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Try Lucretius: Project Ideas for Advanced Students
There is nothing more exhilarating than those ‘aha’ moments that can transform a learning experience for kids into something that exudes excitement. The following ideas for upper-level students might be useful for you when you apply your own skills and talents to bring Latin alive in your classroom in a way that lets everyone do both the teaching and the learning.
Summer reading – for us! For fun!
Here are a bunch of books that are oldies (and mostly goodies). You probably know many of them, but I hope there are a few
Pop Music in Latin!
Need something for your advanced class after the AP or the weeks before graduation or final exams or as something fun to do on Fridays?
Quotes and bookmarks!
You want to give the students a small “going away” present, but you don’t want to spend much (if any)money. Here’s an idea: bookmarks with
Incredible, Edible Exhibits!
Who doesn’t like something to eat during class? Susan Zoller had students research and make edible projects. She says: We have eaten them in class!
Order in Understanding
Order in Understanding – straight? diagonal? circular? How do students learn? All students have their own style; they know what the style is, even if