History This Week – The Iliad, The Odyssey & Greek Philosophy
Welcome to History This Week! Today we have a couple of things for you as we study Greek Philosophy as a school. First off, we have the Brass Tacks on
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Monday Mix-ins: All Those Greek Wars
Frieze of Royal Archers from the Palace of the Persian King Darius the Great at Susa {photo by Frans Vandewalle on flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0} Time for our mix-ins
Monday Mix-ins: Olympic Games and Daily Life
{public domain photo} This week we will share a few videos and websites relating to the Ancient Greek Olympics, education, democracy, art, theater, and daily life in Ancient Greece. These
History This Week: The Olympics!
Happy Monday! This week, we have some resources on both the Olympics in Ancient Greece AND our modern-day Olympic Games(the 2026 Winter Olympics start on February 6th!). We encourage you
Movies Set in Ancient Times
As we prepare to return from winter break, we decided to gather a list of full-length movies that are set in, or relate to (sometimes loosely) our historical time period,
History This Week: Greek Myths
Today we have a guest post from Josh Ronda, SLOCA alum and videography intern. Josh has been working on the Ancient Greece Gods and Goddesses piece for our Brass Tacks
Monday Mix-ins: Ancient Greek Myths
{photo by Kannan Kartha on flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0} Time for some mix-ins! We are having fun with Greek myths at every level, and today we’ll provide several supplemental
History This Week | Vikings
Supplement the Viking curriculum with resources that interest your family. We have guides about book, videos, and even culinary inspiration!
friday faces | high school | part 2
Learn more about those who work to make SLOCA amazing. This Friday Faces series continues with some of our High School teachers. They’re such a part of what classical education with a twist means and we’re excited to show you some insights into how they spent their summer and how long SLOCA’s been lucky to have them.
For Learning’s Sake
Over the summer, our teachers all read The Elements of Teaching by James M. Banner, Jr. and Harold C. Cannon. Now they are exploring each chapter more in depth together during their