All Roads Lead to Rome!

Our WebQuest is designed to be used as a culminating activity to support the following USOE (Utah State Office of Education) 6th grade Social Studies standards:

 

Course Descriptions

Students will focus on time, people, and places along a historical continuum from the rise of civilization to the modern day. One-third of the year should be spent in the study of ancient cultures, one-third in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and one-third in the study of modern Europe. The influence of ancient cultures and European ideas on western civilization makes the sixth grade world connection. Using life, process, and character skills, sixth graders will gain a comprehensive awareness of the changes in our world throughout time. They will explore the beginnings of our governance system and practice the democratic process.

 

Standard 4

Students will explore the cultures of ancient civilizations.

 

   Objective 1

 

Explore the culture of the Fertile Crescent and ancient Egypt.

• Examine the role and characteristics of political and social structures in the Fertile Crescent and their significance to the modern world; e.g., Hammurabi's Code, slave labor, gender roles.
  
• Explore the importance of religion in ancient Egypt; e.g., governance, art, architecture, everyday life, hieroglyphics

 

 

    Objective 2

Explore the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.

• Compare life in Athens and Sparta; e.g., government, recreation, religion, arts, theatre, science.
  
• Describe life in ancient Rome; e.g., government, religion, recreation, art.
  
• Examine manmade structures of Rome; e.g., aqueducts, roads, Coliseum