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Latin IV

Goal 4: Comparisons - The student will develop insight into the English language and their own culture through the study of Latin and the Greco-Roman world.

Objective 4.07. Analyze similarities and differences in Greco-Roman culture(s) and the student's culture(s), discovered through independent research and reading of original texts.

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Pliny and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
The purpose of this lesson is to use earth science concepts--from volcanology--to explain to students studying the letter of Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus how Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Students will study and demonstrate mastery of the eruption and its historical impact through a webquest on Pompeii, reading of an articles with appropriate content-area reading support, participation in interactive lecture, writing of a journal entry about life in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, oral presentations on life in Pompeii, reviewing of the grammatical functions of all tenses of participles, and using a rubric to evaluate a video on Pompeii to be used for instruction.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
By Gregory King-Owen.