My Inspiration experience was an interesting one. I definitely think that it's a useful classroom tool, and teachers should be versed in how to use it, but I'm not sure how I can use it efficiently in my classes. As you can see from the example I created above, classical studies is a bit more complicated than your average unit of study. That was the simplest web I could think of, and it's not even complete! I had to leave out several major gods simply because there wasn't room for them on the chart. And when I start to think of the Julio-Claudian family tree, the mind boggles. Grammar isn't much better--there are four conjugations, five declensions, and so many odd adjective forms that it makes seasoned Latinists want to scream. I fear that an Inspiration chart on any of these topics would be more likely to make students crazy than actually help them.
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