{"id":185,"date":"2009-01-01T23:45:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T04:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2022-06-15T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:34:39","slug":"ancient-greece-level-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/ancient-history-levels-1-and-2-2\/ancient-greece-level-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Greece \u2013 Level 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by authors with who we are familiar. <\/em><\/p>\r\n<h5>Key text: * <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ZIsaWo\"><strong>Famous Men of Greece<\/strong><\/a> by John Haaren<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Term 1:<\/strong>\u00a0The Gods of Greece to Lycurgus<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Term 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Draco and Solon to Socrates<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Term 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Xenophon to the Fall of Greece<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Each chapter can be spread over two lessons, or can be read and narrated in a single lesson leaving the other free for further reading or working on a book of centuries.<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">TERM 1:\u00a0\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Chapter 1: The Gods of Greece<\/li>\r\n<li>Chapter 2: Deucalion and the Flood<\/li>\r\n<li>Chapter\u00a0 3: Cadmus &amp; the Dragon&#8217;s Teeth<\/li>\r\n<li>Chapter 4:\u00a0 Perseus<\/li>\r\n<li>Chapter 5:\u00a0 Hercules and His Labors<\/li>\r\n<li>Chapter 6: Jason and the Golden Fleece<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 7 Theseus<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 8 Agamemnon<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 9 Achilles<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 10 The Adventures of Ulysses\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 11 Lycurgus (825 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Catch- up, end of term exams <\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\">TERM 2:\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Ch. 12. Draco and Solon<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 13. Pisistratus<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 14. Miltiades the Hero of Marathon<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 15. Leonidas at Thermopyl\u00e6<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 16. Themistocles<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 17. Aristides<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 18. Cimon (died 449 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 19. Pericles (495-429 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 20. Alcibiades (450-404 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 21. Lysander (died 395 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 22. Socrates (470-399 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Catch-up, end of term exams <\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners\" style=\"background-color: #f8f6f0\"> TERM 3\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Ch. 23. Xenophon (430-357 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 24. Epaminondas and Pelopidas (418-362B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 25. Philip of Macedonia (382-336 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 26. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) 1\/2<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 26. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) 1\/2<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 27. Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 28. Aristotle, Zeno, Diogenes, and Apelles<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 29. Ptolemy (283 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 30. Pyrrhus (319-272 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 31. Cleomenes III (235-221 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ch. 32. The Fall of Greece (146 B.C.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Catch-up, end of term exams<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><strong><em>Alternative Option:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Children and families who want to study Greek history in greater detail may prefer to use<br \/><strong>(N)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OcL3dC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Story of the Greeks<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Guerber. This would require three lessons each week, with one chapter read and narrated per lesson.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Optional Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">NON-FICTION<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DZqXBG\"><strong>Alexander the Great<\/strong><\/a> by Nikos Kazantzakis\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/30tRzlM\"><strong>Science in Ancient Greece<\/strong><\/a> by Kathlyn Gay <em>(this book is scheduled as a spine in the Level 2 year 1\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/science-in-ancient-greece\/\">Science In Ancient Greece<\/a> studies.)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MYTHOLOGY<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OH8KuN\"><strong>Tales of the Greek Heroes<\/strong><\/a> by Roger Lancelyn Green<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CReHCw\"><strong>The Luck of Troy<\/strong><\/a> by Roger Lancelyn Green<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3fKntRw\"><strong>The Tale of Troy<\/strong><\/a> by Roger Lancelyn Green<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3hh2OEU\"><strong>Greek Myths<\/strong><\/a> by Olivia Coolidge<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2OFJPYo\"><strong>The Trojan War<\/strong><\/a> by Olivia Coolidge<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XHxkk4\"><b>Black Ships Before Troy<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Rosemary Sutcliff<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CbCeOF\"><b>The Golden Fleece: And the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Padraic Colum<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">HISTORICAL FICTION<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CTTiZm\"><strong>The Crown of Violet<\/strong><\/a> by Geoffrey Trease &#8211; story of an Athenian boy and his family, with a Greek drama theme. OOP.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3fEP7iK\"><strong>The Spartan Twins<\/strong><\/a> by Lucy Fitch Perkins<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CU5vgH\"><strong>Children of the Fox<\/strong><\/a> by Jill Paton Walsh<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DZF2ix\"><strong>Theras &amp; His Town<\/strong><\/a> by Caroline Dale Snedeker \u2013 an Athenian boy tries to adjust to life in Sparta.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The text is better than the illustrations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31ApRnY\"><b>Lysis Goes to the Play<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Caroline Dale Snedeker &#8211; life and theater in ancient Athens<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/prince-of-the-double-axe\/9781733138338?aid=4959&amp;fbclid=IwAR2-IVrGEcHdI5-hBGr6Bu_Lke74-zXpk9mgl8ZRjS5YI8zZ9XTIbptW6HM\"><b>Prince of the Double Axe<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Madeleine Polland\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/first-edition\/Secret-Arrow-Kenneth-Lillington-Thomas-Nelson\/12316663053\/bd\"><strong>The Secret Arrow<\/strong><\/a> by Kenneth Lillington \u2013 Sparta and Pericles<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XGNzxS\"><b>The Lion in the Gateway<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Mary Renault &#8211; a retelling of the battles of Marathon, Salamis, and Thermopylae<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by authors with who we are familiar. Key text: * Famous Men of Greece by John Haaren Term 1:\u00a0The Gods of Greece to Lycurgus Term 2:\u00a0Draco and Solon to Socrates Term 3:\u00a0Xenophon to the Fall &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/ancient-history-levels-1-and-2-2\/ancient-greece-level-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about  Ancient Greece \u2013 Level 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":629,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-185","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5295,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/5295"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}