Remember the Trojans

For the past several weeks, my class has been studying Ancient Greece in history. We talked about some of the gods and goddesses, the Olympics (both in the past when they participated naked and now, when they wear clothes!) and the Trojan War. My class really got into the whole Trojan War, they even 'played' it at recess - one group would be the Persians and one group would be the Greeks. They just loved it. We ended our Ancient Greece study today by having  a 'Greek Day.' We wore togas and olive leaf wreathes in our hair and had a delicious authentic Greek meal. It was the perfect way to finish out the unit!

While we were eating lunch, the mom of one of my students shared with me an incident that really showed just how much of an impact talking about the Trojan War had on her daughter. Last night they were at Walmart, over in the pharmacy section and all of a sudden, my student began saying (rather excitedly I might add) "Trojans! Look Mom, Trojans! Just like in the Trojan War!" Of course, her mom immediately began heading in a different direction and no more questions were asked about the Trojans my student found or why they were in the pharmacy department! Ah, the things they remember!!