First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Cambridge Latin CourseStages

Stage 1 Caecilius

Stage 2 in villa

Stage 3 negotium

Stage 4 in foro

Stage 5 in theatro

Stage 6 Felix

Stage 7 cena

Stage 8 gladiatores

Stage 9 thermae

Stage 10 rhetor

Stage 11 candidati

Stage 12 Vesuvius

Major Skills

In Latin 1 students will be evaluated throughout the year for five major skills: 1) pronunciation, 2) reading comprehension, 3) vocabulary, 4) ability to explain cultural context, 5) fulfillment of social and civic expectations.

Topics

The Roman family : Life in the city of Pompeii, particularly in the household of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus.

Daily life in Pompeii : From the household of Caecilius the student begins to explore daily life and the roles of men and women in Pompeii.

The city of Pompeii : The student expands his/her exploration to the streets and roads of the larger town.

The forum of Pompeii : The student visits the important commercial center, the forum of Pompeii.

The theater : From the forum the student visits the theaters of Pompeii.

Slaves and freedmen : The student explores the roles of slaves and freedmen.

Roman beliefs about life after death : The student moves outside the city walls to learn about the Roman beliefs about life after death.

Gladiatorial shows : The student moves back into the city to view the games in the arena.

The baths : The students learn about the baths in Pompeii.

School : The nature of schooling is explored through a rhetorical debate over Greek and Roman cultures.

Elections : The students witness the politics of small town elections.

Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: | Students witness the final destruction of Pompeii.

Themes

Unit 1 of the Cambridge Latin Course takes place in Pompeii (56 C.E. to 79 C.E).during the early imperial period. Students explore the theme of Romanitas (what does it mean to be a Roman) from the perspectives of prosperous citizens, women, and slaves. They experience the economic and social history of the people who produced Latin literature at this time.

Projects

Students adopt a Roman name.

Students create a bulla.

Students start on-going archeological dig.

Students create a travel poster for Pompeii.

Students perform in basilica.

Students make their own theater mask.

Students make their own tombstones.

Students create a poster or rap advertising a gladiatorial show, or write diary entries as a gladiator.

Students perform in apodyterio

Students participate in a school debate.

Students create election posters and perform a mock Roman election.

Students perform a newscast from Pompeii

Seminars

1. Valerius Maximus Memorable Deeds and Sayings II.ii.2

2. Livy The History of Rome I.3 to I.7

3. Augustus The Deeds of the Divine Augustus 20, 21

4.Roman Branches of Government Text: http://www.crystalinks.com/romelaw.html

5. Horace Ars Poeticae 153-219

6. Keith R. Bradley Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World

7. Deciphering tombstones

8. Gladiators – Some chose to become one…why?

9. Seneca Moral Epistles 41 1-2

10. Horace Satires 1.6

Plutarch The Life of Marcus Cato

11. Excerpt from Cicero’s letters to Atticus

12. Mount Vesuvius ’ Eruption by Pliny the Younger

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Cambridge Latin CourseStages

Stage 13 in Britannia

Stage 14 apud Salvium

Stage 15 rex Cogidubnus

Stage 16 in aula

Stage 17 Alexandria

Stage18 Eutychus et Clemens

Stage 19 Isis

Stage 20 medicus

Major Skills

In Latin 1 students will be evaluated throughout the year for five major skills: 1) pronunciation, 2) reading comprehension, 3) vocabulary, 4) ability to explain cultural context, 5) fulfillment of social and civic exspectations.

Topics

Romanization .: Quintus Caecilius Iucundus, the lone survivor of his family, visits the Roman province of Britain.

Roman influence on Britain : Quintus meets his prominent uncle, Gaius Salvius Liberalis, second in authority only to the governor, Gnaeus Iulius Agricola, in the Roman province of Britain.

Socius rex : Quintus meets the elderly socius rex, King Cogidubnus.

The palace at Fishbourne : Quintus saves King Cogidubnus from a dancing bear gone wild. The king listnes to Quintus’ story.

Alexandria , Egypt : A flashback recounting Quintus’ time in Alexandria.

Glassmaking trade in Alexandria : Quintus sets up his freedman Clemens’ in the glass trade.

Cult of Isis : Quintus meets some of the local residents while at the festival of Isis.

Medicine and Science : Quintus witnesses the death of his host due to complications of a wound in a hunting accident.

Themes

Unit 2 of the Cambridge Latin Course begins in Roman Britain where the student sees a different kind of pietas in the loyaly of the British client king. Intrigue develops in the provincial royal court when the princes vie for dignitas through athletic games. The senator Gaius Salvius Liberalis begins a plot against the socius rex. The theme of Romanization continues, but now the students visits the great African city of Alexandria with its diverse population of Greeks, Jews, and Romans. The rewards of pietas are realized by the former slave Clemens. The death of Barbillus’ due to medical incompetence leads to the theme of mortality as well as medicine and science.

Projects

Students create a brochure about Roman Britain for Roman families that have been relocated there.

Students write a letter from Salvius to the emperor describing the progress he has made in Britain.

Students recreate a Roman sacrifice.

Students make their own mosaics.

Students will research and recreate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Students will make glass.

Students will create limericks about Aristo’s family.

Seminars

Cato’s de agricultura

The Annals of Tacitus , Boudica’s revolt

Caesar’s invasion of Britain

The Roman palace at Fishbourne

Cleopatra, The Last Pharoah

The Rituals of Death (pages 90-93)

Freeman, Charles. Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient World

The Nile Mosaic in Palestrina

Hippocratic Oath -- Classical Version