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Rome: In Focus

For Grades 5 to 9

Your class has the chance to make ancient Rome come to life!

The scope of the Rome: In Focus project is to involve your class in chronicling the events from the history of the Roman republic and empire. Through the use of thematic software, your students will learn about the people and history of the Roman world, making ancient times and long vanished voices come alive.

Rome: In Focus is aimed at learners in grades 5-9 and provides students with the opportunity to master historical content, to learn and strengthen research skills, and to build upon language and critical thinking skills using technology as a medium for learning. Through the use of electronic and print primary and secondary source documents, your students will experience historical events and demonstrate their understanding of this content in new and creative ways.

This project centers upon the historical inquiry theory of instruction, calling for cooperative groups of students to personalize history by conducting close investigations of historic events. Rome: In Focus capitalizes on the latest research in “brain-compatible learning” and the intrinsically creative nature of students, challenging them to learn about history by creating products that demonstrate comprehension and higher-order thinking skills.

Rome: In Focus is driven by the national standards of several disciplines, including social studies, geography, language arts, and the arts. The structure of the project encourages students to learn by providing a comprehensive introduction, two distinct but interrelated learning phases, and a culminating event in which students demonstrate their learning and creativity to an audience of their peers and other invited guests.

• Rome, Introduced: Students will learn content-specific vocabulary necessary for an understanding of Roman history. They will engage in a series of activities that assess and augment their background knowledge of ancient Rome. Working cooperatively, they will create a time line, chronicling emperors from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.
•  Rome, Focused: Students will conduct in-depth research on specific topics from Roman history. They will complete a variety of hands-on activities to support their research. Each group will create a multimedia presentation of their research to present to the class.
• Rome, Documented: Students will research various aspects of ancient Rome. They will demonstrate their learning by creating animated “interviews” with various Roman inhabitants. Their individual animations will be combined to create a class documentary on daily life in ancient Rome.  

Please go to the Terms of Use page for information on using the projects. To get a copy of the full project, click here.