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Teacher's Guide for APPLESEEDS Children of Ancient RomeDecember 2000
This guide was prepared by Cyndy Hall. Ms. Hall is a Southern California teacher, writer, and keyboard musician.
The following lesson plan ideas are based on information presented in the December 2000 issue of APPLESEEDS. Classroom activity times vary.
Higher Level Thinking Skills: - Interpretation,
- Analysis,
- Application,
- Synthesis of information from sources.
Materials: - December 2000 issues of APPLESEEDS,
- white board or butcher paper,
- markers,
- drawing paper and / or fish cutout,
- crayons,
- dictionaries.
- Optional: Materials for making the Roman writing tablets on page 26 (see teaching Activity 3), Internet access.
Vocabulary: Arena, colosseum, gladiator, freeman, citizen, flax, turbots, goddess, archeologists, ludus, pedagogue, magister, grammaticus, stylus, bulla, thracian, retiarius, essedarii, bestiarii, domus, atrium, thermae, pluvia, gymnasium, praefurnium, unctorium, tepidarium, caldarium, frigidarium Activities: - "Take a Walk in Ancient Rome" (Article begins on page 3.)
Read the article as a class.
Discuss what life was like for children living in Ancient Rome.
Make a large butcher paper wall chart entitled "Life in Ancient Rome" (see the example below). Using the suggested headings and any others brought up by the class, begin filling out the chart during this first class discussion. Leave the chart on the wall (1) as a reference guide for further studies and (2) to be added to as new information becomes available from further reading in APPLESEEDS or independent research.
Life in Ancient Rome| School | Games /
Entertainment | Meals / Food* | Manners*
/ Social
Customs* | Work | Family |
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* see the article on page 18, "Dormice for Dinner."
- "Welcome to a Roman House" (Article begins on page 13.)
Read the article.
Make a chart comparing the Roman house on pages 14 - 15 to a 21st century home.
For example:| Ancient Roman House | 21st Century Home | | I. Entrance of a domus usually guarded by a slave or guard dog | I. Electronic surveillance system | | II. Front rooms sometimes rented out as shops | II. Home offices |
- "Bathtime" (Article begins on page 16.) and "Learning Latin" (Article begins on page 24.)
Make a list of Latin words and their English "descendants" used in both articles.
Do a little research online or in the dictionary. What other English words are descended from Latin roots?
- "Take Note" (Activity on page 26.)
Make Roman writing tablets as a class project.
Surprise the class by becoming a Roman classroom for one entire day. Use the completed Roman writing tablets instead of paper and pencil in one class for one day. Practice writing Latin words and solving Roman math problems (similar to those in "Solve the Number Mystery" on pages 22 - 23).
At the end of the day, ask each student to write a paragraph in his or her journal (the paper one!) about the experience.
Write a letter to APPLESEEDS describing the experience.
- "Do Fish Wear Rings?" (Article begins on page 20.)
Using either a reproduced fish outline or plain drawing paper, draw and decorate a cartoon picture of a Roman child's pet turbot (wearing jewelry). Using a second piece of plain drawing paper, ask each student to draw and decorate a second picture - of their own 21st century pets wearing 'modern' jewelry and attire.
These pictures would make a great bulletin board!
Don't forget "Let's Play Odd or Even," the game activity on page 12; the puzzle ("Brainteaser: Crossword Fun") on page 26; and "Fun Stuff: Make Your Own Bulla," the crafts activity on page 30. |
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