SECONDARY SCHOOL LATIN TEACHERS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, COLLABORATED WITH THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPERVISOR IN DEVELOPING THIS LATIN COURSE GUIDE DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH CLEARER PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, TO PRESENT BASIC CURRICULUM GUIDELINES FOR THREE LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION, AND TO ACT AS A SOURCE BOOK OF MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRAM ENRICHMENT AND OF PUBLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS IN CLASSICAL STUDIES. ACCENTING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LATIN PROGRAM (READING, TRANSLATING, LEARNING DERIVATIVES, AND APPRECIATING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE), THE GUIDE SUGGESTS METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS. AN EXTENSIVE SECTION ON "LINGUISTIC LEARNINGS" INCLUDES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH LEVEL IN PRONUNCIATION, GRAMMAR FORMS AND FUNCTIONS, AND VOCABULARY AND IDIOMS, AND A CHAPTER ON LATIN USED IN ENGLISH LISTS ABBREVIATIONS, WORDS AND PHRASES, AND DERIVATIVES. "CULTURAL LEARNINGS" DETAILS THE OBJECTIVES AND THE REQUIRED MINIMUM CULTURAL MATERIAL FOR EACH OF THE THREE LEVELS. THE REMAINDER OF THE GUIDE CONSISTS OF SOURCES OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, A DISCUSSION OF TESTS AND GRADING, SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS, AND AN 18-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCE WORKS, POLITICAL AND LITERARY HISTORIES, AND PEDAGOGICAL STUDIES. (AB)