Our summative project for the year is making a movie.
No, seriously.
Putting together all the various grammatical bits with the cultural theme of Teutoburg, the students are putting together a short play, about 10-15 minutes long ideally, portraying the final evening before the Roman legions of Magna Germania, under provincial governor Varus, took a shortcut back over the Rhine as suggested by the German tribal chieftan Arminius, only for it to end with the combined forces of all the local tribes decimating all 3 legions. This is also known as, "The reason German isn't a Latinate language."
The scene in question is basically Arminius and his entourage convincing Varus and his Generals to take his advice, despite the fact that some other tribal bigwigs, like Arminius' rival Segestes, were practically yelling in Varus' ear that the whole thing was an obvious trap.
We spent yesterday developing an outline of the script and dividing up the various roles. So far, it looks like it'll be fun, if not particularly historically accurate (I had to help translate, "Come at me bro!"). Next week will be spent finishing up the script and practicing so that we can record the play on 10 May.
The homework is to finish translating any lines originally written in English. Also, if your kids could bring either white sheets (for togas) or fuzzy towels/bathrobes (for bear-skin robes) the next two weeks to serve as costumes, that'd be much appreciated.
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