Trojan War

In classwe translated the story of the Trojan Horse.  This link tells more about the Trojan War, and also contains links to many other websites with even more information.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/troyilium/a/trojanwar.htm

Latin Words on the U.S. One Dollar Bill

Chapter 38 vocabulary words included: coepit and annus, leading us to wonder whether either or both was/were connected to the Latin words on the back of the U.S. Dollar Bill: "annuit coeptis."  It turns out that annuit (He has favored) is not related to annus (year).  But coeptis (beginning/undertaking) is the noun form of coepit (he began).  Click on this link for a full explanation of the symbols and words on the back of the dollar bill.
http://www.qsl.net/w5www/dollarbill.html