Textiles, philosophy, and the Pope: Links for March 17

Fascinating late antiquity textiles on exhibit in NYC.
The importance of liberal arts and philosophy.
The Pope wants to revive the Latin language.

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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

Links for the Week of 6 January

Regular posting will be starting again this week. “Mt. Vesuvius from space” (via @tronchin) More information about the Antikythera mechanism shipwreck, with a nice reconstruction

Teaching Derivatives

How do you help students expand their English vocabulary by making connections to our language’s Latin roots?   I’ve taken two approaches to this task over