WL17.LAT.L1.CU
Cultures
Cultures
Cultures
Investigate and describe elements of Roman daily life.
Examples: Calendar, household gods, government, family, social organization, Roman games, and holidays like Saturnalia.
Investigate and describe the most important Greco-Roman deities, including their characteristics, duties, and associated myths.
Examples: Olympian gods, earth gods, mythical monsters, and creation stories.
Investigate and describe elements of Roman material culture.
Examples: Temples, architecture, food, and clothing.
Connections
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.
Identify Latin influences on other disciplines.
Examples: Roman numerals, metric prefixes in (mathematics), anatomical terminology, and names of planets (science).
Identify evidence of contributions of Roman civilization and language to diverse cultures.
Examples: Architectural sites in Western Asia, North Africa, and Europe; and artistic interpretations of classical themes during the Renaissance.
Recognize plots and themes of Greco-Roman myths and their influence in literature, art, and music.
Comparisons
Recognize Latin derivatives, cognates, and language patterns in English and other languages.
Examples: Mottoes, phrases, abbreviations, roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Identify similarities of their own culture to that of the Greco-Roman world.
Examples: Architecture, daily life, themes and heroes of classical mythology.
Communities
Identify world languages and communities connected by their common origin in Latin language and Greco-Roman culture.
Examples: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian.
Identify professional fields that employ Latin terminology.
Examples: Medicine, law, pharmacy, engineering, and science.
Level II
Communication
Interpersonal Mode
Ask and answer highly predictable and formulaic questions in Latin.
Answer simple questions using short Latin sentences.
Formulate simple questions and responses relevant to a reading or lesson.
Interpretive Mode
Read, understand, and translate Latin at an Intermediate Low level.
Summarize and translate passages of adapted or unadapted Latin appropriate to their level.
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.
Presentational Mode
Produce Latin messages at a Novice Mid to Novice High Level.
Write short messages and notes in Latin on familiar topics.
Cultures
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.
Compare the actions of Roman heroes and historical figures and explain the differences.
Examples: Compare the actions of Marius, Sulla, Caesar, or Cicero to Cincinnatus, Camillus, or Regulus.
Connections
Locate historically significant cities, countries, and geographical features of the ancient Mediterranean world, and describe their relationship to their modern counterparts.
Examples: Carthage, Troy, Alexandria, Athens, Delphi, Constantinople; divisions of Gaul, Phoenicia, Magna Graecia, Crete, Sicily; Rubicon, Po, Nile, and Rhine rivers, the Alps and Pyrenees mountains.
Investigate and describe Latin influences on modern academic disciplines, world languages such as English and the Romance languages, history, and philosophy.
Examples: Stoic and Epicurean philosophy on contemporary ideas and literature, similarities and differences between modern and Roman military tactics.
Describe Roman influences on contemporary arts and culture.
Examples: The television series Rome, the movies Gladiator, Cleopatra, and Troy, and contemporary youth literature.