Return to top of page
|
|||||||
| ETC > NSA Home > Social Studies 6-8 > The Roman Empire | |||||||
ETC > NSA Home > Social Studies 6-8 > The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire
Students will learn about the Roman Empire using timelines, maps, and the internet.
Objectives
- Students will research a list of people, places and events from the Roman Empire on the Internet using Wikipedia.org and other relevant sites.
- They will take their information and write it on a blank timeline to be used throughout the unit of study.
- They will also fill in a blank map of the Roman Empire using a web site.
Procedure
- Students will look up the list of events given to them and write the years they occurred.
- Students will then write in the date increments on the timeline, then fill in the relevant events.
- Students will search for a site concerning the Roman Empire and locate a map that can be used to complete a blank map they have been given.
Sunshine State Standards
- SS.A.1.3.1
- SS.A.2.3.5
- SS.A.2.3.6
- SS.A.2.3.7
- SS.B.1.3.1
- LA.A.2.3.5
NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students
- Use content-specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research.
- Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.
Materials
- Blank timeline of the Roman Empire from 753 BC to AD 476
- List of important events
- Blank map
- Wireless laptops
- Internet access
Return to top of page
Return to lesson plans menu
ETC > NSA Home > Social Studies 6-8 > The Roman Empire