Friday, August 10, 2018

Age of Patriarchs - 36 Week Outline



The Reading List summarizes the curriculum. This post puts all those resources into a schedule. (scroll down to find week-by-week schedule)
You are welcome to follow along with me, share your experiences, and help me make it better!


 NOTES:
Once a week at my home, all ages/levels gather together to add to our timeline and look at maps of where we’ve been studying during the week. Although no books for geography are included, that’s the geography plan for now.

My family will also meet together for about 30 minutes each day, one day to share poetry, another day to learn hymns... picture study, draw in nature journals, etc. All that Charlotte Mason stuff :) Additionally, this outline does not include music because I plan to follow the church year learning the troparions and communion hymns for upcoming Feasts. Also, I'll add classical paintings that go with what we are reading, which are not in this outline. Dr. Pat provides free icons for every Old Testament lesson at the bottom of this page.

This schedule does not include math, science, or foreign language, but if you would like suggestions about these, I am glad to help.

Students will need to register for the free online classes at Hillsdale College. Each linked lecture has the main lecture, a Q&A video, a quiz, and assigned readings.

The purpose of the Hillsdale courses are two fold: 1) they set the table for the feast of the books we will read and 2) they give my student practice in taking notes from a lecture.


Let Us Attend is way more expensive at Amazon than here, but the synopsis on Amazon gives you a good idea of what’s inside. This might be too much reading, but I’m putting in the schedule what corresponds to the books of the Bible we read. We may not choose to use it all. If you choose not to purchase this resource, you may want to talk to your priest about an alternative. If you find some good alternatives, please share!

We are using Roman Roads dvd series and workbooks for the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Every day my student will read Saints for the Day,  Scriptures for the Day, and books from the Fathers, like this one, to provide a larger framework from within which to study this particular time period. These are not on the schedule.

All of Dr. Pat's Orthodox Lessons are meant for Sunday School and start with a prayer. Your student could say the prayer before beginning a task or a simple, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. They are a good resource to connect services in the Orthodox Church with references to the Old Testament books we are reading. If you belong to a co-op, this might be a good place to discuss some of the questions. We are doing Analytical Grammar this year, but feel free to ignore or replace it according to your class or family’s needs. Writing Assignments will grow out of questions and discussion from week to week, so I included it on the schedule every 2-4 weeks to remind me.




Week 1



Genesis 1-3
Wisdom: Let Us Attend (WLUA) pg 805-822 (ponderings); 709-719 (more detailed thoughts by Fathers)
Analytical Grammar (AG) 1

Week 2
Close Reading of Gen 1-3 with Commentary from the Fathers within WLUA pg 709-742
AG 2

Week 3
Genesis 4-10
Commentary on Genesis 4-5 WLUA pg 751-758
The Lamentation of Eve WLUA pg 759-766
Reflections on God's Wisdom WLUA pg 767-774
WLUA pg 813-816 (ponderings) - one of these would make a good short writing assignment
AG3


Week 4
Job 1-9
LUA - includes both text and commentary for Job pg. 10-196 (selections)
AG4

Week 5
Job 10-25
WLUA - continuing Job pg. 197-410 (selections)
AG5

Week 6
Job 26-42
WLUT - continuing Job pg. 411-651 (selections)
AG6
Writing Assignment

Week 7
Genesis 11-end
WLUA - pg. 816-822
Tower of Babel (good to discuss at co-op if possible)
Abraham (again, good to discuss aloud)
AG7

Week 8
Finish up Genesis
Joseph - #3 and "Whose Fault?"
Joseph part 2 - close read and answer
Writing Assignment

Week 8
Exodus - first half
WLUA - pg. 823-843
Moses #2 requires parental preparation ahead of time; #4 would make a good writing prompt
AG8

 Week 9
Exodus - second half
Moses part 2 - #4 would make good impromptu speech or debate topics
Numbers 22-24
Balaam - skit idea if you wanted the whole family to participate
AG9

