World Languages

Encyclopedias

Britannica: Spanish Edition: Escolar

Encyclopedia for native speakers and students learning Spanish

Helpful Links

WordReference.com Online German, Spanish, French and Italian Dictionaries

A dictionary publisher provides dictionaries from several of the world's languages. Translates both directions.

International Children’s Digital Library Children's books from all over the world in many languages.


Authentic Listening and Viewing Resources

Spanish Links

News in Slow Spanish

ABC News (in Spanish) ABC.es: ABC - Tu diario en español

El Nuevo día: www.endi.com

http://www.radioformula.com

http://www.univision.com

https://www.unicef.org/spanish/videoaudio/video_radio.html

http://audio.urcm.net / Spanish Audio Gazette

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/programmes/programmes_2/?focuswin -- BBC programs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/programmes/estudio_834/ --BBC Estudio 834

www.tve.es Live and archived television from Spain.

www.euronews.net Video and text cover world news from a European perspective

Radio Broadcast options from throughout the Spanish-speaking world:

http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/live.htm Broadcasts from Mexico:

www.tve.es Live and archived radio from Spain on six different stations.

www.cadenaser.com Live and archived radio from Spain.

http://www.un.org/radio/es / Radio Naciones Unidas

http://www.ecos-online.de/audio / ECOS online es la pagina web de la revista ECOS de España.

Spanish Picture Dictionary

a free e-card Boston Public Library - sign up for a BPL eCard.

to access magazines like Tú.

Other Spanish language magazines are found here

These magazines are accessed through the Boston Public Library's RBdigital Magazines collection and students will need to also sign up for an account with RBdigital. Once they are all set up students can read in their browsers or on another device.

BPL - Electronic Resources


French Links

News in Slow French

Pictorial Vocabulary Guide - French


BPL - eCard Registration to get Mango Languages through the Boston Public Library

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Latin Links

I. Classics Organizations

~ Classical Association of New England (CANE)

~ Classical Association of Massachusetts (CAM)

II. Latin Language and Pedagogy

A. General

~ latinteach. The hub for all latin teaching. Centered around the latinteach

​ listserv, an electronic forum for Latin teachers to present resources, problems,

solutions, etc.

~ Tom McCarthy's Resource Sharing Site. Ready-to-use classroom activities,

games, and powerpoint presentations. Great for browsing and getting new ideas.

~ Latin Teaching Resources at St. Louis University. links for teachers.

~ Ecce Romani Discussion Group.

~ Ecce Romani Resources. Put together by Gil Lawall, professor emeritus of

UMass Amherst, who was instrumental in launching the Ecce series.

~ Pallas Athene. A school Latin department's home page with Ecce Romani

1 links & specific course links from Latin to AP.

B. Rhetoric, Figures, and Style

~ American Rhetoric. A site from the the University of Texas at Tyler.

Although the site does not necessarily cover all of the figures covered by

the AP syllabus (or commonly covered in class) there are a lot of audio

files of speeches, both political and from movies.

~ Rhetoricae Silva. A site out of BYU.

A comprehensive site of figures, variations, and examples. Possibly too much / overwhelming, but also probably the best reference source on the web.

C. Vocabulary

~ Modern English to Latin Dictionary. Not the most conveniently organized site,

i.e. everything is listed in order with no links (and apparently limited alphabetizing)

Using the browser search function should allow easier navigation to specific terms.

~ Comenius' Orbis sensualium pictus. vocabulary exercise. Comenius presents

text as a dialog between teacher and student, Each chapter is

oriented around a specific topic (water, construction, the book, etc.)

with a Latin explanation of the nuances of meaning of all terms, and a

keyed image to illustrate the difference.

D. Oral / Spoken Latin

~ Nuntii Latini. The news in Latin from Finland: a weekly reading

(audio available) of a fifteen minute overview of the week's news in Latin.

~ Ephemeris. An on-line Latin newspaper.

E. Miscellaneous

~ Wikipedia in Latin.

III. Literature

A. Authors

1. Vergil

a. General

~ Virgil.org. A comprehensive, attractive, and informative site

about V. Includes a listserv for all things Vergilian.

~ The Vergil Home Page. A site out of UPenn that includes

good images and other resources, including links and text with commentary.

b. Aeneid

~ The Virgil Link Project. A good site for AP teachers and

students. Includes full Aeneid text, with links to both images / definitions

and past AP questions.

~ Phoenicia.org. The Dido section of this site about the Phoenicians.

~ the Vindolanda Tablets. A good introduction to this window into

Roman daily life. Images and transcriptions of the tablets.

B. Manuscripts

IV. History


~ BBC's Ancient Roman History Link. A good collection of links and resources,

V. Art and Archaeology Resources

B. Rome the empire

1. Maps

~ Tacitean Maps. Simple line drawing maps from a Tacitus site.

~ Maps for Students. A nice collection of maps from textbooks

and other resources. Rome and other ancient civilizations included.

2. Military

3. Pompeii

~ Chicago's Field Museum Pompeii Exhibit. A good overview of the city

and the eruption, with info on not just Pompeii and Herculaneum.

C. Rome the city

1. Maps

~ Maps of the Roman Empire. A meta-list of different maps.

~ City - plan of Rome. A zoomable and label-able map of Rome's

ancient center (forum, imperial fora, and Coliseum).

~ the 1748 Nolli map of Rome. An interactive site out of U of Oregon

(requires Flash)

~ UT Austin Maps. Scroll to the 'R' section for a variety of maps on Rome

2. Specific Places in Rome

~ The Forum. A Forum Romanum site

3. Miscellaneous

~ Virtual Roma. The self-titled 'first web-site dedicated to the

city's less famous sites, monuments, legends, and cultural aspects.

D. Miscellaneous / General

~ The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. If you do the seven wonders,

a cool website with downloadable, cut-outable models of the seven wonders

E. Other Ancient Peoples

~ Phoenicia.org. 'The largest web compilation & repository of studies

about the origin, history, geography, religion, arts, crafts, trade,

industry, mythology, language, literature, music, wars, archeology and

culture of the Canaanite Phoenicians.' [from the website]

VI. Daily Life / Realia

~ Roman Numeral and Date Conversion. Site that accepts Gregorian dates

and converts them to Roman dates (and to Julian, and vice versa, etc.).

~ Roman Board Games. A summary of various board games that

Romans played. An interesting place to browse and show your students.

~ the Vindolanda Tablets. A good introduction to this window into

Roman daily life. Images and transcriptions of the tablets.

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