Able Media
Figures of Speech: Rhetoric Exercises
This site is a great exercise that helps students practice identifying and translating rhetorical devices in Latin poetry. Uses examples from Book II of Vergil's Aeneid.
Other
International Tongue Twisters Alpha dictionary.com
Tongue twisters for everyone! You'll find twisters and tricky phrases in English and more than 40 other languages, from Albanian to Xhosa. English translations are provided for twisters in other languages.
Other
Literary Lessons: Onomatopoeia
Definition and origin of onomatopoeia. A humorous perspective on the formation of common words we use in everyday speech and the relationship between words and the way they sound.
Middlebury College
Middlebury College: Poetry and Reading Verse
This Middlebury College site is a helpful guide for reading Latin poetry. Discusses how to pronounce Latin words and letters.
National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: Advanced Latin
A step-by-step online tutorial with 12 lessons to teach medieval Latin to an advanced level. You will have lots of opportunities to practice what you learn with a selection of activities, as well as extracts from original documents.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Rome
Part of an online course supplement, this is an interesting introductory site for a study of Ancient Rome. Links are provided to various essays on and from ancient Rome. Most useful information is found by using the links in the lower...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Latin Legacy: Language as a Cultural Marker [Pdf]
In this activity, 6th graders examine to what extent an imported language endures in a place over time. They will look at pages in Latin from the Gutenberg Bible, a Latin version of "The Lord's Prayer," and an English version of the King...
Middlebury College
Middlebury College: Vergil Aeneid Iv, Notes
Middlebury College provides excerpts from late 19th-century study guides created for students to read the Latin text of Vergil's "Aeneid."
Other
The Romans:latin Literature
Latin was originally one of several dialects spoken in Italy - it came to dominate as a result of Roman expansion. Roman poetry was very much influenced by Greek models, and by Greek metres.
Other
Historia Del Idioma Espanol
An informative study, in Spanish, of the history of the Spanish language, its origins, its evolution, and its history in America. There is also an article about the Argentine adaptations of the language, and another link that covers the...
California State University
California State: The Roman Concept of Fides
This page contains a definition of the Roman virtue "Fides" and how it is often misinterpreted. Provides charts and explanations.
HyperHistory Online
Hyperhistory: Cato the Elder
Here you can find very brief biographical information about Cato the Elder--first Roman author to write in Latin.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Books and Writers: Virgil Biography and Quotes
A detailed biography of the ancient Roman writer Virgil complemented by selected quotes from his works. Also provides a bibliography.
Phonecian Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Phoeniciana: Table of Phoenician Alphabet
This site from the Encyclopedia Phoeniciana provides an excellent chart comparing Phoenician letters and meanings with the modern (Latin) alphabetic equivalents. Explains the history of how each phonetic meaning has shifted over time.
Other
The Works of Publius Vergilus Maro in Latin
The Aeneid, The Eclogues, and The Georgics in their complete Latin glory. No notes, no glossary, just straight Latin. Great for cutting and pasting for your own reading and translating!
Other
Scansion of Latin Poetry
Good introduction and reference to the rules of Latin scansion and meter.
Able Media
Ablemedia: Unearthing the Lost City of a Burbe Suburbe
This site is provided for by Ablemedia. Unique simulation activity where students "Discover," an ancient city and complete tasks to compile a history of the city and finally create a 3-D model of the city. Could be adapted for many...
Able Media
Latin Phrases and Mottoes
Nice list of common Latin phrases and their English meanings. Mentions places where you might see the quote. Also includes pictures of these phrases illustrated by students.
Able Media
Ctc Web: Latin Derivatives Exercises
These teacher-created exercises use amusing stories chock full of Latin derivatives to help students connect ancient and modern languages. Unfortunately, there is no key.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Animal Classification
Use this lesson plan to help students understand the reasons for classifications and ways that different species are separated.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Partes Corporis I (Body Parts)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is part 1 of a 4-part flipchart. Look for parts 2-4. It is designed to review body parts. It could easily be adapted for other languages.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Partes Corporis Ii (Body Parts)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is part 2 of a 4-part flipchart designed to review body parts. It could easily be adapted for other languages.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Partes Corporis Iii (Body Parts)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is part 3 of a 4-part flipchart designed to review body parts. It could easily be modified for use with other languages.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Partes Corporis Iv (Body Parts)
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is part 4 of a 4-part flipchart designed to review body parts. It could easily be modified for use with other languages.