-Students took notes through a discussion of ancient Roman architecture
-Students built paper models of the Coliseum -Discussion of plebeians vs. patricians
-Religion in Ancient Roman life: see link and assignment on documents page (due next class) -Patricians and Plebeians (notes)
-Answered comprehension questions about reading on patricians vs plebeians -Worked on comic strip (due Wednesday) -Overview of Roman history (notes)
-Created own comic strip of a historical topic of Rome (due next Wednesday) -Introduction to Rome (notes)
-Romulus and Remus story -Read Horace's Illustrated History of Rome -Review
-Test on Ancient Greece All work due Oct. 28 (the Monday we return from Fall Break) -Quiz on The Allegory of the Cave
-OLYMPICS! Students compete in various events. -Review for test Test next class! (Friday) Ancient Greek work due Friday (includes: Greek gods and goddesses chart, the Odyssey, tracing the development of democracy in ancient Greece, Greek life webquest [four achievements], touring Athens in the golden age) -Finished 'Touring Athens During the Golden Age'
-Overview of Greek philosophers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) -Olympics Introduction and Prep - students join their city-state to learn about how to behave accordingly in the Olympics, make their banners, and create their chants. -Students then reviewed for the test by exploring the following website: www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/home.html Homework: Read The Allegory of the Cave (link in the documents page of humanities; quiz next time) -Touring Athens During the Golden Age: Completed various activities in a rotation, learning about life in Ancient Athens
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