SWBAT compare the Roman republic to the United States governmnet.
S3C3PO3: Describe the impact of the Roman republic on ancient Romans and how it relates to current forms of government.
Key Ideas: What 3-5 key knowledge or skills will students need to master the objective? / - Define: Patriciam, Plebian, Republic
- Republic of Rome is much closer thatn Ancient Greece to our government.
Assessment: How will you assess to determine which students mastered the objective?
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Lesson Cycle / Drill/Do Now/Opening: How will you focus, prepare, and engage students for the lesson? / Materials:
An American god / Guided notes with do now at the top.
Introduction of New Material: How will you convey the knowledge and/or skill of the lesson? What will you student be doing to process this information?
Define:
republic
democracy
monarchy
theocracy
oracle
plebeians
patricians
- Plebians were not given any rights at first
- Fought for power
- Given power
Students will get a page with 3 circles. Those will be the 3 branches of government for Rome.
We will watch the Tim and Moby Video and students will try to fill in the 3 branches while watching.
Brain Pop video on Roman Republic
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/romanrepublic/
- Blast from the past: What are the two types of Democracy what is an adcantage and disadvantage of each?
Teacher will guide a discusion of how the United States is similar in a Venn Diagram
Guided Practice: In what ways will your learners attempt to explain or do what you have outlined? How will you monitor and coach their performance?
Why do you get a copy of the ASA handbook at the beginning of the year? So you know the rules and consequences of our community. One of the big reasons plebeians revolted was that they were being punished for rules the patriarchs made without telling them. The senate would meet and make new laws but since the senate was a minority group, most people didn't even know what the laws were. So a lot of people got upset.
- Analyze laws of 12 tables with group
- Twelve Tables explained their rights.
o Much like Hammurabbi's Code and Ahoka's edicts
o Do we have anything here in the USA that explains our rights?
Independent Practice: In what ways will your different learners attempt the objective on their own? How will you gauge mastery?
- Students will complete the VENN diagram in partners.
- HW write three paragraphs comparing and contrasting the Romans Republic to the United States
Closing: How will you have students summarize what they’ve learned? How will you reinforce the objective’s importance and its link to past and future learning?
Differentiation: How will you differentiate your instruction to reach the diversity of learners in your classroom?
- The act out off the readings will help the lower readers to further engage with the text.
Rome had changed. The people of Rome had changed. They were tired of being ruled by others. They wanted to rule themselves. So after years of fighting against the last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, the people of Rome created a new form of government. It was called a republic. In a republic every citizen voted for leaders who would create their laws.
In the Roman republic every citizen could vote for their leaders, but who were the citizens? Only adult free men could be citizens. That meant women, children and slaves were not citizens, and could not vote.
The new Roman Republic wanted everyone to know what the laws were. They also wanted to make sure that the law applied to everyone rich and poor alike. So they engraved the law on tablets of metal and put them in the forum for everyone to read. They remained there, on display, throughout the time period that Rome was a republic. These laws were called the Twelve Tables because there were twelve different sections. These laws were about crime and property and family matters like marriage and inheritance.
It didn't matter if you were rich or poor; the law applied to every citizen.
Here are a few of the laws of the Roman Republic from the Twelve Tables These have been simplified andrewordedbut hopefully the meanings have not been changed.
What does this mean? This is a ______source.
1. If you are called to appear in court you have to go. If you don't you can be arrested and forced to go.
2. If you need a witness in court and they refuse to go you can stand in front of their house and shout out how they are refusing to do their duty as a citizen. You can do this once every three days.
3. Should a tree on a neighbor's farm be bent by the wind and lean over onto your farm, you can go to court and get the tree cut down.
4. If fruit falls from your trees it is yours no matter where it falls.
5. If you lied in court you would be thrown off of the Tarpeian Rock.
6. You could not hold a political or business meeting at night. Dinner parties and religious festivals at night were ok.
7. Everyone who died had to buried or burned outside the city.
8. Rich people could not marry poor people and vice versa (plebeians and patricians).
*This law did get changed later.
HOMEWORK DIRECTIONS: Answer each question in a sentence or two.
Why did the plebians revolt?
How is a Republic different from a Democracy?
What was the Assembly like in the Roman Government?
Use the article and your notes to sketch out a timeline for ancient Rome.
Spend a few minutes studying your flashcards and your map. Have a great weekend!