Roman Empire- United Kingdom -- Overview

Roman Empire -- United Kingdom Program

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/ Overview: This learning experience will be based upon United Kingdom website shown above. It will be divided into 3 levels of learning. Students will be allowed to work in pairs to complete this exercise Level I: (Roman Cities) Using the following website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/city.shtml learner will be able to: 1. Define "legend" and explain why the story of Romulus and Remus is a legend. 2. Write a short paragraph retelling the story of the founding of Rome in the student's own words 3. List the three types of government used during the Roman Empire 4. Identify the one type of government used during the Roman Empire which is similar to the one used in the United States today. 5. Correctly answer 3 questions regarding the City of Rome & the Roman Empire (Roman Families and Schools)

Using the following website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/families.shtml learner will be able to: 6. Define the word "Pedagogue" & "stylus" 7. Explain the role of women in Roman society 8. Suggest why a Roman father might not want a child 9. Describe the different types of "schools" for Roman children 10. Contrast Roman writing with our writing. 11. Correctly answer 3 questions regarding the that I a little Roman family. (Roman Religion) Using the following website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/religion.shtml learner will be able to: 12. Define the word "myths" & "underworld" 13. Compare and contrast Roman religion with modern religion 14. Explain the connection between Roman gods 15. Describe the Roman belief regarding afterlife Level II: (Roman Army) Using the following websites - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/army.shtml & http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/more/more_army.shtml learner will be able to: 16. Define the words "professional" & "Calvary" 17. List the criteria for being a Roman soldier 18. Explain why/why not a student would like to be/not like to be a Roman soldier 19. Explain what the "tortoise" was the Roman army

(Roman Roads)

Roman Empire -- United Kingdom Program

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Using the following websites - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/roads.shtml & http://rome.mrdonn.org/romanroads.html learner will be able to: 20. Explain the original purpose for Romans to build road 21. List 2 effects of Roman Roads (Roman Laws) Using the following websites- http://rome.mrdonn.org/12tables.html learner will be able to: . 22. Explain why the 12 Tablets were called The Twelve Tablets of Rome 23. List what type of government replaced the Roman Monarchy 24. State why the Romans decided to write down the old laws 25. Decide what a Roman court would do if something that happened Level III: (Roman Entertainment) Using the sources provided learner will be able to: 26.. Identify and describe the 2 most popular forms of Roman Entertainment 27. Explain why the Romans like to attend the Gladiator contests 28. Explain how a Roman Circus differs from a modern circus 29. Compare the Roman entertainment to our modern entertainment 30. Describe the armor of 2 gladiators (Pompeii) Using the following websitehttp://www.ehs.pvt.k12.ca.us/projects/9899/AC/Rome/ACAllisonl learner will be able to: 31. State what caused the destruction of the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii. 32. When Pompeii was destroyed. (Fall of the Roman Empire) Using the following website http://rome.mrdonn.org/barbarians.html The learner will be able to: 33. List 3 reasons Rome was “broke.” 34. Explain the connection between Rome’s finances and its fall 35. Identify the 5 Barbarian tribes that wanted to conquer Rome 36. Explain Emperor Valen’s strategy to deal with the barbarians 37. State the fate of the Eastern Empire