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Using Goethe's travel writings as inspiration, Lafayette College's Markus Dubischar lays out the outline of, readings for, and reflections on teaching "Journey to Rome", a course abroad that offers high-impact learning to students of many disciplines. Classical Outlook, 100.3.
The call for proposals for the 2026 ACL Institute is posted on the website: aclclassics.org/ACL-Institute/…
A reminder of the registration deadline for the NJCL Online Tests - Exam Registration September 1 - October 25 Exam Admin: November 1 - December 10 National Classical Etymology Exam class.lingco.io/goto/ncee_2026 National Roman Civilization Exam class.lingco.io/goto/nrce_2026
📣 REMINDER: Teaching Classical Studies Across Curricula — a Zoom roundtable by The Classical Outlook, ACL, & SCS 🏛️ 📅 Wed, Oct 22, 2025 | 🕢 7:30 PM ET All welcome! Register 👉 upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regist… K–12 & college educators share cross-disciplinary classics teaching ideas!
ACL is proud to offer a new publication. A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies brings together fifty creative writers whose brilliant poetry and prose engage with the ancient Mediterranean world and its reception. Edited by Rachel Hadas and Phil Walsh. ow.ly/2OSg50X4XHl
ACL is proud to offer a new publication. A Folded History: Poems and Mythologies brings together fifty creative writers whose brilliant poetry and prose engage with the ancient Mediterranean world. Edited by Rachel Hadas and Phil Walsh. ow.ly/256r50X4WBH
Teaching Classical Studies Across Curricula A Zoom roundtable organized by The Classical Outlook with the American Classical League and the Society for Classical Studies Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 7:30pm EST All are welcome! Register for Zoom session: upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
ACL elections is seeking nominations for the following positions: President; Vice President of Membership and Engagement; Treasurer; Secretary; Members-at-large - 2 positions. Nominations: bit.ly/ACLelection2025 Deadline: Sept. 15. Contact [email protected]
Secondary teachers, impact a future research study. Suzanne Walker, a doctoral candidate at St. Joseph’s University, is investigating what influences a Latin teacher’s pedagogy, particularly in light of SLA research and with using communicative approaches in the classroom.
Peruse reviews in CO 100.2 on an exhaustive biography of Edith Hamilton, a thoughtful analysis of a new active Latin textbook with, a brief description of Mary Beard's new book on the emperors, and a review of Edith Hall's deeply personal memoir on suicide and reading tragedy.
Poetry in CO 100.2 contains an excerpt from "Odyssey’s End: A Verse Play" by W. Considine, two parts of a manuscript containing 98 poems about sites in Pompeii by J. Menaghan, two original poems by poets E. Hilbert and J. Tripoulas, and complementary illustrations by L. Trawick.
Ric Rader's essay on the difficulties and joys of teaching "An Honors-Level Course in Ancient Greek at an Independent School" features in CO 100.2, sharing successes and challenges of changing "priorities [to] shift away from grammar acquisition."
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The American Classical League is pleased to announce the selection of its next Executive Director. Read the announcement on the ACL website. ow.ly/bbb450Wrflm
CO's "The Clearing House" shares key info on Callida Iunctura (C. Childers' newsletter on ancient poetry), resources from Arcade Schoolhouse (a subscribable site of tools to help Latin teachers), and updates about the outdated but much-loved AMSCO review texts in Latin.
In The Classical Outlook 100.2, "Strategies of a Successful Elementary Latin Program at a Large State University," Christine Albright shares the victories and challenges in flipping and hybridizing classes to increase enrollment and retention in her university's program.
Interested in bringing your Latin students to material culture, or vice versa? AnnMarie Patterson's "Hands-On Latin: Museums, Manuscripts, and In-Class Material Culture for First-Year Latin Students" in The Classical Outlook 100.2 shares how to make these experiences happen.
John Ryan's essay "A Morphophonological Approach to Teaching Latin" (published in CO 100.2) provides an alternative method of teaching morphology deductively, focused on increasing precision, grammatical literacy, and close reading.
Metacognition, schemata, dual encoding, and more in Classical Outlook 100.2! Read about second language acquisition and retention research in Andrea Stehle's essay "How the Adolescent Brain Works and What Latin TeachersCan Do To Facilitate Learning."
To commemorate The Classical Outlook's 100th volume, each issue features short pieces from editorial board members. In issue 100.2, read "Classical Outlooks, the CAPN Archive, and Histories of Women in the Study and Teaching of Greek and Roman Classics" by Catherine Connors.
Issue 100.2 of the Classical Outlook has been published. Members have been sent their copy electronically or a paper copy. If you selected and electronic copy, be sure to check your spam folder!
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