The cultural topics that meet students standard based Latin level include Greco-Roman cultural themes such as 
 The Labors of Hercules
 The story of Odysseus
 Daedalus and Icarus
 Actaeon and Artemis
 The Story of Persephone
 Iphigenia
Once mastery of reading Latin at 70% or above has been achieved, students will continue to make progress in Latin learning objectives with standard based introductory Latin texts in the form of graphic novel style intuitive readings and other novellas and other Latin learning resources designed for the young Latin student.  

The more important grammar and syntax patterns encountered through the course may include and go beyond:
Part 1
Simple sentences with "est" and "non est"
Hello and professions of the ancient world.
Ex "salve, carnifex!"
Part 2
Main verb at the end of the sentence:
 Marcus in via ambulat.  
Sentences including a negative:
Silvia non est in palaestra.  
Part 3
Sentences including adjectives:
filius non est fessus.  
Further use of main verb at the end of the sentence:
Marcus ad frigidarium currit.  
apodyterium (changing room), frigidarium (cold room), tepidarium (warm room), caldarium (hot room), labrum (basin), palaestra
Part 4
Sentences with nominative, accusative and verb:   
Caper quoque hortum intrat.  
Part 5
Longer sentences (including two verbs)
Caper mercatorem videt, et salutat.  
Part 6
Longer sentences (including two verbs and/or adjectives
Balbus, parvus, cum magno servo in theatro stat.

STORIES Aims and content
Each chapter has one core story which introduces a new language feature, sentence patterns and
vocabulary, building progressively on the language met in the previous chapters. The core story is set in the
location that the chapter focuses on, and so is used not just to advance children’s language, but also to
broaden their cultural understanding. For each chapter there is at least one additional consolidation story,
which uses the same vocabulary and does not introduce any new language, and one extension story, in
which new vocabulary and sentence patterns may be met.

Setting - 
The town of Herculaneum and its burial in the eruption of Vesuvius. The main street.
Archaeological Mystery objects: 
a loaf of bread
a stylus
a strigil
papyrus scroll

Interactive image per section - 
I. The main street
1. The people in the town: a range of characters greet one another in locations in Herculaneum.
2. salve! Dama, the owner of the taberna, is visited by a range of characters.
3. The cat and the fish: A fish is stolen from the fishmonger
II- Going to School
4.  Marcus and Silvia go to school and meet an unexpected character.
5. The cat wanders: Ulysses the cat wanders through the town, discovering characters in various places.
6. Where is Silvia? Silvia cannot be found - her mother Cara looks for her around the town
III.
7. Dama and Marcus go to the baths: Dama and his son get competitive at the baths.
8. The wrong toga: In the changing room, not everyone gets the right toga back.
9. Silvia and the 3 baths: Too cold, too hot, just right!
IV.
10. The singing slave: A loud singing slave annoys a merchant eating in Dama’s tavern.
11.Cara paints a picture: Cara paints a picture in the house of her ex-master, Balbus.
12. Livia gets an audience: Livia thinks she is alone and begins to sing, but an audience gathers.
13. Balbus the painter: Cara is painting a picture, but Balbus treads the paint everywhere.
V.
14. An errand for Aper and Caper: The two slaves go do shopping, but Aper draws the short straw.
15. Balbus looks for a present: Balbus thinks he’s found an exotic animal for Livia’s birthday... or has he?
16. A new spice: Cara’s family try a new spice: pepper from India
VI
17. A new statue: Balbus donates a statue to the theatre, but who does it depict?
18. Dama gets a scare: Dama goes for a walk at night, but gets a scare in the theatre.
19. A play: Balbus and Livia go to see a comedy, but Balbus struggles to find the best place to sit.
Civilization
Herculaneum’s position within the Roman empire. The eruption of Vesuvius. The archaeology of the site.
Factfile
Patulcius Felix, a baker, an ordinary inhabitant of the town. The production of bread in Roman world.
Connections & Culture 
Mythology:
The labors of Hercules
The story of Odysseus’ return home from Troy and its depiction in art. What makes a hero?
The story of Daedalus and Icarus and its depiction in art over time.
The story of Artemis and Actaeon
 The story of Demeter and Persephone, and how myths were used to explain natural phenomena (such as the seasons)

Points for discussion (An example per session) 
- In what ways was a Roman house different to a house today?
- Is it strange that in the Roman house the least decorated rooms were the most private ones (the cubicula)?
Is that the same today?
- What do students feel about the choice of decoration? What would they have painted on their walls if they
had a Roman house?