The beginnings of
Ancient Rome
Read the map.
What are the names of the seas surrounding the
Italian Peninsula?
What are the names of the lands conquered by
Etruscan in 750-500 BCE?
Read the names of Etruscan League cities.
• Which two areas of the Roman Empire
were farthest from Rome to the north
and to the south?
What can you see in the pictures? Etruscan culture
What can we know about the past by studying these sources?
How can be useful to us today?
Activities:
Watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-P8t33xHuM
Based on the video and the story of the Introduction of the Ancient Rome
do the tasks 1-3.
The Roman Republic
Watch a video:
Watch a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXoEpNjgKzg&t=141s
Based on the video and resources (Ruling the Roman Republic) do the
tasks:
- Point out the differences between the rule of kings and the Roman
Republic.
- Explain how was Roman society organised.
- Do Activities 2, 4-5.
The Romans displayed their most important laws on
metal tablets called the Twelve Tables.
Write your own Twelve Tables!
Think-Pair-Share
Work on the rules you would wish to become an
official law. Share one of the rules with your
classmates. Remember, the person who is holding the
Pompom can speak.
