Fall+of+the+Roman+Empire

What were the causes and effects of Roman Expansion? What geographic, religious, political, economic, and social system become corrupt? How did religion affect the Roman Empire? How did the advancements of the Roman Empire affect us today? What factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire? Is the United States now in the position that the Roman Empire was in during its final years? How did the location of the Byzantine Empire impact its development?
 * sept 16- oct.7**
 * Essential Learning**

10/12 Students homework DUE Monday 10/15 >
 * Write a 5 paragraph essay that uses the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire to:
 * prove that the US will fall like Rome, or Not (choose a side)
 * Students all have pre-writing from in-class today.
 * [[file:worldhistorylocker/RomePolitical%20Cartoons[1].flipchart|RomePolitical%20Cartoons[1].flipchart]] Here are the cartoons.
 * [[file:worldhistorylocker/Fall of Rome Theories Examples.doc|Fall of Rome Theories Examples.doc]] Here are the reasons for the fall of Rome

10/10-12
 * We are spending 2-3 days in class analyzing political cartoons on modern America and comparing them to reasons for the fall of Rome
 * I will post the cartoons file the day after we finish.

10/8-9 >
 * Students are collaboratively analyzing major reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire
 * This will be done entirely in-class
 * If you would like to review with your student, use the file below
 * [[file:worldhistorylocker/Fall of Rome Theories Examples.doc|Fall of Rome Theories Examples.doc]]
 * 1) In groups of 3-4
 * 2) For each reason for the fall of Roman Empire
 * 3) Describe the reason in simple words and create an image that helps us understand the reason
 * 4) Give facts of how it was happening in the empire

10/4-5 Byzantine Empire Graphic Organizer Due Monday 10/8

10/3
 * If you can, please come to open house

10/1 and 10/2 -I am out on Monday and Tuesday and will not be able to grade assignments until Wednesday
 * -Monday: work on the hand-out Fall of Rome DUE Wednesday 10/3
 * -Tuesday in class finish handout and watch Engineering an Empire Byzantines

9/28
 * Continue your mapping
 * Add a key and label the eastern and western empires using pg. 32
 * Add a key and label the invaders and where they came frome using pg. 32

9/27
 * Due Mon. 10/1 Students started mapping regional political geography of Europe highlighting the extent of the Roman Empire.
 * We will continue with the mapping tomorrow adding more aspects of the Roman Empire

9/25 Rome 4-Box Pg. 24-29 Due: End of Period Wednesday 9/26
 * Summary of the Reading || Develop 5 Questions from the reading ||
 * Design your own picture from the section || Write a poem or connect ideas to today's world ||

9/24
 * Complete the Fall of Rome Chapter Walk on a separate sheet of paper
 * [[file:Rome Chapter Walk.doc]]