Day 25: The Roman Calendar (9/21/2011)

Reminder! Don't forget to submit your work from yesterday here.

Key Points:

1. The Roman Empire lasted for hundreds of years.

2. The Roman Empire started in Rome and grew into a large empire.

3. The Roman Empire collapsed for more than one

reason.

4. There are three major social levels in the Roman Empire.

5. The Roman Empire influenced many cultures in many ways.

AIM: The junior historians of 2017 will be able to evaluate their notes on the Roman Empire and create the body of the Google Presentation.

Technology Learning Goal: The historians of 2017 will create a Google presentation with custom backgrounds, images, text and video.

Task 1: Submit your homework here.

Task 2 Do Now: The history behind the calendar.

Task 3: Make a copy of this pyramid and wait for directions (some of you already did this from yesterday). Read through this website as you're waiting for us to get started. We will be using it as one of our sources to create our social pyramid.

Task 4: Track Mr. Sanders as he shows you how to use the information in your notes to create a great presentation. He will also be going over some tricks and tips within Google Presentation.

Task 5: Use this time to work on your presentation. Make sure you are looking at the requirements for how you will be graded below.

Requirements of the project and how you will be graded can be found here. Start working on your presentation. Your final presentation must be complete and added to your history portfolio at the end of class on Thursday.

Homework: Roman Empire Wrap Up. Tonight's homework is on paper only (no online version).