Worksheet
Curated OER

The Word Root "Circ"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word root worksheet, students complete 5 sentences, filling in blanks with "circ" words from a word box, then complete a challenge activity, creating a similar activity with 3 additional words.
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Curated OER

Rich and Poor Dictation

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this rich and poor dictation worksheet, students listen to a text about terminology used to describle rich and poor in our world today.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Name That Place: Cultural Place Names in the United States

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the origin of the people that settled in the United States.  In this United States History lesson, students work in small groups to complete several activities that explore early settlement, such as a worksheet, a...
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Other

Brooklyn Expedition: Latin America

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site about Latin America from the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Explore ancient beliefs and rituals, celebrations, culture, the land, animals, and the history of Latin America.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Greek and Latin Roots Introduction

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
During this mini-unit, students will learn common Greek and Latin roots. Several supplementary resources are provided for students' study beyond the lessons.
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Other

Abney Website: The Latin Subjunctive Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource introduces the formation and use of the subjunctive in Latin. Useful supplement for any course. Stresses the sequence of tenses.
Handout
Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Essays on the Latin Authors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Middlebury College provides unique and useful essays on a variety of Latin authors in ancient Roman literature.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America

For Students 5th - 8th
See how the Roosevelt Corollary expanded on the Monroe Doctrine and allowed for intervention in Latin American affairs.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Supremacy of Rome in Latium

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of the Roman monarchy, Rome had incorporated many cities into the Latin League, a military alliance. This was the beginning of Roman expansion into all of Italy.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
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Other

Spanish Abroad, Inc.

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Spanish language study abroad programs throughout Latin America and Spain.
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Geography: People: Growing Coffee in Latin America

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes the history of coffee production, where it is grown, and efforts by Fair Trade to help coffee farmers make a decent income.
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Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Poetry and Reading Verse

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Middlebury College site is a helpful guide for reading Latin poetry. Discusses how to pronounce Latin words and letters.
Primary
PBS

Pbs News Hours: Q&a: Calderon Visits u.s. With Security, Immigration in Mind

For Students 9th - 10th
Shannon O'Neil, Latin American studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. answers questions posed by PBS about Mexico's President Felipe Calderon's visit to the United States. The Q & A covers a range of issues from...
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Problemas De Genero

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Indiana University provides a concise, but thorough, Spanish explanation of nouns that do not follow the normal rules for gender. Greek and latin influence is examined. Great review for advanced students or teachers...
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The Supremacy of Rome in Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Rome's strengths was the way it governed the peoples it conquered. Find out the difference between the Romans, the Latins, and the Italians in terms of rights of citizenship.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough review of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policies in these four lessons offered by EDSITEment. Learn the origins of "Wilsonianism," Wilson's views on relations with countries in Latin America, Wilson's decision to enter World War I,...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Cold War in Developing Countries

For Students 9th - 10th
In Europe, there was less violence in the half century following World War II then in almost any previous period of modern European history. Yet outside of Europe and North America, violent conflict became commonplace. In the decades...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Empire Building

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lengthy essay about American focus on foreign affairs after the Civil War, expanding particularly in the late 19th century. Read about U.S. exploits in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific...
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Other

Abney Website: Ap Vergil's Aeneid

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive teacher-created resource provides many resources for teaching the "Aeneid." Lots of help on vocabulary, scansion tests, and figures of speech. Activities for every book.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Conquest of Latium

For Students 9th - 10th
Rome strengthens her position on the Italian peninsula, defeating her neighbors, and establishing a method of incorporating and governing colonies which she will use in her future expansion.
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Reign of Augustus: Age of Augustus

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of William Morey's 1901 textbook discusses the culture of Rome under Augustus' reign.