Week 1Introduction:
Greenleaf Timeline of Greece, discuss what myths and legends are Review OT Spread of people,
Descendants of Noah's three sons, Tower of Babel, etc. Read: The Greeks: pages 64-65 "Gods
and Goddesses" D'Aulaire's Greek Myths: pages 9 - 23 Pandora
pg. 74
Make "Book of the Centuries" (explain the difference
between BC and AD) Discuss how as Man sinned and moved away from God, he had to replace
the truth with lies. Man was created to worship, and since he had moved away from the truth,
he set up lies to worship. Some, like the Egyptians, worshipped gods from nature, and the Greeks
set up gods who were just like humans, with the same problems and personalities.
Compare the story of Pandora's box to the story of Original
Sin in the Bible. Read: The Children's Homer Part I ch. 1 - 6
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Week 2The Children's Homer part I chs. 7 - 13 Read:
Famous Men of Ancient Greece (Greenleaf): (At least two of the following) Hercules and
His Labors Jason and the Golden Fleece Theseus and the Minotaur Answer discussion
questions orally. Read: The Greeks (Usborne): pages 3-13 Timeline BC3000-BC1201 |
Week 3 and Week 4The Children's Homer Part I chs. 14 -
23 The Olympics Visit web site: www.cfcc.net/dutch/Greece.htm
and look up Ancient Olympics www.scholastic.com/olympicgames/index.asp for modern Olympics Read:
The Greeks (Usborne): 58 -59 Eyewitness Book: Olympics Watch Opening Ceremonies for
Olympics 2000 in Sydney Australia on Sept 15th Watch video: Chariots of Fire. Discuss Eric
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Week 5The Children's Homer Part II chs. 1 - 6 The Trojan
War Visit Web Site: www.cfcc.net/dutch/greece.htm
and look up Troy and Trojan War Read: The Greeks: pages 14 -15 "The Trojan War" Before
America Ch. 5,sections 5.1 Aegan Civilization
Discuss the sayings, "He's the Achilles Heel of the team"
and "The boys used the excuse of the lost wallet as the Trojan Horse to get back into
the fairgrounds". Make a Trojan Horse out of Legos
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Week 6The Children's Homer Part II chs. 7 - 14 Geography
and Social Structure of Greece Make map of Greece and surrounding countries (Use encyclopedia,
and websites for info) Read: The Greeks: pgs. 16 - 19, 20-21, 24-27 (economy, farming,
social structure and government) Before America Ch. 5, sections 5.2 (Early Greece) English
From The Roots Up - Greek Alphabet Begin using English from the Roots Up, One Word per
week (Sarah Only)
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Week 7The Children's Homer Part II chs. 15 - End of Book The
Greeks: pgs. 22 -23 "Sparta" Read: The Greeks: 24 -31 Before America Ch. 5,
sect. 5.3--5.4 (How people lived in Sparta, How People lived in Athens) Website: www.cfcc.net/dutch/Greece.htm for information about culture and foods and
costumes What is a marathon? What is 22 miles from our home? Could you run that far without
stopping? Drive 22 miles west on Rts. 7 and find out what's there! Xerxes is also known
as Ahasuerus in the Bible, husband of Esther. Read Esther together to learn more.
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Week 8Archimedes and the Door of Science, chs. 1 - 3 Read:
The Greeks: pages 40 -41 "The Persian Wars" Before America Ch. 5, section 5.5
(The Greeks Defeat Mighty Persia) Website: www.cfcc.net/dutch/Greece.htm for information about Persian Wars
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Week 9Archimedes and the Door of Science chs. 4 - 6 Read:
The Greeks: pgs. 52 -53 "Childhood Education" Before America: 5.6 (Great Artists,
Thinkers, and Writers of Ancient Greece)
Activity: 1. Make a machine using legos, Lincoln logs, tinker
toys, etc. to demonstrate Archimedes discoveries of levers, pulleys, and inclined planes 2.
Recreate Archimedes experiment to demonstrate displacement 3. Narrate Archimedes discoveries
of astronomy, using our star chart as visual aid.
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Week 10Archimedes and the Door of Science chs. 7 - 9 Read:
The Greeks: pgs. 72 - 73 The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great Before America Chapter
5, section 5.7 Greek Ideas Spread Far 1. Use counters to demonstrate square, triangular
and cube numbers, as shown in ch. 9 of Archimedes.
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Week 11
Archimedes and the Door of Science chs. 10 - 12 Read: The Greeks:
pages 78 - 79 "Philosophers" Before America Chapter 5, Review Questions and Narration Describe
Archimedes war machines. Draw a picture of one of them. How did King Hiero convince Archimedes
to build them?
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Week 12
Archimedes and the Door of Science chs. 13 -14 (end of book) Famous
Men of Ancient Greece: The Fall of Greece The Greeks: pgs. 76 - 77 Read two more D'Aulaire's
Greek Myths
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