Theme 1: Roman Life

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read words, phrases, and sentences about the Roman family, including slaves.
• Read simple passages about Roman homes and various architectural structures.
• Demonstrate comprehension by reading and answering questions in English about Roman homes and various architectural structures.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Respond to simple questions, statements, and commands about the Roman family, including slaves.
• Initiate simple greetings, commands, requests, and simple statements relating to the family.
• Write simple phrases and sentences using numbers and Roman numerals.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Recognize the various forms of Roman dress according to age, gender and status.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between a villa and domus.
• Identify the rooms in a Roman house.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Discuss the influence of the Latin language on mathematical terms, such as subtrahend, binary, and decimal.
• Discuss the influence of Roman architecture on architecture throughout the world.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare and contrast components of a Roman city with Washington, D.C.
• Compare and contrast aspects of Roman entertainment and modern society.
• Recognize and use English derivatives based on the family and numbers.
• Recognize and use Roman numerals and the vocabulary associated with counting.

Communication Across Communities

• Inform others about the Latin language and Roman culture, such as in skits, bulletin boards, and banquets.
• Recognize the evidences of basic architecture, Roman life, and entertainment in print and non-print media.
• Identify and research careers, such as architect, mathematician, and lawyer, in which the knowledge of the ancient world is important.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Abbreviations, expressions, and mottoes, such as P.S., cave canem, and te morituri salutamus
• Family terms, such as pater, uxor, filius, vilicus, and paedagogus
• Roman house terms, such as atrium, culina, lararium, ianua, and domus
• Roman dress terms, such as tunica, palla, and toga virilis

Theme 2: Geography

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read simple phrases or sentences using the Latin place names such as Roma, Ostia, Neapolis, Italia, Hispania, Britannia, etc.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Locate on a map the major countries, towns, cities, islands, rivers, and mountains of Italy and the Roman world.
• Respond to simple questions about the locations of major geographical features.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Discuss the location and the importance of the Via Appia.
• Understand the elements of travel in the Roman world, such as vehicles, lodging, distance, and dangers of the road.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Relate geographic locations of the Roman world to the modern political map.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare the growth of Rome and the Roman empire to the colonies and the United States.
• Produce English derivatives from place names.

Communication Across Communities

• Recognize the influence of Roman geography upon our society, such as cartography and modern American place names.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Abbreviations, expressions, and mottoes, such as omnes viae ducunt Romam, regina viarum, and terra firma
• Place names such as provincia, villar urbana, villa rustica, and villa maritima
• Names of cities and countries, such as Carthago, Athenae, Gallia, etc.
• Pompeiian vocabulary such as Pompeii, Neapolis, Mons Vesuvius, etc.
• Interrogatives, such as Ubi, num, nonne, and -ne

Theme 3: History

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read simple passages about the Trojan War, legendary heroes, and the founding of Rome.
• Demonstrate comprehension by reading and answering questions in English about the Trojan War, legendary heroes, and the founding of Rome.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Respond in Latin to simple questions about Roman history, such as questions about the Trojan War, legendary heroes, and the founding of Rome.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of a Roman hero or heroine.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the functions of government during the three periods of Roman history.
• Identify the ways the Romans commemorated important historical people and events, such as through coins, triumphal arches, and literature.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Recognize the differences between various forms of government.
• Discuss the evidence of Roman expansion throughout the world.
• Compare different forms of literature, such as legend, fairy tale, and epic.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare the Roman image of a hero with a modern American image of a hero.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Roman law and government as a foundation of U.S. government.
• Identify simple legal and governmental terms derived from Latin.

Communication Across Communities

• Recognize evidences of Roman history in print and non-print media, such as a numismatic museum trip, an internet virtual tour of the Roman Forum, and inscriptions.
• Share knowledge of Roman history with others in the school community through activities such as showing a film, political debates, and bulletin board displays.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Abbreviations, expressions and mottoes, such as e pluribus unum; veni vidi vici; A.D.; and SPQR
• Trojan War terms (e.g. epic, Judgment of Paris, "face that launches a thousand ships")
• Historical terms (e.g. A.U.C., rex, consul)
• Legal and governmental derivatives, such as sub poena, affidavit, imperialistic, etc.
• Roman dates, ordinal numbers, and Roman numerals

Theme 4: Mythology

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read simple phrases or sentences describing the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses, including their domains and symbols.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Write the Roman names of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses.
• Use orally the Roman names of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Identify Olympians according to their attributes in various art forms, such as vases, friezes, statues, paintings and sketches.
• Discuss the connection of Roman gods and goddesses to the holidays, days of the week, and months of the year.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Recognize Roman gods and goddesses who are referred to in literary works, such as the Odyssey, Iliad, Aeneid, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, etc.
• Discuss mythological references used in art, history, etc.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Identify modern architecture based on ancient temples.
• Produce derivatives from the names of the gods and goddesses, such as jovial, Junoesque, mercurial, etc.

Communication Across Communities

• Relate the influence of mythology to modern society, such as astrology, astronomy, the space program, the automobile industry, marketing, music, and advertising.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Abbreviations, expressions and mottoes, such as lb., Me Hercule!, and Descensus Averno facilis est
• Interrogatives using forms of esse
• Greek names of the gods and goddesses
• Latin vocabulary related to gods, such as rex, regina, deus, and dea
• Family vocabulary, such as pater, mater, etc.
• Related religious vocabulary, such as templum, statua, and ara