Determine the impact of significant figures associated with ancient Rome.
Remarks
Examples are Augustus, Cicero, Cincinnatus, Cleopatra, Constantine the Great, Diocletian, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Hadrian, Hannibal, Horace, Julius Caesar, Ovid, Romulus and Remus, Marcus Aurelius, Scipio Africanus, Virgil, Theodosius, Attila the Hun.
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 6
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved
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Lesson Plans
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| Civic Leadership in the Roman Republic and the U.S. Republic | In this lesson plan, students will compare the contributions, influence, and impact of three Roman leaders (Cincinnatus, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus [a.k.a. “the Gracchus brothers”]) to two American leaders who demonstrated civic leadership (Martin Luther King, Jr. and George Washington). |
| Key Figures In Ancient Greece And Rome: Part 2 | Students will be taught a lesson on all of the major significant figures in ancient Rome. Students will be provided a graphic organizer to organize the information on each of these significant figures.
This is lesson 2 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and world history. |
| Key Figures In Ancient Greece And Rome: Part 3 | Students will use their prior knowledge of significant figures in ancient Greek and Roman history from the two previous lessons to identify one figure they deem to be the most important. Students will design a poster, PowerPoint, or other multimedia presentation to display their knowledge of this individual. They will describe the figure's most crucial achievements and civic participation.
This is lesson 3 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and world history. |
| Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome | In this lesson plan, students will explain exemplary civic leadership and identify leaders from ancient Greece and Rome who exhibited good civic virtue. |
| Ancient Civics Citations | Students will analyze quotes from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome that served as a foundation for civic leadership and virtue and compare them to ideas we have about democracy and civic participation today. |
| Ancient Leadership and Virtue | This lesson introduces the concept of virtuous leadership, as it relates to key leaders in Ancient Greece and Rome. Students will each take on the role of one of 5 leaders and fill in a graphic organizer about civic participation and governance. Students will then collaborate on a paragraph to determine which of the men is the most virtuous leader. |
