UPCOMING LECTURES BY FACULTY AND AFFILIATES OF CLASSICS:
LATIN PEDAGOGY COURSE/WORKSHOPS FOR SPRING 2012
LATN 488P / 640
Instructor: Dr. Judith P. Hallett
jeph@umd.edu
Saturdays, 9 AM – 3:30 PM:
Jan. 28; Feb. 4, 11, 25; Mar. 3; Apr. 14, 21
Make-up dates in case of inclement weather: Feb. 18, Mar. 10
This course is centered on a series of day-long Saturday workshops (which may be taken individually as well), each featuring distinguished guest faculty members, focused on important issues in the teaching of Latin at the K-12 level and beyond. In connection with its theme of women and gender in Latin pedagogy, it also includes a colloquium on teaching about women and gender in the Latin classroom, and a mentoring project that involves “shadowing” two current Latin teachers and observing at least one of these teachers in the classroom.
Topics include: Learning Styles and Abilities in the Latin Language Classroom; Textbooks and Other Materials for Teaching Latin; Ancient Roman Culture in the Latin Language Classroom; Using Films in Classical Courses; Standards for Certification in Latin and the Latin Praxis Exam; Life upon "The Stage of the Latin Classroom."
Let’s Learn Latin: A Workshop for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
at the University of Maryland at College Park
Led by Matthew Webb of Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute
magisterwebb@gmail.com
Friday, February 10, 2012, 8 AM – 4:30 PM
An innovative and unique teacher workshop designed to encourage up to fifteen
Maryland elementary- and middle-school educators (non-Latin teachers) to weave Latin and Classical Studies into their curricula. This workshop will demonstrate how Latin and Classical Studies can easily be integrated into the classroom setting, particularly in response to the Maryland State Curriculum and Core Learning Goals.
The workshop will provide an opportunity for educators to learn about Latin, ancient
Roman culture, and effective methods for incorporating these topics into their classrooms. It will also demonstrate to the participants that the study of Latin supports students' study of English vocabulary and grammar, other world languages, and their knowledge of the roots of Western civilization.
Ms. Christine Marquis, a new visiting lecturer in the department who is completing her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, will give a talk on "Aeneas’ Mommy Issues: An Intertext and Other Hints" at the annual meeting of the American Philological Association in Philadelphia, January 2012.
Dr. Gregory Staley will give an invited talk on "Seneca, Tiresias, and the Search for Truth" at a Table ronde entitled "Débats et controverses autour des tragédies de Sénèque" in the auditorium of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday, March 30, 2012.
