T, Feb. 18 - Roman Expansion and Imperialism
PP - 15 - Handout on Roman and American Imperialism
Read pp. 217-218 - Fighting the Gauls
Discuss - How to write a Compare/Contrast Paper
Homework:
Vocabulary List #5B, Due, TH, 2/20
Vocabulary List
#5B
Syllable
Symbol
Technique
Tendency
Tyranny
Unanimous
Undoubtedly
Vacancies
Varies
Vengeance
Villain
Parody
Write a paragraph: Is imperialism a good thing or a bad thing? Is there a difference between Roman and American imperialism? DUE, W, 2/19
W, February 19 - Upheavals of the Late Republic
PP - 16
Julius Caesar introduction
Watch clips of different versions of the play, Julius Caesar.
Read about Caesar pp. 220 - 221.
Discuss MLA Formatting
In-text citations and Works Cited page.
Homework:
Read Act I of Julius Caesar Due, TH, 2/20
TH, February 20 - Julius Caesar
Vocabulary Test
Act out Julius Caesar Act I
Review MLA - How to Find Research.
Homework:
Read Act II of Julius Caesar Due, M, 2/24
Work on first draft of Compare/Contrast paper, Due TH, 2/27
Fri, Feb. 21 (B)
M, February 24 - Great Personalities of Rome
Act out Act II of Julius Caesar
Read pp. 222-224 in packet.
Talk about Cicero
Homework: Vocabulary List, Due TH, 2/27
Vocabulary List
#6B
Abstruse
Obtuse
Acrimonious
Ambulatory
Amenable
Anarchy
Apartheid
Apathy
Appropriate
Aptitude
Charisma
Write a paragraph: Was Brutus Right to kill Julius Caesar? Due, W, 2/26.
Read Act 3, Julius Caesar, Due T, 2/25.
T, February 25 - The Rise of Augustus
PP 19, 20, 21.
Act out Act 3.
Show the two speeches.
Review questions on play.
Review Compare/Contrast papers.
Homework:
Finish first draft due, TH, 2/27
Finish, Julius Caesar. Due, W, 2/26. Finish question sheet.
W. February 26 - Finish Julius Caesar
Review paragraphs.
Finish Julius Caesar and questions.
What happened to Brutus and the traitors?
PP--22 - The Julio Claudians
Homework:
First draft due TOMORROW.
TH, February 27 - Compare and Contrast paper
PP #23 - Early Christians
First Draft of Compare and Contrast paper due.
Do readings and answer questions for readings on Rome.
Homework:
Finish readings and questions. Due, M, 3/3
F, February 28 - (A) - Is there ever a good reason to do something bad?
M, March 3 - Christianity
Review - Questions from Readings
Discuss "Nero and the Christians" pp. 236.
Watch National Geographic - Early Christianity
Homework:
Vocabulary, Due TH 3/6
Chasm
Chivalrous
Circumspect
Coherent
Complicity
Compose
Conciliatory
Concord
Concurrent
Dearth
Deleterious
Write a paragraph: Why was Christianity such a threat to Rome? Due W, 3/5
Bring in cardboard for aqueduct project on TH, 3/6.
T, 3/4 - No School
W, 3/5 - The Year of the Four Emperors
Read paragraphs.
Watch DVD on Nero
Discuss--Was Nero right or wrong in burning Rome?
Read Tacitus, The Burning of Rome, p. 234.
Homework:
Finish Final Draft of Compare/Contrast paper, Due T, 3/11
Bring in cardboard for Aqueduct Building on TH, 3/4
TH, 3/6 - Aqueduct Building
Vocabulary Test
Break up into two teams. Decide how you are going to build an aqueduct.
Go outside and build 2nd hour.
Homework:
Finish Compare/Contrast paper.
F, 3/7 (B) With our technological advances, are we smarter than the generations before us?
M, 3/10 - The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
pp - 26
Watch: Pompeii--Buried Alive
Homework:
Final Cmpare/Contrast due TOMORROW
Vocabulary List, Due TH, 3/13
Vocabulary List
#8B
Demagogue
Despot
Diligent
Diverse
Docile
Elliptical
Elusive
Endemic
Pacify
Palpable
Parochial
T, 3/11 - The High Empire
Review compare/contrast papers. Each person will talk about their paper.
Read The Murder of Agrippina, p. 232.
Pliny to Emperor Trajan, p. 242
Homework:
Write a paragraph: If you lived in Pompeii, how would you have escaped the volcano?
Due W, 3/23
W, 3/12 - Third Century Chaos
Review paragraphs
Review papers.
TH, 3/13 - Constantine and the Fall of the West
Vocabulary Test
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Homework:
Do Study Guide for the Test
F, March 14 (A) - With our technological advances, are we smarter than people who lived before us?
M, 3/17 - Study for Final Roman Test
T, 3/18 - TEST
W, 3/19 -
Review Grades
Watch Ben Hur
Homework: Bring an egg for the Roman celebration
Food for extra credit.
TH, 3/20 -
Give ABS Grades
Roman Celebration
F, March 21 - NO SCHOOL - End of the Term
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