Third Grade Students at Kipps Elementary School Visit
the campus of Virginia Tech on each spring to learn more about their Greece
and Rome SOLs (Standards of Learning requirements) through hands-on activities.
Each class works through 4 different stations. They learn about Classical
art, languages, mythology, and architecture. Each student receives
special gifts and a book prize at the end of the day.
| With the help of VT students in 1999, the Kipps students filled out worksheets based on a 'museum' created for the day. |  |
| They learned about the Greek and Latin languages from Professor Andrew Becker by putting their own names into Greek and Latin. They also learned several Latin phrases, thanks to inscribed pencils given to each student. |  |
| They also reviewed myths they had studied in their own classes, |  |
| and then created their own myths based on a prop given to each group of 4-5 students. The group then had to create their story based on a box, |  |
| or a few Greek coins, | |
| or a ball. |  |
| Students also took a scavenger hunt around the campus, locating Classical architectural elements on Tech buildings. |  |
Lunch was less than Classical, in the Squires Commonwealth
Ballroom or out at the fountain near Alumni Hall, 
,
but fun nonetheless.
The day is organized by Trudy
Harrington Becker and led by faculty and students of the Classics
Program at Tech and the 3rd grade faculty of Kipps. It is supported
by funding from the Virginia Tech Programs
in the Humanities as well as a grant from the Committee
for the Promotion of Latin of CAMWS.
For more information on Classics Day at Tech, contact
Trudy Harrington Becker at thbecker@vt.edu
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