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Apr. 9, 2008
Tapestry of Grace: Year Two, Week Fourteen ~ The Aztecs and the Incas
History/Church History
This week was a week of comparisons. We compared the two great empires of Central and South America, the Aztecs and the Incas respectively. We also compared both of those cultures with their Spanish conquerors and with the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome. We shed some light on the horrific practices of both the Aztecs and the Spanish conquistadors. As we studied the economy of exploitation that was set up by the conquerors, we read portions of writings by Michel de Montaigne, Bartolome de las Casas and Hernan Cortes. We'll let you draw your own conclusions, but I will mention that we had quite a lively discussion.
Government
Ben really enjoyed Machiavelli's "The Prince." We often found ourselves comparing this prince with Plato's philosopher king. TOG's government credit is a gem (have I said that already?) Give it a try!
Literature
In addition to our scheduled readings, we began listening to The Children's Shakespeare by E. Nesbit. Open Texture offers a wonderful audio version.
Rhetoric - Ben read The York Play of the Crucifixion. I had him read this modernized version as well. From the University of Toronto. Also read this week was Everyman and we found luminarium.org to be a very useful web site. It includes a link to a modernized version. I did have Ben read the text from Norton's as well.
Memory Work
Ethan finished up The Ten Commandments.
Zach: Ephesians 5:8-12
for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true, and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
Copywork
Ethan: "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
Hands-on
Ethan colored an Aztec phoenix, I've linked other Aztec images as well. We also read a legend online written by Hans Christian Anderson about this mythical bird.
Zach is still working his way through "Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build". My camera is missing, but one day soon I hope to have some pictures posted of these fun projects. By the way, the text is available for free online at Wowio, courtesy of Verizon.
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