This page links to a variety of Powerpoint materials designed for Latin classes, particularly introductory classes; updates are posted frequently, so keep checking back. Like the other pages on this site, this one is merely a complement to the content of the LATN 4770-6770 courseguide and prescribed texts, which include extensive discussion of the sorts of materials posted on the site. If you are already a teacher and have designed Powerpoints you'd be willing to share, by all means email them to me; I can't post all the materials sent to me, but I will certainly consider them all.

• Regulus and the First Punic War by Sara Filler
  
  
• ROMAN HOUSING by Jonathan Coker
  
  
• CORPVS HVMANVM by Dennis M. McHenry II

This PowerPoint presentation uses images adapted from the textbook to review the various parts of the human body (including the head and the inner organs), which are introduced in capitulum XI of Ørberg's LINGVA LATINA. It is generally used to review the material, already learned in context, before a quiz or a test.

• Counting on the Dawgs by Mark Crowley

This presentation is intended to be a lively, interactive exercise in using Latin numerals in the Latin I classroom.  The goal is to use as many senses as possible in the exercise (as per the Dr. LaFleur S.A.N.D.A.L.S. method).  I have written out a question for each slide, but any number of other questions could be asked about each one.  When I used this presentation in a Latin I classroom, I did not have the questions appear on the screen so that the students would be forced to listen and comprehend the spoken latin as well as to look at the picture before forming their responses.  It may also be useful for you all to know that this was intended for a classroom of UGA students, many of whom were football fans as I am.  These can be used as is, or a similar theme could be applied according to your or the students' interests.  For reference, the poll included is the BCS poll of week 9 of the 2009 season.

• The Trojan War by Andrea Herdelin (LATN 4770 Lesson 9 project)

This Powerpoint Presentation was designed to accompany the reading "The Trojan War," from Chapter 4 of Jenney's First Year Latin (1987). Mrs. Herdelin hopes to design presentations to accompany future readings in this text in which the story of Aeneas is retold in simple Latin.

• History of Rome by Susan LeBourg (teacher and LATN 4770 student)
  
  
• Gladiatorial Graffiti by James Lohmar
  
  
• Wheelock Chapter 6 Day 2 by Jane Rayburn
  
  
• Wheelock Chapter 9 Day 3 by Jane Rayburn

• Wheelock Chapter 9 Martial by Emily Truitt

This presentation gives a little bit of background information on Martial, and refers back to two epigrams by Martial earlier in the book.  It then introduces the vocabulary and discussion questions.  The final slide is designed to be shown after the class has discussed and translated the epigram.

• Wheelock Chapter 15 Day 3 by Jane Rayburn
  
  
• Ecce Romani Chapter 5 Pre-Test by Catherine Venturini, Ridgewood High School , Ridgewood, NJ

The PowerPoint pre-test promotes individual responsibility and independence. My philosophy is that each student ought to be clear about the skills required for asssessment (Ch. 5 vocabulary, derivatives, and the complementary infinitive), so that test anxiety is minimized and skills can be perfected. The pre-test reviews prior knowledge as well, so the slides on Roman clothing remind students about the culture they learned in Chapter 3. Repetitio est mater scientiae! The mythology is not related to the Chapter--I just tell a myth each week, and that week, it was Ariadne!

• Ecce Romani Chapter 33 Werewolf show by Catherine Venturini (pdf version of this Powerpoint)

One of my favorite PPT shows, this goes with the werewolf reading in Ecce Ch. 33, which I always read with my students at Halloween. It reinforces the vocabulary, tells a wicked story, and we get to translate an "inscription" at the end!

• Simile in Catullus 64, by Catherine Venturini

The epic simile in Catullus 64 is tough sledding, so I mapped it out for my AP students -- the slides are interactive; kids work with a partner to answer the grammar questions and figure out what goes with what. Then they work together on the assignment at the end. At its worst, Powerpoint is just flashing slides at students while the teacher reads what they say; at its best, it should engage students actively.

• The Latin Zone by Ginny Lindzey

Designed to be used with the Cambridge Latin Course at the middle school level, though can be used with high school as well; previews the Latin language, what will be learned over the course of the year, and tips for studying as the year progresses. The author, Ginny Lindzey, spends several days teaching pronunciation and classroom commands and such before using this presentation so students already have a taste of the language before beginning.


• Back to School by Ginny Lindzey

The message is simple and clear: Latin is extremely useful for vocabulary building (the most common recognizable benefit of studying Latin); includes quotes from a variety of university admissions counselors making it clear that not only is Latin accepted at universities, it is highly respected. Each slide is timed and all are in a loop so the message can be playing during back-to-school or other promotional events for Latin.

• Textbook adoption by Ginny Lindzey

* Textbook adoption evaluation form by Ginny Lindzey

• Powerpoints for selected Cambridge Latin Course stories by Keith Toda