Ancient Times Camp at Trinity School 2008: Day 2: overview & pics

Here's what we did today:

-Mr. A. handed out a packet reviewing yesterday's adventures
-Nummus Diei... The coin of the day was revealed and discussed
-The Olympics- Discus throw
Laura 3rd place
Matt Z. 2nd place
Gabe 1st place
-Greek philosophy: we read about and discussed Socrates, Plato,
and Aristotle. We also learned some of their famous quotes.
-Mythology- we listened to an mp3 about the origins of the Trojan War
Today's story was about Thetis and "War-like" Peleus'
-Craft: we learned about Roman mosaics and "tesserae", the little
stones or glass with which the Romans made mosaics. We then
produced our own mosaics out of construction paper
-7 Wonders of the Ancient World: (today's pick) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

-snack: as usual: pita bread, olive oil, and mozzarella cheese; today
we also had green grapes and tried Feta cheese from Greece!
-Quick architecture lesson: we looked at the Doric columns/capitals
outside and learned about the order of: doric, ionic, and corinthian
capitals.