Gr+7+Roman+Project

=Teachers' Pages=

= Main Themes = **Geography** || **Ancient Rome - Videos** || **Luxembourg &** **the Romans** || **Infrastructure** || || **Government** || **Society** || = **TEST** = = **STUDY GUIDE** = || **Conflict** || = =
 * [[image:amazinglibrary/romanempiremap.jpg width="124" height="97" link="Gr 7 Roman Project Geography"]]
 * [[image:roman bath.jpg width="137" height="131" link="Gr 7 Roman Project Infrastructure"]]
 * Downfall of**
 * the Empire**
 * [[image:romansociety.JPG width="134" height="126" link="amazinglibrary/Gr 7 Roman Project Society"]]

= = = Main Resources for all topics =

=Library Books! They are all in the Nonfiction section in the Library. = = The number on the spinelabels is __**937**__. =

Most reliable site with information on "Ancient Rome" (use this search term), divided up into chronological periods. Login: K-369391, Password VANEN

BBC Website. Note: reliable authors (can you find them?). Lots of information, well structured. There is a game to play as well.

 Run by one person, a professor (find the name of the author?), with advertising. Very well structured, with hyperlinks for word and name explanations. =Timeline of the Roman Empire = = =

=** Essential questions linked with the themes: **=


 * Geography: How did physical geography play a role in Roman expansion?**


 * Luxembourg and the Romans: How has Luxembourg been influenced?**


 * Infrastructure: How did specific needs lead (examples: technology, economics) to the development of specific institutions **
 * (examples: aqueducts, sanitation, roads, trade, currency)? **


 * Government: What were the different types of Roman government and how has it reflected in current government and legal systems ?**


 * Society, all aspects: How was Roman society organized and what role did each member of society contribute to society?**


 * Conflicts: What were some of the major conflicts (both internal and external), reasons and impacts?**


 * The downfall: What are the causes and effects of the downfall of Rome?**