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.