SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE SIX

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SOCIAL STUDIESGRADE SIX ANCIENT ROME
Seven Hills
Fall of Rome
Accomplishments
Peninsula
Content Vocabulary peninsula province pater
familias emperor republic empire consul
villa dictator polytheism senate
gladiators plebeians martyr patricians
persecution veto
crucifixion Etruscans disciple assassinatio
n mythology Mercenary inflation Augustus
Coliseum Pax Romana
Geography
History
Ancient Rome
Tiber River
Influence of Christianity
Slaves
Economics
Plebeians
Government
Culture
Patricians
Roman Empire
Roman Republic
Gods and goddesses
Architecture

• Essential Understandings/Learning Goals
• The location of Rome in the center of the
  Mediterranean shaped the development of Roman
  civilization.
• The Roman Republic was a model for modern
  governments.
• The Roman Empire dominated the region around the
  Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years.
• Christianity caused a challenge to the
  polytheistic Roman religion.
• Patricians, plebeians, and slaves lived
  different lives in ancient Rome.
• Romans were interested in building things,
  compared to the Greeks who were interested in
  ideas.
• The Fall of Rome was caused by poor leadership,
  inflation, the size of the empire, mercenary
  armies, and invasions by foreign enemies.