Vergil, Aeneas and Augustus:
A Workshop in Italy for AP Latin Teachers
July 17 - 28, 2010

Detailed Information

This 12 day program is designed to help High School teachers prepare for teaching the AP Vergil syllabus in their classrooms. New teachers, teachers planning to start an AP program, and experienced teachers looking to develop their teaching skills will all benefit from it. Components of the program will focus on teaching the Vergil syllabus and developing methods for students to succeed on the major components of the AP exam: translating Latin, explaining context, aspects of the poetry used by Vergil, motifs and themes, scansion. The program will give AP Vergil teachers additional ideas and skills to enable their students to take and pass the AP exam by discussing the free-response questions of the AP Vergil exam, developing passage-based multiple-choice questions in the AP exam style, and planning the classroom curriculum. Much of the tour will take place on the sites either where Vergil lived and wrote or where the Aeneid was set. Additional sites that inform the world of Vergil will also be included especially those associated with Augustus. The workshop will be organized with mornings spent on daily reading of the Aeneid in English and Latin and study sessions, a lunch break, and then site and museum visits in the afternoon. Some of our readings will take place on site rather than in the classroom. Participants will have free time in the late afternoons and evenings to conduct personal business, visit or just to relax. Some evenings will allow an hour or so for additional group reading after dinner.

Many of the sites will be visited from our headquarters at the Villa Vergiliana, the overseas Study Center of the Vergilian Society in Italy. For information on the Villa, see http://vergil.clarku.edu/villa.htm

Graduate Credits and Grades Miami University has partnered with the Vergilian Society as our graduate credit-granting authority. Graduate credit is optional and available for an additional fee. Each participant can earn 3 credits of 600 level Latin or Classics course credit for successful completion of the program. Ohio residents qualify for a 50% discount on tuition.

Continuing Education Units Miami University is our partner in providing Continuing Education Units for this workshop. For successful completion of the program, Miami will grant 5.0 CEUs. Each participant will receive a signed attendance certificate at the end of the workshop noting their 60 contact hours for the program. Participating teachers are reminded of the need to gain approval for the CEUs with their respective districts prior to the program. We are willing to assist with this however we can.

Cost and Scholarships The Program costs $2,495. The fee includes all room and board, all transportation during the program, site and museum admissions, a packet with site plans, maps, readings and selections from ancient texts, and attendance certificate. The deadline for applications and $750 deposit is April 30, 2010. The balance is due June 15, 2010. If these deadlines present any problem (due to late scholarship announcements, etc.) please contact Dr. Tuck. Some scholarship support is available from the Vergilian Society. Please apply separately at http://vergil.clarku.edu/scholars.htm . In addition, relevant scholarships are awarded by the APA, AIA, ACL, CAMWS as well as other professional organizations.

All participants should bring:

Workshop Instructors:

NB: The College Board has announced that the AP Vergil Syllabus will still be effect for the 2010-2011 school year and that Vergil will make up a large part of the new syllabus starting in 2011. This workshop is being considered for endorsement by the College Board.

Tentative Itinerary (expect minor adjustments between now and departure) July 17

Readings and Topics: Welcome, Readings from Book 1 of the Aeneid; the AP syllabus, abilities tested, general approaches to teaching AP Latin Site Visit: the Campus Martius of Augustus: Ara Pacis, Augustus' Mausoleum, obelisks, Pantheon

July 18
Readings and Topics: Readings from Book 2; the vertical approach (how to prepare students for AP-level thinking in Latin I)
Site Visit: Central Rome of Augustus: Forum Romanum, Palatine, Forum Augustum (optional visit to Colosseum)

July 19
Readings and Topics: A. 7.1-20; Student translation: preparation and scoring techniques
Site Visit: Lavinium, Pomezia, Terracina, Sperlonga, Book III; I.198-207

July 20
Readings and Topics: Readings from book VI.1-211; Teaching sight reading skills
Site Visit: Cumae: Temple of Apollo, atrium of the Sibyl

July 21
Readings and Topics: Readings from book VI.450-76; Writing multiple choice questions
Site Visit: Lake Avernus: lake, passageway to the underworld, Solfatara

July 22
Readings and Topics: Passages related to Venus (Books I, II, IV, XII); Essay writing skills: interpretation, analysis, proper citation
Site Visit: Pompeii

July 23
Readings and Topics: Book XII, the end of the Aeneid; Scoring essays
Site Visit: National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Tomb of Vergil

July 24
Readings and Topics: Book V, Book VI. 847-901 (death of Marcellus); Metrics, scansion, and figures of speech
Site Visit: Baiae, site and museum, Misenum, late afternoon at the beach?

July 25
Readings and Topics: (passages TBD including the dead of Dido); Participants share success stories, teaching strategies, ideas
Site Visit: Herculaneum, Vesuvius

July 26
Readings and Topics: Passages related to Juno (Books I, IV, XII); Recruiting students to AP
Site Visit: Paestum

July 27
Readings and Topics: Books VII thru XII; English essay topics, motifs and themes throughout the Aeneid
Site Visit: Cumaean Amphitheater

July 28
Departure from the Villa Vergiliana and Return to Rome
Readings and Topics: Book VIII
Site Visit: Walk thru the city with Aeneas: Forum Boarium, Forum Holitorium, Temple of Hercules, Capitoline Hill
Workshop ends in the late afternoon following our walking tour.

Price: $2,495

Applications:
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