These two self-contained units of study will help community college students learn about the history of Latin America. Each unit contains notes to the teachers and student readings. Students are expected to read and discuss the reading selections. In the first unit students are engaged in a comparative historical study of slavery in Brazil and in…

This essay presents background information and suggests teaching stragegies to aid community and junior college classroom teachers of history and civilization as they develop and implement educational programs on Latin American music. It is based on the premise that Latin American music can best be understood as a reflection of other historical…

Recent decree laws in Chile, if implemented, will eliminate all professional "colegios" (governing bodies), including those for medicine, law, and journalism, and allow them the alternative of forming free trade unions. The twenty "colegios" of Chile require university education for membership and serve as monitors of the…

DOES LATIN HAVE A PLACE IN LARGE-CITY SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVING A HIGH PROPORTION OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. EXPERIMENTAL TEACHING OF NEGRO DISADVANTAGED PUPILS FINDS THE ANSWER TO BE YES, AND GIVES RISE TO PROPOSALS FOR STARTING AND IMPROVING SUCH COURSES. THE FIRST AIRLIE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON TEACHING THE CLASSICS PROVIDED PRINCIPLES FOR…

These tests are designed to measure the achievement of each pupil at the approximate midpoint of each unit in "Artes Latinae," Level 1, Book 1. They were produced in response to the need expressed by many teachers to provide a means of more frequent evaluation of pupil progress. Tests for 13 units are provided. They supplement the unit tests…

Due to the educational reforms in Swedish schools following the Second World War, Latin became an elective course at the secondary level. Although it was agreed that a disproportionate amount of time was being spent on Latin, it was felt that a knowledge of Latin principles of word formation could still be useful. This paper describes a course…

The first part of this project report, Appendix 1, is the curriculum outline which has been used for the author's course in Economic Development in Latin America. It takes a preponderantly problem-oriented and sectional approach. The main units, following an introductory survey of the Latin American region and its people and institutions, are:…

An experiment is suggested in which scansion, particularly of hexameters and elegiacs, may be taught orally and without use of visual symbols through the rhythmic patterns characteristic of the writings of the ancient poets. The author argues that a reading of the Latin hexameters by "cola" will introduce an element of rhythmic stress in addition…

Listed in this pamphlet are 22 place and personal names of Slavic origin which appear in Greek and Roman documents. Following a brief introduction in which the criteria for selection of these names is given, a section discusses the inconsistent systems of transliteration employed by classical authors. Then, the actual annotated listing of names…

This gamebook is intended to assist the elementary school Latin teacher in introducing the reading and writing of English derivatives and cognates after these have been mastered audiolingually in the Latin course "How the Romans Lived and Spoke (Romani Viventes et Dicentes): A Humanistic Approach to Latin for Children in the Fifth Grade." (For the…

The aim of the Quinmester course "Greek and Roman Mythology" is to help students understand mythological references in literature, art, music, science and technology. The subject matter includes: creation myths; myths of gods and heroes; mythological allusions in astrology, astronomy, literature, science, business, puzzles, and everyday…

Reports and papers from the Washington Association of Foreigh Language Teachers' conference held in Spokane, Washington are compiled in this study. Documents include: (1) "What Price Survival?" (2) "The Application of Linguistics to F. L. Learning," (3) "Bellevue Plans Pilot Project," (4) "Juanita High School German Exchange," (5) "Foreign…

This document is a course outline for a 16 week community college course on the Mexican Revolution of 1910, designed to trace the historical development of events leading to the Mexican Revolution, examine the armed struggle of the Revolution, and explore the aftermath of that struggle. Cognitive and affective objectives are included in the…

This document is a course outline for an introductory community college course designed to progressively increase the student's ability to understand, speak, read, and write Spanish. Additionally, the course is intended to give the student a gradually expanding and deepening knowledge of Mexico, its culture, geography, history, social…

This document is an outline for a three-week unit of study focusing on religious syncretism in Mexico as part of a community college course in comparative religions or philosophy of religion. While this outline is intended to give information and direction to the instructor wishing to use Mexico as an example of religious syncretism, unit goals…