saturnalia

Saturnalia links.

Learn about the pre-Christian Roman holiday which inspired much of our holiday season traditions. Now is the time to brainstorm activities, celebrations, decorations, games that we could do in our classroom this week.

13 page Pdf  extensive handout. Lots of info, activities, and songs in Latin!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5wqqrPwoT6jTVhCaW5DRnN2Rk0

A Saturnalia “advent” calendar, with a surprise on each day

http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/Sat_cal.html

University of Chicago’s page gives more detailed information:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/calendar/saturnalia.html

A helpful HOW TO page for celebrating Saturnalia
http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Saturnalia

Latin phrases for Saturnalia holiday cards
https://web.archive.org/web/20160218202737/http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/holidays/xmas/xmasopt.htm

Here’s a blog post about celebrating  Saturnalia
https://followinghadrian.com/2017/12/17/io-saturnalia-2/?fbclid=IwAR3hUeWBR-twsSS8VZTABRXX40umi9nGKFd9Rw4eVy3aOT7V5yAPnvyBNVY

And of course, let’s not forget Magister Craft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAMx51zl44