How to do a Unit Study | Ancient Greece

It's time to put together another unit and this time it's Ancient Greece. We already started out with materials for this unit, but over the last few years, we added more resources. It's quite a full unit now, and it doesn't look like we'll be able to cover everything we want in four short weeks. We could make this unit longer by 2-3 weeks and cover everything more easily, but as we got a late start to the school year, we are trying to be very efficient with our units so we can squeeze all our history units into winter. Granted our southern California winters are hardly cold, cloudy or dreary (perfect weather for hours of reading in front of the fireplace), instead we have gorgeous pleasant need-to-be-outdoor weather! You see, I like to put our history unit in the winter when we like to cozy up and read. We might turn on the fireplace, grab some warm blankets and listen while I read aloud. History units are perfect for this because there's usually a lot of reading. And while we've had a small share of cool days, it feels nothing like winter! If you have a reason behind how you organize your units during the year, I'd love to hear it!

When putting together a history unit, I look for books/resources in the following topic areas:
History (famous people, timeline history, historical events)
Biographies (picture books work great for biographies)
Geography (a single atlas book does fine)
Historical fiction (a great way to get your history/culture in a fun book)
Culture/food/clothing (cook up a dish from the time period)
Audio books/songs (music from the time period is fun to listen to)
Projects/Activities (pre-made kits are a go-to staple around here)
Games (Professor Noggins are our favorite)
Workbooks (use sparingly or skip and do narrations)
Picture books (surprisingly informative & fun)
Activity and project books (Lauri Carlson has several)
Science/math (adding other subjects rounds out your unit)

Two more things I use for lesson planning are full back Post-its sticky pads and a pencil. I write notes about each book/resource on the sticky pad and stick it on the front cover of the book for easy lesson planning.

Lesson planning has been in flux for about a year or two. Currently you can find lesson plans for this unit graciously assembled by Sayeda at Precious Years exclusively for Homeschool Panda. Follow link below to access.

Ancient Greece Lesson Plan:

Steps to import lesson plan:

Step 1: Log into Homeschool Panda
Step 2: Click on "Lesson Planner” from left hand pane
Step 3: Click on “Import Lesson Plan” located on the top right

Once Lesson Imported, you can assign to a student.

You can also find the lesson plans on my website. I created my plans using Mac Numbers sheets. I like to get a full week of lesson plans on a single sheet of paper.

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[NatashaShchukina]

Thank you for those detailed kind of videos . I like your tutorials on how to plan a lesson.

[OurGraciousDays]

Galen and the Gateway to Medicine was one of our favorites! And you know we love D’Aulaires in our house! 💛

[princesstar]

I just love your videos! Thank you so much for taking the time to do these. You are such an inspiration to me!

[SodbusterLiving]

I recognize so many of those wonderful books!

[farmhair]

Oh MY Gosh...thank you so much for this video. You are such a time saver by having already done the work for me. I value your book recommendations tremendously! I went straight to my library website and placed holds on many of the ones you suggested which will work nicely with Live Ed. Can't thank you enough. Warmly, Jodi

[LivingTreeHouse]

These look like great picks! Making some pottery may be an idea too.

[carawales]

My daughter has done the constellation lacing cards. Ours glow in the dark, and we use the finished product as wall art in her room.

[SparkleKnits]

Your videos are so inspiring! I’m hoping to start homeschooling my four oldest kids (out of six) again next year and, while we’ll likely use a “pre-packaged” curriculum, I’m looking forward to incorporating some separate Waldorf-inspired studies.

[ayathatem]

Jazakom Allaho Khyran! I was wondering if have an videos or information regarding the hands on materials you used when you did this unit before.

[S.Patierno]

Where can we find the notebook with blank and line pages 👍🏻

[bartlebythescrivener]

Where do you get the full stick sticky notes? Thank you in advance!