cathmom Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I'd like to get some documentaries/movies to go along with my dd doing ancient history this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 How old is your dd? We restarted ancient history a few months ago. We have been watching national geographic documentaries about Egypt for the last couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 nearly 15 and loves history...like history channel documentaries don't have enough detail for her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I have seen a number of Egypt documentaries, as well as an excellent series on Greece ("Greeks: Crucible of Civilization"). I've recently added these ("Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story", "Pompeii: The Last Day", "Alexander the Great", ) to our queue, as we'll be studying ancients next year, and I thought it would be fun to start watching some things, too. In addition to documentaries, I also recently added a couple of movies to our queue: "Ulysses" "Jason and the Argonauts" Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Guns Germs and Steel #1 was good I haven't seen these, but they are in my queue Stonehenge Uncoded The Human Family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 The 300 Spartans (1962) not to be confused with The 300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Quo Vadis - movie set during the reign of Nero in Rome adapted from the book by the same name written by Henryk Sankiewicz Antony and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Ben Hur The Robe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Would any of these be appropriate for a 1st-grader as well, or are they all geared toward just adults? Just wondering if we could all watch together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakim Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Quo Vadis - movie set during the reign of Nero in Rome adapted from the book by the same name written by Henryk SankiewiczAntony and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Ben Hur The Robe We just watched the 1953 version (B&W) of Julius Caesar to wind up ancient lit. Fab version. Rationalizing Shakespeare in Ancients: Julius Caesar totally deals with the thematic elements they're reading about in other ancient lit, like personal desires vs. duty to state, emerging notions of honor, the hero, etc. And set in ancient Rome <-----silly me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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