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Complete Set of Classical Foundations Notes

Say you want to download a complete set of notes for the Classical Foundations test. I'd click on the delightful picture here, or go to the Classical Foundations folder. It's a big file, so be patient about downloading and sensible…
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News and Notes

News and NotesA couple of quick notes: Grades are updated and posted for mid-terms. There is a new link under the AP menu called "This Week in AP." Check there for weekly vocabulary and essay assignments. 
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Debate Class: Ancient Philosophy Notes for the Test

These are the notes you will need for the test on ancient philosophy on Monday: The Tao Confucius Aristotle, Day 1 and Day 2 Plato, Day 1 and Day 2 Socrates Introduction to Philosophy
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Thoreau’s Blogging

You can't keep a good man down. Simplify, simplify, simplify ! A great post from September 25 (1851): Some men are excited by the smell of burning powder, but I thought in my dream last night how much saner to be excited…
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Sample of Beowulf Style Poetry

The translation we are using for class is a reasonably good one, but doesn't make the division of lines as clear as it could. The following translation should give you a better sense of what Old English poetry might look like: Then…
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History Lesson #1

I've posted a timeline of the events of the classical foundations world to help give you a little bit of context.  You don't need to know it, but you can download it here. This map is a representation of the peak of the…
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