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Welcome to History thru Lit & Film.  We will be traveling back in time to examine ancient cultures and civilizations, their contributions to the world and their impact on us today.  Students will be using two texts a World History text and a World mythology text.

Term 2   Nov.16, 2009 through Jan. 28, 2010

Week 1 Nov. 16-20, 2009

This week we will complete our study of Greek culture and our reading of  “The Odyssey”.  We will be watching a film version of the story as well as reading and answering questions.  Students will be working on stock epithets as a literary technique, completing questions on the reading, and writing their own adventure to add to Odysseus’s travels.  Monday Nov.  23 there will be a quiz on the Odyssey, and their short tale will be due.  We will also be using the internet to complete a short assignment and hopefully looking at the importance of Alexander the Great.  Early next week we will begin our study of ancient Rome’s culture and historical importance to western civilization.