Transcript Friends, Romans, Countrymen… Lend Me Your

Friends, Romans,
Countrymen…
Lend Me Your Ears
7th Grade
Social Studies
Lockland Middle School
Social Studies Skills and Methods
 Describe historical
events and issues from
the perspective of
people living at the time
in order to avoid
evaluating the past in
terms of today's norms
and values.
 From the point-of-view
of an assigned Roman
identify, describe, and
analyze the historical
events and issues of
Roman times.
Social Studies Skills and Methods
 Compare multiple
viewpoints and frames
of reference to
important events in
world history.
 Share varying
perspectives of ancient
Roman culture and
events.
History
 Describe the enduring
impact of early
civilizations in Rome
after 1000 BC including:
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a. the development of
concepts of
government and
citizenship;
 Rome was a republic
that turned into an
empire.
 Wealthy citizens were
allowed to participate in
the representative
democracy.
 The Roman Republic
was threatened the
people turned to a more
authoritarian style
government,
dictatorship.
History
 Describe the enduring
impact of early civilizations in
Rome after 1000 BC
including:
 b. scientific and cultural
advancements;
 Architecture
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Learned how to use the
vault and dome
Were the first to make
widespread use of
concrete
Invented the stadium
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Coliseum
 Engineering
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Built roads & bridges
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50,000 miles
connected the empire
aqueducts
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Delivered water from
the mountains to the
cities
History
 Describe the enduring
impact of early civilizations in
Rome after 1000 BC
including:
 c. the spread of religions;
 Christianity was developed
and spread throughout the
Roman Empire.
 Christianity is based on
the life and teachings of
Jesus Christ
 Christians were
persecuted for their
beliefs
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Those who died were
called martyrs
Christianity was spread
by missionaries
Christianity was accepted
by Emperor Constantine
in 313 CE
History
 Describe the enduring
impact of early civilizations in
Rome after 1000 BC
including:
 d. slavery and systems of
labor.
 As the Roman Empire
expanded, prisoners from
the wars were made into
slaves.
 Slaves worked on farms
and in the city
 Slaves were treated very
harshly
 Spartacus, a slave in 73
BCE, led a revolt by the
slaves
 Slaves took the jobs of
free Romans creating
unemployment
People in Societies
 Analyze the
relationships among
cultural practices,
products and
perspectives of early
civilizations.
People in Societies
 Give examples of contacts among different
cultures that led to the changes in:
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belief systems,
art,
science,
technology,
language or
systems of government.
People in Societies
 Describe the cultural and scientific legacies of
Rome.
Geography
 Identify the location of significant physical and
human characteristics on a map of the
relevant region.
Geography
 On a map, identify places related to the
historical events being studied and explain
their significance.
Geography
 Use physical and historical maps to analyze
the reasons that human features are located
in particular places.
Geography
 Describe the geographic factors and
processes that contribute to and impede the
diffusion of people, products and ideas from
place to place including:
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a. physical features;
b. culture;
c. war;
d. trade;
e. technological innovations.
Economics
 Compare the endowment of productive
resources in world regions and explain how
this endowment contributed to specialization,
trade and interdependence in ancient times.
Government
 Compare direct and
representative
democracy using
examples the Roman
republic and the United
States today.
 Both had/have a
republic.
 Both elected/elect
representatives.
 Romans had/have three
branches of
government.
 Both used checks and
balances to control
power of each branch of
government.
Government
 Describe the essential
characteristics of the
systems of government
found in city-states,
kingdoms and empires from
ancient times through the
Middle Ages.
 Romans formed a republic
form of government in 509
BCE.
 The rich patricians had
most of the control.
 The majority of Roman,
plebians, had no say in
the government.
 Romans adopted a dictator
form of government in 49
BCE with Julius Caesar.
 Eventually, the Roman
Empire expanded to
covering most of Europe,
northern Africa, and the
Middle East.
Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities
 Explain how the participation
of citizens differs under
monarchy, direct democracy
and representative
democracy.
 Romans formed a republic
form of government in 509
BCE.
 Romans elected their
leaders in representative
form of government.
 Romans adopted a
monarchy form of
government in 49 BCE.
 Power was in the single
hand of a supreme ruler,
the emperor.
Project
 Create a personal journal narrative of your
assigned Roman.
 Write the journal narrative from the
perspective of the assigned Roman.
 Assign appropriate dates to match events that
address each learning goal.
 Use content from the text and research to
address each learning goal.
 Use imagination to create the journal
narrative.