Latin 3 > History

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read various passages focused on important figures from the end of the republic through the imperial period such as Caesar, Catiline, Clodia, Antonius, and Cleopatra, Augustus and the Julio-Claudians, and later emperors such as Constantine.
• Read excerpts from a variety of authors from Roman times to the Renaissance and modern times, such as Caesar, Pliny, Livy, Cicero, Sallust, Eutropius, Catullus, Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Martial, Suetonius, Thomas Aquinas, etc.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Find textual evidence and quote the text to answer questions in Latin pertaining to Roman history, such as historical figures, dates and events.
• Read and recite texts aloud, either as a prepared recitation or spontaneously.
• Write in Latin about historical figures or events using appropriate grammatical structures related to the Latin 3 Program of Studies.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Demonstrate an understanding of the political and social climate of the era of the author being read and studied.
• Demonstrate understanding of the impact of the individual personalities of significant historical figures on their known world.
• Identify the ways in which the Roman army continued to exert an influence on Roman history.
• Demonstrate understanding of the evolution of the Roman government from monarchy through the republic to imperial rule.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Demonstrate how the historical development of the Roman world continues to influence western history and current events.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Discuss how the Romans viewed themselves and others in different time periods and compare them to modern cultural views.
• Identify historical terms derived from Latin, such as empire, Kaiser, Tzar and fascism.
• Discuss Latin phrases and imagery used in modern historical contexts, such as e pluribus unum, novus ordo saeclorum, semper fidelis, fasces, etc.

Communication Across Communities

• Share knowledge of Roman history with others in the school community through activities such as reenactments of the Ides of March, etc.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Historical present and historical infinitive
• Founding fathers (pater patriae) vs. the principate
• Political words such as president, politician, veto, congress, senate, gubernatorial, vote, etc.

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