Ninth graders meet Rome’s national epic — Vergil’s Aeneid — following the hero Aeneas from the fall of Troy across the sea to Italy, where his descendants will found Rome, and put the story in order.
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Rome’s greatest poem tells how a Trojan hero founded the Roman line. What is the story of Aenēās?
Project this and have students put the story of the Aeneid in order.
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Rome’s greatest poem tells how a Trojan hero founded the Roman line — the story?
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Aligned to the Standards for Classical Language Learning (ACL/ACTFL, Intermediate).
Explore Roman literature.
Explore cultural products (epic).
Connect epic to identity.
Presentational: retell an epic.
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Have students retell two events from the Aeneid in order (Troy → Italy). A printable Aeneid sheet is in the World Languages library.
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