First of all, as a general rule, in my series of ancient Greek and Roman literature classes, the most important goal is for young students, who genuinely love mythology, to read not a modern book about mythology (as they most often do) but an ancient Greek or Roman work containing the original myths.

In this course the students will be able to appreciate the beauty and importance of the study of these ancient literary masterpieces. Having studied myself history and literature at a graduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, and trained in scientific research, ancient languages (Greek, Latin, Coptic), and the use of various aspects of ancient material culture (art, architecture, coins etc), I want to bring this bigger picture of ancient society to this course. 

The students and myself, we will discuss together in class not just about events and characters of these theatrical plays in particular, but also about major aspects of human life, as they were perceived in the past by another culture, the ancient Greek, so far from us, and yet so modern and relevant. 

In this multi-day course in particular, we are going to approach these theatrical plays by keeping the following observations constantly in our mind:
(i) Euripides enjoyed an astonishing popularity in ancient times, with his accessible and memorable characters on stage who really expressed themselves. Greeks and Romans were passionate about Euripides. 
(ii) Euripides was considered by the great Greek philosopher Aristotle as 'the most tragic of the poets' meaning (for the ancient Greeks) that he was the best at eliciting pity and fear.
(iii) Homer apart, no author stimulated the arts of the ancient Greek and Roman world more than he did. 
(iv) His approach of myth, experimental, playful and eccentric is indetifiably modern and often relevant today.
(v) Euripides' plays are characterised by polytonality, which means that he was able to write in two or more simultaneous keys.
(vi) Euripides' modern popularity lies also on his simple and multi-faced works which are easily open to different interpreters: existentialist, idealist, humanist, mystic, rationalist, irrationalist, etc!

I have a BA in ancient Greek History and Archaeology, an MA in ancient Greek Archaeology and History of Art and an MA in the History and Philosophy of Religions, and I am a PhD Candidate of Religions and Cultures, specialized in ancient Greek and Roman religions and cultures. Using ancient primary sources, like the works of Euripides, is necessary in my scientific work and in my professional career as teacher. 
My experience includes teaching on OutSchool the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Argonautica, the Aeneid, and partially many historical sources (Thucydides, Herodotus, Xenophon, Livy, Polybius, Cicero, Caesar, Suetonius and Tacitus, amonst others). 

Homework Offered
The students are asked to read in advance the assigned three works, one for each couple of weeks during the course. It is imperrative that they do all the readings in order to help them better participate in class discussion, as well as really enjoy and easier absorbe the material.

Also, I strongly suggest that students either write an academic essay (using any of the three plays or comparing them on any topic that interests the students) or have a creative project in their minds throught the course, based on the class material, and after having discussed it with me in private (as many times as they want), according to each student's needs, strengths and passions, and which they will have to produce by the end of the entire course. There is NO requirement about sharing it with the rest of the class.
2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
I do not believe that a letter grade is meaningful for a course on ancient theatre. However, as I often do with my one-time classes, which are always small classes (up to 5 or 6 students), I communicate with the parents and the children directly, providing my personal comments, private feedback and an informal assessment.
At the same time, I offer optionally the possibility to choose between an academic essay and an artistic project (see also above: Homework section)
Grades Offered

A great online source which I personally use is Perseus Digital Library (section Collections/Texts), under the auspices of Tufts University (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections) which contains most of the works of ancient Greek and Roman authors which we will be using as our primary sources. However, if you acquire the book I propose in the Supply List section (see below), you will not need to use this source.

In addition, images of art (related to the work of Euripides) will be provided to students through the online collections of Greek and Roman artifacts painted or sculpted that are available around the world (e.g. from major public Museums such as the Museum of Louvre, the British Museum, or the Metropolitan Museum, from Museums of major Universities such as Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Cornell, or Chicago, from Art Museums such as The Walters Art Museum, or the Boston Fine Arts Museum, and from professional photographers whose work is available at flickr).