1. Take notes when you see the pencil!

2. Greek and Latin were the languages of ancient Greece and Rome.
I speak
Latin.
I speak Greek.

3. Ancient Greece and Rome were in the Mediterranean part of the world.
right around here
Ancient Greece and Rome were in the Mediterranean part of the world.

4. Greek and Latin Roots They were very successful civilizations.
Through conquest and colonization, they spread their languages across the land for centuries.

5. The Greek Language The Latin Language I speak Latin. I speak Latin.
I speak Greek.
I speak Greek.
I speak Greek.
I speak
Latin.
I speak
Latin.
I speak Greek.
I speak Greek.
I speak Greek.
I speak
Latin.
I speak
Latin.
I speak
Latin.
I speak Greek.
I speak Greek.
The Greek Language
Greek and Latin were spoken in the geographical area that represents, more or less, the cradle of Western civilization.
This map shows the approximate area of the Ancient Greece, and the area in which the Greek language was spoken in one form or another.
Ancient Greece is the civilization belonging to the period of Greek history lasting from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity and beginning of the Early Middle Ages with the rise of the Byzantine era following Justinian I.[1] At the center of this time period is Classical Greece, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC, at first under Athenian leadership successfully repelling the military threat of Persian invasion. The Athenian Golden Age ends with the defeat of Athens at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. Following the conquests of Alexander the Great, Hellenistic civilization flourished from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Latin Language

6. Greek and Latin roots are word parts that have meaning.
Thousands of English words are made from a couple hundred Greek and Latin roots.

7. Take the word
Mediterranean
for example.

8. Mediterranean
Latin
root
is a
“middle.”
that means

9. Mediterranean
Latin
is a
root
“land.”
that means

10. Mediterranean

11. Mediterranean middle land Mediterranean means “middle of the land.”
(Latin)
land
(Latin)

12. Here’s another example…
photograph

13. is a
photograph
Greek
root
that means
“light.”

14. graph
is a
Greek
root
“drawn”
that means

15. photograph light drawn Photograph means “picture drawn with light.”
(Greek)
drawn
(Greek)
Photograph means “picture drawn with light.”

16. Here’s another one.

17. bio
is a Greek root
life
that means

18. is a Greek root
ology
study
that means

19. biology life study Biology means “the study of living things.” (Greek)

20. Here’s another example.

21. is a
Latin
root
magn
big
that means

22. is a
Latin
root fy
to make
that
means

23. magnify big make (Latin) (Latin)
Magnify means “make something appear big.”

24. magnitude a measure of how big something is

25. magnate a person who is big and important in their field

26. This will be the last one. I promise.
One more.
This will be the last one. I promise.

27. uni
is a
Latin root
one
that means

28. cycl
is a
Greek
root
circle
that means

29. unicycle
one
(Latin)
circle
(Greek)
A unicycle has one wheel.

30. unity together as one

31. cyclone a circular storm
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32. unify to make as one

33. cyclic something that occurs again an again.

34. unicorn one horn

35. Knowledge of Greek and Latin roots is important and useful because it gives you the ability to spot patterns…

36. meritocracy democracy theocracy autocracy bureaucracy
I see a pattern here…
meritocracy
democracy
theocracy
autocracy
bureaucracy

37. and figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.

38. I know that cracy means “a type of government.”
So meritocracy must be “a government based on merit.”
And technocracy is “a government based on technology.”

39. Conclusion Greek and Latin roots are word parts that have meaning.
If you know the meaning of the most common Greek and Latin roots, you will know the meaning of thousands of English words.

41. The End

44. Now, time for a project!

45. Greek and Latin Roots Art Book Project
Materials
Composition Book or 21 pieces of paper, folded in half.
Pencil
Colored pencils or crayons or markers.
Handout: The 84 Most Common Greek and Latin Roots on 1 Page

46. Greek and Latin Roots Art Book Guidelines
Create one art image for each Greek or Latin root.
The image should represent the English meaning of the root.
Also, include 5 words that contain the root.

50. Notes for the Teacher
You can get a more detailed explanation of the Greek and Latin Roots Art Book project and the handout: The 84 Most Common Greek and Latin Roots on 1 Page by downloading the project from my TpT store. It’s free!
If you purchased this presentation as part of the 84 Most Common Greek and Latin Roots Mnemonic Unit, then you already have the product at the link above.

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