A JOURNEY THROUGH THE GREEK MYTHS.
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND ANCIENT HISTORY. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO BOTH MY CHILDREN ARE THE FANTASTICAL MONSTERS, BEASTS AND GODS IN THESE STORIES. THESE CREATURES HAVE CAPTURED THEIR INTEREST AND IMAGINATION, AS WELL AS HELPED THEM MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE ROOTS OF OTHER FABLES, FAIRYTALE AND FOLKLORE, MORE RELEVANT TO THEIR TIME. IT HAS ALSO HELPED THEM TO SEE THAT THE STORIES OF ALL PEOPLES, CULTURES AND TIMES SEEM TO REPEAT THEMSELVES AS ARCHETYPES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

WE START BY WATCHING "CLASH OF THE TITANS", AND COVER THE TALES OF
" MIDAS", "EROS & PSYCHE", "AESOP'S FABLES","HELEN OF TROY & THE TROJAN HORSE", "PANDORA'S BOX". AS WELL AS READING EXCERPTS FROM HOMER'S ILIAD AND ODYSSEY.
WE WILL LEARN THE GREEK ALPHABET BY WRITING A LETTER TO A GREEK GOD IN GREEK "CODE", AS WELL AS LEARN THE GREEK ROOT WORDS TO HELP US DECIPHER, WORDS IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE.
IN OUR LAST WEEK WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT TRUE HISTORY AND SEE THE IMPACT OF MYTHOLOGY IN DAILY LIFE. WE WILL CREATE A MAP OF THE ANCIENT LAND AND LOOK AT THEORIES OF ATLANTIS BASED ON THE IMPRINTS OF SANTORINI, INVESTIGATE THE CULTURE, CELEBRATIONS, AND RITUALS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS.