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Sep. 7, 2007

Ancient Greece

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Studying Ancient Greece has been so much fun!  We could've spent many more days lingering in the Greek hillsides, but it's time to move on to Ancient Rome.  Here are some highlights from our week.

 

On top of the regular reading about Ancient Greece, map work, timelines and such, we did lots of hands-on activities, too.  My kids gain so much more from the "exciting stuff". 

 

The philosopher Aristotle is known as the father of the scientific method.  Thanks to JoAnn, we had a really fun and simple activity that taught the scientific method.

 

 

 

The Story of the World had a really fun sticker making project.  We colored Greek symbols, then made our own sticker solution to paint on the back of the symbols.  After it dried, all we had to do was lick and stick!

 

 

The kids made happy and sad drama masks and created their own play. 

 

 

 

Math one day was spent finding patterns for square numbers, triangular numbers, oblong numbers, and gnomon.  My worksheets came from a Teacher Created Materials unit on Ancient Greece.  You can probably do a quick search on the web for some free worksheets.  I bought my book for a quarter at a homeschool sale.  I wouldn't recommend buying it unless you can find it as cheap as I did.  Almost all the activities seemed to center around the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece.  That's not something I wanted our family to focus on.   But, I did find a few things worth adding to the unit, so my quarter wasn't wasted!  :)

 

And we made Baklava.  Yummy!

 

 

 

 

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Sep. 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 4sweetums
I better not show my husband that pan of baklava he will demand I make it too. LOL! Looks like you guys had a great week.
Blessings,
4sweetums
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Sep. 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by drewsfamilytx
Wow, what a great unit! I love the masks-- I didn't even think of doing that when we studied ancient Greece. Oh well, we'll get to it again in a couple of years!

That baklava looks scrumptious! Did it taste as good as it looks?

Have a great weekend!
Marsha

PS We really enjoyed the book Detectives in Togas when we studied ancient Rome. I highly recommend it!
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Sep. 8, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by homeschoolingmommaof4
Sounds like a fun week! I love the mask! That's a great idea.

Have a blessed day!
JoAnn
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Sep. 9, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by eclecticeducation
The baklava looks yummy!!!! :) Looks like you did a lot of fun activities.
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Sep. 9, 2007 - your blogs

Posted by kymomma
Cindy, your blogs also rock, touch me and you are more than great. You're fabulous!! :) Thanks for the comment. You made me laugh! ~s.
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Sep. 9, 2007 - Baklava!

Posted by mamaclsn
I haven't had it since I was a kid! No, we're not Greek...we just love to eat :o)

Thak you for the recipe!

Jen
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