Grade 6 Month 6 The Wonder of The Fall of Rome
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Reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire will be explored. This block encompasses the spread of Christianity.
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Curriculum Areas/Learning Outcomes
Language Arts: Concept: Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
Connection: Through stories and biographies of people in Ancient Rome, your child is learning about the strengths, challenges and misguided ideas of these characters, and how this affected them and their goals. This can speak deeply to the developing character of your child.
Social Studies: Concept: Media sources can both positively and negatively affect our understanding of important events and issues.
Connection: Through a written activity, your child will create two different newspaper articles. This will explore the way that we can be biased in presenting information.
Concept: Systems of government vary in their respect for human rights and freedoms.
Connection: The study of Ancient Rome highlights challenges in the way that humans were treated based on status, religious views and wealth.
Math: Concept: Mixed numbers and decimal numbers represent quantities that can be decomposed into parts and wholes.
Connection: Your child will review fraction, decimal and percent problems throughout this unit.
Concept: Computational fluency and flexibility with numbers extend to operations with whole numbers and decimals.
Connection: Your child will review their previous lessons on percent and build skills while practicing conversions from fraction or decimal to percent.
Connection: Through stories and biographies of people in Ancient Rome, your child is learning about the strengths, challenges and misguided ideas of these characters, and how this affected them and their goals. This can speak deeply to the developing character of your child.
Social Studies: Concept: Media sources can both positively and negatively affect our understanding of important events and issues.
Connection: Through a written activity, your child will create two different newspaper articles. This will explore the way that we can be biased in presenting information.
Concept: Systems of government vary in their respect for human rights and freedoms.
Connection: The study of Ancient Rome highlights challenges in the way that humans were treated based on status, religious views and wealth.
Math: Concept: Mixed numbers and decimal numbers represent quantities that can be decomposed into parts and wholes.
Connection: Your child will review fraction, decimal and percent problems throughout this unit.
Concept: Computational fluency and flexibility with numbers extend to operations with whole numbers and decimals.
Connection: Your child will review their previous lessons on percent and build skills while practicing conversions from fraction or decimal to percent.
Curriculum Overview
We will pick up from where we left off in the first unit on the Founding of Rome. The first unit highlighted the myths around the beginning of Rome, the way that the founders built their strength and conquered surrounding areas with such success, and the Roman inventions and architecture that were a visual sign of their strength and power. We looked at the Romans’ love of law and order, and the separation between the poor and the wealthy, the Plebeians and the Patricians. The content of the unit is inspired by Charles Kovacs’ book, Ancient Rome. This unit focuses on the tension between the slaves and the powerful, and the uprising with Spartacus as the leader. It will introduce Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar and their biographies. It will explore the role of Christianity during Roman rule. It highlights the immense power held by the Roman Empire, and the eventual weakening of the Empire and the downfall. The events leading to the fall of the Roman Empire will be explored. The unit will end with the power of various tribes spread throughout Europe.