Textbook:
Across the Centuries
Goodeís World Atlas
Video: Julius Caesar
Book: Julius Caesar
Previously Published
Data
Dead Romans
http://www.iei.net/
~tryan/deadroma.htm
Description: Dead Romans is a work-in-progress
that features information about Roman coins, architecture, and artwork
from the early Roman Empire.
Comments: Much good information appealing
to student interest in coins and the Colloseum - the first ticketed covered
stadium!
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Forum Romanum
http://www.geocities.com/
Athens/Forum/6946/
rome.html
Description: Explore the Forum Romanum to
experience Rome's past through its culture, religion, language, and much
more.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Virtual Walking Tour of Ancient Rome
http://www.ancientsites.com/
as/rome/academy/gallery/
Description: Go siteseeing in Ancient Rome.
Swim in the Tiber, walk the Appian Way and see a game in the Colliseum.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
Byzantine History Opening Page
http://www.serve.com/
byzance/#Top
Description: This opening page on the Byzantine
Culture will lead to information on geography, military, religion, art
and architecture.
Comments: Good information and recommended
on many pages as a good web site.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
Pompeii Forum Project
http://jefferson.village.virginia.
edu:80/pompeii/page-1.html
Description: This project has three components
with great information for understanding a Roman Town.
Comments: Focuses on the urban center of Pompeii.
The forum at any Roman town was the urban center housing the town's main
religious, civic, and commercial institutions.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Roman Ball Games
http://www.personal.psu.edu/
users/w/x/wxk116/
romeball.html
Description: Roman Ball games should interest
students with descriptions and historical illustrations of various games
played in Rome - many of which are similar to our own.
Comments: Very appealing to young students.
Historical quotes and illustrations show the value of history.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Ancient Petra
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/
~angus/Gallery/Photos/
MiddleEast/Jordan/Petra/
index.html
Description: Like Indiana Jones, you can explore
the ancient Roman city of Petra, but without the dust and the snakes. These
fabulous pictures show the ruins of the city carved out of rock in what
is today the country of Jordan.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
Justinian I, Roman Emperor of the Eastern Empire
http://www.ghgcorp.com/
shetler/oldimp/104.html
Description: This is geneological data about
Justinian I.
Comments: This site links to many other family
members.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: Low
Pliny and Trajan on the Christians
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/
jod/texts/pliny.html
Description: Letter from Pliny the Younger
to Emperor Trajan and his reply regarding treatment of Christians. This
is a great source document for understanding the treatment of Christians
in a Roman world. Trajan's answer is concise and understandable.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
Roman Empire Map
http://rome.classics.lsa.
umich.edu/images/
empire.gif
Description: A picture of the Roman Empire
at it's height.
Comments: This gif is 854 X 611 pixels.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
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Working in pairs
or in threes, students will watch the video Julius Caesar or read
the book. They will choose one scene to recreate. They can
either perform the scene as written or update it to modern day language
and stage. Skit should take 2 or 3 minutes. Memorization is
not necessary but there should be simple props.
Previously Published
Data
Did Rome Fall or
Was It Pushed?
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/rome/
Like any great empire
that has come before or
after it, the theories surrounding the fall
of Rome are many. For much of this century, the US has been compared to
the Roman Empire in about every conceivable way. So, why
did Rome fall? Could their
fate have been averted, and
if so, would the world be different today?
Let's
examine what we know
and what we don't know.
Author: David MacDonald
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Grade will be awarded based on a rubric:
1. Scene is clearly identifiable with a brief introduction to the
scene.
2. Students have at least one prop or costume each.
3. Skit is obviously well-rehearsed
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