LATIN II
Magistra Chilson

Salvete, discipuli et parentes!

Course objectives and description:

• To continue to develop skills in reading and comprehending Latin texts.
• To study grammatical principles in Latin which transfer to English.
• To broaden and deepen the students' English vocabulary through the study of word origins
• To study the language, customs, and world view of a society from a different time and place than our own and to make connections between the two cultures.
  

Course content:

The Latin II class will cover Stages 16-28 in two textbooks, Cambridge Latin Unit II and Unit III.

The following themes which relate to daily life during the Roman Empire will be studied:

• Life in the Roman provinces of Egypt and Britain
• Glassmaking in Alexandria
• The Worship of Isis
• Medicine and Science
• Aquae Sulis and its Baths
• Magic and Curses
• Roman Religion
• Travel and Communication
• The Legionary Soldier
• Agricola, Governor of Britain

There may also be readings and projects based on Greek and Roman myths.

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