The following statements are the items the students should know by the end of this unit of study.  As a class we make sure we completely answer these statements.  This is what the students use as their "review sheet" for multiple assessments in social studies:
Essential Questions:

Geography: Why is “where” important?

History: How does yesterday decide tomorrow?

Citizen- How can an individual make a difference?

Economics- How do people get what they want or need?

Government- Why do we have rules and who decides them?

Skills and Methods- How can we show what we know?

 

1.       I can define geography.

2.       I can list the geographic features of Rome.

3.       I can explain why early Romans settled in Rome.

4.       I can explain how the geography of Rome affected the way people lived there.

5.       I can describe how the geography of Rome helped the Romans interact with other civilizations in the ancient world.

 

6.       I can identify republic, empire, monarchy, government, Augustus.

7.       I can list the early settlers of the Italian peninsula.

8.       I can retell the story of Romulus and Remus.

9.       I can explain how the myth of Romulus and Remus affected the settlement of early Rome.

10.   I can identify the earliest form of government in Rome.

11.   I can explain why Rome transitioned from a Roman Republic to a Roman Empire.

12.   I can explain the transition in government from the beginnings of Rome to the fall of Rome.

 

13.   I can define Christianity.

14.   I can describe the basic ideas of Christianity.

15.   I can discuss how the Roman Empire helped spread Christianity.

 

16.   I can identify internal, external, Constantine, Diocletian, agriculture

17.   I can list the internal and external reasons for the fall of Rome.

18.   I can describe the cause and effect relationships that affected the fall of the Roman Empire.

19.   I can explain how the problems led to the collapse of Rome.

 

20.   I can explain how the Byzantine Empire began.

21.   I can explain how Justinian influenced the growth of the Byzantine empire.

22.   I can list why the Roman capital was moved to Constantinople.

23.   I can explain how the Byzantine Empire carried on the glory of Rome.

 

24.   I can identify schism.

25.   I can identify reasons why the schism occurred.

26.   I can list the two new religions that developed for the schism.

27.   I can compare and contrast the Roman Catholic Church to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

28.   I can explain how the schism of 1054 affected the Christian Church.

 

29.   I can identify contributions for the Roman culture.

30.   I can identify the architectural and engineering accomplishments of Rome.

31.   I can explain how the religion and law of Rome affected us today.

32.   I can explain how Roman contributions still affect is today.