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History This Week: The Roman Republic

Welcome to Ancient Rome! It is one of the favorite time periods around here. First up, did you catch our Brass Tacks video on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar? Brass Tacks: Julius

History This Week: Alexander the Great

Today for History This Week we offer a few videos and sites relating to the life and reign of Alexander the Great. We hope you find them useful! VIDEOS: Mini

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

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

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,

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

Character Trait | Humility

How do we feel confident with who we are without being prideful? It often feels like a hard balance to strike! The trick? Embracing humility—knowing, accepting and being who we

The Character Issue | Diligence

The start of the year is an exciting time—full of energy for getting back to school and starting new resolutions or habits. But it also comes with a change from