Legacies of Rome

Agenda 4/20/07

Renaissance Sign Up Warm Up Legacies of Rome

Warm Up

Answer the following question with the munchkins at your table.

Question: What is a legacy? What do you want your legacy to be???

Objectives

1. Identify the legacies of Rome and how they impact your life today.

Main Idea

What’s a legacy

Legacy – something handed down from the past

Do we have Roman Legacies??? What are they????

The Roman civilization changed the course of human history

A. Roman Law

Romans believed: People were equal under the law Judges should decide cases fairly A person is innocent until proven guilty

Do we believe in all these??

B. Roman Government

Romans believed: A republic made up of free citizens works

best A republic works best if citizens do their duty Citizens should participate in government

Citizens should work to make society their better

Do we believe in all these?

C. Language

1. Romans spoke - ________________

2. Latin used throughout the world today

3. Influenced Italian, French, Spanish, and English languages

D. Architecture

Romans used: Concrete Domes, arches in buildings Aqueducts

Do we???

E. Christianity

1. Christianity is a major world religion

2. It began in the Roman Empire

3. Adopted by Roman Government as its religion in 300 AD and grew

Wrap Up Activity

To leave the room you must…

Write on a piece of paper two legacies that we have today from the Roman civilization

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Roman Roads in Pax Romana