This paper presents a public outreach program developed by the Department of Classics at the University of Florida to introduce school-age children to Classics. The main goal is to emphasise the value of Classics and the practical skills it teaches by engaging students with hands-on exercises and materialising connections between the past and the present. The paper focuses on the importance of Classics and the humanities in the development of engaged citizens, the types of programs and their content, and ways to ensure the sustainability of such initiatives through the involvement of graduate students, faculty, and administrators.

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为 Z 世代和 Alpha 世代“翻译”经典

本文介绍了佛罗里达大学古典文学系制定的一项公共推广计划，旨在向学龄儿童介绍古典文学。主要目标是通过让学生进行实践练习并具体化过去与现在之间的联系来强调经典的价值及其所教授的实践技能。本文重点讨论了古典文学和人文学科在培养积极参与的公民中的重要性、项目的类型及其内容，以及通过研究生、教师和管理人员的参与确保此类举措的可持续性的方法。