This week the Upper Grammar class learned about the styles of Greek drama. They then got creative by making some Greek-style masks. They then used their masks while performing two Greek Plays. The kids were either given a role in "King Midas" or in "The Minotaur". After rehearsing, they were ready to perform in front of a live audience of students from the other two classes. Bravo, kids! The Lower Grammar class was very busy as well! They learned about Greek scientists. They did experiments with specific density and refraction, made platonic bodies (shapes with equal sides and equal angles), made and tested pulleys and finally made a book on the Parthenon. Wow. Meanwhile, downstairs, the Five in a Row kids read the story "Follow the Drinking Gourd". It's the story of a song that was passed through the slave communities of the south telling the slaves how to escape to freedom by following the constellations. The kids then made their own "freedom quilts" out of paper, ribbon and fun stickers.
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