Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Empire State-Building

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how empires around the globe have impacted the world in which they have existed. They analyze whether or not the United States is an imperialist nation and create their own empires based on their understanding of empires...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Good Words are Better than Bad Strokes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research negative campaigns and propaganda and then interpret characters from Julius Caesar in that light. In this negative campaign lesson plan, students take the character and create visual images to depict the characters in a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Connecting Characters and Themes in Julius Caesar

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders prepare for the literary analysis. They locate, interpret, evaluate and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders write topic and detail sentences, then correctly put...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Choosing Sides

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the alliances in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. For this drama lesson, students read the play and act out the conflict and controversy among Brutus, Caesar, Cassius, and Marc Antony.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

NFE General Knowledge Quiz

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine various aspects of history. In this MultiGenre lesson, 9th graders participate in a bingo game. Students complete a worksheet on the bingo game afterwards.
Interactive
Curated OER

Saint Patrick's Day - Cloze Activity

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about St. Patrick's Day traditions while filling in the blanks with prepositions, articles, and conjunctions in a one-page cloze activity. Grammarians can get a score and see correct answers in this online interactive exercise. For...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Julius Caesar Oral Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers conduct research on William Shakespeare and Julius Caesar. They research and explore various websites, complete graphic organizers, and develop a research paper.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is a Republican Government?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine why the Founders of our country thought a republican government was best. They discover the Founders based our government on the government of Rome after much research and explore the advantages of a republican government.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Extra Place Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore communication skills. In this Peace Corps lesson, students read "The Extra Place," by Susan Peters and discover Polish cultural traditions. Learners consider how they would respond in a scenario that challenges their...
Organizer
Curated OER

Napoleon: Giant or Midget

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Napoleon Bonaparte worksheet, learners complete a graphic organizer that requires them to examine 26 events and categorize them as successes or failures for Napoleon.
Website
Franco Cavazzi

Illustrated History of the Roman Empire: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview of the Roman Empire is organized by chapters, which include The Founding, The Kings, The Republic, Early Emperors, The Decline, The Collapse, Constantinople, Religion, Society, and The Army. Content includes several maps,...
Handout
University of Calgary

U. Of Calgary: Territorial Expansion of the Roman World

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed description of the expansion of territory during the Early and Late Roman Republic and then Early and Late Roman Empire. Includes a variety of links to maps displaying the Roman conquests.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Review of the Period of the Civil Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage in the 1901 textbook of William Morey reviews the cultural changes in Rome up to the end of the Roman Republic.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The Contest for the Consulship

For Students 9th - 10th
The Roman Republic continues to evolve, incorporating plebeians into the government. New offices are added to the government in an attempt to keep both the patricians and plebeians satisfied.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Rome and the Provinces

For Students 9th - 10th
Rome's great strength was her brilliance in governing. Read how she organized and governed her provinces. The "law of nations", ius gentium, evolved into consistent justice throughout Roman lands.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The Growing Influence of Caesar

For Students 9th - 10th
When reading this passage from William Morey's 1901 textbook, you'll find out about the beginnings of Julius Caesar's power in the Roman Republic.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Times of the Gracchi: Causes of Civil Strife

For Students 9th - 10th
In a chapter from William Morey's 1901 textbook, he explains the make-up of the Roman populus at the beginning of the Late Republic.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The Rule of Julius Caesar

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Julius Caesar's reforms of the Roman government in this passage from William Morey's 1901 textbook.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Times of Marius and Sulla: Rise of Marius

For Students 9th - 10th
In this section of a chapter in William Morey's 1901 textbook, you will find out about Marius and his reorganization of the Roman army.
Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Ancient Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 13 Grade-Leveled texts (6-11) on the topic Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome was one of the most influential republics and empires in recorded history. Learn more about how the republic and empire emerged and about the...
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Other

United Nations of Roma Victrix: Roman History

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a huge site covering every aspect of Roman history and culture from the humble beginnings of Rome to the decline of the Empire. Use the table of contents to reach your specific focus.
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Roman Republic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson using primary resources in which students investigate how democratic the Roman Republic was. Includes downloads for student materials, teacher mateials, PowerPoint, and original sources.
Handout
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Struggle Against the Kingship

For Students 9th - 10th
The Romans cast off their Etruscan kings and create a new Republic, incorporating many of the governmental ideas from the Etruscans into their new government.
Article
Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of a 1901 textbook on Roman history by William C. Morey. However, the work is still useful today as if covers all the basic information about Rome from its earliest beginnings through the Republic and later the Empire.