An Introduction to ‘Pantheon Poets’!
by Pantheon Poets – www.pantheonpoets.com – is a new website – launched in June – where I post Latin poetry in the original. For each piece, …
Category: Teaching
‘Who are we when we read?’
by In the last year, I’ve had the pleasure of teaching three quite different groups of students: first-year undergraduates, on a module billed as an overview …
Why It’s Good To Get Things Wrong
by or, Why I Don’t Correct My Year 7 Set (on Day One). It’s early September, and I’ve just taught my favourite lesson of the year. …
Can you teach the Aeneid without mentioning Augustus?
by Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand; So begins Auden’s ‘Epitaph on a tyrant’, …
What can ancient textbooks offer the modern classroom?
by Doce me Latine loqui! How did people learn to speak Latin as a second language in antiquity? It’s a simple question—but one some of us …
Five reasons you (and your pupils) should join Twitter
A journalist recently described Twitter as ‘the wet market of ideas’. What’s more, it’s a platform which attracts – as we all know – some …
Kings and Generals – an introduction to animated history
by Many of us, confronted with the challenge of devising engaging remote lessons, have been scouring the internet for ideas and resources. Look no further! In …
Introducing Homer’s Odyssey to absolute beginners
by Here in Northern Ireland, only a few schools offer the study of Latin or Classical Civilisation. Students in even fewer schools can choose Classical Greek …
How to create a Classics podcast
by Podcasting is easy and fun! At Bristol Grammar School, we recently published the first in a series of episodes of a new podcasts on GCSE …
How to create unseen passages for absolute beginners
by In the later stages of a pupil’s Latin education, appropriate unseen translations exist in gratifying abundance. I imagine I am far from alone in possessing …
How to make Latin work for SEN pupils?
by Objections raised by parents, pupils and – dare I say – senior management, to teaching Latin in non-selective schools frequently centre around the perceived difficulties …
How to maximise the last third of the GCSE Latin course?
This time of year I always spare a thought for the wit and wisdom of Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt. He has said many times – and …
A short history of alliteration
To the mind of a Classical writer, imitative language – where the sound of the language encapsulates the content – was fundamental to good style. …
iPads and Classics: my top three apps
by There is so much that an iPad can help with in Classics teaching beyond the online flashcards for learning vocabulary. While that is already an …
Teaching Roman City Life – or: Adventures With Vetch
by Everybody loves chariot races, gladiators and Roman baths. The questions we’ve found ourselves asking in teaching the Roman City Life paper on the new GCSE …