(Fall 2023) Grade School Unit Study: The Ancient World, Part One with Jackie de Laveaga and Amanda Gette

Grade School Multi-Subject Unit Study, Year One: Ancient History

with Jackie de Laveaga, M.Ed.

Duration: 30 minutes

Suggested Grade Level: 3rd to 6th grade

Instructor: Jackie de Laveaga, M.Ed.

Instructor email: delaveaga.hsc@gmail.com

This course uses a flipped classroom approach to learning. 

Subjects: The Ancient World

Your List of Subjects Scheduled for the Four School Days (Per Week)

* History (45-60 minutes per day)

* Literature (45-60 minutes per day)

* Greek & Latin Roots (10-15 minutes per day)

* Poetry Memorization (10-15 minutes per day)

* Creative Writing (60-90 minutes per week)

* Geography (60 minutes per week)

* Science (60-90 minutes per week)

* Solo Reading (time varies per family choice; suggested 30-60 minutes per day)

* Project Work (time varies per family choice; suggested 60-90 minutes per week)

 

Your Book List: The Ancient World

Purchase the following books for the school year:

·   The Story of Civilization (TSoC), Volume 1: The Ancient World by Phillip Campbell, (ISBN-10: 1505105668; ISBN-13: 978-1505105667) (*$12-$25) (All Year) Note: Supplementary TSoC Student and Teacher texts and Audio/Video products are optional. Depending upon your budget, we recommend adding supplementary texts as tools for further engagement.

·   Archimedes and the Door of Science, by Jeanne Bendick. (ISBN-10: 9781883937126; ISBN-13: 978-1883937126) $5-$13) (Fall 2021)

·   D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire (ISBN-10: 9780440406945; ISBN-13: 978-0440406945 ($5-20) (All Year)

·   Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints, by Ethel Pochocki (ISBN-10: 1932350268; ISBN-13: 978-1932350265) ($10-$17)) (All Year)

·   Detectives in Togas, by Henry Winterfeld, (ISBN-10: 0152162801; ISBN-13: 978-0152162801) ($3-$13) (Fall 2021)

·   Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld (ISBN-10 : 0152162682 ISBN-13 : 978-0152162689) ($8) (Winter Break 2022)

·   St. Paul the Apostle, by Mary Fabyan Windeatt (ISBN: 9780895554260) ($8-16) (Spring 2022)

·   Galen and the Gateway to Medicine, by Jeanne Bendick (ISBN: 9781883937751; ISBN-10: 1883937752) ($9-$15) (Spring 2022)

·   English from the Roots Up, Vol 1. by Joegil K. Lundquist (ISBN: 0-9643210-3-3) ($10-$40) Any new or used volume works. Many families only buy the premade flashcards rather than the book and flashcards, and this serves to be enough to study and take course quizzes. Choose the resource that works best for your family.  (All Year) ($15+)