Bold ideas and practical resources for your Latin classroom
Hi educators,
Latin educators see the world through a unique lens. While examples abound for French and Spanish educators looking for current and authentic resources for a Civil Rights lesson, there is a growing body of Latin scholarship and resources offering learners the opportunity to study racism, sexism, classism (and all ugly ‘isms) from perspectives of etymology and world history.
Different tools, evoking different connections, will support crucial global conversations. In this issue we share a few refreshing resources created by Latin educators:
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DOWNLOAD our free sight-reading activity - Translation and study of Ferdinand L. Barnett’s address, “Race Unity” (1879)
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REIMAGINE Latin - Why do we do what we do again? This blog from a Latin classroom reignited our flame!
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EXPLORE these 5 links worth sharing - Online events and resources for teaching Civil Rights and the Classics
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REPRESENT Women - Opportunities to teach texts about and by women in Latin and ancient Greek
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TAKE a path less traveled to the AP® - Sight-reading with Scandite Muros
Special thanks to educators Jane Lineau, Alex Terwelp, Maureen Lamb, David Wright, Rachel Ash, Justin Slocum Bailey, Kevin Ballestrini, John Bracey, David Maust, Miriam Patrick, Bob Patrick, Lance Piantaggini, John Piazza, Keith Toda and others for their contributions to the field. We also posthumously recognize Ferdinand L. Barnett (cited in our sight-reading activity) and his wife Ida B. Wells, for setting the bar for global citizenship in their words and actions.
What would you like to see in a future issue? We would love to hear from you!
Beatus doctrina,
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Free to print and download: Lawyer and journalist Ferdinand L. Barnett gave his most famous address, Race Unity, to the May 1879 National Conference of Colored Men. In the face of policies that pitted marginalized races and classes against their own, Barnett and his peers advocated for unity among all Black Americans, paving the way for the Civil Rights movements to follow. The two central themes of Barnett’s address, employment and education, also motivated Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech eighty-four years later.
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