Demystifying Latin and Greek: Undead Languages for Living Brains

In this episode, we discuss a few fun activities that you can add to your classroom to spice it up. In this episode, we specifically focus on kindergarten to middle school Latin activities, such as games or memory games. We also touch on the notion of learning as a physical, embodied experience and why it can actually be helpful to incorporate physical activity into your students' learning experience.

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In this episode, we continue our conversation with our guests from last week about their experience learning Latin immersively. At the end of the episode, we converse in Latin briefly.

In this episode, we discuss Ecclesiastical Latin as an accent and how it is used in the modern day with 3 graduates from Wyoming Catholic College, Hanna Messel, Margaret Johnson, and Rosemary Engels.

In this episode, we discuss some of the different aspects and challenges specific to translating languages like Latin and Greek.

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Resources Listed:

Ancient/Attic Greek Textbooks

Athenaze Book 1: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: https://www.amazon.com/Athenaze-Book-Introduction-Ancient-Greek/dp/0190607688

From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek: https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Omega-Beginning-Course-Classical/dp/1585103918/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BKRLK3KOC8GZ&keywords=Alpha+to+Omega&qid=1666365306&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjQ4IiwicXNhIjoiMS41OSIsInFzcCI6IjAuOTkifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=alpha+to+omega%2Cstripbooks%2C131&sr=1-1

Hansen and Quinn: Greek an Intensive Course (2nd Edition): https://www.amazon.com/Greek-Intensive-Course-2-volumes-dp-0823213501/dp/0823213501/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Keller and Russell: Learn to Read Greek Part 1: https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Read-Greek-Textbook-Workbook/dp/0300167717/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32HH49RUT16C2&keywords=Keller+and+Russell+Greek&qid=1666365381&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjIxIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=keller+and+russell+gre%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

New Testament/Koine Greek:

S.M. Baugh: A New Testament Greek Primer: https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Greek-Primer-3rd/dp/1596386460/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VF984MVITE52&keywords=A+new+Testament+Greek+primer&qid=1666365443&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjM1IiwicXNhIjoiMC4zNSIsInFzcCI6IjAuNTkifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=a+new+testament+greek+prime%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-1

William (Bill) Mounce: Basics of Biblical Greek (4th Edition): https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Greek-Primer-3rd/dp/1596386460/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VF984MVITE52&keywords=A+new+Testament+Greek+primer&qid=1666365443&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjM1IiwicXNhIjoiMC4zNSIsInFzcCI6IjAuNTkifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=a+new+testament+greek+prime%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-1

In this episode, we do a brief survey of education starting with the Greeks and their ideals (which in turn influenced the Romans and their successors). We are primarily interested here in examining the motivations behind ancient educational philosophy and how that came down through the centuries. In the second half of the episode, we talk about what this means for us now and how it can influence our own educational choices, particularly when it comes to introducing Latin into our education or our kids' educations.

Books Mentioned:

Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts: https://www.amazon.com/Martianus-Capella-Liberal-Records-Civilization/dp/0231096364/ref=sr

Ancient Literacy by William Harris: https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Literacy-William-V-Harris/dp/0674033817/ref=sr

The Bookseller of Florence by Ross King: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+bookseller+of+florence+ross+king&i=stripbooks&crid=3ICDNP0ZH15TA&sprefix=The+bookseller%2Cstripbooks%2C129&ref=nb

In this episode, we discuss all the most current curricula one might find in a Google search and discuss the merits and drawbacks of each one.

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1. Mentioned early in the episode - Suburani: https://hands-up-education.org/suburani.html

2. Ages 5-11 Minimus Mouse - Primary Latin Project https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/ This website is a subsidiary of the Primary Latin Project: https://www.primarylatinproject.org/resources Latin for Children by Dr. Aaron Larsen and Dr. Christopher Perrin: https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/latin-for-children Song School Latin by Amy Rehn: https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/song-school-latin

3. Ages 12-14 Wheelock’s Latin - 7th Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Wheelocks-Latin-7th/dp/0061997226 Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: https://lingualatina.dk/wp/ Ecce Romani:

https://people.umass.edu/~glawall/ecceroma.html

Oxford Latin Course: http://web.lancastercountryday.org/books/latin/OxfordLatin.pdf Cambridge Latin Course:

https://www.na.cambridgescp.com/home-na

1. High School/College/Adult Learning Shelmerdine - Introduction to Latin:

http://www.hackettpublishing.com/Resource_Pages/Shelmerdine_IntroToLatin/exercises.html

Keller and Russell - Learn to Read Latin:

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300194951/learn-read-latin-second-edition/

Annie and Kirsten discuss the two major ways of approaching ancient languages and what their benefits and drawbacks are, as well as how to implement elements of both in personal learning and in the classroom.

In this episode we introduce ourselves and discuss the overall plan for the podcast, helping learners of ancient languages by discussing resources and techniques and the unique challenges that come with learning ancient languages!