I’ll throw a few questions out there for you readers regarding a matter over which I’ve been ruminating for a while — how we incorporate ancient culture and history into our language courses.  I eagerly anticipate your feedback.
 
How much of your curriculum is specifically focused on ancient culture?  How much class-time do you spend on these topics in relation to what you spend on vocabulary and grammar?
 
Do you spend more time on “culture” than on “history”?  Do you, for instance, spend more time exploring Roman food and clothing and holidays than the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors?
 
In a lower-level course, how closely do your culture units connect to what your students are reading in Latin?  Could the reading itself serve as the lesson, or is it somewhat tangential to what will be presented later?  Most of the textbooks with which I am familiar seem to take the latter approach, providing, for example, a brief reading on Roman clothing after a story in which a character simply puts on a toga.  If the Latin stories in the textbook do not adequately illustrate a cultural or historical topic which you consider essential, do you provide any auxiliary texts which would help your students learn more about it in the language?
 
How do you organize your culture lessons?  Do you adhere to the textbook’s presentation of these topics?  Does one lesson segue neatly into the next — moving from early education to weddings to funerals to the Underworld?
 
Is any attention given to other ancient cultures beside those of the Greeks and Romans — the Persians, or the Celts, or the Egyptians?