Thursday, January 14, 2010

6/7 Convention Questions Due Friday

IN HJ :-)
1. What was the hardest part of creating laws?
2. How accurate do you think the convention was from what actually happened?
3. Write a summary of what happened.
4. Do you think it was over all successful? Why/Why not?

Friday, January 8, 2010

Ancient Rome Daily Life WebQuest

Answer in HJ. Work in Pairs. You only have to pick 5 questions to answer. Or you can do all 12 for extra credit (some of you need it!)
The web link is BEFORE the question:

http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/society.htm
1. What were women’s rights and responsibilities like in Ancient Rome?
2. How were children treated?

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3. Roman Homes:

A. http://www.vroma.org/bmcmanus/house.html
This is a patrician’s house. Click around.
How do you know for sure that this is the house of a wealthy person?
What are your two favorite parts? Why?

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B. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/houses/houses.htm
Describe how the poor lived. Is this similar to how people live today?

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http://rome.mrdonn.org/school.html
4. Who went to school, what did they study, and what was the ultimate goal?

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5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/the_roman_army/
A. Who was in the Roman army?
B. How long did they have to serve and what would they get at the end?
C. What was a legion?

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http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/tms/curriculum/history/rome/andy/andyent1.html
6. What did Romans do for entertainment?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/leisure/
7. What sounds like the best part of the Roman Bath?

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http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/gods.html
8. What are the names of 5 Ancient Roman Gods and which Greek Gods they correspond to?

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http://rome.mrdonn.org/gods.html
9. What role did religion play in Roman society?

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http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/maze.htm
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/knot.htm
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/info.htm
10. Look at some of these mosaics – what do you notice about them?

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http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/mkmosaic.htm
11. Make your own! Then sketch it here and describe what it was like making it.

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12. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient_rome.htm
Read this description of an Ancient Roman city. Sketch it and label three main pointsof interest that you would find there