This is a four year history lesson outline to be used by the whole family. For now I will be posting the first year of lessons. This can be used as a stand alone guide, but for the recommended supplemental material for this year you will need the first volume and the first activity book of The Story of the World, and you will need Part 1 of From Adam to Us, along with the Map Book and Student Activity Book that go with it.

Begin with lesson 1A.

Once you finish the four years of lessons, start over. Every student should completely finish the curriculum at least twice in their school years, with activities adapted to their age and understanding. The yearly lessons are labeled by lesson number and year letter (1A is lesson one in the first year outline). This outline focuses on concurrent historical events and on the order of events rather than memorizing a bunch of dates. You can use it as a stand alone guide, but I highly recommend using it to correlate the two curriculums mentioned above. I also add LDS-Christian commentary to the lessons.

And please feel free to add your own suggested books or other learning materials to the comments section of the pertinent date.

Monday, August 24, 2020

9A -- c. 1184 BC Troy Destroyed

 


THIS IS ONE OF TEN DATES THAT WE MEMORIZE TO HELP STUDENTS ALWAYS HAVE REFERENCE POINTS THROUGH HISTORY.

Each lesson will now include worksheets to learn and review these ten dates.

 

1. Lesson Pages from Supplemental Materials:

·         From Adam to Us: p. 125-129, 133-134 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying Map Book and Student Workbook)

·        The Story of the World, vol. 1: p.138-141, 169-172, 191-193 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying The Story of the World: Activity Book One)

2. Study material for family discussion (older students can read on their own, parents can read and summarize for younger students):

Before the Trojan War, one of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh’s reigned. Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great, was power hungry and driven. His many monuments to himself are one of the reason he is still remembered so well. In his quest for more territory, he brought his forces against the Hittites in what would come to be known as the Battle of Kadesh. And though most maps show him owning territory all through modern Israel and surrounding countries, Egypt actually controlled the trade routes through these areas and probably didn’t have much to do with the people living in these areas. The Israelites were still mostly tribes and small cities, not a kingdom, so were not really a concern (the pharaoh after Ramesses makes a quick mention of them in a battle). After Ramesses long reign into old age, his 13th son, old himself, reigned. After his death there was a small period of confusion, with a few pharaoh’s ruling for short times, including a woman, Twosret. Finally Ramesses III came to the throne. He would have to battle a group of people called the Sea People who play a big part in this lesson.

The main enemy of the Israelites in this time period is a group of people called the Philistines. They are thought to be a group of the Sea People who were raiding around the Mediterranean for many years during this time period. The Sea People came from somewhere, in the Mediterranean. At least a part of them came from islands around Greece and maybe even mainland Greece, which would have included the Myceneans. They would be comparable to the Vikings who raided by sea two thousand years later. These Sea People were the main body of fighters in the Trojan War. The Philistines settled on the southern coast of modern Israel.  

 Judges 2- 4, 6-8, 13-16 (Note in this last chapter how Samson lied to Delilah about the source of his strength three times, and each time she tested out what he had told her. So when he finally told her the truth, he had to have known she would cut his hair to see if he would be weak.)

 Ruth

1 Samuel 1, 3

There is a lot of heavy content in this lesson, both in the Biblical history and in the Trojan War history. Read and preview the suggested materials before deciding how to share them with your students.

3. Attention Getter: It might be fun to set this one up by watching Troy (2004) the evening before. WARNING: This movie is rated R and has some definite bad scenes, so I only recommend the filtered version such as with VidAngel for streaming or Clearplay for BlueRay/DVD. But it is a great way to remember this story and the people involved. Or you could pick clips of the movie from Youtube, and give your students the back story.

4. Videos: You can pick and choose a few of these, or watch a couple each evening as a family.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/children/videos/scripture-stories/old-testament/24-ruth-and-naomi?&lang=eng (Ruth is an ancestor of King David, who is an ancestor of Christ)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kILvEa3cJdI (Hittites: Battle of Kadesh from 1:19 to 1:34, you may choose to also watch 1:06:30 to 1:19 and then finish the video from 1:34 to 1:58 for more Hittite history in this time period ending with the fall of the Hittite empire).

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ar2bdbLec (Ramesses for teens)

I suggest you preview these and decide how you want to present these stories:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOYy8iCfIJ4 (Overview of the Book of Judges)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myeSLGXHt4k&pbjreload=101 (Deborah, cartoon but a bit bloody)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GakKDNn2_YE (Deborah, fewer bloody details) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Cnh0GPJ1g (Gideon, spiritual application)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNvRodoWh8c (Gideon, full story) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TonT5Ulh9s (Samson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abzr537WGTc (Samson for teens)

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/children/videos/scripture-stories/old-testament/25-samuel?&lang=eng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxm5tCuJtcw (Samuel’s mother, Hannah)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVos84e8keM (Samuel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQbZX9JEQsQ (archaeological search for Troy)


5. Mapping: Find Troy on the map on this site (http://thetrojantumult.weebly.com/geography.html), and then show the location on a modern map of the world. Follow the route of Aeneas as he escapes Troy and founds Rome on the map on this site: https://hehasawifeyouknow.tumblr.com/post/83392229910/map-of-aeneas-journey-according-to-the-aeneid

 

  Map 7 in the From Adam to Us Map Book accompanies the reading on Ramses II. You could locate Troy and Greece and Crete on this map as well. Find where Israel fits on this map. Using Map 3 in the Gospel Library (under Scriptures>Study Helps>Bible Maps>3. The Division of the 12 Tribes), locate four of the five main Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ashdod, and Gath (Ekron is not shown).

 

6. The Literature: our story of the Trojan War is based on The Iliad by Homer. This video discusses the literary work (for teens): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aofPdMbXzUQ

 We don’t know for sure which characters were actually part of the real Trojan War. Agamemnon was a Mycenean king, but may have lived much earlier than the epic story. Many of the warriors were probably based on real people who were made larger than life over time. While back in the day, being heroic often meant the ability to kill a lot of people, there seems to be only one real heroic character in this story, Hector. Also, the Greek gods and goddesses play a big part in the literary version of the war.

The Odyssey is less historical and more an adventure story. Once you have learned the overview of this story, a fun activity is to watch O Brother, Where Art Thou? and list all the allusions to the Odyssey, with a Southern twist. You can get a summary of the Odyssey here (preview first): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj0K8OpuK0I

The Aeneid was written several centuries later than Homer’s works. It was written at the request of Augustus Caesar to glorify Rome and himself. The central character, Aeneas, was mentioned in the Iliad, and he was a part of Roman tradition. He escapes the fallen Troy with his son and old father and ends up in Italy. Virgil, the writer, beefed up the stories that had been told and added to over the centuries. The story of the Trojan horse, while part of Greek tradition about the Trojan War, was actually found in The Aeneid and not The Iliad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNVJNxkNSDs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62uHKgAVU3c

 

7. Poster: Your poster for this section could be labeled “Battles” and depict Kadesh, Troy, and any of the Judges in their battles.

8. Make a paper Trojan Horse: https://www.dltk-kids.com/world/greece/m-trojan.htm

9. World History Reading:

·         Younger readers: The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little

·         Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff

·         The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church

·         A graphic novel The Trojan Horse: The Fall of Troy - A Greek Myth by Justine Fontes 

·         The Odyssey retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

 

 

10. Memory DatesWorksheet:  If you need help, use the answers on Page One to complete one of the four worksheets

 


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