Recently we finished studying the Roman Empire in history. Our book suggested throwing a feast, which the kids thought was a terrific idea and we invited our friends, the Parkes, to make it more festive.
Meg was a servant, in charge of foot washing and food serving. (Hope she washed her hands in between duties.)
We decorated with mosaics we had made a few weeks earlier. Nate and Meg began the evening with short presentations on the history of Rome and the gifts of Rome, respectively. (see video clips below)
Next we served a three course meal…some items were definitely more popular than others.
First course: lettuce and goat cheese with olive oil, hard boiled eggs, purple grape juice
Second course: bacon, olives, beans, broccoli, bread and cheese, red grape juice
Third course: custard, honeyed dates, white grape juice
Between courses we presented our interpretation of Roman entertainment: musicians (Nate-Old MacDonald on piano), clowns (Caleb-knock knock jokes, although he was actually too shy and didn’t really do it), acrobats (Meg-summersaults and cartwheels), dancers (Kate-freestyle ballet, of course), jugglers (Erik-evidently an upper class juggler, since he was in a toga.)
It was a fun evening and a great finale to our ancient history studies. On to the Middle Ages!
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Roman Speech Excerpts
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