President’s Day
Happy President’s Day! Have you checked out the President’s Day literature on display in The Den? These books come from the Holiday Resources packet in our Parent Portal. If you
Category: History this week
History This Week: Alexander the Great
Interested in learning more about Socrates while we are studying the Ancients? The Circe Institute is offering a 6 week online course called Six Weeks to Socrates, starting February 28th.
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 from
History This Week: The Olympics!
Happy Monday! This week we have some resources on both the Olympics in Ancient Greece and the Winter Olympics starting on Friday. It has been fun to talk about the
History This Week: Greek Myths
Happy Monday and last week before Winter Break! Today we have a guest post from Josh Ronda, SLOCA alum and videography intern. Josh has been working on the Ancient Greece
On Mummies, Monsters, and Egyptian October
As we head deep into fall and its many celebrations of harvest time, Halloween, and Dia De Los Muertos, along with a time change that will plunge our evenings back
History This Week – “Make Each of your Days a Delight”
Today we continue on our History – This Week series with Sarah Shotwell. We hope this encourages your home discussions on Gilgamesh this week! “Make Each of your Days a
History This Week – Babylon in our World: Playing with Base 60 Math
Welcome to another post for History – This Week! Today Sarah Shotwell continues on our exploration of Early Civilizations and how the early Babylonian mathematical system impacts our world today.
History – This Week. The History Mystery Lab Activity!
Happy Monday! Today we continue with our series History – This Week, with a little twist from Sarah Shotwell. The History Mystery Lab Activity is designed to facilitate some interesting
History ~ This Week. An introduction
Here on Down Home we are excited to introduce a new series called History ~ This Week. Following the History Outlines for Primary to Upper Middle School, each Sunday/Monday we
