ALEX Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA1 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax.

a. Summarize and translate passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate for Level I.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English about short passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate to Level I.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level I: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 5 :

5) Investigate and describe elements of Roman daily life.

Examples: Calendar, household gods, government, family, social organization, Roman games, and holidays like Saturnalia.

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 8 :

8) Locate historically important cities and major geographical features of Italy and Western Europe, and describe their ancient and modern significance.

Examples: Rome, Pompeii, Capua, Ostia, and Brundisium.

Examples: The Tiber, Arno, and Po rivers, the Appian Way, Etruria, Britannia, Gallia, Germania, Graecia, Mare Nostrum, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, and the Alps.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 4 :

4) Explain the significance of people, events, social structures, and political terms in Roman history.

Examples: Heroes of the early Roman Republic, Scipio, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Antony, Octavian, Constantine, and Justinian.
Events include the founding of Rome, the secession of the Plebs, Punic Wars, and civil wars.
Patrician and plebeian classes, the role of women in Roman society, and slavery in the ancient world.
Monarchy, republic, populares, optimates, cursus honorum, First and Second Triumvirates.

This unit starts with a video introducing students to life in Pompeii. (This video is about 50 minutes long, it may be useful to show select scenes rather than the entire video). Students are then asked to read and translate 2 eyewitness accounts in which Pliny describes what happened the day of the eruption. Public domain versions of these letters are linked within the activity. Afterward, students are asked to examine the ruins using a video tour of the Forum Baths. To end the lesson, a variety of virtual field trip links are provided allowing student groups to each explore a different aspect of life in Pompeii.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin prose at an Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level.

a. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length Latin prose texts about familiar ideas.

b. Find information in Latin texts for practical purposes, including literary analysis.

c. Read, translate, and and demonstrate understanding of Latin texts that offer differing perspectives.

d. Analyze the style of Latin prose authors to comprehend content.

Examples: Describe the tone of a passage from Cicero
Explain the use of rhetorical devices in speeches by Cicero.

e. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin prose authors appropriate to Level III.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level III: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).
Examples of Latin prose authors: Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, Sallust, and Livy.

[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 10 :

10) Use knowledge of Latin and Greco-Roman culture in a multilingual world of diverse cultures.

a. Investigate important and influential works written in Latin.

Example: Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

b. Identify and correctly use English derivatives of Latin words commonly used in Latin prose.

Examples: Avarice, vulgar, suspicion, and perdition.

[LAT] LA4 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, translate, and understand Latin poetry at an Intermediate High level.

a. Analyze the style of Latin poets to comprehend content.

Example: Describe how the meter of a poem affects its meaning.

b. Identify metrical patterns by scanning selected Latin poetry.

Example: Dactylic hexameter in Vergil's Aeneid —"Ārmă vĭr/ūmqŭe că/nō Trō/iāe quī/prīmŭs ăb/ōrīs" (DDSSDS).

c. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin poetry.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level IV: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

Examples: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, and Catullus.

The provided link is a full text Latin version of Julius Ceaser's De Bello Gallico books 1-4. Both the Alabama Course of Study and AP College Board suggest that students be familiar with both the English and Latin versions of this book. The College Board specifically suggests the following sections:

Book 1: Chapters 1-7 (Included in the provided link)
Book 4: Chapters 24-35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36 (Included in the provided link)
Book 5: Chapters 24-48 (Not included in the provided link)
Book 6: Chapters 13-20 (Not included in the provided link)

Students will use this resource to read, understand, and translate Latin at their level of proficiency. Tasks to complete include: summarizing and translating passages, demonstrating understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length prose texts, investigating important and influential works in Latin, analyzing the style of Latin authors to comprehend content.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA1 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax.

a. Summarize and translate passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate for Level I.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English about short passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate to Level I.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level I: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 5 :

5) Investigate and describe elements of Roman daily life.

Examples: Calendar, household gods, government, family, social organization, Roman games, and holidays like Saturnalia.

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 7 :

7) Investigate and describe elements of Roman material culture.

Examples: Temples, architecture, food, and clothing.

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 13 :

13) Identify similarities of their own culture to that of the Greco-Roman world.

Examples: Architecture, daily life, themes and heroes of classical mythology.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 9 :

9) Compare language patterns of Latin and their own language.

Examples: Differences in the way Latin and English express indirect statements.

This Latin activity offers 5 warm-up style discussion activities encouraging students to talk about Roman culture as it relates to food. Some of the discussion activities have links to photos of graffiti discovered on ancient ruins while others provide a textual reference of graffiti uncovered by archeologists. Students are asked to interact with the text/graffiti as they discuss the translations uncovered by archeologists and discuss how each relates to the food-related aspects of Roman life.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA1 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax.

a. Summarize and translate passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate for Level I.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English about short passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate to Level I.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level I: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 5 :

5) Investigate and describe elements of Roman daily life.

Examples: Calendar, household gods, government, family, social organization, Roman games, and holidays like Saturnalia.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 4 :

4) Explain the significance of people, events, social structures, and political terms in Roman history.

Examples: Heroes of the early Roman Republic, Scipio, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Antony, Octavian, Constantine, and Justinian.
Events include the founding of Rome, the secession of the Plebs, Punic Wars, and civil wars.
Patrician and plebeian classes, the role of women in Roman society, and slavery in the ancient world.
Monarchy, republic, populares, optimates, cursus honorum, First and Second Triumvirates.

