CLASSICAL STUDIES PROGRAMME 910


Pompeian Gladiator’s Greaves ( J. Connell 2004)
Pompeian
Gladiator’s Greaves
 ( J. Connell 2004)		 View from Delphi (J.Connell 2005)
 View from Delphi
 (J.Connell 2005) 		 The Parthenon, Acropolis (Y. Kaltkova 2007)
The Parthenon, Acropolis
(Y. Kaltkova 2007)		 Roof Tools , Roemervilla, Kassel, Germany (P. Carroll 2008)
Roof Tools , Roemervilla,
Kassel, Germany
(P. Carroll 2008)
Arch of Titus, Rome (J.Connell 2006)
Arch of Titus, Rome
 (J.Connell 2006)


 

Classical Studies (The History of Ancient Greece and Rome) is taught at both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate level.

 The Junior Certificate course involves the study of 5 areas, two in Ancient Greece (Troy and the Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures) and three in Ancient Rome (Julius Caesar, The Roman Army and Pompeii)

 The Leaving Certificate course consists of four areas (Ancient Epic, the Life of Alexander The Great, Roman Art and Architecture and the Augustan Writers, Horace, Livy, Ovid, Propertius and Virgil.)

 Both courses favour the enthusiastic reader and complement greatly History and English. Literature.

 Time allotted:-

2009/10             1st Year     48 periods
20010/11            2nd Year     132 periods
20011/12            3rd Year     132 periods

 

Junior Certificate: -

Books
Eyewitness Ancient Rome
Eyewitness Ancient Greece
Roman Army booklet
Pompeii source material
Julius Caesar material
Mycenae booklet
Audio-Visual material on Troy; Mycenae, Minos, Julius Caesar
Maps of the Ancient World and encyclopaedias
Roman Art & Architecture by Mortimer Wheeler
Project work throughout the course

 Websites of interest: -
http://www.panantiqua.eu  (Mr. Soden’s Classical Studies Website)


2CS910

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

CONTENT

ROMAN ARMY;
POMPEII;
JULIUS
CAESAR;

PAPERS

ROMAN ARMY;

POMPEII;

JULIUS CAESAR; PAPERS

GENERAL ROMAN HISTORY; MYTHOLOGY;

PAPERS


Transition Year

4 week module
on the Iliad, Troy and Roman Life

Material Resources: -
Roman History Book
Notes on Greek and Roman History
Academic Challenges on all elements of the course
Audio-Visual material on both sections

4CS910

MONDAY

THURSDAY

CONTENT

Themes: -
Introduction;
Troy;
Minoan Culture;
Mycenae
Roman foundation
War; politics, building, social life,

Themes: -
Introduction ;
Troy;
Minoan Culture;
Mycenae
Roman foundation
War;
politics, building, social life, ….


Websites of interest: -
http://www.panantiqua.eu

6CS910

5 classes per week
2009/10            175 periods/

Books:-

Arrian : The Campaigns of Alexander
Homer’s Odyssey Penguin
Michael Grant : Latin Literature

Wheeler’s Roman Art and Architecture
Plutarch : Alexander
Virgil’s Aeneid
Tain translated by Kinsella

Notes on All prescribed works
Audio Visual material on all aspects (Troy; Mycenae, Minos, Julius Caesar, The Odyssey, Alexander)
Maps of the Ancient World and encyclopaedias
The Ancient World by Wheeler

Websites of importance: -

http://www.panantiqua.eu
http://www.livius.org

6CS CONTENT 910

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

FRIDAY

Augustan Poets
Arrian:Alexander The Great

Augustan Poets

Arrian: Alexander The Great

Augustan Poets & Architecture
Alexander The Great /Homer Odyssey

Roman Architecture
Homer Odyssey

Roman Architecture
Homer Odyssey

Odyssey,

chapter by chapter analysis with summaries and notes.