Roman History – Inquiry Teaching https://www.inquiry-teaching.com Lesson Plans for Inquiry Based Teaching Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:07:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-inquiry-home-v2-1-32x32.jpg Roman History – Inquiry Teaching https://www.inquiry-teaching.com 32 32 Connecting Past to Present: The Fall of Rome https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/lesson/connecting-past-to-present-the-fall-of-rome/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 18:23:09 +0000 http://www.inquiry-teaching.com/?post_type=product&p=117 Free!  This lesson is a comparison of problems in our time with those of the Roman’s coupled with an analysis of the fall of the Roman Empire.  The lesson provides prompts and questions intended to be used with either a classroom dialogue, writing activity or in combination of these things.  This lesson is intended for World History and Humanities classes and works best as a closure activity to the study of the fall of the Roman Empire. You may wish to also download our free Teaching Guide for Open Ended Discussions.
  • Subject Areas: Social Sciences, Sciences, Humanities, Government
  • Materials Required: Optional - whiteboard or display for posting prompts
  • Time Needed: Typically an entire class period
]]> Free!  This lesson is a comparison of problems in our time with those of the Roman’s coupled with an analysis of the fall of the Roman Empire.  The lesson provides prompts and questions intended to be used with either a classroom dialogue, writing activity or in combination of these things.  This lesson is intended for World History and Humanities classes and works best as a closure activity to the study of the fall of the Roman Empire.

You may wish to also download our free Teaching Guide for Open Ended Discussions.

  • Subject Areas: Social Sciences, Sciences, Humanities, Government
  • Materials Required: Optional – whiteboard or display for posting prompts
  • Time Needed: Typically an entire class period
]]> The Roman Times https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/lesson/the-roman-times/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 18:03:34 +0000 http://www.inquiry-teaching.com/?post_type=product&p=112
  • Subject Area: World History, Humanities, Language Arts
  • Materials Required: Whiteboard or display, sample newspapers, paper, tape, pens, and optionally colored pencils/pens.
  • Time Needed: Typically a full week of class time is devoted to this.
    •  ]]>     This activity is a classroom research project where students create a “newspaper” for the Roman era.  Given nearly all newspapers have moved to digital formats, there is also an opportunity to teach about this vital form of communication that dominated media for so long, too.  This handout provides directions and suggestions for how to use this research activity.  A sample assignment handout is provided.

    May be used in a World History, Humanities or Language Arts setting.

    • Subject Area: World History, Humanities, Language Arts
    • Materials Required: Whiteboard or display, sample newspapers, paper, tape, pens, and optionally colored pencils/pens.
    • Time Needed: Typically a full week of class time is devoted to this.

     

    ]]>         Julius Caesar’s Dilemma https://www.inquiry-teaching.com/lesson/caesars-dilemma/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:07:30 +0000 http://www.inquiry-teaching.com/?post_type=product&p=49 Cognitive Moral Dilemma Teacher's Guide, too.
    • Subject Areas: World History, Humanities
    • Materials Required: Whiteboard or display
    • Time Needed: Typically most of one class period
     ]]>     If you are teaching a World History class and about the Roman Empire, this simple cognitive moral dilemma is a good class activity for getting students interested in learning more about how the Roman Republic was changed under Julius Caesar.

    This lesson plan includes all materials needed but be sure to download the free Cognitive Moral Dilemma Teacher’s Guide, too.

    • Subject Areas: World History, Humanities
    • Materials Required: Whiteboard or display
    • Time Needed: Typically most of one class period

     

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