ROMAN WORLD

1.      Forum Romanum:  Exploring an Ancient Marketplace

http://intranet.grundel.nl/thinkquest/ a site created by Dutch high school students; besides descriptions and images of the buildings in the Forum, the site includes biographies of famous Roman celebrities, anecdotes, information on history and religion, plus on-line quizzes to test your knowledge.

2.      History for Kids:  Rome

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htmme a site containing articles about history, religion, daily life, etc., plus craft projects, parents’ corner, and lesson plans for teachers.

3.      Life in Roman Times

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/rlife.html a site created by an elementary school about Roman family life, schools, houses, fashion, etc.  Includes directions on how to make and wear a toga.

4.      Roma—History and Civilization of the Eternal City

http://www.citrag.it/roma/eng_home.htm a site created by Italian high school students full of interesting information about the history, legends, civilization and monuments of Rome.

5.      Vita Romana Cottidiana—Daily Life In Rome

http://latin.austincollege.edu/latin/vitaromana/index.html a site offering links to internet materials suitable for use in teaching about the ancient world. Teachers have selected sites with high quality information and created exercises designed to be used with internet materials which explore the family, food, art, money, entertainment, school, marriage, literature, religion, etc.

LATIN ORGANIZATIONS

1.      National Junior Classical League

http://www.njcl.org/ an organization of junior and senior high school students sponsored by the American Classical League.

CURRICULUM MATERIALS and GAMES FOR TEACHING LATIN TO KIDS

1.      www.memoriapress.com Prima Latina Series, Latin Christiana Series,  First Form Latin Series, Henle Series

Free online Latin games and exercises for Prima Latina, Latin Christiana and Henle on Quia http://www.quia.com/pages/primalatina.html

http://www.quia.com/pages/krhest.html

2.      www.classicalacademicpress.com Latin for Children Series, Latin Alive Series

Free online interactive vocabulary games at http://classicalacademicpress.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=10

3.      http://www.chcweb.com (Catholic Heritage Curricula) Little Latin Readers and Workbooks

4. http://www.canonpress.org Latin Grammar Series, Matin Latin Series,  Latin Primer Series

5.      https://www.latinandlanguage.com L &L Enterprises

6.      Activity books, coloring books, projects, kits, games, origami projects, puzzle books, stickers, posters, videos, t-shirts, and more about the Latin language and the Roman culture. A VERY FUN SITE!

LATIN DICTIONARIES

Suggested Latin Dictionaries available through http://www.amazon.com/

1. Oxford Latin Dictionary

Author:  P. G. W. Glare

The clarity of definitions in this dictionary is unmatched.

2. Elemenatry Latin Dictionary

Charlton T. Lewis

This is a good “every day” dictionary.

3.Cassel’s Latin Dictionary

P. Simpson;
Latin-English, English-Latin.

This is viewed by many as the best of its kind.

It is very true that learning a foreign language, especially Latin, is a big commitment.  The rewards that you will reap from this undertaking will benefit you the rest of your life and will be well worth the effort you put into it now.

At this time you are taking the preparatory steps for your adult life.  If you have plans to go on to college or are dreaming of a career that requires training beyond high school, the best service you can perform for yourself is to learn how to study and how to absorb the greatest amount of learning in the shortest possible time.  The study of Latin can help you to do this.  It trains your memory, it gives you increased word power, it provides the opportunity to develop your reasoning powers, and it strengthens your reading skills.

Due to modern technology in the fields of transportation and communication, the world is becoming smaller and smaller.  Therefore, it is becoming increasingly more important to know the languages of other lands.  The study of Latin is invaluable if you wish to learn other languages, for it makes it possible for you to acquire an understanding of the very nature of language.  From Latin, you can branch out into the other Romance languages—French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Rumanian.  The study of these languages is greatly enhanced and facilitated by the knowledge of “the mother tongue,” Latin.

More than half of the words of the English language come directly or indirectly from Latin!  It has been estimated that you can add from 500-1,000 English words to your vocabulary for every year you study Latin.  For this reason Latin helps build vocabulary for advanced English, for college entrance exams, for graduate school, and for careers in science, art, medicine, history, music, architecture and law.

One of the greatest assets you can have when you enter the marketplace is the gift of speech.  Being well-spoken can be a great advantage to you in job interviews and on the job itself.  The study of Latin can improve your speaking skills by making you well versed in proper grammar and providing you with a colorful vocabulary.  In the same way, the study of Latin can help your writing skills.  Completing questionnaires and writing reports and summaries are important aspects of many jobs.  Learning how to do this can one of the bonuses derived from language study.

The study of Latin will initiate you into a great heritage—not only the study of the language itself, but the knowledge of the culture and civilization of Rome.

Educated people of all nations have studied Latin for two thousand years.  Don’t you want to be in this number?

Meg Ferry at WOSU

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

Schedule:
1.  The Rhythms of Life – pages 47-52
2.  At Home – pages 52-54 – ACTIVITY 1 “Who and What”
3.  At Work – pages 55-58 – ACTIVITY 2 “The Servant and the Slave”
4. At Play – pages 59-61

Before taking the Chapter 3 Review:

Activities 3 and 4
Put together a chart  comparing the three regions of the colonies. Choose three points from the list below to compare:
economy
social classes
race
government
religion
cities
(Note that similarities helped hold the colonies together, while the differences would later divide the country prior to the Civil War)

Use the table to answer the questions on page 13, in your American History Activity Book.  Scroll down this page to the comments and submit your answers in the comment box.  I want an individual comment for each tribe equaling a total of 27 comments.

These are NOT essay questions.  Just get the info down and in a complete sentence or two.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

We have all heard this either in school or maybe recited by James T. Kirk, on Star Trek.  Either way, it is just the beginning of the Constitution and the rest gets even harder to understand.  Here is a link that can really help us understand  it better, something we ALL need to do!

http://72.32.50.200/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=003&const=00_pre_00

I have a link to the Elemental Flash Card page in my links.

Jefferson Lab has so much helpful information to share.  They provide activities and quizzes for students that can really make studying a lot less painful than it can be.  I really encourage anyone to check it out!

My next post will be about another link to more great study helps!