Kindergarten, History, Week 26

This week:

• I read chapter 26 of Child's History (One Against a Thousand)
• The Greeks decided it was best to stop the Persians at Thermopylae
• A traitor told Xerxes of a secret path over the mountains
• The people of Athens left the city and all got on the ships they had built
• Themistocles tricked Xerxes into dividing his fleet
• The Persian fleet was completely beaten
• We looked at pages 50, 51, 54, and 55 in Ancient World
• I read chapter 27 of Child's History (The Golden Age)
• Xerxes had burned Athens, so the people built a much finer and more beautiful city
• The Greeks used three kinds of columns: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
• Look for examples around town
• A plague is a terrible contagious disease
• I read chapter 28 of Child's History (When Greek Meets Greek)
• The Golden Age stopped because of a fight between Sparta and Athens
• Sparta was jealous of Athen's fleet
• This is called the Peloponnesian War.
• Socrates taught people by asking them questions
• We worked on our time line.