Ancient Greece and Rome!
Apprentice
This week we're studying Greece and Rome. This is the time of history when things start getting more and more interesting, because archeologists have more records and evidence of what happened!
What to study
Read the Story of the World chapters 20-29.
Read this article about Paul in the New Testament. It's interesting to think that we're reading New Testament times. That the Savior and those that followed him lived during this period of time.
Put these words on notecards:
Romulus & Remus
Punic Wars
Roman Empire
Rubicon
Fall of Rome
Holy Roman Empire
Caesar
Constantine the Great
Constantanople
Know/understand
We all know that the Story of the World is a broad overview of our history, so now I'd like you to look up one of these topics and study some more on the subject. If you happen to pick a subject that would use a map, make sure to look one up and label it. A good place to print your own map is here.
Email/text me what you pick so that we don't overlap. I'll make sure to update the blog. :)
The Greece alphabet- Anthony
The stories of Homer - Isa
The Olympics- Afton
Cyrus the Great
The Spartans - Mack
The Athenians - Tara
The war between Greece and Persia - Jayson
The Peloponnesian War
Alexander the Great - Annie
The rise of Romec- Kylee, Caleb
The Roman Gods - Amanda
The Roman builders - Jessica
Gladiators- Jaykob
The Punic Wars - Paige
Also, make a list of what similarities we have today that the Greeks and Romans had back then. You'll be surprised how much history effects us, and how we still use some of the same things, and images they used.
Why study history? Because it effects us more than we think! :D
What kinds of things do we want to keep that helps our society? What kinds of things that's in society that hurts us? Those are thought provoking questions. Brainstorm it with your parents and then record in your commonplace book what you came up with.
Apply/share
Now here's the fun part! Come to History class ready to present a 3 minute presentation on what you learned. Make sure you have maps/pictures to show us. Pictures ALWAYS make a presentation better.
I'm excited to see/hear what you come up with!!
Journeyman
Study/learn
Now that we've learned how to look up our ancestors, and we've started our own personal history and journaling, we're going to branch out.
We're going to start our own genealogy binder. So get an old binder that's not in use, or get a new one and label it so you know that it's your family history binder.
We're going to start with our parents. Print, if you can, a childhood picture of your parents. If they haven't gotten this already written down, ask your parents these questions:
What's your mother's full name?
What's your father's full name?
Name your aunts and uncles and their years of birth. Make sure to separate them into your mother's side of the family and your fathers side.
What were your mother's date/place and circumstance of birth?
What were your father's date/place and circumstance of birth?
Make a list of what their favorite things were as a child. (like favorite: tv show, movie, toy, scripture story, food, best friend(s), drink, candy, holiday.)
Have each parent tell a favorite childhood memory.
Remember to type all of this information up and print it off and put it in your binder.
Know/understand
Since we've started this family history journey, (and history in general) how has your perspective changed since starting? Journal about it, and come prepared to have a discussion in class.
Apply/share
In class we want you to tell us one of their stories! Pick a favorite and come and share it! :D
Master
Read: Famous Men of Greece, and Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaren and A.B. Poland.
As you're reading these books, if you happen to come across something that you already know, you are free to skip or skim over it.
Know/understand
Now that you're done reading about Greece and Rome, mark on your timelines these dates:
When Greece started
The rise of Rome
The fall of Rome
And at least 5 significant dates in between.
Apply/share
Come to class ready to tell us what you liked most about both these Empires.
