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A founding subject

Western Civilization

The long inheritance: Greek philosophy, Roman law, Christianity and the West, the Enlightenment, and the art and literature that carried them.

  • Greece
  • Rome
  • Christianity & the West
  • The Enlightenment
  • Western art
  • Western literature

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    Western Civilization

    Heroes of Ancient Greece

    Myths told properly · Ages 6–9

    Odysseus, Theseus, Perseus, Atalanta. The stories that the whole of Western literature keeps quoting, told to children who are meeting them for the first time.

    Ages
    Ages 6–9
    Meetings
    6 live meetings
    Days
    Wednesdays
    Time
    2:00 pm ET · 30 min1 other time
    Alan HaleDr. Alan Hale

    New this term

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    $6/wk

    $36 in total

    $14.40 for add’l siblings

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    Western Civilization

    Western Civilization I

    Greece, Rome, and the making of the West

    From the Iliad to the fall of Rome and the Christian centuries after: a full year of the inheritance, taught from sources.

    Ages
    Ages 13–17
    Meetings
    13 live meetings · 7 weeks
    Days
    Tuesdays & Thursdays
    Time
    3:00 pm ET · 60 min1 other time
    James OkadaMr. James Okada

    New this term

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    $14.86/wk

    $104 in total

    $41.60 for add’l siblings

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  • Claire Finch

    Mrs. Claire Finch

    Art, Western Civilization & Studio Practice

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  • James Okada

    Mr. James Okada

    American History & Civics

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