ANCIENT ART, MODERN WORLD
Creating a Link to the Past
Christopher Buczek, Ph.D. - Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie, PA
E-mail: magisterbuczek@gmail.com; Twitter: @magisterb480
Essential Questions:
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How can students use ancient art styles to compare and contrast modern and Roman culture?
How can one utilize these and other art forms to enhance Latin composition in the classroom?
Why should students learn about ancient art?
Projects Discussed:
Ancient Art,
Modern World
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Taking elements of Greek
black and red-figure
pottery illustrations
Reflect a current event in
this style
Compose an authentic
Latin inscription
underneath to describe it
Pompeian Election
Slogans
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Using Roman wall graffiti to
display support for political
candidates
Dative Case - use with faveō
and credo
Works well with Cambridge
Latin Course Stage 11
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Teach students how to use
the Latin infinitive
Several sentence starters
which can be adjusted to a
particular skill level
Use everyday activities
and create a narrative (John
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Ides of March activity
Teach students about Caesar’s
life, write 3 facts about his
life on a black-paper cut-out
tombstone with chalk
Latin I: can be partly in
English; all other levels,
entirely in Latin
Latin Memes
Latin Comic Strips
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Caesar Tombstones
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Story Comics
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Take a recent story, illustrate
scenes from it
Use sentences or concepts
from the story to retell it, all
in Latin
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Memes - funny captioned
pictures on the Internet that
follow a particular theme
Students create memes based
on mythology, stories from
their textbook, history, or
make their own ideas up
Traupman’s Conversational Latin for
Oral Proficiency is a good resource for
these Latin expressions!)
Latin Alphabet Book
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Assign letters to students
Find a Latin word to
illustrate
Write a simple Latin
sentence with the word
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Vōbīs multās grātiās agō!
Comparative/Superlative
Posters
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Illustrate objects using the
three degrees of Latin
adjectives
Compose one sentence for
each degree
Can be as simple as “____ est
____” sentences; adjust to the
difficulty of the class