THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL.
INSTRUCTOR: Blossom Barden (For teacher bio, please see Here)
EMAIL: BlossomB@empowered.academy
TIME: Full Year Mondays 10:00-11:00 CT
SUGGESTED GRADE RANGE: 5th-7th
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Our time will be spent learning about ancient history, the Greeks and Romans. We start with Greek mythology and progress through the year 14 AD. We will look at maps, old and new, to see how boundaries have changed over time.
We will ‘take note’ of events and happenings through entries in a Book of Centuries or a timeline, and commonplace whatever catches our attention as worthy of keeping. There will also be opportunity to strengthen writing/typing skills through written narrations.
This class utilizes resources outlined at the free onlilne curriculum of AmblesideOnline.
REQUIRED SUPPLIES/BOOKS
In addition to EOA’s class requirements; free online version linked on the title when available, others for purchase are suggested after
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TheStory of the Greeks, by H. A. Guerber (paperbackor Kindle)
• Augustus Caesar’s World, by Genevieve Foster (paperback)
• Composition notebook (this is for note taking, new vocabulary, copying quotes, taking note of a particular individual in history, etc.)
• Word processing program (Word, OpenOffice, Pages, OfficeOnline, Google Docs, etc.) for submitting written work when assigned
Optional Course Materials
• Book of Centuries (purchase, or download and print from Simply Charlotte Mason, or use your own preferred BOC) or timeline
• Commonplace Book (notebook specifically for keeping quotes, notes, things of interest)
• Audio/voice recording software (if submitting oral narrations)
OBJECTIVES
Come in contact with people and events of the past to “possess a pageant of history in the background of one’s thoughts…[so that] the present becomes enriched with the wealth of all that has gone before.”