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Can it really be third trimester already? Next Monday evening, April 14th, we will have our Trimester 3 History/Literature Parent Training, which will be chock full of resources and information, and will help you understand where we are going in history and literature for the rest of the school year. We strongly encourage you to attend!
In the meantime, here are a few supplemental links that you can bookmark and keep handy. This is only a fraction of what’s available online about Ancient Rome, and these online resources and activities should be used at your own discretion. Be careful about searching for videos or websites on Ancient Rome, as it’s easy to find inappropriate content. The following suggestions are completely optional, but all relate our history and literature:
Research/Information:
- Basic map of the Roman Empire
- Historical map of the city of Rome – detailed, fun to look at blown up
- Interactive TimeMap of Ancient Rome – see how the map of Rome changes over time
- Map showing the 7 Hills of Rome
- Sample plan of a Roman house
- Interesting photos and info about the Colosseum and Gladiators
- Roman Numeral guide and converter
- Ancient Rome historical image gallery
- Teacher Guide to The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare – The Center For Literary Education (Adam Andrews) has a free sample of one of their teacher guides available on their website, and it just so happens to be for The Bronze Bow. While this pdf is not necessary to have in order to discuss the book with your kids, it’s full of information and you might enjoy checking it out.
Games and Activities:
- BBC Primary History: Romans – kids can explore Ancient Rome, and there’s a game called “Dig It Up”, click the link in the box on the right
- Roman game Snakes and Ladders (requires Flash)
- Ancient Rome Historical Pairs (a matching game)
- An online version of the book You Wouldn’t Want to be a Roman Gladiator
- BBC History's Interactive guide to the Colosseum
- BBC History’s Gladiator: Dressed to Kill game
- Max in the Colosseum comic – from National Geographic Kids
Crafts, Coloring and Things to Make:
- Investigate a Roman Soldier and Dress the Roman Soldier
- PDFs showing how to make a model Roman villa and a Roman mosaic
- How to build a model of a Roman road
- Colosseum paper craft
- Roman chariot paper craft
- Free Ancient Rome timeline pieces
- Ancient Rome word search to print, or here’s a word search you can do online
- For younger kids: My Romans Word Mat pdf
- Ancient Rome coloring pages and more here
- For those of you who crochet, how about purchasing this pattern? Start now and make them for the whole family for history day! (too funny…)
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Video/Audio:
- Animated video of Julius Caesar on YouTube
- Dramatized TV mini-series of Julius Caesar, made in 2002 and starring Richard Harris and Christopher Walken, on YouTube:
- BBC Shakespeare: Julius Caesar – the play, available to rent on Amazon for $1.99
- 1953 movie version of Julius Caesar, available to rent on Amazon for $2.00
- Librivox free audiobook of Julius Caesar, or listen to it here through YouTube
- Khan Academy virtual video tour of Ancient Rome on YouTube – this is pretty cool!
- A Day in the Life of a 10 year old in Roman Britain on YouTube – animated
- A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome on TedEd – animated
- Pompeii and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius – 3 minute video on history.com
- Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens – from NOVA
- Empires: Rome (Season 1) on Amazon for free if you’re a Prime member
We have not previewed the above videos, so use your best judgement. If any of the above links do not work, please send an email to Down Home and let us know!
SLO Classical Academy is not affiliated with any of the above mentioned websites or businesses.
