Today's Frame

How did Constantinople ("The New Rome") develop into an empire that outlasted the Western Roman Empire by a milennium- all the while creating its own unique culture, law, form of Christianity, etc.?

Images and Artifacts

How do images and artifacts help us understand the past?  How do they function as primary sources to inform us about historical events and societies?

3rd Period HW: Select 1 image from your Activity Points or from the web that 1) You find incredibly compelling  2) You want to learn more about

Then upload that image to your blog and answer the above two prompts

2nd Quarter Activity Points are Posted

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Additional Review

Here are all Unit 3 Reading Quizzes for you....

3rd Period Reading Quiz (Rome)

6th Period Reading Quiz (Rome)

3rd Period Reading Quiz (Persia and Greece)

6th period Reading Quiz (Persia and Greece)

Today's Frame

How did Christianity emerge from a persecuted religion to the official state region of the Roman Empire?

Today's Frame

How did Roman culture embrace Greek, Etruscan, and local Latin elements and make contributions in art, literature, architecture, etc.?

ACTIVITY: Using our buckets and with a focus on the Spielvogel reading on Roman culture, break your notes into headings that reflect both the reading content and our buckets and content targets.

AS A GROUP, you will determine how to present this information.

Today's Frame

What conditions led to the end of the Roman Republic and the descent into imperial Rome during the Pax Romana?

Cicero's Rome

Click here for Cicero document

And click here for Cicero questions