Challenges for Elementary School Students (CHESS)

Iowa City Session 2 - July 21-August 1, 2008

All Roads Lead to Rome! - 1 pm-4 pm

Explore the Culture, Language and History of the Ancient Romans in this interactive course…

sure to amaze, inform, and entertain. Students will investigate ancient myths through drama, reconstruct Roman artifacts in projects, sample Roman delicacies during a banquet, and converse in classical Latin while singing songs and playing games. Sign up and explore the ancient world!

Instructor

Martin Andrews received a B.A. in History and Latin from The Ohio State University and went on to earn a M.Ed. in Social Studies from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He has taught at the elementary, high school and college level for the last ten years, during which he has enjoyed teaching a diversity of subjects including Latin, History, Theatre, and Rhetoric, which he currently teaches at the University of Iowa while pursing an MFA in Theatre.