Curriculum Overview
The Paideia Institute is pleased to announce a new self-paced digital and print high school Latin curriculum designed to prepare students for the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP®) Latin Exam. The content of the course aligns with the recent revisions made to the AP® Latin curriculum (effective as of the 2025-2026 academic year), which include updates to the selections from Vergil's Aeneid and replacing Caesar with Pliny the Younger.
Vergil and Pliny: An AP® Latin Curriculum includes a rich and thorough commentary, additional material on topics in Roman history and culture relevant to the course texts, as well as a host of innovative learning tools that are unique to Paideia's online course platform: animated videos on Latin grammar, interactive glossaries and appendices, built-in assessments, and learning analytics for educators.
The self-paced digital format makes the course ideal for independent learners who do not have access to the AP® curriculum in a traditional classroom setting and are pursuing self-directed study.
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Textbook & Workbook
A hardback and paperback textbook, alongside a consumable student workbook, are now available for pre-order!
The Vergil & Pliny textbook presents the entirety of Paideia's Advanced Placement (AP®) Latin Exam curriculum, including a rich and thorough commentary and additional material on topics in Roman history and culture relevant to the course texts. The accompanying student workbook offers a wide array of practice exercises to review and test the grammar and vocabulary learned in each chapter. These print editions can be used as a companion to the digital course or independently for analog self-directed study.
Taking the AP® Latin Exam
Students who wish to take the AP® Latin Exam after completing Vergil and Pliny must coordinate with a local school willing to act as their testing site. In addition to the exam, AP® Latin requires two checkpoint tasks (worth 2% of the final exam score) that must be scored and submitted through the AP® Digital Portfolio.
Students can use the College Board's AP® Course Ledger to find an approved testing site in their area. Any AP®-approved testing site will do, but we recommend that, where possible, students reach out to schools that offer the AP® Latin course (add "Latin" to the ledger's subject search field) to simplify the exam order and checkpoint task grading process.
To complete the required checkpoint tasks, an AP® Course Audit–approved teacher from the student's testing site must review the student’s work and enter scores on the AP® Digital Portfolio. Ideally this would be a Latin teacher, but an AP®-approved teacher in different subject may grade the checkpoint tasks if the testing site does not have a Latin teacher (the checkpoint tasks are assessed by completion following a standardized rubric).
Please be advised that the deadline to order the 2026 AP® Latin exam is November 14th, 2025. Students who plan on taking the exam in the spring must be included in a school's AP® exam order by this date.
Disclaimer: Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, the Paideia Institute and its products.
