Ancient Rome Teacher Toolbook - Performance Education

Ancient Rome
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Take a look at what we have inherited from the Romans!
Compare and Contrast: The Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Out of the box: Student speeches: “I Am Julius Caesar.”
Using our worksheets, the speeches are factual and hilarious.
Lectures with graphic organizers: What is a civilization? What caused the rise of cities?
Geography is the “queen” of history.
Mapping: The Roman World.
Games: The five themes of geography.
Interpret photos of ancient Rome: the Forum, Colosseum.
If you lived in ancient Rome, what would change in your daily life?
What was it like to live in the city of Rome?
Charts: What’s the weather like in Italy?
Inventions & innovations. Strengths & weaknesses.
How was ancient Rome connected to the rest of the world?
Using the five senses, what can you remember about ancient Rome?
Field trip to an Italian restaurant (unpack the menu).
Heavy on terms: “The ABCs of ancient Rome” (recall terms). “Can you speak Latin?” (define terms).
Test: 213 questions.

The Roman Republic
Government: Checks & Balances
The Roman Empire
Julius Caesar & Augustus
The Romans & the Jews
Rise of Christianity
Spread of Christianity in Europe
The Roman legacy

The Test
213 questions

Simple to use
One book for the whole class.
No learning curve: Lessons are ready to reproduce.

Saves time
All the facts are included:
There is no need to use a textbook or reference books.
Your students will zip through the worksheets.
Each lesson is 20 minutes in and out. Perfect for block scheduling.

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1. The Topics
The geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of ancient Rome. Daily life in Rome.

THE REPUBLIC
Rise of the Roman Republic. Representative government, written constitution, tripartite government, checks and balances, civic duty, Roman law. Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Cincinnatus, Julius Caesar, and Cicero.

THE EMPIRE
Reasons for expansion: Control of the Mediterranean Sea, expansion of the empire, trade. Mare Nostrum.
End of the Republic: Julius Caesar and Augustus. Life for Jews in the Roman Empire.
Life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. St. Paul the Apostle spreads of Christianity in the Roman empire.

THE ROMAN LEGACY
Art and architecture, technology and science, literature, language, and law. questions.

2. The Lessons
Designed to involve students at the moment and on the day of the state test.
Chock full of facts: Using reasoning, students manipulate the facts.
Action-packed: Students perform what they know in front of the class!

Timeline	What was happening in the rest of the world at the same time? We then turned the timeline into a board game.
The Roman Republic	Game: Categorize 83 facts about life the Roman Republic.
What’s the weather like in Rome?	How would the climate change your life?
The Land and Sea	Game: How folks interacted with the land - and sea.
Was Caesar fat?	Analyze Roman diet, compare it to yours. Visit an Italian restaurant.
Daily life in Rome	How would your life change?
Photos of Rome	Define Tiber River, Roman Forum, aqueduct
The Roman Forum	Graphic Organizer: It symbolized the Republic. How so?
Lecture & Graphic Organizer	Republic, constitution, tripartite govt, checks and balances, civic duty
Great Quotations	Interpret quotations by Aeneas, Cicero, Caesar
Great Speeches (by students)	Romulus, Aeneas, Cincinnatus, Cicero
Speak like a Roman	Roman expressions that we still use today.
The Roman Empire	Game: Categorize 75 facts about life the Roman Empire.
Mapping	Map the Roman Empire
Name that Strength!	Game: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the Roman Empire. Make a prediction: Why did the civilization end?
The Roman Colosseum	Graphic Organizer: It symbolized the Empire. How so?
Life is like a Rock Group	Examine one controversy from 5 different viewpoints.
Lecture	How Julius Caesar and Augustus ended the Republic.
I am Julius Caesar	Writing speeches: expressive, narrative, informative, persuasive
Lecture	Life in the Roman Empire - for the Jews.
Mapping	Map the life of Jesus of Nazareth. How Paul the Apostle spread Christianity through the Roman Empire.
Can you speak Latin?	Recall terms. Define terms.

3. The Test
Our test is tough: If your students can do well on our test, the state test should be a breeze.

What are Teacher's Toolbooks? Click Here. Hint: You need only one for the entire class!

What are Teacher's Toolbooks? Click Here.
Hint: You need only one for the entire class!