Useful Links

The following pages are currently the teacher's pick of pages worth surfing involving topics in our class or other neat and useful classics websites. I have organized them by category this year.

MAIN MENU

• Drills and Review Games 
• Fun Games
• Sites Related to our Text
• Sites about Latin
• Spanish and Latin
• Mythology 
• Roman Civilization 
• Science Meets the Classics
• Classics and Fiction

WHAT'S CURRENT REGARDING CLASSICS?

• Rogueclassicism has clips from articles, news, This Day in Ancient History, book reviews, movie reviews, and more. It's fun to read, especially the word(s) for the day.

DRILLS & REVIEW GAMES:

• QUIA page for Latin 2
• QUIA page for Unit 1, CLC 
• QUIA page for Unit 2, CLC
• QUIA page for CERTAMEN
• QUIA page for Exploratory
• CLC Online Vocab Tester
• Classics Unveiled
• Demodocus.com Online Flashcards (lots of challenging topics!)

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FUN GAMES:

• Latin Scrabble Online!
• Goo Caecilius
• Goo Metella
• CLC Fireball
• CLC Magnetic Words
• Games at BBC on Pompeii
• Demodocus.com Online Flashcards (lots of topics!)
• The Games of Senex Caecilius
• Request an Audience with Caesar
• Clickable Roman Map Quiz
• Construct an Aquaduct
• Emperor of Rome Game

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SITES RELATED TO OUR TEXT:

• Cambridge School Classics Project
  • Unit 1 Online Activities
  • Unit 2 Online Activities
  • CLC Online Vocab Tester
• Stage Links from CLC
• Photos of Caecilius' House and Pompeii
• Ecce Romani links

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SITES ABOUT LATIN:

• THE ENDLESS NOUN ENDING SONG!
• Roman Women
• The Latin Library
• Vicifons/Wikipedia in Latin
• Latin TONGUE TWISTERS!
• Classics Unveiled COOL site with information about Roman History, Roman Life, Vocabulary and Derivatives.
• http://latin.wunderground.com/ What's the weather--in LATIN!  Must see site!
• AbleMedia Classics Technology Center. This site has a variety of information on all aspects of the ancient world.
• Minimus Website. A delightful site featuring the Minimus text and cartoons, developed in England for teaching Latin to elementary age children. Fun!
• National Latin Exam. We will be taking the National Latin Exam in the spring. Students who continue their studies in Latin at the high school level and who score well on the exam qualify for scholarship money for college.
• National Committee for Latin and Greek. Includes many interesting articles and letters on why you should study Latin and Greek. Take a look.

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SPANISH & LATIN:

• Trilingual Orientation Chart
• Latin and Spanish

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MYTHOLOGY: 

• Orpheus & the Underworld SXSW 2004 music video animation (incredible!)
• Winged Sandals
• Hero Machine
• MythWeb (cool site!) 
• MYTH*ING LINKS
• National Mythology Exam
• The Gods and Their Planets
• Dick Caldwell's Greek Myths
• Homework Center's Mythology Links
• ArtMagick's Mythological Themes

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ROMAN CIVILIZATION:

• Roman Funerary Portraits from Egypt
• BBC Pompeii website
• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (with printable models!)
• Printable models of the Colosseum and Alexandrian Lighthouse
• Glassmaking in Roman Times
• Classics Unveiled
• Rinse the Blood off My Toga Here's the audio file for part of Rinse the Blood off My Toga and here's the whole script!
• You Wouldn't Want to be a Gladiator!
• History of the Roman Legions (take a look! cool stuff, including where to purchase miniature Roman soldiers)
• Clickable Roman Map Quiz
• Request an Audience with Caesar
• Vesuvius Erupting
• NOVA: Roman Baths
• The Roman Empire in the First Century
• The Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
• Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins. Mirabile visu! Just take a look at Roman coins and learn about their value as propaganda for the empire!
• VRoma. Virtual Rome. A neat site that includes chat rooms and special features that teachers and students can set up.
• Virtual Gallery of Sculpture. Take a look at the sculpture that the Greeks and Romans treasured. 
• The Web Gallery of Art. This gallery allows you to search by topic so you can find images from ancient times through the Renaissance and more featuring mythological characters and more.

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SCIENCE MEETS THE CLASSICS:

• NASA photos for Classics (so cool!)
• Dr. Math's Roman Numerals
• The Gods and Their Planets
• Clouds
• Vesuvius Erupting
• Institute for Nautical Archaeology. This site has photos and articles of the amazing dives done by the INA.

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CLASSICS AND FICTION:

• Fred Mench's Database of Roman Fiction. This is a wonderful compilation of fiction set in Rome. My favorite author among those listed is Lindsey Davis for her splendid writing, her humor, and her seemingly realistic depiction of Rome.
• The Official Website of Lindsey Davis. This site belongs to the best-selling author Lindsey Davis who write humorous fiction (mysteries) set in Rome. I admit to being partial; I'm her webmistress. If you haven't read any of her books, try Three Hands in the Fountain, then read the rest!!

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2005: THE YEAR OF LANGUAGES

• NPR Radio show on Year of Languages, featuring Ginny Lindzey as the Latin spokesperson around minute 42
• Year of Languages website

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