The great conspiracy against Julius Caesar

Octavian/Augustus (the main subject of our next film) came to power as a consequence of the assassination of Julius Caear, his adoptive father.

Watch this five-minute video on the plot to kill Julius Caesar and then discuss in pairs the question posed by the film: what would you do if you were one of the senators who had to decide whether or not to murder Caesar?  Share your answers.

Conspiracy against Julius Caesar

PowerPoint Review of Engineering Empire

When you have finished Engineering Empire, review its content by watching the preview/review Power/Point by following this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hy2R6gdpwEnLQkDp4x1i-lQw6K-xlI_4/view?usp=sharing

The teacher will show this to you and ask you to answer the questions it asks.

Time Line of Ancient Rome and Interactive Journal Instructions

Task 6

Print out the instructions for making an Interactive Journal.  (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJIgynJbT2gu6LURAVLDXGUP8P5v4-wT/view?usp=sharing

The Interactive Journal Instructions are in the pages section of our blog.  Go to the Interactive Journal Instructions Blog Page for printing, don't try to print from this post. Using a computer, go to the timeline for the next film we will watch, the Roman Empire in the First Century: Timeline

Take notes on the first 10 slides of the Timline, following the instructions below for creating an interactive journal.  If  you do not have a composition book yet, use a regular piece of looseleaf notebook paper.

Maps of the Roman Empire - Resources

Task 5

Students use classroom computers to explore these resources and identify locations on set of blank maps. Note: you do not have to identify everything, since the upcoming films will help you. You can also google the names of places on the handout to find out where a place is.

World Atlas interactive map: World Atlas

Atlas of the World - Rome Wiki Commons (don't freak out - there are three introductions, one in Latin, one in Greek and then one in English)

Roman Empire Maps with Modern Country Names

List of Modern Country Names for Roman Empire

Clickable map of Roman Empire

Maps of Roman Empire Task Set 04

Here are a series of maps of the Roman Empire: before and after it was an empire. These are also included in class documents or pages section of the blog.

Here is a handout on Roman Geography with key sites listed and explained. You should print this out for your three-ring binder.Map of Roman territory at death of Julius Caesar 44 BCE

Hebdoma secunda - Task set 03

Preparation: photocopy or print crossword puzzle 02 on Engineering Empire.

Look at the following maps of Rome and its expansion:
Roman territory up to death of Julius Caesar

Here is a 10 minute video showing the expansion of Rome year by year. The history of ancient Rome is divided into three periods: The Monarchy, the Republic and the Empire.  As you watch this video, keep your eye on the black smudge that is Rome at the beginning and then note the year and other information about who was ruling. Expansion of Rome

Before continuing  with Engineering Empire, watch a series of short films by Khan Academy

Vespasian Flavian Amphitheater

Trajans Forum

Trajan's Column

Add information from these short films to your notes and/or viewing guide to Engineering Empire.

Do the second crossword puzzle (see pages under header) which covers Vespasian and Trajan.

Hebdomas secunda: Nero - Vespasian - Trajan - Task Set Two

Task set two

Take the quiz on the Course Information Sheet. (5-8 minutes)

Review your Viewing Guide and identify questions you have not answered or not answered fully. See if you can fill in any more information. You can ask questions of other students in the class. (5-8 minutes)

Watch the next section of Rome: Engineering Empire on Nero. (approximately 15 minutes)

Your teacher will pause the film and give you a crossword puzzle that will check your knowledge of the first 40-50 minutes of the film.  Take 10 minutes to do the crossword puzzle and then turn it in to the teacher.

Continue watching the film and filling out your viewing guide.

HOMEWORK:  Using your viewing guide and what your remember from the film choose one of the engineering accomplishments that you think is especially important and write a good English paragraph or two (full sentences, correct spelling, includes emperor's names, etc.) explaining your choice and describing in detail why you think it was significant.

Don't forget that there is a link in the Day One post to the documentary on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C5obOUDyQ5s

Hebdomas secunda - Week Two - Task set One

Week Two beginning January 29- task set one

Salvete omnes! (hello everyone).  Since it is hard for me to guess exactly how much material you will get through in a day, from here on out I am just going to post tasks, more or less in the order it makes sense to do them.

I am also going to offer some assignments that you may do independently using the classroom laptops and head sets.

I would like to call your attention to the collection of documents that I am adding to the site. You can see them listed right under the header.

Monday first tasks:

• Make sure your phones are zipped up in your backpacks from the moment you enter the class. If your phone is visible and the teacher asks for it, you must surrender it.
• During roll call the teacher will check and note who has signed course information packets, parent/guardian information sheets and the required course supplies. The signed papers are worth one 100% quiz grade and class supplies another 100% quiz grade.  The possible points for these items decrease every day you do not have them. 
• If you haven't played the game Two Truths and a Lie with your survey questions, do this now.
• Take about five minutes to read over all the questions for the film Rome: Engineering Empire and then watch the film. While you are watching the film, pay close attention to the visual information it conveys as well as the historical. Note the landscape, the buildings, the trees, stones, the art work, the way people look in sculptures.  Rome and Italy do not look so very different today.  However, then and now, the look of landscape and culture are very different from what you may be accustomed to if you haven't traveled out of the U.S. Note differences and similarities.

Watch at least the first 33 minutes, through Claudius' building of the aquaducts.  Here is what the narrator says just before the 33 minute mark:

>> Narrator: After reaching the city, each aqueduct emptied into three holding tanks-- one for the public drinking fountains, a second for the public baths and a third reserved for the emperor and other wealthy Romans who paid for their own running water, a concept that was well ahead of its time.

>> Basically every home by the first or second of any means had running water.

This is astounding, because the entire span of the middle ages, they didn't have this.

>> Narration: With the construction of the AQUA CLAUDIA and the ANIO NOVUS,emperor CLAUDIUS had revitalized Rome's system of water distribution.

His public record was one of success.