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Measuring Supporting Structures
Students calculate the volume of the Pantheon's columns and estimate changes in weight given different parameters.
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Providing for the Afterlife
Young scholars decide which personal items would be necessary for success and happiness in the afterlife.
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A Road Map for the Roman Empire, Ca. 250 CE
Students consider how empires are created and sustained, examine Peutinger Table as a whole and in detail as tool of empire for Rome, c. 250 CE, create ancient time-distance travel chart that synthesizes series of strip maps, and...
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The Odyssey of a CoinC
Students create a fictitious newspaper article to document the travels of an ancient Greek coin. They evaluate the economic conditions that existed in ancient Greece and analyze the impact Alexander the Great had on the ancient world.
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Explaining a Legend
Students explain the place of the legend of Herakles in ancient Greek life and compare ancient and modern legends in an essay.
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Sculpture Shapes
Students reconstruct an ancient Greek sculpture using various geometric forms and explore different geometric forms. They create an abstract human form out of geometric shapes and create other representations out of the same shapes.
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Personal Mummy Case
Students create a papier mâché mummy case covered with personal symbols from students' lives.
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Where in the World is 5MT?
Young scholars use the Internet to research astronomy questions written by another class. As questions are answered, clues are given telling where the other class is "hiding" in the world.