Ancient+Rome

Ancient Rome

We are going to examine The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome in a unique way.

We are going to utilize a technique called RAFT

Which stands for

Role Audience Format Topic

RAFT Assignment Sources http://www.writingfix.com/WAC/RAFT.htm http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/R.A.F.T.+Assignments

Sample of Potential Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7kqjNAthA

Due Date

RAFT Project Sheet April 24th RAFT Final Selection April 27th RAFT Final Project / Presentation May 7 (with Bibliography)

RAFT Checklist []

Fill In Blank E-Mail me two fill in the blank questions with answers bolded about your RAFT topic, will be quiz based on these. Due May 4th (International Star Wars Day)

Resources for Topics / Research [|__http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/introancientrome1.htm__] Ancient Roman App on iPad http://rome.mrdonn.org/index.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/ [] []

Enrichment Activities Play the following games: [] * [] *

Take at least three Screen Shots of each including the ending and list 5 things you learned (10 in total) by playing each game. Place in a word document and upload to the Ancient Rome section of your wiki (may have to create) - 16 Marks *

Use the Ancient Rome App on the iPads and do the quiz - Can do as many times until you get 20/20 - take screen shot or show me iPad to confirm.

Play Civilization as Rome and e-mail me an overview of what you learned (places, units, government, technologies, strategy) 20 Marks

Rome Review Part 1 Read this article [] Student example http://sseilman.wikispaces.com/Ancient+Rome Make a woordle of the text at [] or use http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html or http://tagcrowd.com/ (works on a mac) ... take a screen shot of this paste it into Word and respond to what you think of the article. Once done add to you wiki and e-mail or hand in document and e-mail me when complete. Worth 10 marks media type="custom" key="17910808"