The roman republic

1. The roman republic Topic 10 Presentation

2. Geography and the rise of Rome • Read ‘The Geography of Italy’ on pages 316-317. • Label Apennine Mountains, Alps, and color brown • Label the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic Sea, and the Ionian Sea, the Tiber & Po Rivers and color blue. • Label the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily and color yellow. • Draw the Tuscan, Latium, and Campanian Plains and color Green • Label North Africa. • Select and color red on the map of Italy the location where you would have chosen to build a civilization. • On the back of the map, explain why you chose the location you did taking into account the physical features and climateand how they effect your location.

3. Geography and the rise of Rome • Read “Rome’s Legendary Origins” on pages 318-319. • On a blank sheet of paper, write a legend about the beginnings of your civilization.

4. Geography and the rise of Rome • Read “The Early Republic” on pages 320-321. • For each of the 11 paragraphs, correlate – by either comparing or contrasting – an idea from each paragraph to something that we either do or do not do in the United States as it relates to our republican form of government.

5. Geography and the rise of Rome • Complete Section 1 Assessment, #1-3, on a blank sheet of paper. • Once you have finished the section assessment, see me to take your quiz.

6. Government and Society • Read “Roman Government” on pages 324-327. • See me to get a blank sheet of paper. • Draw a picture of the Roman government in action including all areas of government discussed.

7. Government and Society • Read “Written Laws Keep Order” on page 327. • Take out a blank sheet of paper. • Answer the following questions: • What would school be like if there were no rules? • What would school be like if only the teachers knew the rules? • Why must both teachers and students know the rules for equity to exist?

8. Government and Society • Read “The Roman Forum” on pages 328-329. • Use the back of your previous sheet of paper. • Answer the following question: • Has America experienced its golden age, currently experiencing its golden age, or is its golden age yet to come? Defend your answer with specific details. Think about each of the decades from 1776 to 2019.

9. Government and Society • Complete Section 2 Assessment, #1-3, on a blank sheet of paper. • Once you have finished the section assessment, see me to take your quiz.

10. The Late Republic • Read “Growth of Territory and Trade” on pages 330-331. • Take out a blank sheet of paper. • Create a cause-and-effect chain detailing all of the events discussed. • Answer the following question: • Did expansion help or hurt Rome?

11. The Late Republic • Read “Rome Grows Beyond Italy” on pages 331-333. • Take out a blank sheet of paper. • Write a journal entry as either a Roman or Carthaginian soldier detailing your experiences in each of the three Punic Wars. You may write all three as a Roman solider, all three as a Carthaginian soldier, or choose to write 1 or 2 as a Roman soldier and 1 or 2 as a Carthaginian soldier.

12. The Late Republic • Read “Crises Strike the Republic” on pages 334-335. • Three crises plagued the Roman Republic: • The assassination of the Gracchi brothers • The fighting between Marius and Sulla • The slave rebellion led by Spartacus • Take out a blank sheet of paper. • Explain how you would handle each of these three crises to strengthen the Republic.

13. The Late Republic • Complete Section 3 Assessment, #1-3, on a blank sheet of paper. • Once you have finished the section assessment, see me to take your quiz.

14. Works Cited • Burstein, Stanley M., and Richard Shek. World History: Ancient Civilizations: Through the Renaissance. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Print.