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******AAAAAAA****************************** Reproductions Supplied by EDRS Are Thebest That Can Be Made from the Original Document DOCUMENT RESUME ED 337 375 SO 021 300 AUTHOR Lloyd, Charles, Ed. TITLE The Roman Family: A Bridge to Roman Culture,Values, nd Literature. A Curriculum Guide. SPONS AGENCY National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, D.C. PU3 DATE 90 NOTE 201p.; Created by participants in theNational Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute,"The Roman Family: A Bridge to Roman Culture, Values,and Literature," Huntington, WV, Summer 1989. AVAILABLE FROMTeaching Materials and Resources Center (American Classical League) Miami University, Oxford,OH 45056. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Use - Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Ancient History; Classical Literature; *Cultural Education; Curriculum Guides; *Family (Sociological Unit); High Schools; InterdisciplinaryApproach; *Latin Literature; Social Studies; Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS *Roman Civilization ABSTRACT This curriculum guide is designed to providehigh school teachers of English, social studies,and Latin with the necessary background and investigative methodsfor teaching Roman culture through Roman literature and teachingRoman literature in its cultural context. The family is usedas the focus of the guide because it is believed that an examination ofits organization and interactions proviOas access to Roman politics,behavior and values. The 16 teaching units thatare included in the guide are organized into three sections: introductory units,history and social studies (taught through literature), and literature(taught through culture). Each unit contains the following informationfor teachers: time line, rationale and setting, teaching objectives,classroom procedures and activities, classroom materials,resource materials for teachers, learning outcomes, and enrichment/extension.Numerous sample lesson plans are included within each teachingunit. Bibliographies containing materials on Roman family andculture and on teaching methods also are included. (DB) **********************************AAAAAAA****************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are thebest that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************** ,14)4.44v:41:',4 '-itc2)1q.:-:476.11C4,1* ;- '1J , ., , . !,:. :4444$;....and j.Jteiature pm:GUIDE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION . Office of EducatIonaI Rellearch and Improvement : 1 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) r0 lli document hallbeen reproduced as I )41.1received from the person or organization i orluinating It . f' Minor changes have been made to improve i reproduction duality , ;. Points of view or opinions slated in this docu- ; merit do not necessarily represent official ; OERI position or policy , raq :,- ,. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS .!:. MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ClipuLLEs Ltoyo TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." .., Created by participantsin the NEH Summer Institute, -The Roman Family:a Bridge to Roman Culture, Values, and Literature,Sum* 1984) Edited by CharlesLloyd, Departmait of elAssicalStudies, Marshall University,Huntington, West Virginia Funded by the NationalEndowment for theHumanities dt .-..t",'" ,<..; r'' The Roman Family: a Bridge to Roman Culture. Values. and Literature A CURRICULUM GUIDE created by participants in tie Nal Summer Institute, "The Roman Family. A Bridge to Roman Culture, Values, and Literature," Summer 1989 edited by Charles Lloyd Department of Classical Studies Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia Funded by the National Endowment for theHumanities ii in mernoriarn Josephine Stegrneir Lu Acknowledgements This volume could not have seen the light of day had it not been for the untiring assistance, helpful suggestions, and tactful urgings of some very talented professionals:Rebecca Burns (Associate Project Director for the NEH Grant),Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Charleston, West Virginia; Louise Price Hoy (co-author of the NEH Grant Proposal), Professor Ernerita, Department of Classical Studies, MarshallUniversity;and CarolinePerkins,AssistantProfessor, Department of Classical Studies, Marshall University.Gratitude is also owed to those individuals who provided considerable technical assistance in the preparation of the teaching units themselves and of this volume:Terri Chambers (graduate assistant), Nancy Larsen (graduate assistant), Kelli Mayes (Office Supervisor, Department of Classical Studies, Marshall University), and Erich Reser (graduate assistant).The greatest debt, however, is owed to those teachers, the NEH participants, who attended the four weekend pedagogical workshops in which this curriculum guide took form.Their names