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    Ancient Civilizations: Romans!: With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids
    Ancient Civilizations: Romans!: With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids
    Ancient Civilizations: Romans!: With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids
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    Ancient Civilizations: Romans!: With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids

    By Carmella Van Vleet and Tom Casteel

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    A full-color book for ages 7 to 10 that explores the world of ancient Rome through hands-on STEAM activities, fascinating facts about everyone from gods to ordinary people, and essential questions that get kids recognizing the source of the knowledge we enjoy today!


    What was it like to live in ancient Rome? Are ancient Roman roads still used today? What did ancient Romans wear and eat and do for fun? Ancient Civilizations: Romans! With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids investigates the fascinating civilization of ancient Rome through 25 hands-on projects, games, essential questions, links to online resources, and more! Kids ages 7 to 10 learn about ancient Roman homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, gods, and entertainment. By promoting critical and creative thinking, Romans encourages kids to develop an understanding of how this ancient civilization laid the foundation of our modern world.


    • This book brings daily life from thousands of years ago into today’s reality through fun illustrations, fascinating facts, essential questions, and hands-on projects such as designing an aqueduct, making a Roman theater mask, and building a mosaic.

    • Explores the sites of ancient architectural wonders such as the Colosseum and the Cloaca Maxima.

    • Introduces key people associated with ancient Rome, including Spartacus, Hadrian, Trajan, and Julius Caesar.



    About the Explore Ancient Civilizations set and Nomad Press


    Ancient Civilizations: Romans! is part of a set of four Explore Ancient Civilization books that bring to life the vibrant cultures of the distant past. The other titles in this series are Ancient Civilizations: Aztecs, Maya, Incas!; Ancient Civilizations: Egyptians!, Ancient Civilizations: Greeks!


    Nomad Press books in the Explore Your World series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad’s unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.


    All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomad Press
    Release dateNov 6, 2019
    ISBN9781619308442
    Ancient Civilizations: Romans!: With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids

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      Book preview

      Ancient Civilizations - Carmella Van Vleet

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      CONTENTS

      Glossary*Metric Conversions

      Resources*Essential Questions*Index

      Interested in primary sources? Look for this icon. Use a smartphone or tablet app to scan the QR code and explore more! Photos are also primary sources because a photograph takes a picture at the moment something happens.

      TIMELINE

      C. 753 BCE: According to legend, ancient Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus, two brothers who were raised by a she-wolf.

      753 BCE–509 BCE: Rome is ruled by kings.

      509 BCE: Rome becomes a republic, a government of elected leaders.

      46 BCE: The Roman republic ends when Julius Caesar declares himself dictator for life.

      27 BCE: The Roman Empire begins.

      64 CE: Two-thirds of Rome is destroyed after nine days of fire.

      72–80 CE: The Colosseum, the greatest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, is built.

      122: Construction begins on the 73-mile-long Hadrian’s Wall, in what is now England, to protect the northwest border of the Roman Empire.

      125: The Pantheon is finished.

      285: The Roman Empire splits in half—with a Western Empire governed from Rome and an Eastern Empire governed from Byzantium.

      313: Emperor Constantine makes Christianity legal in the Western Empire.

      324: Emperor Constantine reunites the Roman Empire and renames Byzantium after himself.

      330: Constantinople—previously called Byzantium—replaces Rome as the center of the Roman Empire.

      395: The Roman Empire splits into two empires again.

      410: Germanic warriors take over the city of Rome.

      476: The Western Roman Empire ends.

      C. 1453: The Eastern Roman Empire (also called the Byzantine Empire) falls.

      Many of the words and names in this book are hard to say, but you can hear them spoken online. Go to symbol next to your word to hear it spoken.

      MERRIAM-WEBSTER

      INTRODUCTION

      WELCOME TO ANCIENT ROME!

      Ancient Rome was the center of an amazing civilization that existed long ago. You might wonder why we should care about people and a civilization that existed 2,000 years ago. But guess what? There are plenty of reasons to learn about ancient history!

      First, learning about ancient civilizations helps us learn how we’re all connected as humans. By studying communities that came before us, we can learn about how important things such as politics and religion and economics got started. We can also learn from the mistakes of the past.

      WORDS TO KNOW

      civilization: a community of people that is advanced in art, science, and government.

      ancient: from an early time in history.

      economics: having to do with a country’s resources and wealth.

      WORDS TO KNOW

      Roman Empire: all the lands and people ruled by ancient Rome from 753 BCE to 476 CE.

      legend: an ancient story that may or may not have really happened.

      BCE: put after a date, BCE stands for Before Common Era and counts down to zero. CE stands for Common Era and counts up from zero. These non-religious terms correspond to BC and AD. This book was printed in 2019 CE.

      DID YOU KNOW?

      Have you ever heard the expression, Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it? This is a way of saying that people can learn from events and avoid making some of the same mistakes of the past.

      Learning about ancient civilizations is fun! Calendars, paved roads, shopping malls, running water—we can thank ancient Romans for all these things. But what else can we thank the ancient Roman Empire for? Where was ancient Rome? And what was it like to live there?

      WHERE IN THE WORLD?

      Ancient Rome was a city in Italy. According to legend, Romulus and Remus founded it in 753 BCE. Romulus and Remus were brothers who were taken from their mother and left to die along the banks of the Tiber River. A female wolf took care of them until a shepherd adopted them.

      A STATUE OF ROMULUS AND REMUS AND THE WOLF

      WORDS TO KNOW

      landscape: a large area of land and its features, such as mountains and rivers.

      desert: a landscape that gets very little rain.

      Legend tells that when the boys were older, they decided

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