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Latin I
Course Units: 1.0
The Cambridge Latin Course has been adopted for the first two years of Latin instruction at CPS. This reading approach offers the student the opportunity to study Latin inductively: meanings of words and syntax are first presented in model sentences or reading selections. Students are then given extensive practice with the grammatical structures and with vocabulary reinforcement. Cleverly and carefully integrated into the language presentation are cultural material and historical content. Students first explore the daily life and activities of a family in ancient Pompeii of the first century. A family member survives the destruction of Pompeii in AD 79, and the class follows him to Roman Alexandria, Roman Britain, and finally Rome. Student projects center on the cultural material of the course.
Jeannie deVries
