Laura Corin Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Calvin will be thirteen when we reach the Ancients in history again, and working at a high school level. I'd like to use a packaged literature study course for him - do you have any ideas? I'd like something that isn't too heavy, so uses the more accessible ancient texts, rather than more worthy but overwhelmingly dense ones. I'd also prefer a secular approach. Does this exist? Many thanks Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NO. CA Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Have you looked at Smarr Literature? They have a literature program for the Ancients. I haven't used it yet but I'm looking at it. www.smarrpublishers.com. Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne/Ankara Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 This is not a packaged curriculum, but I'm hoping that it will be a good plan for my 14 ninth grade ds as we cover Ancient Literature. I bought 4 textbook anthologies from Ebay (high school and college books) and plan to read selections and background on the works that WTM has listed for ninth grade. If possible, we will read the whole text on some of these... but at least we will be getting some exposure to these works. In addition, I plan to use some of the Teaching Company lectures, listed at the end of this plan. Ninth Grade Literature Texts: Longman Anthology World Literature, Volume A The Ancient World Bedford Anthology of World Literature, The Ancient World Holt: World Literature, Revised Edition Holt: Elements of Literature, World Literature Teaching Company: Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition First semester 1. Bible, Genesis-Job Bedford p. 127 Longman p. 50 Holt, p. 160 Holt, elements, p. 51 Great Authors #1-7 2. Gilgamesh Bedford p. 55 Longman p. 88 Holt p. 136 Holt, elements, p. 21 Great Authors #2 3. Homer, Iliad Bedford p. 277 Longman p. 230 Holt p. 214 Holt, elements, p. 120 Great Authors #7 4. Homer, Odyssey Bedford p. 421 Longman p. 291 Great Authors #8 5. Herodutus, Histories Longman p. 694 Great Authors #13 6. Thucydides, Peloponnesian War Bedford p. 1135 Longman p. 700 Holt p. 284 Holt, elements, p. 181 Great Authors #14 7. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Bedford p. 899 Longman p. 648 Holt p. 301 Holt, elements, p. 199 Great Authors #11 8. Euripides, Meclea Bedford p. 1004 Longman p. 748 Great Authors #12 9. Aristophanes, Frogs Great Authors #15 10. Plato’s Republic Bedford p. 1111 Longman p. 712 Books that Made History #13, #25 Great Authors #16 11. Aristotle, Poetics, Ethics Bedford p. 1153 Second Semester 1. Bible, Book of Daniel 2. Lucretius, On the Nature of Things Bedford p. 786 3. Cicero, de Republica Books that Change Lives #33 4. Virgil, Aeneid Bedford p. 1181 Longman p. 1163 Holt p. 379 Holt, elements, p. 269 Great Authors #19 Books that Change Lives #20 5. Ovid, Metamorphoses Holt, p. 422 Bedford p. 1270 Longman p. 1264 Holt, Elements, p. 305 Great Authors #20 6. Bible, Corinthians 7. Josephus, Wars of the Jews 8. Plutarch, Lives of the Greeks Great Authors #21 9. Tacitus, Annals Holt, elements, p. 322 Teaching Company Courses Human Prehistory and the First Civilization Old Testament, New Testament Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations Ancient Greek Civilization Classical Mythology Foundations of Western Civilization Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition Great Battles of the Ancient World Great Ideas of Philosophy Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt History of Ancient Egypt History of Ancient Rome The Vikings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaNY Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Laura, I loved using WTM/TWEM for our Ancients study. I know it's not packaged, but is so easy to implement, that I felt I had to share the idea. I was able to use it w/my older dd, who is not that into reading, so your ds should do even better at this than we did. I had started out w/Omnibus, but the list was so overwhelming. The WTM is lengthy, but SWB's suggestions for its use made it attainable for us. I began it mid-year, so we didn't get as far as I would have liked, but I still feel that we gleaned a lot from our studies. I made heavy use of Sparknotes, and I highly recommend the Teaching Co. lectures by Elizabeth Andiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Laura, I'm also planning to use TWTM/TWEM lists and ideas for our high school study. You might also check out History Odyssey's Level 3 ancients, although that is not strictly literature. Lightning Lit is has an ancients course planned, but don't have any kind of projected release date yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nan in Mass Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Laura, I think you might like TWTM/TWEM approach, too. I began it with a younger child and it was great. It is a method that can be applied to whatever books you choose, so it is really flexible and easy to use, perfect for growing with a child because you don't really need to do the adapting; the child does that himself. If you are interested, I can tell you what we did. -Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Laura, I think you might like TWTM/TWEM approach, too. I began it with a younger child and it was great. It is a method that can be applied to whatever books you choose, so it is really flexible and easy to use, perfect for growing with a child because you don't really need to do the adapting; the child does that himself. If you are interested, I can tell you what we did. -Nan I'm interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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