Rome+Assignments

Assignment #1 ** ||
 * ** __The Roman World__
 * || **Sources:** |||||| * [|Map 1] - [|Map 2] - Map 3 - Map 4

Reading 1: Online Textbook pages 238-241 (Stop at the words "Farm Life") Reading 2: Comic Rome History --> || Activities:** |||||| You should have these labels on your map. If you don't, then use the maps above to label your map. > **bodies of water** : > Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ionian Sea > **rivers** : > Po, Tiber > **mountains/peaks** : > Alps, Apennines, Mt. Vesuvius > **islands** : > Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily > **cities** : > Rome, Carthage, Pompeii > **peoples** : > Latins (in Latium), Gauls, Etruscans (in Etruria), Greeks > Use Readings 1 and 2 from the sources above to answer these questions. >  || * [|Etruscans] * [|republic] || ||  ||
 * || **Questions/
 * 1) What part of Italy did the Greeks control?
 * 1) How was Rome's geography different from that of Greece?
 * 2) What natural/geographic advantages did Rome have?
 * 3) Why do you think the Romans were able to unify their peninsula and the Greeks could not?
 * 4) According to Roman mythology, how was Rome founded? What was the real story of how Rome was founded?
 * 5) Why is 509 BCE an important date in Roman history?
 * 6) Define the term "republic."
 * || **Terms:** || You should know these terms.
 * [|Romulus & Remus]

|| Activities:** |||||| Use Reading #1 to answer the following questions. Please put the answers on your wiki page. Make sure your answers are clear, detailed, and complete.
 * |||||||| **Assignment #2** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| **Reading #1: [[file:StruggleforPoliticalPowerinAncientRomeArticle.pdf]]**
 * || **Questions/

//**1. What were the differences between being a patrician or a plebeian?**// //**2. After Rome overthrew the Etruscan king, Tarquinius Superbus, they set up a republic. How did this form of government work?**// //**3. How is Rome's republican government different that what we have in Korea, the United States, or England today?**// //**4. What was the Conflict of Orders and what did the Plebeians do in protest?**// //**5. What changes were made to the government to resolve this conflict and placate (make happy) the plebeians?**// || || * Conflict of the Orders * || Activities:** |||||| Use Reading #1 to answer the following questions. Please put the answers on your wiki page. Make sure your answers are clear, detailed, and complete.
 * || **Terms:** || * [|patrician]
 * [|plebeian]
 * Tribunes of the Plebs
 * Council of Plebs
 * Tarquinius Superbus
 * [|veto]
 * [|Twelve Tables]
 * **Assignment #3** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| **Reading #1:** ** Online Textbook Pages 244 & 245  ** ||
 * || **Questions/

1. According to our textbook, as Rome expanded, how did it treat the people it conquered? Be specific. 2. Who were the Punic Wars against? 3. Who won all three Punic Wars? 4. How did Hannibal try to capture Rome in the second Punic War? 5. How was Hannibal forced to return to Carthage? 6. What did Rome do to Carthage in 146 B.C.E.? Why do you think the Romans did this? 7. What were the results of the Roman expansion? Give specific positive and negative examples. ||
 * || **Terms:** || * Punic Wars
 * Hannibal
 * Carthage || || ||

|| Activities:** |||||| **Directions:** Imagine you are the young Hannibal from Carthage. You have seen your civilization humiliated and your riches taken by those nasty Romans. But then you grow up to fight those evil Romans by taking 40,000 men and 37 elephants to Italy to attack the Romans.
 * **Assignment #4** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| * **Reading #1:** [|The Punic Wars and Hannibal of Carthage]
 * || **Questions/

Please write __**four**__ diary/journal entries on your wiki page as if you are Hannibal from **when Hannibal was young to the end of the second Punic war**. Remember that you are Hannibal so you must write in the first person (I, me, my) about what is happening to you, your people and how you feel about what is happening in the battles of the first and second Punic wars. **You may use Reading #1 to help you with this assignment.**

__**Each**__ entry must be at least __**three sentences**__ long and must provide __**f****actual historical information**__ we learned in class. || >  ||  ||   ||
 * || **Terms:** || * [|legion]
 * Carthage
 * Hannibal
 * [|Punic]
 * [|Punic] [| Wars]


 * ** Assignment #5 ** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| **Website #1:[| Roman Province Map]**

|| Activities:** |||||| 1. Using website #1,
 * Website #2: [|You wouldn't want to be a Roman Gladiator!]**
 * || **Questions/
 * list at least three Roman province names that you recognize.
 * give the modern name of the Roman provinces that you listed.

Use website #2 to answer these questions: 2. Where are you from and how were the Romans able to conquer you? 3. What are two consequences of your defeat? 4. On the way back to Rome, some of your friends have died. Why? 5. What happens to you in the market? 6. What will you become? What could you have become? Which is better? 7. Who is your favorite person on staff? Why? 8. Which gladiator do you want to be? Why? 9. How will the crowd be entertained? 10. When can you have a rest? 11. How do you appeal to the emperor? 12. What happens to you? ||


 * **Assignment #6** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| **__Historical Figures on Roman Military Expansion__**
 * [[image:CiceroCaricature.jpg width="47" height="48"]][[file:Cicero Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:FulviaCaricature.jpg width="48" height="49"]][[file:Fulvia Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:GaiusGracchusCaricature.jpg width="47" height="48"]][[file:Gaius Gracchus Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:HortensiaCaricature.jpg width="48" height="49"]] [[file:Hortensia Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:JuliusCaesarCaricature.jpg width="48" height="49"]] [[file:Caesar Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:SallustCaricature.jpg width="48" height="49"]][[file:Sallust Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:SpartacusCaricature.jpg width="48" height="51"]][[file:Spartacus Information.pdf]]
 * [[image:TiberiusGracchusCaricature.jpg width="48" height="49"]][[file:Tiberius Gracchus Information.pdf]]
 * Graphic Organizer--->** [[file:RomanMilitaryExpansionHistoricalFigureGraphicOrganizer-1.pdf]]

