Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Ice Cream Shop: Roman Numerals

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an ice cream shop. Those skills include identifying and converting Roman Numerals, identifying place value in a number, and sorting numbers...
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: History: Roman Empire: What Was Life Like in the Roman Army?

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learning module from BBC Primary History for study of the Romans and Roman Army. Engaging and interactive site for primary students. Includes activities, photos, videos, and links to supplemental material.
Handout
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: The Roman Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic information in outline form from the University of Virginia on the Roman family, including marriage, childbirth, and family life.
Primary
University of Chicago

Plutarch: The Parallel Lives: The Life of Cicero

For Students 9th - 10th
An English translation of The Life of Cicero, by Roman biographer, Plutarch. Text is from the Loeb Classical Library, 1919 edition, and is in the public domain.
Website
Other

A Perspective of the Ancient Romans

For Students K - 1st
Explore this website created by a primary school. The site focuses on the Romans. There is a town tour, military news, important events and more.
Handout
Franco Cavazzi

Roman Empire: Religion in the Home

For Students 9th - 10th
The religious practices performed in the homes of the Romans are discussed--how minor gods and goddesses had roles in all aspects of Roman daily life.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Dictator for a Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson plan challenging learners to identify the pros and cons of dictatorship and applying those to understand what life was like in Ancient Rome. Find adaptations for younger students, discussion questions, assessment, enrichment, as...
Interactive
Other

Life in Sussex Before the Romans

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides a description of what life was like in a town in England just prior to the Roman invasions. It also allows students to examine the different trades practiced in the town, their religion and more.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Roman Women

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for Kids gives an overview of women in ancient Rome discussing women's role in politics, religion and law and daily life. Resources for teachers includes activities, worksheets, and quizzes.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Roman Pottery

For Students 1st - 7th
History for Kids discusses two categories of pottery, the fine ware and course ware, of ancient Rome from which students get a sense of how pottery was used in Roman daily life.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Roman Food

For Students 1st - 7th
Historical overview of the foods eaten by Romans. Students get a sense of what people in ancient Rome at and the rituals centered around eating.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Day in the Life of a Roman Soldier

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Garland illuminates what life was like for a solider in the Roman army.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Julius Caesar's Assassination Triggered the Fall of the Roman Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
In the first weeks of 44 B.C., Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life." His life, though, wouldn't last much longer. Fearful that the concentration of absolute power in a single man threatened the republic's democratic institutions,...
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Other

The Romans: Society and Daily Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Roman society was rigidly structured by wealth and rank, through both of which equestrians could increase their status. Even the plebs became class-divided. Augustus enabled the municipalities of Italy to practice local government....
Website
Franco Cavazzi

The Roman Empire: Gaius Julius Caesar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Roman Empire provides a general biography of Julius Caesar. Content includes Caesar's early life, his capture by pirates, his return to Rome, his military trip to Spain, the "First Triumvirate," his governorship of...
Handout
City University of New York

Roman Dress

For Students 3rd - 8th
Provides a short account on how Romans dressed in their daily life, both men and women. It also discusses the use of color in Roman clothes such as the toga.
Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: 19th Century: Roman Catholics & Immigration in 19th Century America

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay answers the question, "Why did so many Catholics come to the United States at this time?" The potato famine, urban industrialization, chance for a new life, are among some of the answers.
Website
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on the various types of foods consumed in the ancient Greco-Roman world. Clicking on the items will provide information and pictures. Examples include grain, grapes, olive oil, fish and more.
Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Divine Augustus

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a translation of an extensive Roman work on Augustus and his reign. His family, family history, childhood, the loss of his father, his military career, and more are discussed in this extensive study of his life.
Handout
Other

Rome Guide's Look at Circus Maximus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief history of the Circus Maximus and draws comparisons to similar venues of then and today. Also has pictures.
Handout
Able Media

Ctc: Roman Weddings, Preparing for a Wedding

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the preparations that went into a Roman wedding. Discusses factors in choosing a spouse, when the wedding would take place, the arrangements, and more.
Website
Other

The Roman Makeover

For Students 9th - 10th
A unique page created by an expert in ancient cosmetics and beauty. Shows what a Roman matron would have gone through to prepare her skin and face to be a fashionable lady.
Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Roman Dishes and Food

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for Kids presents an overview of the food and dishes that Romans like to eat. Students can get a sense of what was similar to what we eat today and probably cringe at what was considered a delicacy in the past.
Lesson Plan
Other

Women in World History Curriculum: Female Fury in the Forum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson uses two examples of women asserting their power in Roman history to show what rights they really had. Activities are discussion based but could be easily expanded upon.