Last day to write the Day in the LIfe of a Roman story

ELO 4 - I can describe the daily life in the Roman Empire

Today, students will begin class with a Middle Ages preview kahoot.  Next, students will have approximately 30 minutes of class time to finish their stories, which are due on Monday.  On Monday, students will start learning about Feudalism and the Middle Ages.  

ELO 4 - I can describe daily life in the Roman Empire

Today, students will write the first half of their story for the final learning goal of Ancient Rome.  Students that finish early will be able to start on the next assignment or possibly the next learning goal.  Students will also watch a short video on the life of four sisters in Rome.  I recently learned about a disease contracted by sandflies, known as Leishmaniasis that I will share with the students.  It affects millions of people around the world each year.  

A Gladiator's Story and A day in the LIfe of a Roman

I can describe daily life in the Roman Empire.

Today, students will finish watching, "A Gladiator's Story", to get ideas for their story.  Students will collect information from handouts to write their story about a Roman citizen.  This story will be due on Monday, May 1st.  On Monday, students will start learning about the Middle Ages. 

Seminar #2 and Make-up days

Wednesday and Thursday were focused on completing projects, seminars and make up questions.  Some students started writing their stories for A Day in the Life of a Roman.  These will be due on May 1st.  Tomorrow students will watch a video about a gladiators life.

Seminar #1

ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of the Ancient Romans.

Today, half the class will participate in the seminar (formal discussion).  I will observe the accuracy of their participation to obtain the assessment score.  Students that are not proficient will be allowed to complete a make-up seminar to show their understanding the learning goal.  Seminar #2 will be tomorrow and Thursday will be the make-up and retake day.

Last Workday Before Seminar

  ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of the Ancient Romans.

Today, students will have work time to prepare their study guide, notecard, and contribution project. Half the class will take part in the seminar tomorrow.  This is a formal discussion that counts as an assessment.

Reasons for the Fall of Rome

  ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of the Ancient Romans.

Today, students will watch a video that explains 8 reasons for the fall of Rome.  Next, students analyzed primary source documents related to the fall.  The document packet for the fall of Rome will be due on Wednesday.  Students will be able to research for their contribution project and seminar this week.  

Thursday and Friday - Fall of Rome and Seminar Practice

 ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of the Ancient Romans

Students continued to learn and prepare for the Socratic seminar.  They completed to handouts in class, one on contributions and the other on reasons for the fall of Rome. Students also had an opportunity to watch perform a practice seminar to understand how they will be assessed.  To build their knowledge for the seminar, students watched a video about the fall of Rome and competed against the other classes to answer the following questions, " How is the United States similar to the Roman Empire?"  Mod 6 earned the highest score of all the mods.

Roman contributions continued...

 ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of Romans

Today, students will learn about more contributions and start deciding on their top four that impact the world today.  If students have time, they will be able to begin working on the Fall of Rome handout.  Instructions for the next two assessment will be sent in an e-mail soon.

Roman Contributions and Controlling a Vast Empire

ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of Romans

Today. students competed against other classes for who can come up with the most answers to the following question in five minutes, "List the problems in controlling a vast empire".  Next, students watched a video on Roman contributions and finally, students had work time to complete this week's handouts.  

Roman Legion and Quiz Conferences

ELO 2 and 3 - 
I can identify the contributing factors that led to the rise and fall of Roman culture and society

I can evaluate the major legal, artistic, architectural, and literary achievements of Romans

Today, students will watch a video about the Roman Legion, which was instrumental in expanding Romes empire.  Next, students will work on quiz conferences, retakes and make-ups.  Any students that passed the assessment will have a handout on the legion to complete.  I have attached a copy of the upcoming assessments.  Students received a handout on dates and expectations.