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/file/d/1H1VvY3ULZ-PHAhG6s3zDc5KcEAda8_UX/view?usp=sharing
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