Unit: Ancient Rome

Big Idea: Roman Culture, Engineering,

Construction, and Sport
Standard: Societies experience continuity and change over time (#4)
Benchmark: The student will investigate an example of continuity and/or change and connect that
continuity and/or change to a contemporary issue.
Most important understanding of the Big Idea and Standard: How do the accomplishments of
the Ancient Romans impact our world today?
Content to be used to teach about the Big Idea and Standard (What do they need to know
before they begin?):
- Social structure of Ancient Rome
- How cement and aqueducts are related
- Significance of roads related to military and trade
- Vocabulary: aqueducts, engineering, gladiator, Colosseum
What are they reading?
Primary Sources: Images of aqueducts, the
Pantheon, the Colosseum
Secondary Sources: non-fiction informational
books provided in the library

How are they writing?

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Activity (How are they interacting with the

text?):
- Students will be conducting research
individually in the library related to their
assigned project
- Students will be taking notes that
explains how their topic of Ancient Rome
impacts our world today
- Students will be using multiple books to
enhance the facts provided in the project

How are they communicating?

How are you checking for

understanding?
- Students will be
monitored during the
library research to
ensure proper notetaking
- Each student is
responsible for a
portion of the oral
presentation

Students will be taking

- In conjunction with their
informal notes to share
writing, students will be
with their group
presenting the poster,
- Formal writing will be
PowerPoint, or video to
displayed through a
classmates in small group
poster, PowerPoint
rotations.
project, or video (with
script)
- Note-taking will also
occur as students are
listening to classmates
presentations
Accommodations: Every 6th grade student has received a Lexile reading score through AIMSWEB
testing and for this project have been grouped by reading levels. The groups with lower-level
reading scores will receive additional support from a para-professional during the inclusion classes.
Evidence of Proficiency (What does success look like?): Success on the Ancient Rome
Extravaganza is shown through knowledge and understanding of how the accomplishments of
Ancient Rome impact our world today.