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History of Our World Ancient Romans Simulation from Interact
 * Book Resources:**

Discovery Channel Video
 * Websites/Videos/Etc:**

[|Wk32- RomanProjects.odt]
 * Weekly Schedules:**

//Roman Enrichment Research Project// Students were allowed to choose one of the enrichment project options about a particular aspect of ancient Roman life. They did library and internet research to produce a research paper along with a visual aide to illustrate their project. [|Roman Project Details.odt] [|Roman Project Signs.odt]
 * Projects:**

//Daily Life in Ancient Rome// Students studied several various aspects of daily life in ancient Rome. They then created a character who lived in ancient Rome and wrote a short story about the day in the life of that character based on what they had learned.

//Simulation of Daily Life and Culture in Ancient Rome// During seven phases (called "vias"), students join a gen (a clan), acquire Roman names, complete cooperative exercises on Roman daily life, build wooden standards, use knucklebones with a //Forum of Roma// gameboard, create maps for the expanding Empire, prepare a timeline, and play a "history mystery" on the death of the Empire. Culminates in preparing for and participating in a grand banquet.

[|Roman Daily Life Quiz.odt] [|ChristianityReading Quiz.ppt] [| Reading Quiz #1.ppt] [|Rome Test Review.ppt]
 * Tests & Quizzes:**

[|The Roman Republic reading guide.odt] [|Reading Guide p. 240-243.odt] [|Jesus Play.odt] [|Christianity.ppt] [|Life & Death of Jesus.ppt] [|Roman Architecture & Technology.ppt] [|The Roman Senate.ppt] [|The Expansion & Decline of the Roman Empire.ppt]
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