Ancient Civilizations for Junior High Students! 6th-8th grade. Class meets ONCE weekly LIVE ONLINE. In this year-long Classical Historian course, students learn history in chronological order and historical thinking skills that teach independent thinking and expression, including the Socratic discussion. Pupils acquire historical content and engage classmates and the teacher in discussions based on open-ended questions in history. Using interesting narratives and primary source documents, pupils acquire analytical skills that enable them to understand history. History comes alive with exciting debate! At the conclusion of each semester, the teacher administers a final. At least once during the school year students make a formal presentation in front of a larger community. This Spring semester the students have done their presentations on Zoom and they have done very well.
Required Books for Fall/Spring: HSC Parent Discounts! When you purchase materials from "The Classical Historian" use the Coupon Code: HSC to enjoy 10% off your entire purchase! And, please note that they are a small company and delivery takes from 2-3 weeks from the order. 2019 EDITION Take a Stand: Ancient CivilizationsISBN: 13 : 978-0-9790388-0-8 ISBN–10: 0-9790388-0-4 WorldHistory Detective, Ancient and Medieval CivilizationsISBN–13:978-1-60144-144-7 ISBN–10:1-60144-144-4 Additional Primary Sources will be provided!
TUITION:$275/Semester Private and charter school funds, checks, PayPal, Venmo and Zelle accepted. Monthly payments through charter school preferred; Inspire charter funds will be invoiced in full at the beginning of each semester.
4 Step approach to learning Ancient History in this course:
Students Learn the Tools of the Historian.
Students are Challenged with Open-Ended Questions.
Students Research in a Variety of Secondary and Primary Sources.
Students Engage in a Socratic Discussion.
History Lessons Fall 2023 Week One: The Fertile Crescent and the Sumerians Week Two: Babylonian Empire Week Three: Hittites and Phoenicians Week Four: Religious History of the Hebrews Week Five: Ancient Hebrews Week Six: Judaism Week Seven: Assyria and the Chaldean Empires Week Eight: Ancient Egypt Week Nine: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush Week Ten: Ancient Greece: Minoans and Myceneans Week Eleven: Sparta Week Twelve: Peloponnesian Wars Week Thirteen: Macedonians and Hellenistic Age Week Fourteen: Classical Greece: Education, Philosophy, and Performing Arts Week Fifteen: Classical Greece: Art, Architecture, and Mythology Week Sixteen: Ancient Greece
Spring 2024 Week Seventeen: Greek Literature and Mythology Week Eighteen: Indian Culture and Society Week Nineteen: Ancient India Week Twenty: Hinduism and Buddhism Week Twenty-One: Ancient China: Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties Week Twenty-Two: Ancient China: Qin and Han Dynasties Week Twenty-Three: Ancient China: Qin and Han Dynasties Week Twenty-Four: Roman Republic Week Twenty-Five: Roman Military and the Phoenician Wars Week Twenty-Six: Decline of the Roman Republic Week Twenty-Seven: Beginning of the Roman Empire Week Twenty-Eight: Roman Art, Architecture, and Roman Emperors Week Twenty-Nine: Christianity Week Thirty: The Fall of the Roman Empire Week Thirty-One: Ancient Celts Week Thirty-Two: Discussions