Year 1: The Greeks
Greeks: Epics
Greeks: Drama & Lyric
Greeks: Histories
Greeks: Philosophers
Year 2: The Romans
Romans: The Aeneid
Romans: Historians
Romans: Christianity
Romans: Nicea
Year 3: Christendom
Coming 2015
Year 4: Early Moderns
Coming 2016
Drama and Lyric - covers a collection of Greek plays and poetry
The Histories - covers the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon
The Philosophers - covers selected works of Plato and Aristotle
- 12 Lessons with Video Lectures for each Lesson (48 for the full year)
- PDF Student Workbook with comprehension questions
- PDF Answer Keys
- 9 week suggested schedule
- All required texts in etext form (PDF and Kindle)
- Guide to the Art booklet (online streaming gives you a PDF version and DVD version includes a booklet for you in each DVD)
- 2 exams with teacher guide and answer key for each unit
You can find an outline of the 12 Lessons in each Unit here. Each Lesson is approximately 30 minutes each.
Prerequisites required from the website...
You can also find several samples here so you can decide for yourself if this curriculum is right for you.
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Old Western Culture is intended for mature and discerning students. We recommend this course for ages 14 and up. The course will deal with mature themes such as paganism, sexual immorality, battle scenes (mostly in actual reading), and classical paintings. Old Western Culture is meant to equip your child with a Biblical lens from which to process these themes. We assume your child has a working knowledge of the Bible and basic Christian doctrine. Advanced readers will have an advantage since the reading load is relatively heavy.
My Thoughts
I chose to go through this curriculum myself and test drive it before introducing it to my children.
We follow what I call an eclectic classical homeschool style. I never experienced reading any of the Great Books in school so I wanted to offer that advantage to my children. I must admit though, they intimidate me greatly! I have a hard time understanding them and therefore teaching them is even more intimidating. My children know my homeschool philosophy is that we NEVER stop learning so just because I don't know something doesn't mean we cannot learn about it. That is often when we begin our journey of learning together! I was hoping that this curriculum would be just the aid I was looking for. I was looking for something to help me teach my children while reading some of the Great Books.
The student questions in the online streaming format were multiple choice questions while the ones included in the PDF with the DVD I received were writing the answer out. I answered the multiple choice questions in the online streaming format and had difficulty so I didn't even try the ones on the DVD PDF!
I found that the suggested 9 week schedule included was not too heavy of a course load considering you are working towards 2 full year credits for high school. For comprehension reasons however, I would have to take the course at a slower pace than suggested which is truly the beauty of homeschooling.
While this curriculum did contain what I was looking for - someone to teach my children and myself more about the influential works of art from a Biblical worldview, it was often times above my head. Wes Callihan is a master story teller with so much knowledge and there is no doubt that he has researched what he is teaching thoroughly. I had to watch several of the lectures over even to answer some of the questions myself. This curriculum is recommended for ages 14 and up. I felt like it could pass as a college course! With that being said, I can tell you that I did learn so much from this curriculum. I would need to slow down the schedule for myself so I am almost certain I would have to do the same for my children. I do not think my 8th grader or 11th grader would be ready for this curriculum as of yet. Neither are advanced readers.
Having said that, I do think this would be a great curriculum to go through together as a family. Mr. Callihan speaks so eloquently on these topics and always keeps a Christ-centered approach. We can learn much from past mistakes and see clearly where God was left out - much chaos reigned. Teaching that to the next generation is not an option - it's a must for Christians. To approach such pagan instruments is often difficult so this is a valuable resource for those intimidated by the subjects like I am.
Here is a book list of the works covered (again these are included in digital etext versions) but you also can purchase your physical copy as well. You can find the links to these books here.
THE EPICS BOOK LIST:
- The Iliad
- The Odyssey
DRAMA AND LYRIC BOOK LIST:
- Aeschylus (The Oresteia)
- Sophocles (Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus)
- Aristophanes (The Frogs and The Clouds)
- Eurpipides (The Medea and The Trojan Women) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Sappho (various poems) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Pindar (collection of Odes) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Theocritus (Idyls I, VI, VII, and XI) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Hesiod (Works and Days) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Quintus of Smyrna (The Fall of Troy) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Apollonius of Rhodes (The Argonautica) included in Roman Roads Reader
THE HISTORIES BOOK LIST:
- The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
- The Landmark Thucydides
- Xenophon: The Persian Expedition
THE PHILOSOPHERS BOOK LIST:
- Plato: Six Greek Dialogues
- The Basic Works of Aristotle
- The Iliad
- The Odyssey
DRAMA AND LYRIC BOOK LIST:
- Aeschylus (The Oresteia)
- Sophocles (Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus)
- Aristophanes (The Frogs and The Clouds)
- Eurpipides (The Medea and The Trojan Women) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Sappho (various poems) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Pindar (collection of Odes) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Theocritus (Idyls I, VI, VII, and XI) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Hesiod (Works and Days) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Quintus of Smyrna (The Fall of Troy) included in Roman Roads Reader
- Apollonius of Rhodes (The Argonautica) included in Roman Roads Reader
THE HISTORIES BOOK LIST:
- The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
- The Landmark Thucydides
- Xenophon: The Persian Expedition
THE PHILOSOPHERS BOOK LIST:
- Plato: Six Greek Dialogues
- The Basic Works of Aristotle
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