Black Sails Before Troy: A Fun and Classic Adventure
Help me give my students the background knowledge that they lack. This book covers it all! The mythology alone is worth the effort, as students will gain some classical education and understand common allusions. Also, a fun story.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Jonas Lovewell's classroom raised $229
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My Project
I would like to use this class set to read the complete story of the Illiad, written for middle schoolers. Students desperately need background knowledge, particularly knowledge of the classics, such as fables, nursery rhymes, and the mythological stories that we have taken for granted that everyone knows. This book is full of the most famous of stories which are alluded to in every day conversation. Additionally, these stories are fun and of high interest to students, so we are able to discuss more rigorous questions in class and push them to be the true scholars we know they can be!
Note: An excerpt of this story is in the textbooks at this grade level, and I have taught it, but it just wasn't enough.
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