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All Latin figures of speech you need to know: an overview
Do you have to know Latin figures of speech at school? Figures of speech are often used in texts, even in Latin. Whether you read Cicero, Catullus or Virgil in your lessons, Latin figures of speech appear frequently in all these works. Just pay …
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Medieval Writing: Workshop
Would you like to have fun with your students with a quill pen, dip pen and medieval ink? To be able to extensively feel and smell parchment, papyrus, wax seals and rag paper?
Try out different types of writing utensils, feel old papers and make your …
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Bring the Roman Emperors to life
Article about the opportunities to connect contemporary technology with the past. How can we make young people aware of both the opportunities and risks of such technologies? In this teaching material you put yourself in the shoes of figures such …
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Day of Ancient Greek
The new third grade Ancient Greek curricula mention an introduction to later Ancient Greek, at least the medieval (read: Byzantine) period and a later period. What does this mean for our teaching practice? Where can teachers who are not always …
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Greek and Minecraft: Acropolis Adventure
How do you bring educational technology into the classical languages? Last academic year, my students and I designed teaching materials that did just this! We developed two levels in which students could explore ancient Rome and learn more about …
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Bring Greek myths to life with AI!
In this article you will read about a teaching approach that introduces students to three myths: the myth about Scylla and Charybdis and two about King Midas, with his donkey ears or his trademark golden touch . They discover the characters and are …
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Willem van Moerbeke. Medieval Connoisseur of Ancient Wisdom - Pegasus novus 3
Article about Willem van Moerbeke, translator of ancient Greek philosophical and scientific texts. He had transferred Archimedes, Galenus, Proclus and especially Aristotle to Latin, the academic language of the then scholars in Western Europe. …
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Philosophy of life and migration: Workshop
Migration is a burning topical theme that you cannot ignore during the philosophy of life lessons.
In this workshop we will investigate the link between philosophy of life and migration together with the students. We listen to stories from people …Translated by
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Bring the Chimera and AI into your classroom!
Article about a teaching project introducing the Greek hero Bellerophon, his flying horse Pegasus and the terrible Chimaera. Greek myths are thus combined with artistic training and artificial intelligence to bring the fantasy three-headed monster …
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The Wonderful Walk with audio guide through Ghent
The Wonderful Walk introduces your 9 to 14-year-old students to Ghent while exploring. You will complete STEM assignments at seven stops. How do you measure the height of the statue of Jacob Van Artevelde with its shadow? Learn about colors in the …
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Artificial Intelligence and Ancient Greek: Project Description
Article about a project developed to bridge the gap between classical languages and modern computer techniques and programming languages, providing an introduction to the world of artificial intelligence and its possibilities, but also its …
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Bring Tacitus to life with AI
Article about a project on AI technology, a collaboration between Ghent University and Sint-Lievenscollege, where a bridge was built between two apparent opposites: classical languages and programming languages. In this project, you can use your …
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