome! Here’s a checklist you can print for the week. Remember to keep reading The Chocolate Touch for book club!
Ancient Greece
First, watch these two episodes of Animated History for Kids about Ancient Greece:
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/452117/s01-e03-classical-greece-pt-1?autoplay=true
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/452116/s01-e04-classical-greece-pt-2
Next, do this art tutorial to draw an ancient Greek vase. Bring your drawing to class with you!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18at687-3YY
The Greeks had a lot of great stories and also a lot of interesting parts of their culture that still influence us today. Prepare a 2 minute presentation about one of these topics and bring it to class to share! Sign up here to tell us what topic you have picked. You could act out one of the stories, tell us about one of the Greek ideas, draw a picture of a famous battle or story, compare the Athenian and Spartan ways of life, teach us about an idea the Greeks developed, dress up a Lego or other small figure as one of the characters or historical figures and tell us about them . . . HERE is a link to some stories that may be helpful for many of these topics; scroll down within the boxes (you also have a lot of these and others in the Stories From Greek Mythology softcover book we used for Mythology class if you got that one and would rather do a read aloud). Also below the boxes are links to images you could use if needed for presentation purposes. I’ll put an asterisk by the topics that have a story there. THIS is another fun website that has a bunch of audio story Greek myths. Here are the presentation ideas:
Read some of Aesop’s Fables HERE (this website is so satisfying to me) and tell us about one or share in some other way (There is also a story about Aesop himself on the * website linked above)
*Any of the Greek gods and goddesses or other assorted myths
*Greek Heroes like Perseus, Theseus, Hercules, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Achilles, or Hector
*The Iliad/Trojan War
*The Odyssey
Athens compared with Sparta (ask your older Senior sibling about this! They are learning about it in Story of the World)
Greek Sculpture or other art
Alexander the Great
*Greek authors and thinkers about stories, space, math, geometry, virtue, and truth, like Thales, Pythagoras, Socrates, Aristotle, Solon, Herodotus, Aesop, Demosthenes, and others!
Ancient Rome
Let’s move on to Rome!
Watch these episodes of Animated History for Kids:
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/452113/s01-e07-imperial-rome-pt-1
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/452111/s01-e08-imperial-rome-pt-2
Wow! That empire got really huge and a lot went on. They really did have a strong love of battle and conquest along with a lot of passion, like it said in the videos.
HERE is a page with copywork of a famous Roman proverb in both Latin (the language Rome spread far and wide, that many modern languages are based on, from the videos) and in English. Print it, read it and talk about the meaning with someone in your family, and trace and copy the phrases. If you’d prefer, you can go to this website with your mom and pick a different saying (blank copywork page).
Can’t wait to see you in class!
For class, you can dress up as a Greek or Roman person or character from their stories if you would like! Bring your presentation, your art, and your copywork. Can’t wait to see you!
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