Why Latin?

Did you miss the Bear Necessities video yesterday with Dr Pamela Bleisch? My LMS student asked me recently ‘Why Latin?’ and I (Wei) am pleased to know that I was able to come up with at least 3 of the reasons Dr Bleisch mentioned in the video!

Latin is a vibrant and exciting language to study, with many practical applications for the modern world! In this video, Dr. Pamela Bleisch walks us through our Top 5 Reasons for taking Latin: Hear all about these reasons to take Latin, or click through for our Key Takeaways at 2:20!

A Message from Our Latin Team

5 Reasons to Study Latin from SLO Classical Academy on Vimeo.

Curious how to support your student’s Latin learning at home? Check out the Latin at Home video in our Parent Portal under Subject Resources. Down Home also has a Latin Lingo series that we featured last year.

For more resources, here are some videos we have found useful here on Down Home:

Latin Tutorial is an excellent YouTube channel with tons of videos to help with Latin homework, as well as cultural and other educational videos just for your own edification and inspiration. Here’s one example:

Roman Numerals

Why Study Latin? – Maybe our SLOCA kids could answer this question already, but find out why it’s good for you:

How Did Latin Become a Dead Language? It’s actually not quite ”dead” – watch this:

Things it’s best to say in Latin – A collection of favorite sayings that sound better in Latin than in any other language, and why:

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