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= __**The Romans- fantastic or what?**__ =

**__ 1. What have the Romans ever done for us? __**
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Who were the Romans? The legend and the truth:
 * [|Who were the Romans?]
 * [|Rome map activity]
 * [| Rome Begins- the legend.mp3]
 * [|The legend of Romulus and Remus- worksheet.doc]

__** 2. Rome's rise to power **__
To gain an understand of the size & influence of the Roman Empire and the chronology of its expansion.

How large was the Roman Empire? Use the map on page 17 of the textbook to copy the areas of Roman possessions and provinces on to this map: [|Roman Empire map 120AD.docx]

Timeline exercise. Match the list of dates with the corresponding events found on the Word doc. below. Use pages 14-17 of the textbook to help. Then create a timeline using the matching dates and events. Follow the instructions on the Powerpoint below. [|Roman empire- map and timeline.pptx] [|Romans timeline sorting events.doc]

What were the reasons why the Romans expanded their Empire?

Working with sources. Study the sources on the following pdf document and complete the tasks at the bottom. [|Working with evidence- Roman empire.pdf]

__** 3. Enemies of Rome **__
Why did Hannibal become an enemy of Rome?

Why did Hannibal have such a deep-rooted hatred for Rome? Check out this movie clip to see one possible reason:

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What was the Second Punic War like for a soldier in Hannibal's army? Pages 18 to 21 of the textbook give an excellent summary of the rise of Hannibal and his invasion of Italy. Make sure you read this before starting the assessment task below. [|The Enemies of Rome- assessment task.docx]

Watch the video on the link below and use the corresponding question sheet to make notes as the video progresses. History TV -Engineering an Empire [|History Channel- Engineering an Empire- Questions.docx]

__** 4. From a Kingdom to a Republic- How was Rome governed? **__
Rome was ruled by kings until 509BC. After that Rome was a republic- a state without a king or queen and where the people have some say (or vote) in how a country is governed. Rome remained this way until 27 BC when Octavian (Augustus Caesar) became the first Roman Emperor.

What role did you play in Ancient Rome?

After the game is finished, listen to the descriptions of different sections of Roman society and fill in the Roman Citizens sheet: [|The Citizens of Rome.docx]. If you need help finding a description of the different elected bodies of people the click here: [|Elected bodies from the Assembly.docx] Test your knowledge: Play the Roman Republic game: [|Romanrepublic game.swf]

The BBC series: Fall of an Empire, is a great resource for gaining an understanding of the rise of Julius Caesar and his threat against the very thing the Roman Republic stood for. Link to Dulwich TV: [|Rome-Fall of an Empire- Caesar Part 1 & 2] Questions for Part 1: [|Rome-Fall of an Empire- Caesar Part 1.docx] Questions for Part 2:[|Rome-Fall of an Empire- Caesar Part 2.docx]

__** 5. Roman Life **__
The purpose of this task is to research (as groups) specific aspects of Roman life. Information should be presented in the form of a PPT and a summary document. Assessment of the task is on the quality of your presentation and on your research skills.

Instructions for project: [|Roman Life Project 2011.doc] Examples of written summaries: [|Roman warfare- William.docx] & [|Roman medicine- Charvi.docx] & [|Roman crime and punish- Li-Ann.docx] & [|Roman Gods and religion- Daniel.docx]

__** 6. The Roman Army **__
The Roman Army was the world's first professional army- soldiers received payment for their time spent in battle, preparing for battle and in periods of peace. Follow this link for an excellent source of information on the Roman Army including source work:[|Roman army task .pdf] & answers: [|Roman Army- source work answers.docx]

__** 6. The fall of the Empire **__
There are many factors which culmulated in the downfall of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire Game will provide you with some ideas of the difficulties and threats faced by the various Roman Emperors. Some of these threats inevitably contributed to the downfall of Rome **.**

After you have played the Roman Empire game use the list of possibly reasons provided on the following document and rank them on the table below the list of reasons: document: [|The Roman Empire Game-2.doc]