Ancient History & Literature
| 7th & 8th Grade Omnibus
Discover redemptive themes of great stories in light of a Christ-centered worldview.
This course will cover genres of literature focused on Ancient Greek and Roman times while providing practice in literary and poetic terms. Discussion of themes and character studies will provide for lessons in a Classical worldview.
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Black Ships Before Troy
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Julius Caesar Part 1
Spring Semester 2025​
Program Dates:
Jan 27, 2025 - June 6, 2025
Tentative Schedule*:
Mon, Wed, & Fri
8:00am-9:15am KST
*Class schedule may be modified to meet student needs. See FAQ for more info.
Price**:
$510
**Discount available. See FAQ for more info.
Enrollment Closes:
Jan 27, 2025
The course will be opened based on a minimum enrollment of 6 students. See FAQ for more info.
What You'll Learn​​​​​
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​​By the end of the course, students will have learned the following:​
✓Develop their love of reading.
✓Comprehend books with increasing levels of difficulty and complexity.
✓Read independently and complete comprehension work on independent reading.
✓Evaluate characters and ideas to determine whether they are in line with basic cultural values and principles. This includes being able to determine whether a character is worthy of imitation by the student.
✓Express a worthwhile opinion regarding why you dislike or like a particular book, while differentiating fact from opinion.
✓Use examples from a book to back up their arguments about the book.
✓Recognize and identify story types by the style of literature.
​✓Identify the setting, major and minor characters, introduction, conflict, climax and resolution of a particular work.
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✓Gain understanding of new words through the application of context clues, derivation of words found with Latin roots and frequent use of a dictionary.
✓Correctly comprehend the literal and inferential meaning in a written work through group discussions and practicing contextual study.
✓Skim various readings with appropriate level of comprehension.
✓Demonstrate predictive skills through various activities such as writing a brief sequel to the book or predicting what will happen in the next chapter.
✓Identify various poetic devices or tropes, such as similes, metaphor, personification, etc.
✓Complete several kinds of oral presentations in front of the class, parent groups, and other students as an audience.
Your Instructor
Mrs. Vicky Froelicher hails from what was a small, farm town in Indiana but has lived and taught in eight different states across the US. She started out as a social worker with a degree in Psychology from Purdue University but found her true calling in education. She received her Elementary license at Ball State and later her Master of Education in Elementary education, with a specialty in Early Childhood Education. Later Mrs. Froelicher earned her endorsement in Gifted and Talented Education. Vicky has over 25 years of experience in the private school arena in a wide variety of roles. She was a director of nationally accredited childcare centers in three states, principal of private elementary school, and along the way, taught most grade levels and served as mentor teacher for first year faculty.
Finding the educational philosophy of Classical Education has been a key turning point in her career path. “Classical Education, with God at the center of all learning, truly provides the method for all students to become the men and women of God that He intended!” Vicky has been with Veritas since 2021 focusing on teaching humanities.
In her spare time, Mrs. Froelicher loves gardening, taking walks, bird watching and yelling at the television while she watches football! She has six children, ten grandchildren, and currently resides in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Course Information ​
Course-Specific Required Texts and Materials:
The cost of the course does not cover books and materials.
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Black Ships Before Troy. Laurel Leaf. (ISBN: 978-0553494839)
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Julius Caesar.
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The Wanderings of Odysseus. Laurel Leaf. (ISBN: 978-0553494822)
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Post-it notes
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Pencils/pens and a highlighter
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Calendar or planner
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General Technical Requirements:
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Laptop or Desktop
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Please use a reliable laptop or desktop with a processor with a speed of 1 GHz or better on one of the following operating systems: Mac OS X with Mac OS 10.7 or later; Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista (with SP1 or later) or XP (with SP3 or later). An inexpensive laptop or netbook is preferred, as they enable you to plug an Ethernet cable directly into your computer. Students are only permitted to use phones for the Zoom sessions in cases of emergency. Note: It is significantly better to use an Ethernet cable to wire into a router rather than using WiFi, as WiFi signals can be notoriously unreliable based on device, distance to router, and interference from other electronics nearby
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High-Speed Internet Connection
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You will also need a reliable high-speed internet connection, ideally through an Ethernet cable directly connected to your computer. While Wi-Fi can work, it may not provide the best performance in terms of bandwidth. A faster internet connection will improve your experience, and we recommend a minimum download/upload speed of 5/1.5 Mbps. Depending on your location, you may also need to purchase a VPN to access Google Classroom, Google Suite, and Gmail.
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Zoom
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For our classes, we use Zoom, a web conferencing platform that allows students and instructors to connect face-to-face in real time, no matter where they are in the world. Zoom is free to download and simple to use. Click here to download Zoom.
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See §VII in the VOA Parent-Student Handbook for more information about our technical requirements.​
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