Each day began with raising the sun as the morning verse – week 1 Hymn to Ra, Week 2 an Incan prayer to the sun.
The emphasis of week 1 was to discover how we know about ancient cultures. We worked with a wide range of ancient literary and non-literary sources, discovering that we only know what archaeologists have found. We then did a study on the ancient Mesoamerican cultures (Olmec, Myan, Aztec and Incan) by not only reading and writing but also by making an Aztec mask, a gold breast plate and a codex. We concluded by eating an Aztec feast – tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, maize and dark chocolate.