The need for this became apparent when I looked ahead in the curriculum of our upper grades here in Virginia. There was no exposure to ancient history worth mentioning (I'm historian trained and so that bothered me a great deal), plus there did not seem to be enough hands-on science offered.
"The Well-Trained Mind" proved to be a great resource and is assisting in just the way I hoped it might.
The end result of all this is that we are have begun a study of the Ancient Greeks. And the Sunday Salon list of this week's books reflect that.
ON THE NIGHTSTAND:
 | by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed This serviceable book I used to introduce the 'topic' of Ancient Greece. It touches briefly upon a variety of topics. |
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This is a great story about the Greek origins to the modern day marathon race. I used this book not only to entertain, but to prove that the ancient Greeks are still relevant to us today. |
 | Greek Hero (Fly on the Wall) by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom Haven't reviewed this one yet. However I used it like the "First Marathon" book to provide entertainment and a way of stuffing knowledge into my kids, painlessly. The authors use a fictionalized story to take us around 4th Century BC Greece. It provides information about education, warfare, marriage, trade, and lifestyles. review here |
 | I have to looove this book. It retells classic Greek myths in a fun and whacky way, and my kids (8 and 10) could not get enough of it. What nailed (affirmed:) it for me was when the kids were watching some junky-show on TV and Laura piped up and said, 'Dad, that's just like the story of Thisbe and Pyramus'. Warms my cockles to hear such learnedness coming from my offspring :] review not posted yet |
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