Journey to the Ancient World! (Learn & Draw Ancient Civilizations)

Are you interested in ancient civilizations?  Want to hear about ancient civilizations your parents probably don't know about?  Do you like being creative while you learn?  This is the history class for you!

In the first 20-30 minutes, students will be introduced to the ancient civilization of the week.  We will talk about their geographic location, time period, important architecture and archaeological sites, overall culture, rise and fall, and more!  I create my classes so students get a good overall understanding of the civilization and a mix of interesting, surprising, and even silly fun facts!  I teach in an open lecture style, where I go through engaging slides, stories, ancient texts, and information.  Students are asked questions throughout and are encouraged to ask questions of me at any time.  We will not discuss ancient fashion to avoid repeating information from my other classes!

Then about for 20-30 minutes, students will be able to create their own masterpiece!  I will pick a few art and architecture pieces I think they will enjoy from which they can model their drawings, but students are free to draw anything that they want from the presentation or civilization!  During this time, I will answer any and all questions they have about archaeology and the civilization of the day.  Students are encouraged to chit-chat with each other if they would like to get a break from all the content.  If there are no questions, learners can socialize, play some games, help each other with ideas, and hear stories of the ancient world from Alexa.

In the last 5 minutes, students will share their masterpieces with the class.  We will reflect on what we learned and ask any last-minute questions.

This ongoing course is a great option for students who have taken some of my one-time classes and don't want to repeat.  You can drop in and out with your interests or to avoid taking the same course again.  Each class is completely standalone!  For those who have taken my ancient fashion classes, you may hear a bit of a repeat just at the beginning with geographic locations and small amounts of history.  But, the rest should be new!  We won't go in historical time so we can keep going until we've exhausted the list!

Week of January 24th: Sumerians
Week of January 31st: Ancestral Puebloans
Week of February 7th: Indus Valley Civilization
Week of February 14th: Nazca Lines, Peru
Week of February 21nd: The Vikings
Week of February 28th: The Etruscans
Week of March 7th: Bali
Week of March 14th:  NO CLASS FOR SPRING BREAK
Week of March 21st:  Mali Empire
Week of March 28th: Inca
Week of April 4th:  Myth of Atlantis
Week of April 11th: Greeks
Week of April 18th: Romans
Week of April 25th: Maya
Week of May 2nd: Mississipian Culture
Week of May 9: Çatalhöyük
Week of May 16: Ancient Easter Island
Week of May 23: Pompeii and Herculaneum
Week of May 30: Aboriginal Australia
Week of June 6: A history of catacombs – Rome and Paris
Week of June 13: Stonehenge and British prehistory
Week of June 20: Malta

More on the list: (Send me suggestions if you have them!)
Babylon
Polynesians
Tang Dynasty
Mongols
Korea
Maya
Carthage
Egypt
Chachapoyas
Chavin 
Phoenicia 
Sassanid Persian
Maurya Empire
Korea
Umayyad & Abbasid Caliphates
Byzantium

The civilization of the week is subject to change, but will always be set the Sunday before the class is set to be held.