Latin I Advanced

Standard 1.2 Communication: Students will understand and interpret spoken and written language on a variety of topics (Interpretive)

Standard 1.3 Communicate: Students will present information concepts and ideas to listeners or readers on a variety of topics

Standard 2.1 Cultures: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the traditions, products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

Standard 3.1, Connections: Students will reinforce and expand their knowledge of other areas of study through the world language

Standard 3.2, Connections: Students will acquire and use information from a variety of sources only available in the world language, using technology, print, audiovisual, media data and human resources

Standard 4.2 Comparisons: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own

Estimated Time Range:

Academic year August to June

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS

The student will understand that:

1.	Geography and climate affect culture and living habits
2.	Pompeii and Herculaneum are unique artifacts that reveal ancient daily life, including eating habits, clothing and houses
3.	Latin is a foundation for many English word derivatives.
4.	Specific case endings give essential information for the translation from Latin into English.
5.	Greco-Roman theater is the forefather of modern theater
6.	Slavery in ancient Roman times has similarities and differences with slavery in Colonial America.
7.	Sports arenas and theaters today were based on the ancient Roman designs
8.	Gladiatorial combats in ancient Rome were founded on the Etruscan tradition of funeral games
9.	The education of children in ancient Rome has similarities and differences with education of children today in America
10.	Present day curriculum in schools is based on the Greco-Roman model
11.	Use of pronouns makes communication much easier
12.	There are specific words that are associated with asking different types of questions
13.	There are specific verbs endings in Latin that express voice, mood, tense, person and number for the present, imperfect, and perfect tenses
14.	Words in the 3^rd declension open up a wider Latin vocabulary and lead to many new English word derivatives
15.	There are special verbs that are associated with the dative case
16.	Ancient and modern habits of personal hygiene share similarities and differences.
17	Pronunciation of Latin words has specific rules

SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS

1.	Translations sight unseen, various quizzes, reading ability, various projects relating to cultural material we study.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.	What foods did the ancient Romans eat and where did the food they ate come from; both rich and poor classes?
2.	What did a Roman house look like, what were the rooms and their uses for both rich and poor classes of people?
3.	How are inflected languages translated into English?
4.	How do you know when an English word is derived from Latin?
5.	What do the artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum reveal about daily life of the ancient Roman people?
6.	Who was educated and what did they learn?
7.	What words do you use to ask any given question?
8.	How do personal and demonstrative pronouns make communication easier?
9.	How do words classified in the 3^rd declension relate to English word derivatives and how do they enhance English vocabulary acquisition?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The student will be able to:

1.	Translate simple sentences using all case endings for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd declension nouns and adjectives in all three genders.
2.	Translate the present, imperfect and perfect tense verb esse, both in sentences and stories.
3.	Recreate a Roman house and name the rooms and state their use.
4.	Describe the geography and climate of southern Italy and the affect it has on food supply, housing and clothing.
5.	Create an article of Roman clothing for either a man or a woman.
6.	Create a Roman menu for a dinner party then prepare authentic Roman food in a banquet - type setting.
7.	Translate verbs in sentences and stories from all four Latin conjugations into English using the present, imperfect and perfect tense.
8.	Translate stories from Latin into English using the textbook/ancillary materials; use declensions 1-3 and all case endings
9.	Analyze the topography, geography and seismic activity in and around the Bay of Naples.
10.	Assume the role of a survivor or either Pompeii or Herculaneum
11.	Compare and contrast the differences between the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
12.	Name in Latin parts of the classical theater and the Roman arena, including the weapons and armor used in the gladiatorial combats.
14.	Analyze the cultural climate that produced the gladiatorial games.
15.	Imagine and role play the life of a gladiator
16.	Substitute proper Latin pronouns for Latin nouns.
17.	Name in Latin all the rooms of a bathing complex and describe how they were used.
18.	Compare and contrast both ancient and modern health spas.
19.	Choose the proper dative case ending of nouns/adjectives when using special Latin verbs.
20.	Re-enact a Roman election.
21.	Orally ask and write questions using the correct words.
22.	Choose between either the Ablative or Accusative case when using prepositions.
23.	Recognize and name different types of ablative clauses.
24.	Recognize and name different types of genitive phrases.

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

1. Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 1, North American 4^th Edition

2. Videos – Living in the Shadow of Vesuvius, Frater Jacobus, Nova’s Secrets of the Ancient World – The Awning of the Colosseum, Ancient Cities, Rome and Pompeii,

3. Internet sites relating to material being covered in class

4. Primary site sources; Livy, History of Rome, Book 1, Pliny the Elder, On the Eruption of Vesuvius, Apicius, De Gustibus, Dinner at Trimalcio,

5. Ancillary materials deemed appropriate.

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

1. Anthropology both physical and cultural, archeology, geological and geographical studies, Urban planning, architecture, creative writing, language specialists, theater, nutrition, hydro engineering, seismology.