8th Religion Homework for February 13, 14, 15
Create Google Slide Presentation : Timeline of Roman Conversion to
Christianity
DUE: Thursday, February 16 & 17
Title Page: “The Roman Empire Conversion
to Christianity” with your name.
 1 slide per event
 Slides must include the event title
 Slide must include the A.D. year of the
event
 Slides must include at least 2 OTHER
facts about the event (Look in religion
book and online search)
 Each slide must include clip-art that
relates directly to the event on the
slide.
 Slide must be formatted in an
organized, neat and interesting way.
-.5 points Deleted per word misspelled.
Deleted for missing capitalization of first
word in sentences or Names or Places
Points
65
Possible
Each slide 5 points
including
each
all
information
in
directions
Spelling
must be
correct.
THE TIME LINE INFORMATION
A.D. 33: Jesus ascends to Heaven, Pentacost
A.D. 313: Constantine legalizes Christianity
A.D. 313: Constantine calls the first ecumenical council of Nicea:
The Nicene Creed is created.
A.D. 313: Constantine moves Rome’s center to Constantinople,
creating two centers of Christianity. Western: Rome, Eastern:
Constantinople.
A.D. 380: Emperor Theodosius declares Christianity (Catholicism)
the official religion of Rome.
A.D. 500: Council of Chalcedon, addresses heresies about Christ’s
Divinity
A.D. 527: Church Canon Law developed under the rule of Emperor
Justinian
A.D. 590: St. Gregory becomes Pope Gregory the Great, the
Church becomes center for education, music and art. Gregorian
Chant is developed.
A.D. 597: St. Augustine of Canterbury baptizes King Ethelbert
A.D. 700: Beowulf is written
A.D. 768: Charlemagne builds a cathedral in Aachen (now Germany)
A.D. 800: Charlemagne is crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III
A.D. 814: Charlemagne dies.