What have the Romans ever done for us? - 5/17/06

Bell-Work:

• What Roman accomplishment did you study yesterday?
• Name 3 things you learned about it and explain why they are important.
  

Objective: SWBAT explain what the Romans accomplished (and how they influence us today)

Homework: Work on your script!

Directions:

1. Go to "What have the Romans ever done for us?" to find out what the Romans contributed to the lands they conquered and the ways they have influenced us today.
2. When you have finished reading, take the quiz at the bottom.
   
3. Assignment #1: Write a script!

Assignment #1: You have just listened to and read the script of part of a movie based in Rome in about 30 A.D. The movie is a comedy, but there is a lot of truth to what they say in the film. You assignment is to, with your group, write a script about "what the Romans have ever done for us." Find things in our lives today that we take from the Romans or pretend you are living 2,000 years ago in the Roman empire. Write the script with your group and make it funny, or serious: however you want it to be. If you do an excellent job on this assignment (you will have time to work on it tomorrow), your group will get the chance to record your voices on the computer and put your script online, for people all over the world to download!