Latin II Advanced

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

Standard 1.3: Communications: Students will present information, concepts and ideas to listeners or readers on a variety of topics. (Presentational)

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

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

Standard 5.1: Communities: Students will use the world language both within and beyond the school setting for personal enjoyment, enrichment and active participation.

Estimated Time Range:

Academic Year August to June

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS

The student will understand that:

1.	The Roman Empire extended as far North as Britannia, as far South as northern Africa, as far East as Judea and as far West as Hispania
2.	Slaves were an integral part of agriculture in all parts of the Roman Empire
3.	The country villa was quite different from the town domus or city insula
4.	British chieftains played an important role in keeping the peace between the Roman conquerors and the subjugated Britains
5.	Roman roads were used for the military and eventually for commerce
6.	The city of Alexandria was an important city, which was founded by Alexander the Great.
7	Alexandria was the place where the Pharos and the great library were situated, along with other commercial industries
8	Relative pronouns are commonly used in English and Latin sentence construction
9	Roman religion included deities from other countries such as Greece
10.	The Roman pantheon of deities closely resembled the Greeks
11	Roman medicine was based on superstition and had nothing to do with medicine today
12	The pluperfect and future perfect tense is formed in a specific way
13	Demonstrative adjectives, pronouns and interrogative adjectives are similar in form
14	An abundance of English derivatives come from Latin roots
15	There are different degrees of adjectives: 1. equality, 2. comparative and 3. superlative
16.	Many scientific theories and inventions were Roman originally
17.	Present participles were commonly used in Latin
18.	English derivatives of Latin words share a common part of the Latin root

SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS

Unit tests, word derivative quizzes, sight unseen translations from Latin into English, movie summaries, group projects on various cultural themes, cultural quizzes on the end of each chapter, independent research projects relating to cultural themes in the textbook

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.	What were the boundaries of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent
2.	Was farming in Britain different from farming in and around Rome
3.	How did the Romans Romanize the Brittan’s homestead?
4.	What was the life of a farm slave like
5.	How did the Roman gain control of Britain
6.	Did the chiefs of British tribes resist or cooperate with the Romans
7.	Did the Romans bring a better quality of life to the barbarians
8.	Who was King Cogidubnus and what part does he play in the Roman history of Britain
9.	Why was Egypt and especially the city of Alexandria important in the ancient world
10.	What did Egypt and the city of Alexandria offer culturally and commercially to the Romans
11.	Who was Isis and how did her followers worship her
12	Who were the major deities in the Greek and Roman pantheon
13.	What were common medical customs and procedures by the Romans
14.	What were common medical customs and procedures by the Greeks
15.	How is a pluperfect and a future tense of a verb formed and how do you use it in a sentence
16.	What is the Genitive case of a word, their case endings and how do you use it in a sentence
17.	What is a relative pronoun, their different forms and how do you use it in a sentence
18.	How do you form the imperative form of a verb, regular and irregular
19.	How do you form a present participle and how do you use them in a sentence
20.	How do you know when a word in English is derived from a Latin word

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The student will be able to:

1.	Draw and label on a map, using Latin names, the boundaries and provinces of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent
2.	Label on a drawing using Latin names, the parts of a Roman villa, and give a detailed description of the building materials and how it differed from a villa in and around Italy
3.	Describe the roles that the leading British chieftains (cooperative or rebellious) played in the Roman occupation of Britain.
4.	Locate and label the major roads, cities, tribes and natural resources on a map of Britain
5.	Continue translating textbook stories using previously learned material while continually expanding their vocabulary with new words, both Latin and English derivatives
6.	Recognize, translate and pronounce relative pronouns used in story translations
7.	Recognize, translate and pronounce the pluperfect and future perfect forms of verbs in Latin that are used in story translations
8.	Locate on a map the Palace at Fishbourne and label and identify the rooms in the Palace
9.	Write pluperfect/future perfect verbs from English to Latin
10.	Describe the importance, history, important buildings or temples, and the physical layout of the city of Alexandria
11.	Describe the Pharos and the great library, their importance to the ancient world, giving architectural detail to both
12.	Fill in a guided reading packet regarding the different sections of a Roman fort

13.	Translate into English, pronounce and write the demonstrative adjectives used in textbook stories
14.	Translate and use the command form of verbs, together with the Vocative Case of a noun.
15.	Recognize, use, form, pronounce and translate Vocative Case nouns
16.	Assume the role of a Isisiac (follower of Isis) either written or dramatically performed
17.	Recognize, pronounce, translate, and form from English to Latin the present participial form of a verb
18.	Compare the techniques and medicinal cures used today for simple health and medical procedures and those used in ancient Rome
19.	Describe and name the inventions of ancient scientists
20.	Recognize and use new English derivatives based on Latin roots

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Textbook: Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2, The north American 4^th edition, ISBN0-521-34381-X

Videos: A&E Romans in Britain, BBC I, Claudius 13 part documentary of the Julian-Claudian Gens, A&E Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Internet sites: BBC surviving the Iron Age

Museums: Yale University Art Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Slater Museum at Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT, Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York City, NY

Ancillary material in the form of translations relating to topics covered in the Unit 2 textbook

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