This Latin activity offers 5 warm-up style discussion activities encouraging students to talk about Roman culture as it relates to the role of gladiators. Some of the discussion activities have links to photos of graffiti discovered on ancient ruins while others provide a textual reference of graffiti uncovered by archeologists. Students are asked to interact with the text/graffiti as they discuss the translations uncovered by archeologists and discuss how each relates to the gladiator games.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA1 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax.

a. Summarize and translate passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate for Level I.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English about short passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate to Level I.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level I: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 5 :

5) Investigate and describe elements of Roman daily life.

Examples: Calendar, household gods, government, family, social organization, Roman games, and holidays like Saturnalia.

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 13 :

13) Identify similarities of their own culture to that of the Greco-Roman world.

Examples: Architecture, daily life, themes and heroes of classical mythology.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 4 :

4) Explain the significance of people, events, social structures, and political terms in Roman history.

Examples: Heroes of the early Roman Republic, Scipio, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Antony, Octavian, Constantine, and Justinian.
Events include the founding of Rome, the secession of the Plebs, Punic Wars, and civil wars.
Patrician and plebeian classes, the role of women in Roman society, and slavery in the ancient world.
Monarchy, republic, populares, optimates, cursus honorum, First and Second Triumvirates.

[LAT] LA1 (7-12) 15 :

15) Identify professional fields that employ Latin terminology.

Examples: Medicine, law, pharmacy, engineering, and science.

This Latin activity offers 5 warm-up style discussion activities encouraging students to talk about Roman culture as it relates to the everyday life and occupations in Ancient Rome. Students are encouraged to translate short inscriptions that give glimpses into the lives of normal people living in Rome. Students are also asked to interact with the text/graffiti as they discuss the translations uncovered by archeologists and discuss how each relates to everyday interactions and occupations.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA1 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read and understand appropriate Latin vocabulary, inflectional systems, and syntax.

a. Summarize and translate passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate for Level I.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English about short passages of Latin composed or adapted for acquisition of content and language skills appropriate to Level I.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level I: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA2 (7-12) 9 :

9) Compare language patterns of Latin and their own language.

Examples: Differences in the way Latin and English express indirect statements.

[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin prose at an Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level.

a. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length Latin prose texts about familiar ideas.

b. Find information in Latin texts for practical purposes, including literary analysis.

c. Read, translate, and and demonstrate understanding of Latin texts that offer differing perspectives.

d. Analyze the style of Latin prose authors to comprehend content.

Examples: Describe the tone of a passage from Cicero
Explain the use of rhetorical devices in speeches by Cicero.

e. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin prose authors appropriate to Level III.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level III: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).
Examples of Latin prose authors: Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, Sallust, and Livy.

[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 4 :

4) Relate Roman cultural products to perspectives.

a. Investigate and describe values and perspectives in Roman prose authors.

Example: Values of pietas and gravitas found in the writings of Pliny.

b. Analyze important people in Roman history and literature to determine their cultural significance.

Examples: Gracchi brothers, Plautus, Terence, Cicero, Catiline, Sallust, Livy, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Seneca, or Tacitus.

This Latin activity offers 5 warm-up style discussion activities encouraging students to talk about the appearance of Roman poetry in ancient graffiti. Students are asked to interact with the text/graffiti as they analyze and discuss the poetry references uncovered by archeologists. There are 2 examples from Virgil's Aeneid, 1 from Ovid's Ars Amatoria, and 2 from unnamed poems.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [LAT] LA2 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.

a. Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

b. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.

Examples of grammar and syntax appropriate to Level II: See the Latin Grammar Addendum.

[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, understand, and translate Latin prose at an Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level.

a. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length Latin prose texts about familiar ideas.

b. Find information in Latin texts for practical purposes, including literary analysis.

c. Read, translate, and and demonstrate understanding of Latin texts that offer differing perspectives.

d. Analyze the style of Latin prose authors to comprehend content.

Examples: Describe the tone of a passage from Cicero
Explain the use of rhetorical devices in speeches by Cicero.

e. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin prose authors appropriate to Level III.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level III: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).
Examples of Latin prose authors: Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, Sallust, and Livy.

[LAT] LA3 (7-12) 10 :

10) Use knowledge of Latin and Greco-Roman culture in a multilingual world of diverse cultures.

a. Investigate important and influential works written in Latin.

Example: Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

b. Identify and correctly use English derivatives of Latin words commonly used in Latin prose.

Examples: Avarice, vulgar, suspicion, and perdition.

[LAT] LA4 (7-12) 2 :

2) Read, translate, and understand Latin poetry at an Intermediate High level.

a. Analyze the style of Latin poets to comprehend content.

Example: Describe how the meter of a poem affects its meaning.

b. Identify metrical patterns by scanning selected Latin poetry.

Example: Dactylic hexameter in Vergil's Aeneid —"Ārmă vĭr/ūmqŭe că/nō Trō/iāe quī/prīmŭs ăb/ōrīs" (DDSSDS).

c. Answer questions in Latin or English to demonstrate understanding of adapted or unadapted Latin poetry.

Examples of grammar appropriate to Level IV: See the Latin Grammar Addendum (Appendix A, page 67).

Examples: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, and Catullus.

The provided link is a full-text Latin version of Julius Ceaser's 'De Bello Gallico' books 1-4. Both the Alabama Course of Study and AP College Board suggest that students be familiar with both the English and Latin versions of this book. The College Board specifically suggests the following sections:

Book 1: Chapters 1-7 (Not included in the provided link)
Book 4: Chapters 24-35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36 (Not included in the provided link)
Book 5: Chapters 24-48 (Included in the provided link)
Book 6: Chapters 13-20 (Included in the provided link)

Educators can use this resource when instructing students to read, understand, and translate Latin at their level of proficiency, summarize and translate passages, demonstrate an understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length prose texts, investigate important and influential works in Latin, and analyze the style of Latin poets to comprehend content.