Links for 22 August

TED-Ed explains the etymology behind the word “sarcophagus.”
What’s Greek about Greek Life Organizations? (via @camwsclassics)
Boston students go to National Certamen Championship (via @ClassColl)
Latin words and phrases every man (and woman) should know. (via @dustinsimm0ns)
They see me Roman. They hatin’. (via @banatoli)

More from the CANE blog

Links for October 17th

Priceless — the Twelve Labors of Hercules performed by… Vladimir Putin.  (Gratias to Ben Auger!) Constantine the Great — convert or con-artist? Because, of course,

Trucks and the Subjunctive in PowerPoint

Since students don’t know how to use the subjunctive in English, explaining the constructions in Latin is complicated.  The presentations linked in this blog post

Squirrelly weather

Squirrelly weather. One of the disadvantages of teaching Latin in New England in the winter is that, when you try to go over weather terms