Daily Life in Ancient Rome
How did Wealth affect daily life in Ancient Rome?
Warm Up: Finding information through pictures!
Which people in the picture do you think are rich? Which are poor? How can you tell?
Hypothesize: What do you think daily life would be like for rich Romans? For poor Romans?
Thoughts of our childhood
Think about your own life and describe:
1. What is your favorite food and drink?
2. If you get in trouble, how are you punished?
3. What do you do for fun?
4. What do you do in the summer?
5. Do you have any kind of music in your religion?
6. At what age would you expect to get married?
7. How long do you think you will be in school, do you plan to go to college, etc.?
Section 1: pg 335
Why was Rome considered the center of the empire?
What was the most important part of the City?
What kind of activities went on in theForum?
Section 2: pg 336
List two ways that life differed for rich and poor people of the Roman Empire.
Rich Romans
Poor Romans
Instructions:
For the rest of the sections you will be working in pairs, with your _____________________ partner.
You will first start off by reading the particular page indicated by the section and fill out the Venn
Diagram. Once you are finished…check the Venn Diagram with Mrs. Stryjak. Then you are on to
the scavenger hunt! You must seek out and find the Roman teenager passage that deals with your
sections topic (ie.Law and Order, Religion, etc). Once you have found the passage read it and follow
the directions. Once this is finished check again with Mrs. Stryjak and then move onto another
section…you do not have to do in order.
First Round: Complete Sections 3,4,5 (in any order)
Teacher will go over in class
Second Round Complete Sections 6,7,8(in any order)
Teacher will go over in class
Third Round Complete Sections 9,10 (in any order)
Teacher will go over in class
Section 3: page 337 - Law and Order
Teenager’s Life:
Teenager’s Life:
Section 4: page 338 - Religion
Section 5: page 339 -Family Life
Teenager’s Life:
Teenager’s Life:
Section 6: page 340 - Food & Drink
Section 7: page 341 -Housing
Teenager’s Life:
Teenager’s Life
Section 8: page 342 -Education
Section 9: page 343 -Recreation
Teenager’s Life:
``Teenager’s
Section 10: page 344 -Country Life
Life