Monday, April 29 - AM Fluency

We continued our unit on ancient Greek civilization. The opening conversation centered on what we already know about the Greeks. 

I showed the class some pictures I took during my last trip to Greece.

I then gave the class a lecture on ancient Greece. I gave them the outline of my notes; they practiced taking notes of their own. We covered a lot of territory: Greek legends and myths, attending primarily to the epics of Homer; the polis, centered around Athens and Sparta; the geographical features of the polis, namely the acropolis and the agora; Greek theater and drama; and the the Peloponnesian War. 

We then had a conversation about the myths, legends, and folklore of our native countries.