Diotima
Courses and
Teaching Materials on Roman Women.
Davina McClain, Loyola University (New
Orleans)
Pandoras
Daughters: Spring 2003. A course on Greek and Roman women in
English.
Ann Raia, The College of New Rochelle (New York)
Puella, Matrona, Meretrix:
Fall 2002 (predates The Worlds of Roman
Women); Spring 2007
(uses Worlds of Roman Women and Companion as course texts).
These syllabi were designed for Latin students in their 4th-5th semesters;
they contain links to reading lists, internet sites, assignments, and
projects.
Judith Lynn Sebesta, University of South
Dakota
Women in
Antiquity: Spring 2006. Syllabus for a course on ancient women in
English.
Donald Connor, Trinity School (New York)
The Latin text with a running full-entry
vocabulary below and a facing commentary, elegantly laid out with illustrations
in PDF format; worksheets are included. These unadapted passages from Ovid's
Metamorphoses were designed for ninth grade students making the
transition from the Cambridge Latin Course to reading Latin authors, first
Caesar then Ovid. The course, called "Latin Prose and Poetry," introduces the
students to meter, figures of speech, and poetic word order.
| Ovid's Metamorphoses X.560-707: The Tale of Atalanta and Hippomenes |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses VI.146-312: The Tale of Niobe and her Children |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses I.89-150: The Four Ages |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses I. 253-415: The Flood, Pyrrha and Deucalion |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses III.528-733: The Tale of Pentheus and Dionysus |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses IV.663-764: The Tale of Perseus and Andromeda |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses X.1-77: The Tale of Orpheus and Eurydice |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses XI.90-145: The Tale of Midas and his Daughter |
| Ovid's Metamorphoses XIII.750-897: The Tale of Acis and Galatea |
Edmund DeHoratius, Wayland High School (Boston)
"Petronius'
Matron of Ephesus." This
lesson was created for the opening of the Latin 3 year. One PDF file (36 pages)
contains Latin text, both continuous and chunked in shorter passages linked to
vocabulary, notes and discussion questions, an introduction to author and work,
an Appendix of vocabulary and forms for the demonstrative and personal pronouns
and adjectives; a second is a creative "Quiz on Text and Image."
Anne Leen, Furman University (Greenville,
SC)
"A
Lesson Plan for Livy AUC 2.40: Veturia (The Worlds of Roman
Women: State)." A teaching guide in five parts: background, additional
vocabulary and translation aids, 30 comprehension questions for class
discussion, an exercise for structural analysis, and a quiz.
Chris Ann Matteo, The Edmund Burke School
(Maryland)
A Lesson Plan in Counterpoint: using the Worlds of Roman
Women alongside Ecce Romani III. A unit for 3rd year high
school Latin.