The document outlines the curriculum for an 11th grade humanities class over 4 quarters, listing the texts and number of days spent on each. In quarter 1 they will study The Iliad, Herodotus, Plutarch and Meno over 41 days. Quarter 2 covers The Odyssey, Thucydides, and several Platonic dialogues over 43 days. Quarter 3 explores The Republic, the Theban plays, Oresteia and Hamlet across 37 days. Quarter 4 focuses on ethics, Merchant of Venice, Genesis, Exodus, Samuel and Job over 31 days including STAAR testing.
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Sample reading schedule for Ancient Greece course.
The document outlines the curriculum for an 11th grade humanities class over 4 quarters, listing the texts and number of days spent on each. In quarter 1 they will study The Iliad, Herodotus, Plutarch and Meno over 41 days. Quarter 2 covers The Odyssey, Thucydides, and several Platonic dialogues over 43 days. Quarter 3 explores The Republic, the Theban plays, Oresteia and Hamlet across 37 days. Quarter 4 focuses on ethics, Merchant of Venice, Genesis, Exodus, Samuel and Job over 31 days including STAAR testing.
The document outlines the curriculum for an 11th grade humanities class over 4 quarters, listing the texts and number of days spent on each. In quarter 1 they will study The Iliad, Herodotus, Plutarch and Meno over 41 days. Quarter 2 covers The Odyssey, Thucydides, and several Platonic dialogues over 43 days. Quarter 3 explores The Republic, the Theban plays, Oresteia and Hamlet across 37 days. Quarter 4 focuses on ethics, Merchant of Venice, Genesis, Exodus, Samuel and Job over 31 days including STAAR testing.
1. The Iliad = 22 seminar/3 writing/1 panels = 26 days 2. Herodotus = 10 days 3. Plutarch = 3 days 4. Meno = 2 days
Quarter 2: 43 Teaching Days
1. The Odyssey = 15 seminar/3 writing/1 panels = 19 days 2. Thucydides = 11 days 3. Euthyphro = 2 days 4. Apology = 2 days 5. Crito = 1 day 6. Phaedo = 4 days 7. Plato: In-Class Essay = 2 days 8. Catch up = 2 days
Quarter 3: 37 Teaching Days
1. The Republic = 12 seminar/3 writing/1 panels = 16 days 2. Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex = 2 days 3. Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus = 2 days 4. Theban Plays: Antigone = 2 days 5. Theban Plays in-class essay = 2 days 6. Oresteia Plays: 5 days 7. Hamlet: 5 seminar/1 writing day = 6 days 8. Catch up = 2 days
Quarter 4: 31 Teaching Days (*STAAR May 4-8)
1. Ethics: 12 seminar/4 writing/1 panels = 17 days 2. Merchant of Venice = 5 days 3. Genesis = 5 days 4. Exodus = 4 days 5. 1, 2 Samuel = 5 days 6. Job = 3 days 7. Old Testament Essay = 3 days
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