Description:
“His Story” is meant to be a dialogue, a discovery of the relationships
between God and man, man and man, and the creation and mankind. We will
investigate specific details of Ancient History through the
Renaissance. Students will study Ancient Greek and Roman times: the
Battle of Marathon, the conquests of Alexander the Great, Socrates,
Cleopatra and Anthony, Gladiators, the Rise and Fall of the Roman
Empire, the Sack of Constantinople; Medieval and Renaissance: the
Barbarians Rule, the Vikings, the Dark Ages, Invasion of England,
everyday life in the 1100s Europe, the Black Death, Thomas Becket,
Richard the Lionheart, the Crusades, Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, the
Inquisition, Columbus, Queen Mary, and much more (300BC–AD1600). ***This class is on a three-year rotation with Top Ten U.S. History and Exploring Non-Western History.