World Languages
Alphabet Archaeologist Camp: Digging Into The Ancient History of the Alphabet
This four-section class is an introduction to the influence of the ancient Phoenecian, Greek, and Hebrew languages on the building blocks of the English language - the Alphabet!
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45 minutes
per class
4x per week
over 1 week
10-14
year olds
3-9
learners per class
How does a “Multi-Day” course work?
Meets multiple times at scheduled times
Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality
Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher
Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries
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Description
Class Experience
The goal of this class is to pique the interest of young learners in world languages. This is an introductory class to both history and foreign language. My hope is to inspire students to ask questions about history and culture. Specifically, they should leave class with an ability to explain how at least 5 of our English letters of the alphabet evolved from within cultures that were very different from our own.
There is no assigned homework, though practice with the letters outside of classtime will inevitably lead to a richer experience of connecting the linguistic "dots" between The Phoenician, Hebrew, and Greek with English. All work is group work.
3 hours per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
Teacher
About Me
Hello! My name is Lee Williams, and one of my favorite quotes, which summarizes perfectly how I view teaching, is from Dr. Eva Brann: "Teaching is above all the controlled public expression of delight." The subjects that most interest me, like...