October History

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

Study/learn

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.