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=                           Hear Ye! Hear Ye!! For the next stop on our historical adventure we have the Medieval Ages!!! =

==Here is to our next humanities unit, dealing with all the various religions of the World. First off though, you might want to create a journal entry, in your humanities notebook, answering the following questions:== • Which religious tradition do you know the least about? • The most about? What do you know about this religious tradition, and how do you know it? • Which tradition would you like to know more about? What type of things do you want to know? • Do you have friends or relatives who are part of a religious tradition other than your own? What do you know about that tradition?

22 February 2010
==OK, Crew! It is time that you get ready for your big Rome assessment! You need to dust off your imagination and get it functioning! Depending on how creative you are, you will be developing a power point, game or even a story book based on your knowledge about Rome. The question you need to be asking yourself though is, "Do you have what it takes to maintain an empire?" or "Will the Empire strike back?". Click open the following Word document and find out about your task:==

Questions from Across the Centuries, pages 24-31:

 * 1) What led to the collaspe of the Western Roman Empire? Give Examples.
 * 2) In what ways might the roads, aqueducts and buildings that the government funded have improved the living conditions in the provinces?
 * 3) Why did the government limit the number of barbarians entering the empire at any one time?
 * 4) Why didn't minting more coins solve the empire's economic problems?
 * 5) Why was the Eastern Roman Empire able to survive and prosper while the Western Roman Empire crumbled?
 * 6) Make a list of the problems that led to the colaspe of the Roman Empire. Rank the items in your list from the most important to the least important. Compare your list to those made by other members of your class and defend your ranking.

While you work on your Rome Graphic Organizers together, you may review all the ideas that we came up with in class for creating your organizers by following this link:



Concepts to focus on:

 * What is the difference between a kingdom, a republic and an empire?
 * Who were Romulus and Remus, and what is their importance to Rome?
 * What is the difference between a patrician and a plebeian?
 * What was modern day France called during the existance of the Roman Empire?
 * Who were the Etruscans? What enfluences did they have on Rome as Rome created its own empire?
 * Who was Octavian and what does his name mean?
 * Who was Julius Caesar, why was he so important to Rome and what does he have to do with Octavian?
 * Why do Romans honor wolves?
 * What is the difference between a consul and a dictator?
 * What did "veto" mean during the Roman times, and what does it mean now days?
 * Why was the location of Rome so strategic and desirable?

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