While attending an Advanced Placement Summer Institute last summer, the one name referenced nearly as frequently as that of Vergil himself was that of Geoffrey Steadman. Steadman is well known for his invaluable website with its many resources for the works of a variety of Latin and Greek authors. For those of us who teach AP Latin, Steadman’s College Pliny and Vergil will serve as an invaluable resource for approaching the new syllabus which will be implemented for the upcoming 2025–2026 academic year. Steadman’s work follows the reading selections chosen by the College Board and lays out 70 lessons from Pliny’s Letters and Vergil’s Aeneid. Each lesson is made up of about 10–15 lines of the Latin text along with corresponding vocabulary – divided up into high-frequency words and low-frequency words – and useful grammatical notes according to the line numbers of the text.
When the implementation of the new curriculum was officially announced at the end of February by the College Board, AP Latin teachers were asked to submit a new course audit to the College Board, and at that time, all of the practical considerations of planning a new course according to the new syllabus became a reality for all of us. Steadman provides a wonderful and practical approach to embarking on this new curriculum in the upcoming academic year. Along with the book with the 70 lessons, there are also student translation sheets available in two different sizes and formats along with a PowerPoint of the 320 core vocabulary words. Steadman once again lives up to his reputation of providing high-quality, practical resources for Latin teachers to use in their classrooms.
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