Links for December 4 - CANE

Links for December 4

CANE Media Coordinator
December 4, 2014

Io, Saturnalia! Its almost time….
Start your cooking with Pass the Garum, while you look up some of ideas for your Saturnalia festivity and enjoy the great discussions by Rose Williams before looking up some more Saturnalia traditions and customs ! Watch the History Channel’s Christmas Unwrapped !
Here is a site for Saturnalia materials for the classroom! Enjoy g ames for your celebration as well as some timely and fun NLE Practice and for edification from the Khan Academy check out their Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art History.
For reading pleasure there is the Lewis and Short, and an article on an ancient astronomical calculator, the Antikythera Mechanism and a fabulous discussion of why our favorite planet (dwarf star?) Pluto will be back in the news, in 2015.
Lastly, a seasonal song easy to teach at your Saturnalia celebration is dona nobis pacem!

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