"All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome." ~Tacitus (56-117 CE)
We spent a fair amount of time last week comparing and contrasting the patricians and plebeians, whether their relationship helped with the rise of Rome, or the fall. Students used adjectives to describe the social classes-- were all of the patricians selfish? or generous? Were all of the plebeians hard-working? or lazy? Students were asked if they could justify their explanation of the traits of each group. This was hard! Eventually they came to the conclusion that we can not make blanket generalizations about groups of people, whether they are ancient or modern.
Continuing with the social class theme, we looked at the life of a gladiator in the film below. Based on historical evidence, this video gives us a supposedly accurate depiction of what it was like to train as a gladiator.
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AuthorMrs. Steinen enjoys tacos, running, and reading. This is her 14th year teaching, but the first ten were all in Social Studies. She has three daughters and a spotty dog named Stella. Stella types 55 wpm. :) |