Welcome to Our Wonders of the World Homeschool Geography Course

Course Sample for Our Wonders of the World Homeschool Geography Course

Please note: this course mentions records such as the world’s tallest building, etc. These records are continually being challenged and broken, and we encourage students to explore who holds the records they learn about as of this moment in history.

Here is a suggested outline of how you may wish to move through this study, but please adapt this course to fit your family’s needs!

Week One:

• The Colossus of Rhodes
• The Colossus of Rhodes Activity
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Activity
• The Great Pyramid at Giza
• The Great Pyramid at Giza Activity

Week Two:

• The Lighthouse of Alexandria
• The Lighthouse of Alexandria Activity
• The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
• The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Activity
• The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus
• The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus Activity

Week Three:

• The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Activity
• The Channel Tunnel
• The Channel Tunnel Activity
• CN Tower
• CN Tower Activity

Week Four:

• The Empire State Building
• The Empire State Building Activity
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Golden Gate Bridge Activity
• Itaipu Dam
• Itaipu Dam Activity

Week Five:

• Deltaworks
• Deltaworks Activity
• Panama Canal
• Panama Canal Activity
• Review Activities

Wonders of the World

Have you heard of the Seven Wonders of the World? Did you know that there is more than one list of “Seven Wonders”? Let’s learn about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. These are amazing places and objects that are so much fun to learn about! Come and discover fourteen wonders.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue that sat in the harbor of the island of Rhodes. Rhodes is a Greek island about 11 miles southwest of Turkey.

The statue was created to commemorate the victory that Rhodes had won in a battle. In 305 B.C., Rhodes was attacked after the island could not be convinced to join Antigonus the One-Eyed in a war against Egypt. Egypt was the biggest trading partner that the island of Rhodes had, so it would not have been a smart move to engage in battle with them.

Antigonus retaliated by sending 40,000 soldiers to attack the island. This army was bigger than the entire population of Rhodes! His son, Demetrius Poliorcetes, led the army and was very adept at using catapults and battering rams, making it appear that the island had very little chance of winning the war.

The people on the island were not going to give up without a fight. With the help of the king of Egypt, King Ptolemy, Rhodes spent almost a year fighting with the enemy army. They held their own and eventually caused the army to crumble. After seeing that he could not win this battle, Antigonus ordered that the army retreat from the island.

To celebrate their victory, the Rhodians wanted to build a statue. Since they had been praying to their patron god, Helios, that is who they chose to portray. Taking twelve years to complete, the statue was 110 feet tall, which is close to the height of the Statue of Liberty (from head to feet).

The statue didn’t survive for very long, unfortunately. The Colossus only stood for about 56 years before it crumbled during an earthquake.

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