Use Primary and Secondary Sources

Pages 280-281Compare and contrast primary and secondary

sources. (Use a Venn diagram or T-chart.)

Which is more valuable to historians? Explain.

• What do you learn about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius from the secondary source?

• On which pieces of information do you think this was based.

•Why is it important to consider who wrote a primary source?

Lesson 2 The Roman Republic

Pages 282-287•Describe the people who were heroes in Rome.

•Compare and contrast patricians and plebeians.

• Explain the social structure of Rome.• Who were citizens in Rome?•What roles did women play in

Rome?

•What word did tribunes say to stop the action of the senate?

•What did it mean?

•Compare and contrast a day in the life of a Roman child and yourself.

•What does the quote, (on page 284, in the beige box) about the dog’s tag, tell us about the status of dogs in Roman society?

•Why do you think it was only a matter of time before Carthage and Rome fought against one another?

•Why do you think Hannibal used elephants in the battle?•How effective was his

strategy?

•What happened to the social classes in Rome as it became wealthier?

•What does Julius Caesar’s quotation, on page 286, in the beige box, tell us about his personality?

•How did Caesar gain control of Rome?

•What three cities were not part of the Roman Empire in 133 B.C.? Use the map on page 286.

•How do you think roads helped the Romans?