ACL9LL8E01 – Year 7 Languages: Accessing and responding to Latin texts

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

• 1 using a map of the ancient world to locate the Roman Empire and places where Latin was spoken in antiquity and recognising the connection between the spread of Roman culture and the spread and evolution of the Latin language
• 2 reading Latin texts and examining artefacts to learn about Roman daily life, for example, the family, daily routines, food, occupations, schooling, public entertainment and ceremonies, politics and leisure pursuits
• 3 examining artefacts, images, inscriptions and writings to learn about important aspects of a Roman town, for example, the forum, temples, theatres, shops and roads, and what these can reveal about daily life
• 4 exploring the importance of storytelling in capturing language, heritage and history, and recognising that stories connect societies across time and place
• 5 reading a range of sources to research the purpose and function of the forum during elections and in the campaigning and voting process for candidates, for example, Pompeii
• 6 comparing details from different sources such as historical records, speeches and inscriptions, about Roman social structure such as citizenship and slavery, and discussing what they reveal about varying attitudes in the Roman period
• 7 reading historical accounts and interpreting the information about significant events in Roman history, for example, Pliny’s eyewitness account of the eruption of Vesuvius
• 8

  gathering information from texts about Roman religious beliefs and practices, for example, the Olympian deities, Lares et Penates, special festivals such as the Liberalia, Saturnalia and the Vestalia

• 9 listening to and/or reading Roman myths and legends in English and discussing what these stories reveal about Roman attitudes and values
• 10 reading English translations or modified Latin texts of the works of authors of the ancient world, such as Virgil, Homer, Horace and Ovid, for example, stories or plays based on the Trojan War, mythology and epic heroes
• 11 identifying influences from Latin literature on popular culture and music, for example, Harry Potter, Romeo and Juliet, superheroes such as Superman and Hercules, Bastille’s Pompeii, musical instruments such as horns, pipes and the lyre
• 12

  discussing the meaning of simple Latin mottos used by modern institutions, such as school mottos or the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius

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