AP® Latin
Syllabus
Course Essential Questions:
- How does Latin vocabulary shape meaning and reflect Roman thought, culture, and society?
- How do we accurately interpret and translate Latin texts while preserving their nuance, tone, and rhetorical intent?
- How do Latin grammatical structures, such as word order, case usage, and verb forms, contribute to meaning and literary artistry?
- How do the themes of leadership, fate, love, war, and the supernatural in Latin literature reflect Roman values and historical realities?
Course Learning Objectives:
- Read and summarize Latin poetry and prose.
- Translate and interpret Latin passages while maintaining grammatical correctness, literary style, and intended meaning.
- Analyze Latin grammar and syntax to explain how authors structure meaning through case usage, verb tenses, and rhetorical devices.
- Interpret literary and rhetorical techniques to evaluate how Latin authors convey themes and emotions.
- Compare Roman cultural values in Latin texts with modern perspectives, identifying how ancient authors depicted power, duty, and human experiences.
- Construct arguments using textual evidence to support analytical and interpretive claims.
Unit 1: Laying the Foundation in Latin (Weeks 1-5)
Week 1: Introduction to AP Latin
Week 2: Ancient Cliffs Notes
Week 3: Legends, Lies, and Livy
Week 4: Gesta la Vista, Baby
Week 5: Seneca, Seriously
Unit 2: Disaster, Exile, and Empire (Weeks 6-10)
Week 6: Pliny's Getaway Gone Ashtray
Week 7: Hot Mess Pompeii 79CE
Week 8: Pliny for your Thoughts
Week 9: Cicero's Sorrow
Week 10: Carved in Stone
Unit 3: Letters, Ghosts, and Aquaeducts: The Empire Writes Back (Weeks 11-14)
Week 11: Haunted Houses, Roman Edition
Week 12: Private Morality, Public Authority
Week 13: License to Quill
Week 14: AP Course Project: Prose I
Week 15: AP Course Project: Prose II
Unit 4: Fate Vs Free Will (Weeks 16-21)
Week 16: Aeneas All Pain, No Gain
Week 17: Aeneas and Dido Meet Cute
Week 18: Horsing Around
Week 19: Fight or Flight
Week 20: Sulpicia Speaks
Week 21: AP Course Project: Poetry I
Week 22: AP Course Project: Poetry II
Unit 5: Fate, Flames, and Final Fights (Weeks 23-28)
Week 23: Dido Done Dirty
Week 24: Haunted by the Past
Week 25: Fury Road
Week 26: Turnus for the Worse
Week 27: Catullus, the Break up Tapes
Week 28: Hot Wings
Unit 6: AP Exam Practice, Review and Reflections (Weeks 29-33)
Week 29: AP Course Project: Portfolio
Week 30: AP Practice Exam
Week 31: AP Practice Exam Review and Reflection
Week 32: Final AP Exam Preparation
Week 33: Final Thoughts and Goodbyes