The Ancient Roman World

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Web Quest
 Students will be able to recognize important facts
of ancient Rome.
 Social Movements and Reforms
1. Students shall analyze the key elements of social
movements and reforms.
2. Students shall analyze societal changes
resulting from movements and reforms.
 Have you ever wondered how the Roman world got
started? Maybe you’ve wondered who begin the
Roman world, how it grew into one of the greatest
ancient worlds the world has seen, and the fall of the
Romans?
 This web quest will help you find out about the ancient
Roman world and increase your knowledge of the
Romans that lived long ago.
 Go though the Web Quest and read though the
directions. Once you have done this click on the
picture. This will take you to the website needed for
you to complete the task.
 Once the task is completed keep all assignments or
printouts for the end project.
 The picture on the right
is a piece of Roman art
that represents the
legend of how Rome
began. Click on the
picture to go to the
website that explains
the beginning and read
The Founding of Rome.
Then print out a picture
of the Roman art and
write a summary of
what it represents.
 In ancient Rome, the daily life of citizens varied dramatically
depending on their level of wealth and their social class.
 Click on the picture to watch a video and learn about the
citizens of Rome. Once you have watched the video, answer
the questions on the worksheet that portrays to the video.
 Hint- take notes
 Rome was a highly hierarchical
and very conscious on their class
in the society. There were many
different social classes in ancient
Rome.
 Click on the picture below to read
about the upper and lower classes
of Rome. Once you have read
about the different classes of
Rome, summarize and compare
and contrast the upper and lower
classes.
 A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained
audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in
violent confrontations with other gladiators and wild
animals. Click on the picture to play “Gladiator: Dressed to
Kill” and to see if you
would win or lose.
 The ancient Roman wars had a big affect with how
Rome is today. Rome was a lot more advanced than
almost any other country because of their leaders and
the weapons they had when they were fighting. Click
on the picture to read about
Roman wars and then pick
four topics from the page to
write on the importance of
them in a Roman war.
 Romans are known for their great works of art and
architecture. Click on the pictures to go to a website to
chose a piece of artwork and an architecture made by
the Romans to critique. Both must be one page long
and typed.
 There were many great influential leaders in ancient
Rome. Chick on the picture to take the “Who Are You”
quiz to find which Roman leader you are most like.
Once you have completed and submitted your quiz,
write a short summary about the leader you are most
like.
 Hint- click “here” at the bottom
of the page to learn more about
your leader.
 Once a great city, Pompeii was
quickly destroyed by the
volcano Mount Vesuvius.
Click on the picture to read
more about this ancient city
and what happened on that
summer day in A.D. 79. Once
you have read all the
information, take the quiz at
the end to see if you could
survive the horrific event that
took place in Pompeii.
 Click on the picture and take the “Roman History”
quiz. Once you have taken the quiz, print out your
scores by coping and pasting to a word document.
 For your final assignment, make a portfolio that has all
your assignment that you did while doing the web
quest. You must put all assignments in either a binder
or a three ring folder. Decorate your portfolio either by
hand or by using computer. Put in a table of contents
at the beginning. The assignment must go in the order
of the web quest.
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http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/socialclass.html
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