wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I am trying to plan dd's freshman year. I am nervous about 9th grade :confused: :001_huh: so I am starting early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 My plan is to do our history a little differently in 9th and 10th, specifically to break up the amount of intense reading in ancients. 9th: 1st semester - Ancient Egyptian and Greek 2nd semester - American (civil war - WWI) 10th: 1st semester - Ancient Roman 2nd semester - American/World (1920s - modern) For 9th ancients we'll use: Something short for Egypt (maybe DVDs) Herodotus Histories (unsure if all or sections) - Landmark edition Plutarch (selected lives) Iliad (Lattimore) with TeachComp DVDs Odyssey (Lattimore if book, other if audio) with TeachComp DVDs Greek Tragedies vol I (Lattimore) includes Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Oedipus the King, and Antigone Medea - Euripides These two will be completed in philosophy class: Plato - still deciding which Aristotle - still deciding For Roman history I'm still debating but will likely include: Something by Livy Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus The Aeneid Meditations by Marucs Aurelius (me likes this very much :D) Plutarch's Roman Lives (selections) Something from Cicero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 We're off the map this year. My son is doing English focused around Greek mythology, and history is a student-driven overview of world history. However, I'm happy to share his literature reading list: Mythology, Hamilton The Odyssey of Homer, Christ The Odyssey (excerpts), Lombardo translation The Golden Fleece, Colum The Iliad (excerpts), Lattimore translation Antigone, Sophocles Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Metamorphoses (one chapter), Ovid Pygmalion, Shaw Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus Oedipus the King, Sophocles Lives of the Noble Greeks (excepts), Plutarch The King Must Die, Renault The Goddess of Yesterday, Cooney Troy, Geras The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues, Plato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Here is our ancient's reading list: Book of Genesis from the Bible Epic of Gilgamesh Book of Job from the Bible Codes of Hammarubi Odyssey Histories: Landmark Herodotus Aeschylus I Plutarch's Lives Volume I Sophocles I ( The Theban Trilogy) Early History of Rome by Livy Aenid 12 Caesars Last Days of Socrates Julius Caesar by Shakespeare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 We are doing the ancients this year and the reading list pretty much mimics Jenny's above. However, it is coming from the Norton Anthologies in many instances and thus also includes some ancient selections from India, China and the Old Testament. We are watching the Teaching Company's Great World Religions series and doing World History alongside these readings. Assuming we reach our goals, we are trying to put in place a solid foundation for 9th grade and the continuation chronologically, where allusions and references to what we are reading this year will be so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 DD read for Ancients last year: The Iliad Homer (translated by Fitzgerald) The Odyssey Homer (translated by Fitzgerald) Histories Herodotus Antigone Sophocles Oedipus Rex Sophocles Oedipus on Colonos Sophocles Electra Euripides Poetry Sappho The Aeneid Vergil Metamorphoses Ovid The Trial and Death of Socrates Plato Supplementary reading: A Day in Old Athens William S. Davis A day in Old Rome William S. Davis Aristotle leads the way Joy Hakim The Greek Treasure Irving Stone Everyday things in Ancient Greece C. H. Quennell The King must die Mary Renault Famous Men of Rome John Haaren The buildings of Ancient Rome Helen and Richard Leacroft We also listened to the Teaching Company lectures by Elizabeth Vandiver about the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Greek tragedy and Classical Mythology. I can highly recommend them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Second that suggestion of the Teaching Company Vandiver items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Also a second on Edith Hamilton Mythology, which really is a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Let me reach back into the mists of time and see what I can recall. DD was in ancients for 9th grade, but our current 9th grader is in Early Modern History and in order to get the required credit of U.S. History he's specializing in that right now. Hmmmm I know she read Job and then the book of Genesis. This was followed by the Epic of Gilgamesh She then read through the rest of the Old Testament. Since I had copies of Herodotus, Josephus, and Theucidyes (sp????), instead of assigning one, I assigned portions of each but tried not to overwhelm her. Illiad and the Odyssey Codes of Hammurabi A neat book I found about cracking the Rosetta Stone - obviously not Ancient Literature and yet, so interesting and informative about Ancient Egyptian history...I wish I could remember the name. Selections from Plutarch, Lives of the Romans Aenid. I think that is all we had time for, but she did read the Gospels and Acts and some more Josephus at the end of the year. She's not around today or I would ask. But, I think I'm pretty close to what I assigned and it will be what ds gets in 11th grade. We got into the WTM cycle a little later for him and so he's not on the typical path. Since I kept the three boys together for history up until this year, that means the 8th grader will be on modern history for 9th grade so I'll probably make that U.S. History intensive enough to get that high school credit in and then he'll be back to ancients for 10th. We've got a mixed up cycle going. :D Oh well, at least they are learning it thoroughly! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Togo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I know that Regentrude's daughter wrote some papers on the books that she read, but I am wondering about the rest of you on this thread. Did you follow SWB's rhetoric level suggestions for papers? If not, what else did you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 As D is a bit younger, we are in that squishy stage between logic and rhetoric. One day she may appear as an exquisite analyst the next I am left to wonder if aliens replaced my child in the night. So, we are going with the flow. Some items we read, some we read with a greater focus and some we read and more deeply analyze. As the bank of information grows, the process of having her make comparisons, spot issues and elaborate grows. She is also working through the Art of Argument and I can see application of what she is learning. If we wind up with one good attempt at a 3 to 5 page paper this year, I will be happy. In the meantime we are working on developing a strong thesis and taking stabs at supporting it with examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I do not have a high school student, but I have a master's in theatre and spent years studying Greek theatre. Don't forget to read a comedy or two! I really enjoyed Lysistrata. Another good one is The Frogs. Sondheim wrote a musical based on The Frogs. It could make an interesting paper topic to compare the two. Make sure you discuss the satyr play as well. There really aren't any to read, but there is some good information on them. In the competitions, the playwrights generally submitted one of each genre; more of the tragedies have survived, but the comedies are equally as good. I love this time period :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Here's what DS is doing this year: How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler The Epic of Gilgamesh The Illiad The Odyssey The Art of War by Sun Tsu The Teachings of Confucius Plato's Republic Metamorphoses by Ovid Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch After Jesus: The Triumph of Christianity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 List of ancients for high achoolers in my signature. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 These are the works that dds read. They also read other books - nonfiction, historical fiction - but I don't have a list of those typed up. Epic of Gilgamesh Odyssey (Homer) Theban Trilogy (Sophocles) The Oresteia (Aeschylus) The Histories (Herodotus) Medea, Bacchae (Euripides) Birds, Clouds (Aristophanes) Republic (Plato) Poetics (Aristotle) Archimedes Aeneid (Virgil) Lives (Plutarch) Metamorphoses (Ovid) Annals (Tacitus) We followed TWTM methods: context paper, read WEM/HTRAB, read work taking notes, discuss, write essay. We also used Omni I/IV, Heroes of the City of Man, and a few other books like that to round out our understanding of the works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I'm using Biblioplan and got the literature supplement from MFW's ancient study for high school. She is also using two textbooks as spines (BJU and Glencoe). The Epic of Gilgamesh The Cat of Bubastes The Gifts of the Jews The Odyssey one of the Three Thebian plays (haven't decided yet) Bullfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology The Aenid The Last Days of Socrates On Obligations The Confessions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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