Chapters 6 & 10

Ancient Rome and the Rise of Christianity (509 BC - AD 476)

The Byzantine Empire and Russia (330-1613)

3/3              Review Test.

                   Discuss quotes on page 128 (8.1.12.B)                                                                                                                                                     BACK

                   Write newspaper headlines (8.1.12.A)

Video:  European Tour:  Rome’s Great Empire (5)

Transparencies:  Historical Atlases. (8.1.12.A, 8.1.12.B, 7.1.11.A, 7.4.12.B)

Map Project Transparency (8.1.12.A, 8.1.12.B, 7.1.11.A, 7.4.12.B)

If time allows work on project

Assignment:  Read Chapter 6 Section 2 pages 135-140, "Cleopatra" and "Nero Sings While Rome Burns" Handouts 

3/4              Discuss Reading.

                   Transparencies:  Historical Atlases. (8.1.12.A, 8.1.12.B, 7.1.11.A, 7.4.12.B)

Transparency:  Roman Empire

Map of Roman Empire to 117 AD  Handout (7.1.12.A, 7.3.12.A)        

Discuss map.

Assignment:  Read Chapter 6 Section 3 pages 141-143.

3/5              The Roman Achievement Handout

                   Chap 6 Sec 3 Guided Reading & Review Handout (8.1.12.A)

                   Transparency:  Roman Artwork

Assignment:  Primary Source Reading Handout (8.1.12.C)

                   Assignment:  Read Pages 152 - 153 in text.

3/6               Discuss  last night's reading Handout (8.1.12.C)

                   Greco-Roman Culture Venn Diagram  (8.1.12.D)

Transparency:  Historical Atlases. (8.1.12.A, 8.1.12.B, 7.1.11.A, 7.4.12.B)4  (8.1.12.A, 7.1.12.A, 7.3.12.B, 7.3.12.D, 7.3.12.E)

Geography and History Handout (8.1.12.A, 7.1.12.A, 7.3.12.B, 7.3.12.D, 7.3.12.E)

Teacher led Review

Assignment:  Read Chapter 6 Sections 4 and 5 pages 144-151. Handout

3/7              Library All Roads Lead to Rome    Due 3/14 Handout

3/10            Library All Roads Lead to Rome 

3/11           Video:  Roman City  (with worksheet)

                  Video:  Enduring Influence:  Rome, Greece  & Byzantium:  The Rise of

                  of Rome’s Empire  Assign Chapter 11 Presentations:

                         Comparing Branches of the Islamic Faith

                         The Journeys of Ibn Batuta

                          The Thousand and One Nights

                   Assignment:  Map - Rome to 500 AD  Handout  (8.1.12.A, 7.1.12.A, 

                         7.1.12.B)

3/12           Internet:  Discovery Films:  Elementary Video Adventures: Life in Ancient     

                  Rome:

·        Daily Life

·        Inventions

Internet:  Discovery Films: Ancient Rome: Rise to Power: Roman Life

Internet:  Discovery Films:  Hidden History of the Roman Empire:  Personal Hygiene in the Roman Empire

Assignment: Read Chapter 10 Section 1 (8.1.12.A)

3/13            Chap 10 Sec 1 GR&R Handout  (8.1.12.A)

                   Map:  Byzantine Empire. Handout (7.1.12.A, 7.1.12.B)

                   Review Maps.

Review Geography of Byzantine Empire (7.3.12.D, 7.3.12.E)

Audio Disc:  Four Lads:  Istanbul

3/14            Present All Roads Lead to Rome Project

3/17            Video:  Byzantium II: 

·        Constantinople: The New Capital of Constantine's Byzantine Empire

·        The Roman Empire Did Not Fall

·        Justinian and Theodora Remake the Roman Empire

 Video:  Enduring Influence:  Rome, Greece  & Byzantium:  Byzantium and Its   Roman Ideals  (5)

 Video:  Geography of the World: Europe: The People: Invasions (3)

                    Student Presentations

                    Review for Test

                   Transparency F13

Transparency:  Barbarian Invasions of Roman Empire

Transparency:  Byzantine Empire

3/18            Test on Chapter 6 & 10

3/19           A Social Experience

3/20 – 3/25 No School