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DO NOW: Want 3 Merits?• Copy and complete:• Want to get a perfect score on the “Lessons from Rome”
letter to Obama? It might help to write 8 paragraphs.
• Paragraph #1: Introduction
• Paragraph #2: Slavery in _____________
• Paragraph #3: Slavery in ____________________ (past)
and exploitation in __________________ (present)
• Paragraph #4: Political corruption in ________________
• Paragraph #5: Political corruption in ________________
• Paragraph #6: Economic troubles in ________________
• Paragraph #7: Economic troubles in ________________
• Paragraph #8: Conclusion
Rome
United StatesRome
RomeUnited States
United States
United States
Friday, October 4, 2013Monday, October 7, 2012
SWBAT explain how the growth of slavery contributed
to the fall of the Roman Empire.
SWBAT explain how the growth of slavery threatened the United States.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013Wednesday, October 9, 2013SWBAT explain
how corrupt leadership
contributed to the fall of the Roman
Empire.
SWBAT explain how corrupt leadership
threatened the United States.
Thursday, October 10, 2013SWBAT explain how economic
troubles contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire.
SWBAT explain how economic
troubles threaten the United States.
“Lessons From Rome”Letter to Obama (or Romney)
• Due Tuesday, October 15th
• How can the United States learn from the mistakes of Rome?
• 5 paragraphs– Paragraphs #1: Intro
• Example: I’m a seventh grader at Valor Academy in Los Angeles, California. In history class, we’ve been learning about Ancient Rome. The Romans made a lot of mistakes, and we’re making the same mistakes in the United States, too!
– Paragraph #2: Slavery / exploitation– Paragraph #3: Political corruption– Paragraph #4: Economic troubles– Paragraph #5: Conclusion
• Example: I hope you take my advice to ensure that the United States does not fall like Rome. You should…
Rubric
Go Above and Beyond!Body #1 and #2
Go Above and Beyond!Body #3 and #4
Go Above and Beyond!Body #5 and #6
The Decline and Fall of Rome• Rome’s economy was based on ________ and __________ goods
with its provinces, but Rome couldn’t afford to maintain an ________ large enough to protect the growing Empire
• To pay for the army, Rome decided to raise _________
• When high taxes didn’t work, Rome printed more _________, but that didn’t help either… it just led to ___________.
• Rome still couldn’t afford to maintain the __________
• To better manage the Empire, Emperor Diocletian split the Empire into _____ pieces, but that still didn’t help!
• The edge of the empire started to crack! The Visigoths, Vandals, and other _____________ tribes invaded the Roman Empire
TAXING TRADING
ARMY
TAXES
MONEYINFLATION
ARMY
TWO
BARBARIAN
Government Spending
• Rome– Where money
went:• Huge army to
protect the Empire’s frontier
• “Bread and circuses” to prevent the poor from rebelling
– Where money did not go:• Internal problems
like crumbling buildings, roads, aqueducts, etc.
• United States– Where money
goes:• Huge army to fight
war in Afghanistan• Social Security,
Medicare for elderly• Medicaid for poor
– Where money does not go:• Internal problems
like collapsing cities (Detroit, Cleveland, etc.)
$3.6 trillion in total!
Defense Spending
• The United States spends more money on the military than the next fourteen countries combined!
Department of Defense: $700 billion
Department of Housing and Urban Development: $48 billion
19% of the federal budget is dedicated to defense.
Meanwhile, cities like Detroit are just left to fall apart…
Department of Defense: $700 billion
Department of Housing and Urban Development: $48 billion
Do we live in a glass house?
• People who live in glass houses should not throw stones!
• If you have flaws, you should not criticize other people.
• How does this apply to the situation in the United States?
• The United States already has tons of problems at home, yet we spend tons of money on defense.
The government spent $3.6 trillion in total!
But the government collected only $2.3 trillion in taxes and other revenue…
Debt
• The USA is $16 trillion in debt!If you stacked up 16 trillion $1 billls, the stack would go to the moon…and back to Earth…and back to the moon…and back to Earth…and back to the moon AGAIN!!!
Debt• Rome• Rome did not really
go into debt because they had a “solution”
• United States• $16 trillion in debt!
• On the news, we’ve seen the bankrupt countries of Greece and Italy. Could we be next? How do we solve this problem?
The solution is…
THE ROMAN “SOLUTION”
THE DEMOCRAT “SOLUTION”
THE REPUBLICAN “SOLUTION”
Inflation
• Rome– Instead of raising taxes or
spending less, Rome made more money
• Nero’s coins had 90% silver content
• Two centuries later, coins had only 0.2% silver content
– Inflation: The money was worth less, so everything cost more!
• A measure of wheat went from 8 drachmas to 120,000 drachmas
• United States– Instead of raising
taxes or spending less, we keep printing money without the gold to back it up
– Inflation: Now our money is worth less than ever before, so everything costs more!
As coins became worth less, soldiers demanded to be paid more.
Inflation
Exit Ticket
• 1 thing that surprises me
• 1 thing that upsets me
• 1 thing that scares me
• 1 thing that still confuses me / 1 question I still have
Homework: Letter to Obama
• Rough draft due Tuesday, October 15th
• How can the United States learn from the mistakes of Rome?
• 5 paragraphs– Paragraphs #1: Intro
• Example: I’m a seventh grader at Valor Academy in Los Angeles, California. In history class, we’ve been learning about Ancient Rome. The Romans made a lot of mistakes, and we’re making the same mistakes in the United States, too!
– Paragraph #2: Slavery / exploitation– Paragraph #3: Political corruption– Paragraph #4: Economic troubles– Paragraph #5: Conclusion
• Example: I hope you take my advice to ensure that the United States does not fall like Rome. You should…