RomanContributionsWalkabout
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EssentialQuestions(LearningTargets):
TracethedevelopmentofWesternCivilizationusingaspectsprovidedbythe
culturesoftheGreco-Romanworld.
CompareandcontrasttheaccomplishmentsoftheRomansandtheGreeks.
AsyoutourtheruinsofAncientRome,answerthequestionsabouteachofthecontributionsmade
bythepeopleofthisgreatempire.
RomanRoads
1. WhydidtheRomansbuildsuchavastnetworkofroads?
2. DescribethemakeupoftheRomanroads:
3. HowmanykilometersofroadsdidtheRomansbuild?(Convertittomilesaswell)
DrawasketchoftheRomanRoadsystem:
RomanAqueducts
1. DescribeinyourownwordswhattheRomanAqueductswereandwhytheywerebuilt:
2. WhatweretheRomanaqueductsbuiltoutof?
3. Howmanytotalmilesofaqueductswerebuilt?Howmuchofthesewerevisibleaqueducts?
4. WhathappenedoncethewaterflowreachedRome?
DrawasketchoftheRomanaqueductsystem:
RomanBathHouses
1. WhydidpeoplegototheRomanbaths?
2. WhatcouldonedoattheRomanbaths?
3. Describethedifferencesbetweenthefrigidarium,thetepidarium,andthecaldarium?
DrawasketchoftheRomanbathhouses:
RomanLaw
1. DescribethestandardsthatRomanlawwasbasedon(paragraph1):
2. ReadthesectionontheTwelveTablesandsummarizeit(bethorough):
RomanMilitary
1. HowfardidtheRomanarmiesreach?
2. Atitsheight,howmanysoldierswereinRome’sstandingarmy?
3. Whowaseligibleformilitaryservice?
4. DescribetheRomanlegions(bethorough):
5. Describemilitaryculture(bethorough):
TheColosseum
1. Whobuilt(commissioned)theColosseum&whatwasitcalledwhenitopened?
2. WhatwasTitus’sroleintheColosseum?
3. DescribethestructureoftheColosseum(bethorough):
4. WhatdidaudiencesseeintheColosseum?
5. WhathappenedtotheColosseumoverthecenturies?
DrawasketchoftheRomanColosseum:
ThePantheon
1. WhatwasthemostremarkablepartofthePantheonandhowbigwasit?
2. DescribetheoutsideofthePantheon:
3. WhatisinsidethePantheon?
4. Howwasthedomeconstructedtoavoidcollapse?
5. DescribethePortico:
DrawasketchofthePantheon:
Trajan’sForum
1. Whowasthemostfamousarchitectoftheera?WhendidhebuildTrajan’sForum?
2. HowbigwastheForum?
3. WhatwasinthecourtyardandBasilicaUlpia?
4. DescribeTrajan’sColumn(bethorough):
5. WhatelsecouldonefindatTrajan’sForum?
DrawasketchoftheTrajan’sForum:
EssentialQuestions(LearningTargets):
TracethedevelopmentofWesternCivilizationusingaspectsprovidedbythe
culturesoftheGreco-Romanworld.
CompareandcontrasttheaccomplishmentsoftheRomansandtheGreeks.