3/23/11BR – Imagine you are a good Emperor of your country. Describe 3 things you would worry about happening to your people.“I would worry that my people or country would…”

Today: The Roman Empire

-hand in graphic organizer and exit slip from yesterday

Task:

• We want to understand what it was like to live during the Roman Empire. We can do this by comparing life at that time to our lives of today.

• Read the selection and complete the following comparison chart

Life During the Empire

Roman Empire

• Values

• Slaves and Captivity

• Gods and Goddesses

• Society and Culture

United States

• Values

• Slaves and Captivity

• Gods and Goddesses

• Society and Culture

What’s the Problem?(p. 173)

Economy - $ Military -

What’s the Solution?(p.174-75)

Economy - $ Military -

Writing..

The Roman Empire began to experience problems in two areas _____ and _____.