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Bellwork: Monday, August 19 th

Discover how the Roman Empire's official language, Latin, evolved into five Romance languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian. Through engaging activities, explore the legacy of Latin and its influence on modern languages. Learn how languages developed as a result of the fall of the Roman Empire and the shift in communication dynamics. Uncover the historical significance of Latin as the foundational language for European languages, including English's connection to French. Gain insights into the linguistic transformation from Latin to diverse Romance languages post-Roman era. This educational journey illuminates the enduring impact of Latin on global language evolution.

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Bellwork: Monday, August 19 th

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  1. Bellwork: Monday, August 19th Review: • This is the territory of the Roman Empire. The Romans controlled territory on how many continents? • Name the continents that you see. Preview: 3. What do these words have in common? - pedal, pedestrian, pedicure 4. What do these words have in common? - audible, audio, audience View the short intro into the Roman Empire. Many of these short scenes may remind you of your studies from last year.

  2. Attach to page 6 in Comp Book. (After Why do we study History?) With your pencil, shade the areas that have diagonal lines through them on your map. This is the territory of the Roman Empire.

  3. The Roman Empire’s official language was Latin

  4. The Latin language is no longer a spoken language, but it is the foundational language of five very common languages – Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian French Romanian Italian Portuguese Spanish After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Latin language died out over time and became 5 languages

  5. How did one language “die out” and become 5 languages? Our class demonstration will show how: • Stand up and read the following paragraph together. Try to memorize it! You’ll try and repeat it to each other in a little bit. 1. “Latin was the official language of the Romans. All throughout the empire, people understood and spoke Latin.” 2. “However, when the Western Roman Empire was conquered, Western Europe was no longer ruled by one single government.” 3. “Different languages evolved in different regions. The languages are similar, but different.”

  6. Class Demonstration • Now, separate yourselves into 5 different circles. In your group, try to recall what you read from the screen earlier. Write it on the white board. Place your white board at the front when your group finishes. Closest group to the original gets tickets! • (Notice, you are not all reading from the same script anymore. You must rely on memory and each other. Do not communicate with another group.) This activity has a point…..you will see in a moment. • Read each group’s statements.…. • Did you see similarities in what each group said? • But no group said exactly the same thing. Why? Because we were not communicating as one group anymore.

  7. THE POINT • Latin was the unifying language in the Roman Empire. When the empire lost control, Europeans were not unified anymore (when the words on the screen were taken down). • Therefore, they communicated with each other in smaller regions (like your circles) and five different (but similar) languages developed. • Also, when the Roman empire fell, people lost all government organization and protection (the Roman Army was no longer stationed nearby to keep law and order.) • People’s focus shifted to basic survival. Interest in education declined since people had to devote their time to farming and protection. • Fewer and fewer people learned to read. As a result, the Latin language declined and 5 different (but similar) languages developed.

  8. The Roman language of Latin died out after the Roman empire fell. Five other major languages developed from the Latin language.

  9. Latin Language became 5 languages French Romanian Italian Portuguese Spanish

  10. The Roman language of Latin died out after the Roman empire fell. Five other major languages developed from the Latin language.

  11. Comp Book page 7 • Title - “The Impact of the Latin language” • The language of the Roman Empire was Latin. • After the Roman Empire fell, the use of Latin eventually died out. • 5 different languages developed from Latin. • Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian • These languages are known as the Romance Languages (because they came from ROME’S language of Latin) • (below, draw the illustration below) Romanian Spanish Portuguese French Italian Latin language (dead language)

  12. Latin is the foundational language for most European languages!! Romanian language French language Portuguese language Italian language Spanish language Latin language foundation This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

  13. Latin Language became 5 languages French Romanian Italian Portuguese Spanish How did Latin influence OUR language? Our English language was influenced by French after 1066!

  14. Conclusion Which of these statements is true? • Latin is the language of business in Rome today. • Latin influenced many languages around the world. • Italy speaks Latin today. • English and Latin are the same language.

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