Transcript File - LSMS Ms. Benson GT

Patricians/Plebeians:
Struggle for Power
HA 1.2 Ancient Rome
Reading – Struggle for Political
Power in Ancient Rome
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ISN Pg 47 Plebeians vs. Patricians
– Define these terms in your own words based
on the information in the reading
 Patrician, plebian, pleb, patre, republic, res
publica, senate, consul, Conflict of the Orders,
Livy, Tribunes, Council of Plebs, The Twelve Tables,
Citizen’s Assemblies
Mosaic
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Today we are making tiles by
cutting small pieces of paper. We
will use the tiles to create a mosaic
on ancient Rome.
Romans used small fragments of
colored tile, glass, and stone to
create mosaics that showed scenes
of everyday life, nature, and
important Roman Gods.
Often constructed on walls and
floors of public buildings and
homes of the wealthy.
Instead of using tile/glass/stone
we will use ½” squares of paper.
Role assignments
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Students who are Pats
are the leaders
All other students in
your district are Plebs
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Aventine
Caelian
Capitoline
Esquiline
Palatine
Quirinal
Viminal
Ms. Benson will give instructions to
Pats about their role quietly for a
couple of minutes.
Period 2
Aventine
Henson, Dylan
Redmond, Jessica
VanWey, Taylor
Caelian
Buxton, Sydney
Sandidge, Ender
York, Madison
Capitoline
Miller, Sadie
Omer, Caden
Seabaugh, Hanna
Esquiline
Dixon, Orrin
Morgan, Autumn
Martinsen, Aabrey
Palatine
Dodge, Paisley
Stradley, Daniel
Steffans, Alexander
Quirinal
Fitzen, Kimberly
Peterson, Noah
Smith, Leah
Viminal
Hardy, Katie
Plew, Jonas
Thompson, Jordan
Period 3
Aventine
Aldous, Natalie
Harrop, Berkeley
Allen, Baylee
Capitoline
Munoz Lopez,
Juliana
Masiewicz, Violet
MacFarlane, Alina
Esquiline
Coombs, Jennifer
Lopez, Brianna
Moroshan, Emma
Palatine
Dodge, Hyde
Sandidge, Thaddaeus
VanWey, Conor
Grover, Jessica
Valdez, Daniela
McLinn, Abigail
Longstreet, Chantel
Caelian
Quirinal
Viminal
Melad, Kaden
Period 6
Aventine
Caelian
Aaron Heiner
Micah Erickson
Alyssa Davenport Darrien Andrews
Olivia Yahr
Theron Koff
Andrew Metcalf
Savannah
Erekson
Capitoline
Elisa Reece
Olivia Montz
Logan Reiss
Sophia Long
Esquiline
Bailee Grover
Jayden Sprik
Lucas Jones
Katrina Elliott
Palatine
Brooke Yeomans
Dallin Baker
Emma Miller
Dylan Sheehan
Quirinal
Bryanna Correa
Oliver Harrop
Grace
Zimmerschied
Viminal
Carson Jacobsen
Tyler Hedrick
Logan Felix
Decision
Period 2
Period 3
Period 6
5, 7, or 10
colors in
mosaic?
10
7
7
Which colors?
gray, blue,
green, lilac,
pink, goldenrod,
white, yellow,
salmon, tan
all
Cut out– 300,
450, or 600
tiles?
450
450
450
Time—5, 10, or
15 minutes?
15
15
10
Gray, blue,
Yellow, liliac,
green, pink,
grey, blue,
white, yellow, salmon, tan,
tan
white
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Patrician Negotiations and decisions
– Pats move to the Forum to make decisions
about Mosaic classroom
While Patricians are talking Plebs need to
assemble a pair of scissors and a ruler for
each Plebeian. Plebeians will need a
pencil. ½” squares. Put cut paper in
Ziplocs.
 Patricians report out on decisions for
mosaic. Information is recorded in table.
 Production begins.
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To Plebs
– Is anyone upset about making tiles? Would
you like to meet and share your feelings? If
so move to the back corner of the classroom
to discuss your issues.
– You have 4 minutes to discuss your issues,
come up with an argument to present to the
Patricians, send 5 representatives to talk to
the Pats, and convince the Pats to change the
system peacefully.
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Negotiations between Plebs and Pats
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Patricians (about 5% pop.)
– Members of a small number
of wealthy Roman families
– Social status was inherited
– Held all government and
military positions of power
– Held most of the political
power in Rome until 287 BCE
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Plebeians (about 95% pop.)
– Made up most of the Roman
population
– Working people—peasants,
laborers, artisans, shopkeepers
– Gained key political rights
through a series of protests –
representation in government
and the organization of a
system of laws
T-Chart Comparison
Historical Reality
patricians were members of a small
number of wealthy families and
inherited their political power and
wealth
 patricians made most of the political
decisions
 plebeians made up most of Roman
society—working as peasants,
laborers, artisans, and shopkeepers
 plebeians had few privileges than
patricians and could not serve in
government
 plebeians withdrew from Rome
when their political demands were not
met
 plebeians elected Tribunes of the
Plebs to protect their political rights
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In-Class Simulation
a small group of Pats were selected
at random by Ms. Benson
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Pats voted on the way Plebs would
create mosaic tiles
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the majority of the class were Plebs
preparing mosaic tiles
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Plebs were not allowed to make
decisions on how to prepare the tiles
to “relax” in the Forum
 some Plebs stopped preparing tiles
and moved to a corner of the room
 Plebs elected two representatives to
negotiate with the Pats
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Reread The Struggle for Political Power in Ancient Rome
carefully and finish doing the vocabulary on ISN P47
– Define these terms in your own words based on the
information in the reading
 Patrician, plebian, pleb, patre, republic, res publica,
senate, consul, Conflict of the Orders, Livy, Tribunes,
Council of Plebs, The Twelve Tables, Citizen’s
Assemblies
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ISN Pg 48 Political Power Timeline 1/9
– Create a timeline using the dates listed below. Each date
has an important event or political change that can be
found in the reading. Put them on your timeline.
 616-509 BCE
 509 BCE
 494 BCE
 450 BCE
 367 BCE
 287 BCE
9/1 Warm-up Period 7
Yesterday made me feel like the
picture on the right.
 On a scale of 1 to 4 rate the behavior
of the class yesterday. (1 lowest, 4
highest)
 Now rate your own behavior. (1
lowest, 4 highest)
 Write ½ page (your paper) on the
reasons for your rating. Include some
of the following…
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– DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON IT
– Were you frustrated? Why or why
not? Include behaviors of others and
yourself.
– What were you supposed to learn
yesterday? What did you actually
learn?
– What should have happened? Explain.