Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

In Old Pompeii

Subject Area

World Languages

Grade(s)

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

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.

    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - Latin

    WL17.LAT.L1.2

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

    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - Latin

    WL17.LAT.L1.6

    Investigate and describe the most important Greco-Roman deities, including their characteristics, duties, and associated myths.

    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - Latin

    WL17.LAT.L1.9

    Identify Latin influences on other disciplines.

    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - Latin

    WL17.LAT.L2.2

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

    World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - Latin

    WL17.LAT.L2.4

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

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    Edsitement
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    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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