This block was the perfect transition between our Ancient Egypt block and our Ancient Greece block. My fifth grader loved hearing all the adventures of Alexander. There was a lot of reading in this block, so plan accordingly. I used the Earthschooling material for this block, but any good book tellling the story of Alexander the Great would have worked too. I had used this one (in French) for the twins 2 years ago. Please leave a comment if you have used a book you liked for this block (French or English).
We used the John Gunther biography. I thought it was very good, although I didn't like some of his judgements (I prefer to let the reader/listener draw their own conclusions :-)) so I just skipped those bits. Alexander was no saint, but I cried when he died. It was an amazing achievement for one so young.
ReplyDeleteI really liked his story too and felt very connected to him. I liked that he was openly gay in an era where it was not easy to do so.
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