Read, Answer, Write & Color

1. Students read a 300 word article

2. Students Answer 3 Comprehension Question & Define 2 Vocabulary Words

3. Students Paraphrase/Summarize what they read

4. Students Color the Topic

Assignments Included:

Ancient Rome (civilization, empire)

Romulus and Remus (shewolf, founding)

The Roman Republic (constitution, consuls)
The City of Rome (Tiber, population)
The Roman Forum (marketplace, debate)
Daily Life in Ancient Rome (schooling, customs)
Food and Cooking in Ancient Rome (grain, banquets)
Clothing in Ancient Rome (toga, sandals)
Plebeians and Patricians (classes, nobles)
Roman Housing (insulae, villas)
Life in the City in Ancient Rome (vendors, noise)
Life in the Countryside in Ancient Rome (farms, harvest)
Family Life in Ancient Rome (marriage, discipline)
Women of Rome (matrons, virtue)
Roman Art (mosaics, sculpture)
Literature in Ancient Rome (poetry, epics)
Roman Law (justice, courts)
The Roman Senate (debate, authority)
Roman Engineering (arches, concrete)
Roman Roads (trade, routes)
Roman Water (sanitation, supply)
Roman Baths (hygiene, leisure)
Roman Aqueducts (gravity, reservoirs)
Roman Mythology (gods, rituals)
Christianity and Rome (persecution, martyrs)
Roman Numerals (symbols, calculation)
The Roman Arena and Entertainment (spectacles, chariot)
The Colosseum (amphitheater, gladiators)
Gladiators (armor, contests)
Ancient Carthage (harbor, navy)
The Punic Wars (rivalry, dominance)
The First Punic War (naval, Sicily)

The Roman Corvus (boarding, naval)
Hannibal of Carthage (strategy, elephants)
Hannibal Crossing the Alps (mountains, hardship)
The Second Punic War (battles, tactics)
The Third Punic War (siege, destruction)
Scipio Africanus (Zama, leadership)
The Roman Army (discipline, formation)
The Consular Army (command, legions)
Roman Legions (cohorts, standards)
The Ninth Roman Legion (mystery, frontier)
The Roman Centurion (officer, leadership)
Roman Siege Weapons (catapult, ballista)
Roman Wars and Battles (strategy, conquest)
The Roman Eagle Standard (honor, emblem)
Gaius Marius (reforms, recruitment)
Rome and Gaul (tribes, conquest)
First Triumvirate (alliance, rivalry)
Marcus Licinius Crassus (wealth, ambition)
Gnaeus Pompey (general, command)
Julius Caesar (dictator, reforms)
The Roman Civil War (factions, struggle)
The Death of Caesar (assassination, conspiracy)
Mark Antony (alliance, ambition)
Cleopatra (queen, dynasty)
The Battle of Actium (naval, Octavian)
The Siege of Alexandria (blockade, resistance)
The Death of Cleopatra (tragedy, legacy)
Augustus (peace, reforms)
The Praetorian Guard (bodyguards, intrigue)
Castra Praetoria (fortress, garrison)
From Republic to Roman Empire (transition, stability)

The Emperors of the Roman Empire (dynasties, succession)
Cicero (statesman, rhetoric)
Spartacus the Gladiator (revolt, freedom)
Flamma the Gladiator (champion, bravery)
Roman Beastiary (animals, spectacle)
Rome and the Temple of Solomon (Jerusalem, destruction)
Rome in the Holy Land (governance, tribute)
The Roman Empire in Judea (taxes, revolt)
Rome and the Germanic Tribes (frontier, warriors)
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (ambush, defeat)
Rome in England (Britannia, occupation)
The Boudica Rebellion (uprising, resistance)
The City of Pompeii (ruins, ash)
The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (volcano, disaster)
Hadrian’s Wall (barrier, defense)
The Antonine Wall (frontier, expansion)
Nero (fire, tyranny)

Marcus Aurelius (stoicism, philosophy)
Commodus (instability, decline)
Trajan (expansion, prosperity)
Constantine the Great (conversion, reform)
Honorius (invasions, weakness)
The Barbarians in Ancient Rome (migrations, raids)
The Fall of Rome (collapse, decline)
The Legacy of Rome (law, influence)