Building an AP Latin Program (5 posts)

Topic tags: Aeneid, AP Latin, Caesar, Gallic Wars, Vergil
  • Profile picture of jricard jricard said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Does anyone have any suggestions about building up their AP Latin program? We are entering our first year with AP Latin and the format, as we all know, has changed to mix up both Vergil’s Aeneid and Caesar’s Gallic Wars. I guess a great place to start is what texts do you consider, how do you structure your classes, etc.

    The AP’s course website for AP Latin has some pretty good tools. I was able to meet Keely Lake at the AP conference in Orlando and she put together one of the sample syllabi there. Check them out:

    http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/2260.html

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  • Profile picture of jricard jricard said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    If you want to know more about the example syllabi, I see that @klake is now on Amicitia – so hit her up and ask her about her syllabus! I know I will!

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  • Profile picture of jricard jricard said 10 months ago:

    I think the main thing is to find reliable texts to start with. Beyond the obvious, of course, you need to make sure your students read both Vergil and Caesar’s selected texts. There are tons of resources online so students can get access to these texts for free. (I’ll come back to that sometime)

    Let’s assume you have money to start a program though. I would like everyone’s opinion on which texts to use. I think I am going with Han Friedrich Mueller’s Caesar Selections (he also happens to be a former professor of mine!) and Barbara Weiden Boyd’s Vergil Selections. On what I have been able to gather, they seem like pretty good texts to use with my students. See a description here:

    http://www.bolchazy.com/2012apsitehtml/index.html

    Thoughts?

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  • Profile picture of jricard jricard said 10 months ago:

    I also like the A Caesar Workbook (http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=7532) and the A Vergil Workbook (http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=latin&id=7745) as supplements. I haven’t see these workbooks yet, but they sound like they are solid additions.

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  • Profile picture of jricard jricard said 9 months, 2 weeks ago:

    I am going to use those four resources, but I am still waiting for them to arrive.

    In the meantime, I directed my students towards Perseus in order to get used to the tools there. I also need to require them to get their hands on a Latin/English dictionary, but there are free ones available online.

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