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Rome KWL Roll Out
 K- Write down everything you know about
Rome. Include movies, similarities, names,
words.
 W- Anything you want to know about Rome
 L- Leave Blank for now
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Classroom Creed
I WILL IDENTIFY THE FACTORS THAT LED TO
THE RISE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC BY
DETERMINING THE CENTRAL IDEA USING
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE IN THE 12 ROMAN
TABLES EXCERPT.
Write down the objective
Ancient Rome (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG75sbklEsc
Create a SPICE chart
S- Social
P- Political
I- Interactions
C- Culture
E- Economic
PowerPoint Option 1
More Wordy Rigorous
In the Beginning…
Ancient Rome begin as a
group of villages along the
Tiber River in what is now
Italy.
 Around 750 B.C. these
villages united to form the
city of Rome.
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Formation of Roman Republic
For more than 200 years, kings ruled Rome.
 In 509 B.C. Rome became a republic.
 The Roman Senate was an assembly of elected
representatives. It was the single most powerful
ruling body of the Roman Republic.
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Patricians & Plebeians
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In the beginning most of the people
elected to the Senate were patricians.
Patricians controlled the law since they
were the only citizens allowed to be
judges.
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Plebeians had the right to vote, but
could not hold public office until 287
B.C, when they gained equality with
patricians.
Roman Expansion
Under the leadership of ambitious generals, Rome’s
highly trained soldiers took over most of the land
surrounding the Mediterranean.
 The ancient Romans called the Mediterranean mare
nostrum, meaning “our sea”.
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Rome 117 A.D.
The End of the Roman Republic
A successful Roman general and famous speaker, Julius Caesar,
was a governor of the territory of Gaul and managed to take
control of many nearby territories.
 Fearing him the Roman Senate ordered him to resign…but he
had other ideas.
 Caesar fought for control and won, becoming the dictator of the
Roman world, ending the Roman Republic.
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The Roman Empire
Less than a year after gaining power a group of
angered Senators stabbed Caesar to death on the floor
of the Roman Senate. (March 15, 44 B.C.)
 This caused a civil war that lasted several years.
 In 27 B.C., Caesar’s adopted son, Octavian was named
the first emperor of Rome.
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The Roman Empire
An empire is a nation or group
of territories ruled by a single powerful leader, or
emperor.
 As emperor Octavian took the name Augustus.
 Augustus ruled the Roman Empire for more than 40
years, known as the Augustan Age.
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PowerPoint Option 2
More Straight Forward
The ancient Roman civilization shares:
A written language
 A system of government
 Advances in arts and sciences
 A common culture
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Physical Characteristics
Ancient Rome was….
 Next to the Mediterranean Sea
 It covered parts of Europe, Asia and Africa
 A peninsula
 Rocky and mountainous
 Built on hills
 Next to the Tiber River
Representative Democracy
Citizens (wealthy men) voted for representatives to
make laws for them.
 Laws applied to everyone.
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We use a representative democracy in America
today!
Adaptations to the Environment
Ancient Romans adapted to their mountainous land by
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Growing olives and grapes
Having small farms on terraced hillsides
Trading on the Mediterranean Sea
Jobs of the Romans
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Farmers
Road builders
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Traders
Architecture
Romans used
arches
in buildings, bridges and aqueducts.
Aqueducts were designed to pump water in to the
city. The water was used for humans and for irrigation.
Road Building
The Romans created a network of paved highways. This
joined the empire together and allowed soldiers to move
swiftly from one area to another.
Roman Art
Roman artists created:
Pottery
Jewelry
Tools
Mosaics were a special art form that used small pieces of
tile, glass or stone.
Religion (Polytheistic)
The Romans began by worshipping different gods
and goddesses (like the Greeks), but eventually
become Christians.
Ancient Romans also….
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Changed our calendar to 365 days and named the months
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Gave us 1/3 of our English language
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Used Roman numerals that we still see today on clocks, watches,
and in books
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
The People of Ancient Rome
Men were citizens
 Women were caretakers
 Boys were educated
 Girls learned handicrafts and household chores
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What would you be doing in Ancient Rome?
BE ABLE TO LOCATE ITALY, ROME AND THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON A MAP.
Study and you will be
REALLY ROMAN!
Students will work in groups to create the best Toga. We will then model for
the class using facts from the PowerPoint
TOGA Fashion Show
TWELVE TABLES
The First Code of Roman Law
The Twelve Tables (short version)
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Gallery Walk
Chart Sheets of paper
Students break down each
Table
Evaluating the Twelve Tables of Early Roman
Law
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What kind of powers do parents have over
their children?
How are issues of inheritance resolved in the
event of insanity or death? Based on this
excerpt what rights of inheritance do women
seem to have had?
How did the ancient Romans view promises and
other verbal contracts? How did they view men
and women who lived together for a period of
time?
What responsibilities did owners of buildings
and roads have to other people? Give at least
two.
How did the ancient Romans view people who
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***What do you think the laws regarding funerals
say about the ancient Romans?
If I were a patrician man, what two marriages
would have been forbidden for me?
Which of the eight forms of punishment are still
used in the United States today? (Name at least
three, but there are four total).
***Which of the specific laws in the twelve tables
do you think are unfair and why? Discuss two.
***Which of the specific laws in the twelve tables
do you think should be practiced today and why?
Discuss two.
***Why do you think so many crimes listed in the
Twelve Tables are punishable by death?
***Do you think most modern Americans would
approve or disapprove of the twelve tables as a
system of law today? Why or why not?
Exit Ticket
Fill in the L of your KWL chart
THEN…
Answer the following question- Create a list
of twelve laws that you would enact if you
were in charge.
RAFT (ROLE AUDIENCE FORMAT TOPIC)
YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN ANCIENT
ROME. WRITE A JOURNAL ENTRY TO YOURSELF
ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT
GOVERNMENT AND CULTURE IN ROME.
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