 Week 10
Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Joshua
Judges - Writing Prompt: Are there any conclusions we can draw from Gideon’s life about God’s work in our own lives?
Ruth
AG10
1 & 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-2
Hannah/Samuel - good summary opportunity & written answers to discussion
Priesthood and Masculinity
Saul
David & Jonathan (friendship) good to write and then discuss in co-op
David part 2 - possible debate; also a Writing Prompt: Even though God forgives sins, does He always eliminate consequences? 
AG11

 Week 12
Solomon - need clay or play dough to make a replica of the temple
Ecclesiastes - Read whole book first; activity could be done in journal
Elijah 
Elisha - possible party for little kids
Jonah - answer discussion questions in writing
Isaiah - Read chapters 7, 40-55 - discussion about consequences
Joel - Read the prophecy in chapter 2
AG 12

 Week 13 (Greek Culture & Iliad)
Roman Roads Media - Lecture 1 & Workbook (need to print the pdf file ahead of time)
Lecture 2 & Workbook
Homer, The Iliad   - Choose one of the five themes to annotate for as you read.
Read Iliad Books 1-4 & Workbook
AG 13

 Week 14 (Iliad cont)
Lecture 3 & Workbook
Iliad Books 5-9 & Workbook
Lecture 4 & Workbook
AG 14

 Week 15 (Iliad cont)
Iliad Books 10-15 & Reading Questions
Lecture 5 & Lecture Questions
Iliad Books 16-18
AG15

 Week 16 (Iliad cont)
Iliad 19-21 & Reading Questions
Lecture 6 & Questions
Iliad 22-24 & Reading Questions
AG16

 Week 17 (Odyssey)
Lecture 7 & Questions
Homer, The Odyssey
Odyssey Books 1-4 & Reading Questions
Lecture 8 & Questions
AG 17

 Week 18 (Odyssey cont)
Odyssey 5-8 & Reading Questions
Paper - Thesis Statement Due
Lecture 9 & Questions
Odyssey Books 9-10
AG18
Week 19 (Odyssey cont)
Odyssey Books 11-12 & Reading Questions
Lecture 10 & Questions
Odyssey Books 13-18
Paper - make progress
AG19

 Week 20 (Odyssey cont)
Odyssey Books 19-24 & Reading Questions
Lecture 11 & Questions
Lecture 12 & Questions
Paper - Rough Draft Due
AG 20

 Week 21
Exam on Epics
Paper - Final Due
The Golden Age of Greece
AG21

 Week 22
Read 1st half of play
Jeremiah
AG22
Week 23
Sophocles, cont
Read 2nd half of play
Ezekial
AG23

 Week 24 
Note all of the Hillsdale Lectures below have reading assignments linked in the course, as well as quizzes.
Why Study the Classics?  
Life and Government in Athens
Tobit - Writing Prompt: Read the 4th chapter very carefully. What counsel does Tobit give Tobias, knowing he may never see him again? Consider the lessons Achilles, Odysseus, and Creon learned. What counsel would you give your best friend as he or she was about to leave for college or for a foreign country.
AG25
Daniel - Read 1,2,4,5, and 6 before reading the lesson and play Bible Bowl at co-op; then do rest
The Angel of the Lord
AG26
AG27
Ezra & Nehemiah - answer questions in journal
AG28
Minor Prophets - play trivia for candy at co-op
Micah - Writing Paragraph Prompt: Which is hardest for you: justice, kindness (mercy), or humility? Why? 
AG30

Week 31
Christ in the Psalms
AG31

 Week 32 (The Aeneid)
Virgil, The Aeneid
Schmoop - Read the Intro page, the summary, explore the plot & major characters ("play date")
Now that we've gone through two other Epics with help, we're going to try to go through this one on our own. Close Reading, Annotating, Pondering, Being open to being Transformed by God as we Learn the story.
Read Books 1-2; give them titles.
Christ in the Psalms
AG32

 Week 33 (Aeneid Cont)
Read Books 3-5
Christ in the Psalms
AG33

 Week 34 (Aeneid Cont)
Read Books 6-8
Christ in the Psalms
AG34

 Week 35 (Aeneid Cont)
Read Books 9-11
Christ in the Psalms
AG35

 Week 36 (Aeneid Cont)
Read Book 12
Christ in the Psalms
Final Paper on the Aeneid

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