Central Hawke's Bay College .::. Year 13 Classics Outline

Classical Studies is understood as the study of the civilisations of classical Greece and Rome. Classical Studies is a multi-disciplinary subject, including a number of different types of study, e.g. history, literature, art and philosophy. This course aims to provide students with a knowledge and appreciation of selected areas of Greek and Roman civilization which in many cases form the basis of modern western civilization. It encourages students to make comparisons between classical civilisation and contemporary New Zealand and world issues and it also provides a variety of subject matter including history, politics, literature, philosophy and art which will interest and stimulate students

The NCEA Year 13 Classics course at Central Hawke’s Bay College in 2011 will be offering students the opportunity to complete FOUR Level Three Achievement Standards in Classical Studies which are worth a total of 24 credits. You can gain grades for each Achievement Standard: Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit, or Excellence. The grade you achieve is determined by the quality of your work as measured against National Standards.

What are we going to study in Year 13 Classics?

We will study THREE main topic/units in addition to short introductions to both the Ancient Greek and Roman Civilisations and their respective histories.

1. Alexander the Great

External Assessment Focus A.S. 3.3

The career of Alexander the Great including the influence of Philip of Macedonia, his father, his military skills and conquest of Darius and the Persian Empire, his relations with his fellow Macedonians and Greece, his religious views and the administration of his Empire.

2. Roman Art and Architecture

External Assessment Focus A.S. 3.2

We will study 16 set works of Roman Art and Architecture including the Pont Du Gard, Maison Caree, Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Theatre at Lepcis Magna, Roman Baths at Lepcis Magna, Bust of Philip the Arabian, Bust of Commodus as Hercules, Patrician carrying busts, Pantheon, Ara Pacis, Colosseum, Trajan’s Column, Arch of Titus, Arch of Constantine, Hadrian’s Villa and the Goat and Lion Mosaics from Hadrian’s Villa. Some key themes we will discuss include Roman Art and Architecture as propaganda, methods of Roman construction and the cultural influences (Greek, Etruscan as well as others) on Roman Art and Architecture.

3. Virgil’s Aeneid

External Assessment Focus A.S. 3.1

Virgil's epic poem, the Aeneid with particular reference to books 1, 2, 4 and 6. This includes the structure, plot and characters of the poem, the function of the gods, the theme of Rome's world mission and links to Rome’s first emperor, Augustus.