Lesson Plans
The Monuments of Rome in English Culture Summer Institute
In 2015 curriculum development advanced through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a summer institute for teachers, entitled The Monuments of Rome in English Culture. The grant allowed 25 scholars/teachers in K-12 education to take advantage of being immersed in the Roman environment and make connections between their disciplines and the humanities, classics, history, and social sciences. Through their on-site experience they developed a series of lesson plans considering Roman life, culture and history. Since 2015 we have continued developing lesson plans by collaborating with our UTEP (University of Texas at El Paso), study Abroad college students as authors.
Continuity of Culture: Romans in Pompeii
Grade Levels: 3-6
Time Required: 5-7 Class Periods
Author(s): Lori Howell, Melody Nishinaga, Sarah Poku, Warren Soper
Subject Areas: Social Sciences, English, History
Detective Work: What Did Music Sound Like in Ancient Rome?
Grade Levels: K-4
Time Required: 4-6 class periods
Author: Melody Nishinaga
Subject Areas: History, Music, English
History of the Jewish People in Rome – From Ancient Rome to the 20th Century
Grade Levels: 10-12
Time Required: 5-7 Class Periods
Author(s): M. Rachel Gonzalez, Eric Williams, Matthew P. Gonzales, Matthew I. Euzarraga , Jovana Nieto, Crystal Calderon, Mia Montes and Lauren Flores
Subject Areas: Social Sciences, History
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Monumental Literacy
Grade Levels: 6
Time Required: 7-8 45 minute class periods (may need to adjust for research and technology availability)
Author: Diane S. Hance; Librarian; Grisham Middle School, Round Rock ISD
Subject Areas: Social Studies/Language Arts
Rhetoric in the Monuments of Ancient Rome
Grade Levels: 11-12 and AP Students
Time Required: 5-7 Class Periods
Author: Claire Walter;
Subject Areas: English, AP Language and Composition
The Pantheon: An Interdisciplinary Study in How History, Art, Math and Science Combine to Reveal Roman Culture
Grade Level: 6th grade
Time Required: 7-8, 45 minute class periods
Author(s): Ruben Sandoval and Amy Perez
Subject Areas: History
Under Revision
Under Revision--Rome and Home: Connecting Classrooms to Roman Space and Mind
Grade Levels: 6-12
Time Required: 6-8 Class Periods (1 hour each)
Author(s): Dennis Rogala, Charles Diaz, Grant Potts, Kristen Van Der Linden, Phillip Harvey
Skills: Primary source analysis and comparison, artwork analysis, word walls, personal evaluation of local monuments, group discussions, and peer teaching.