and addresses along with the units which they shared in creating appear next NEH Portactpants Who Crested This Guido iv Participants in NER Roman Family Grant Who Created This Guide The participants who created the teaching units in this guide are listed below alphabetically with their school addresses Lnd phonesThe numbers which appear in brackets after each name indicate the unit(s) which each participant helped create as the units are listed/numbered in the "Contents," page Ann Altizer [3, 9) Judith Gillian [5,12, 16) StJoseph Central High School Nitro High School 21st Street 600 Thirteenth Street Nitro, WV 25143 Huntington, WV 25701 304-755-4321 304-525-5096 Deborah Gladkosky [3,12, 163 Ede Ashworth [1, 10, 11] Chaprnanville Junior High School Brooke High School Box 309 RD 1, Box 610 Chapmanville, WV 25508 Wellsburg, WV 26070 304-885-9186 304-527-1410 Deborah Greene (2, 9, 11, 15) Susan Haber (5, 8,12, 10] Dupont High School St. Peter's Preparatory School 301 West 34th Street 144 Grand Street Belle, WV 25015 Jersey City, NJ 07302 304-348-1978 201-547-6400 Nancy Humphreys (4, 8) Kathy Bogardus (3, 14) Capital High School Paul G. Blazer High School 1500 Greenbrier Street Ashland, KY 41101 Charleston, WV 25311 606-324-7144 304-348-6668 Medeline Crowder [1) Brenda Kees [3,10, 13, 15) Richwood High School Dupont High School Richwood, WV 26261 1 Valley Avenue 304-846-2591 Richwood, WV 26261 304-846-2591 Robert A. Dick (5, 6) St. Albans High School Terry Knight (4, 13,L., 18) Kanawha Terrace & Hudson St. Richwood High School St. Albans, WV 25177 1 Valley Avenue 304-722-0212 Richwood, WV 26261 304-846-2591 Patricia Drummond [5, 13] Woodrow Wilson Junior High School Joyce Gail Lewis [116, 16] 701 Garvin Aventu Vinson High School Charleston, WV 25302 3851 Piedmont Road 304-348-6654: 304-348-to31 Huntington, WV 25704 304-429-1641 NEN Participants Who Created This Guide Shirley Lycan (5, 13, 17, 18) James Vathis [2, 7] St. Joseph Central High School Stephen Decatur High School 600 Thirteenth Street RD 3, Box 175 Huntington, WV 25701 Berlin, MD 21811 304-525-5096 301-641-2171 Lois Merritt [2, 6, 8] Portia Warner [4, 7, 14] Huntington High School Huintington East High School 8th St. & 9th Ave. 2850 Fifth Avenue Huntington, WV 25701 Huntington, WV 25702 304-528-5147 304-518-5134 Treena Osborne [3,13, 15, 17, 18] Michelle Webster [4, 12] Elkview Junior High School Woodrow Wilson Junior High School Elkview, WV 25071 Garvin & Washington West 304-348-1947 Charleston, WV 25302 304-348-6651 John Ramsay [3, 7] West Nottingham Academy Jean Whitworth [4, 9,12] Co lora, MD 21917-1590 Dupont High School 301-658-5556 301 West 34th Street Belle, WV 25015 Edith Schall C.] 304-348-1978 Athens Drive High School 1420 Athens Drive Terri Williams(3, 6, 9) Raleigh, NC 27606 Dupont Junior High School 919-851-8932 Belle, WV 25015 304-348-1977 Patricia Schrader (1, 11, 14, 16) Durngbar Junior High School Pamela Woods [3,13, 15, 17, 18] Myers & Ohio Avenue Elkview Junior High School Dumbar, WV 25064 Elkview, WV52071 304-766-0388 304-965-7091 Michael Sharpolisky [1, 11] Buckhannon High School Rt. 3 Buckhannon, WV 26201 304-427-3720 Harold Slate(4,10, 12) Sissonville Junior High School 8316 Old Mill Road Sissonville, WV 25320 304-348-1993 Josephine Stegrneir (Deceased) [2, 6, 14] Mildred Tomlinson [1,11, 9] St. Joseph Central High School 600 Thirteenth Street Hintington, WV 25701 304-525-5096 The Ronan Faaily: A Curriculua Guide CONTENTS Introduction latrodoctory Wats 1) Definition of the Roman Family in Its Social and Political Context 11 2) The Structure of the Roman Family 211 3) Growing Up in a Roman Family: Familial Relationships 4) Love and Marriage in Ancient Rome and Contemporary America 41 3) Roman Values: Friendship and the Family 5 1 Binarysad Social St Wks (tank thzoogli Wanton) 6)War and the Family: The Effects of the Punic liars on the Roman Family 36 7) War and the Family: Heroes, Hostages, and the Roman Family 62 8) The Ever-vanishing Illusion of the FasilyThe Past as Guide The Changing Family in the Time of Augustus and in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century 66 9)Family, Religion, and State in the Augustan Ers (an introduction to Ancient Roman Religion tor the Secondary School) 711 10) What Has History to Do with the Family? 82 Limonite (taught through culture) II )The Roman Family: Fact and Fiction 87 12) Roman Family Scenes (Plautus and Terence) 91 13) Plautus and Shakespeare: Family Humor Through the Ages 98 14)Vergil's Aeneit Rosins Defined by the Family 104 15) From Greek to Roman: Transformation of Family in Vergil's Assent 1OS 16) Trimalchioa Man Without a Family 1211 Loom= Moo _mob 17) Bibliography on Roman Family and Culture 123 18) Bibliography on Teaching Methods (nith article reprints) 134 Appendix: Kanawha County Schools Humanities Approach Curriculum (excerpts) 160 r Listreimetsffles 1 Introduction _BACKGROUND AND APPROACR
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