Web Resources for Latin Teachers

compiled by Trudy Harrington Becker
Virginia Tech
Classical Studies Program
http://www.fll.vt.edu/Classics/classicshome.html
November 2002
 





Classical Organizations and Associations

American Philological Association (APA) --National organization of college and university and high school classicists, focus more on scholarship

American Classical League (ACL) --National organization of college and university and high schools classicists, focus on teaching

Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) --Largest regional classical organization, covering from Texas to Virginia

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) --National organization of foreign language teachers

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) --National association of ancient (western) art historians and archaeologists

State Classical Organizations:

               Classical Association of Virginia
               Links to other State Organizations
 


Pedagogical Links

National Junior Classical League (NJCL) --National organization overseeing state and regional classical leagues for high school students

The National Latin Exam (NLE) --Annual Latin exam for middle and high school students

The Medusa Mythology Exam --Annual mythology exam for middle and high school students

The Official AP Latin Website --Collegeboard Testing's guide to AP Latin exam

The On-line Survey of Audio-Visual Resources for Classics--an exceedingly busy site (to read), and often slow to load, but full of all kinds of resources

Teaching Materials and Resource Center  -- pdf for ACL's resource center; TMCR offers books, handbooks, audio-visual material, slides, and more

 "Standards for Classical Languages Learning" -- a collaborative project of the American Classical League and APA and regional classical organizations


Latin Listservs

LatinTeach -- on-line email discussion forum for Latin teachers; a meeting place for Latin teachers to share ideas re: pedagogy; a wealth of info here

Latinlist -- on-line discussion forum for all interested in the Latin language



 

Latin Textbooks Sites

Electronic Resources for Wheelock's Latin

Study Guide to Wheelock -- by Dale Grote, Course Materials from his own classes

Latin for Americans --from Glencoe, publisher, includes teacher resources

Latin for American Activities from Quia --Quia runs activities created by its users; Quia also hosts activities for other Latin textbooks, as below

Ecce Romani On-Line Study Guides --by G. Irby-Massie of LSU, guides, especially to vocabulary

Ecce Romani Sites --A list of many sites, all devoted to Ecce, and created by teachers

Cambridge Latin Course Connection --The official website, from Cambridge Publishing

Cambridge Latin Links --A list of websites related to individual Cambridge Latin Course stages

Cambridge School Project--Comprehensive program designed by this school to supplement Cambridge Latin Course

Oxford Latin Course --official site of publisher

Oxford Latin Activities from Quia --Quia runs activities created by its users; Quia also hosts activities for other Latin textbooks, as above

Cornell College's Latin Links for Oxford Latin --extremely usable and useful list of links; start here for Oxford Latin links.
 


Sites for Latin Texts

Project Libellus

The Latin Library--searchable database of Latin texts, including some medieval and Christian; no translations, no morphological or vocabulary aids

Latin Literature --at the Forum Romanum Site; extensive list and links to Latin texts, as well as translations

Latin Texts --from Perseus; a list of texts deep on the bottom of the page; list includes both Greek and Roman (few) texts


Translations

Latin Literature --from Forum Romanum site; this is a comprehensive list of on-line translations of major Latin texts and authors



 

Reference Materials

Lewis and Short Dictionary (from Perseus)

Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar

Word Study and Morphological Analysis Tools--from Perseus


Certification

National Board Certification for Teachers of Latin -- new national certification process; site run by ACL which will offer support

ACL Report on State Certification Requirements for Teachers of Latin


Commerical Sites: Books and Materials

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. --the familiar publisher of textbooks and teacher resources, as well as odds and ends for the classroom

L and L Enterprises --regular business at most classics conferences, L and L site offers pencils, posters, texts, coloring books, and more
 
 



Why Study Latin or the Classics?

Position Paper --from National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages, with supporting bibliography

Career Opportunties for Classics Majors --a brief list (with supporting quotations) for post graduate plans

Classics Careers -- from Loyola University, Chicago

ACL Survey of Classical Languages and College Admissions


Art, History and Culture Links

Index Rerum Classicarum--Mark Keith's Master list, a list of lists, one of the best places to begin a search

Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation --Maria Pantelia's list of electronic publications, images, course materials, software, publishers, etc

A Beginner's Guide to Classics on the Internet --from Greg Daugherty of Randolph Macon; a concise list of classic (!) sites

ROMARCH--a thorough overveiw of Roman Art and Archaeology, with images, examples, explanations

Roman Sites on the Web-- another list of lists; this list is extensive, and comes from Univ. of Kansas, home to Lacus Curtius

Lacus Curtius: Intro to the Roman World --contains maps, texts, pieces from Platner and Ashby's Topography of Ancient Rome, and more

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites --from  Perseus; the standard and useful text to major sites of the ancient western world

Maecenas --tremendous site for images of Rome and Italy; these images are arranged by building or monument, site and city; downloadable images

The Rome Project --like Index Rerum Classicarum, and easy to read, use and navigate site that  lists other websites

VRoma --a virtual community for teaching and learning the classics, a MOO project

Forum Romanum --site created by a Dutch school group, and one of the most visited sites; it focuses on the art, literature, and history of the Forum

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook --a chronological list of primary sources in translation by period, and by emperor or politician and so on