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Vesuvius Readings for Students

Following up on last week’s post, here are two adaptations of Pliny’s Vesuvius letter for different levels. We hope you enjoy reading these with your

Vesuvius comes to life in different ways!

Vesuvius is on many people’s minds right now – not only Latin teachers, preparing for the new AP exam,but everyone interested in geology. The following

Latin ReadHer App

Last month, CANE member Skye Shirley released the Latin ReadHer app, available for free on the App Store. This app offers nearly two thousand years

Living with a Dead Language

You’re never too old to learn Latin! A review of Ann Patty’s book, “Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin.”

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. 

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!

Teaching Tenses

In today’s feature post, regular blog contributor Ruth Breindel shares two resources for helping students understand tenses. Teaching tenses and their meaning is a difficult

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

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