Warm up

Copy HW

Please grab a worksheet from the front desk and make it page 27

Please read the questions in preparation for our video on life in the Roman Empire

Essential Questions

How can societies use what they learn from the past?

How do culture and technology reflect values?

Video Questions 1. Today- capital of Italy Then-capital of the Empire

2. magnificent public buildings, amphitheaters, mansions, apartments, stores and restaurants

3. light breakfast and lunch-bread, fruit, dates, cheese

4. reclined on the couch, propped up on pillow with their elbow on the table, used only spoons and their fingers

5. started with an offering to the gods. Then a main course of stuffed pig, boiled stingray and eels, gazelle and antelope, and pheasant brains; delicious desserts.

Roman Art

Please read pages 398 and 399

Complete the guided reading notes

Please be prepared to share your answers with the class

This is an ~ 8 minute activity

Art

Romans were influenced by the ____________, but their statues tended to be more________________

They were known for __________and____________- which are painted on moist plaster with water based paints

______________-sponsored, or paid people to create art throughout the empire

Roman Mosaics

Roman Mosaics

Roman Frescoes

ART

The Romans brought a sense of __________ and _____________ to everyday objects

The Roman made highly decorative ________

In addition they developed the arts of ______________ and ___________________

Another popular art form of the Romans was the _________; a raised, carved portrait of a person’s head or a craved scene

BLOWN GLASS CAMEOS

ART-Legacy

Roman art was rediscovered during the ___________and studied by artists such as__________________

_______________ imitated Roman art in the early years of their Republic

These styles gave their art __________ & __________

Writers, Historians, Speakers

Many Roman writers got their ideas from

the __________

Virgil

got his ideas for the Aeneid from Homer’s story of the Odyssey

The Aeneid describes the Trojan prince Aeneas and his journey to Italy

He is shown as the perfect Roman-self-controlled, brave and loyal to the gods

Horace

wrote satires, which poked fun at human weakness

Wrote odes, which are poems with strong emotion

Livy

wrote The History of Rome in 10 B.C.

positive about Rome

Tactitius

Negative Views of Rome

Cicero

wrote and made speeches about a representative government

swayed many Romans

influenced our Constitution

SenecaWrote tragedies

Plautus and Terence

wrote comedies

The Romans loved humor

Closure

Please record five facts you learned today 1 about Roman food 2 about Roman art 2 about Roman writers

Each facts should be on a separate small piece of scrap paper

Feel free to shade/create a boarder of color around your facts Quickly use a glue stick and glue you facts on our class mosaic Students will them come forward to read various information

from today’s lesson