8th Grade Curriculum
Unit: Ancient Rome

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
Textbook |
Supplemental |
Assessments |
Standards |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
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Ancient History Green Atlas Questions |
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RIGSE: 5-1 – Many ways Earth’s people are interconnected
RIGSE: 5-2 – Interconnected World
RIGSE: 5-3 – Choices Interconnected world
RIGSE HP 2
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 4 WH 5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1 |
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2. Why do people live the way they do? |
Activity 1.1
Discovering Etruscan and Greek Influences on Roman Civilization
Activity 2.2 Writing a
Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Activity 3.1 The Spread of Christianity |
Chapter 7.3
Chapter 7.4 |
Video: The first Christians |
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RIGSE G&C 1-4
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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3. How and why do human societies organized the way they do? |
Activity 1.2 Patricians and Plebeians:
Experiencing the Struggle for Power
Activity 2.1 Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors |
Chapter 7.1 |
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RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4
Era 1 WH 2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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4. How does technology affect people’s lives? |
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Chapter 7.2 |
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RIGSE – G&C 5
RIGSE – HP1
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,6
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history? |
Activity 1.3 Predicting the
Outcomes of the Punic Wars Between Rome and Carthage |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5
RIGSE – HP1,2,3
Era 2 WH 1,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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6. How has the quest for resources affected human history? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 5 WH 1,2 |
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7. How do we know what we know about human history? |
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RIGSE – HP 1,2,3
Era 1 WH 1,2
Era 3 WH 1,4
Era 4 WH 1,5,6 |
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8. Why do civilizations rise & decline? |
Activity 1.4 Debating
Whether Military Expansion Helped or Hurt Rome |
Chapter 7.2
Chapter 7.5 |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
Era 2 WH 1,2,3
Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5
Era 4 WH 1,2,3,5,6,7
Era 5 WH 1,2 |