__** Debating Whether Military Expansion Helped or Hurt Rome **__ Assignments to hand in: 1. Questions on your Roman Historical Figure (from step 1 below) (Answer questions in your notebook.) 2. Roman Military Expansion Historical Figure Graphic Organizer (from step 2 below) 3. Comprehension Questions (from step 4 below)

**Introduction**: The map below shows the expansion of the Roman Republic in the 1st Century B.C.E. These territories were acquired during the Punic Wars and the conquest of the East. These conquests produced political, social, and economic changes in Rome that benefited some citizens and hurt others. The class will listen to presentations and vote on an answer to this question: //**Did the expansion of the Roman Republic help or hurt Rome?**// **//Explain.//** **Step 1:** Researching Historical Figure - From one of the Roman Historical Figures you were assigned, read and answer the questions in the Information Handout that applies to that Historical Figure. **Step 2:** Graphic Organizer Notes - Listen to each presentation about each Roman Historical Figure and complete the **Roman Military Expansion Historical Figure Graphic Organizer** (source above)

//1.// //How// //did expansion of the Roman Republic affect people's lives?// //2. Which historical figure(s) believed most strongly that the military expansion of the Roman Republic helped Rome? Why?// //3. Which historical figure(s) believed most strongly that the military expansion of the Roman Republic hurt Rome? Why?// //4. How might the military expansion of the Roman Republic have led to the rise of Roman emperors?// //5. Why is it important to analyze a variety of perspectives when studying an event like the expansion of the Roman Republic?// ||
 * Step 3:** Present the perspective of your historical figure to the class. Present the information in the __first person__, just as if you are actually that historical figure. Use the answers from step 1 as a guide to help you tell us your (the historical figure's) perspective about Rome's expansion. Your presentation should be about 1:30-2:00 minutes long.
 * Step 4:** Comprehension Questions - Answer these questions using information from the presentations and/or the pdf files of each historical figure.

Activities:** |||||| After reading about Julius Caesar, create a comic that clearly shows Caesar's affect on Rome and his accomplishments. Make sure to show specific details in your comic. Your comic must show: Guidelines __Grading__ You will be graded on organization, ideas (details, quality, originality), and presentation (neatness, quality, originality). ||
 * |||||||| **Assignment #7** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| Online Textbook, page 248 (start from Julius Caesar section) to page 250 (end at Emperors Rule Rome) ||
 * || **Questions/
 * his accomplishments
 * how he came to power and how he eventually died
 * why some supported him and others didn't
 * A4 sheet
 * you may use Comic Life only with original pictures (i.e not pictures from the Internet)
 * at least five different colors in the comic with very little white space
 * a title
 * name on the front

Activities:** |||||| ** What great achievements were made during the Pax Romana? In complete sentences, __clearly explain__ each achievement.**
 * |||||||| **Assignment #8** ||
 * || **Sources:** |||||| **1. Questions 1-6: Online Textbook, p. 251-253**
 * Question 1-3: The Roman Peace, p.251
 * Question 4: Map and Strong Government, p.252
 * Question 5: Map, p.252 & Trade, p.253
 * Question 6: Currency, p.253 ||
 * || **Questions/

1. Army: 2. Construction: 3. Navy: 4. Areas of Control: From __xxxxxxxxxx__ in the North to __xxxxxxxxxx__ in the South and from __**Spain**__ in the West to __xxxxxxxxxx__ in the East.

5. Trade (three __**different**__ examples)- Roman traders brought back //**olive oil from Spain**// and: a. - from - b. --from c. -- from --

6. Currency: Having a common currency across the empire was helpful because. ||

Activities:** |||||| A. Using website 1, answer these questions in complete sentences on your wiki page. 1. How were Christians treated in Rome? Why? 2. Why did Christianity appeal to the poor? 3. How long were Christians persecuted? (Click on the word to read its meaning.) 4. How did Christianity become legal in Rome?
 * |||||||| **Assignment #9** ||
 * **Sources:** |||||| * Website 1: [|Rise of Christianity]
 * Website 2: Life of Jesus
 * Online Textbook pages 280-285 ||
 * **Questions/

B. Using website 2, answer these questions in complete sentences on your wiki page. 5. Who was Roman emperor when Jesus was born? 6. Jesus was born in what we now call Israel. What was the name of this Roman province before we started calling it Israel? Use your map for this question. 7. Clearly explain why Jesus was eventually crucified. Make sure to include all the important details. Your answer should be at least five sentences long.

C. Read your online textbook pages 280-285, and explain these words on your wiki page. 8. plunder 9. barbarian 10. Diocletian Now answer question #3 to #7 from page 285. Put your answers on your wiki page (Note: Don't forget to scroll down on page 285 to see questions 3 to 7)

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Activities:** |||||| Use the links above to investigate the collapse of the Roman Empire.
 * || **Assignment #10** |||||||| ||
 * **Sources:** |||||| * Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
 * [|More Causes for the collapse]
 * Your previous knowledge :) ||
 * **Questions/
 * On your wiki page**, write down the __political__, __social__, and __economic__ causes of the collapse of the empire. Be ready to present these causes to your classmates. ||

Activities:** |||||| Now that we are finished with ancient Rome, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Rome. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.
 * |||||||| **Assignment #11** ||
 * **Sources:** |||||| * Your brain ||
 * **Questions/

1. The single most important thing I learned was...

2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...

3. What surprised me the most was...

4. I would like to know more about...

5. The part that I think I will always remember was... ||