My unit topic is the Roman Empire. I chose this topic because Rome is one of my favorite cities to visit when I spend my summers in Italy. I also chose this topic because, in my opinion, it is one of the most interesting ancient civilizations to study. When I began to develop my unit goals and form the essential questions for the unit I went directly to the New Jersey Common Core Content Standards, under Social Studies, to see what questions and goals popped out at me. Recently I took a class at my county college on ancient Roman Civilization so I was able to pull some stuff from my notes as well. Personally, I feel that the study of the Roman Empire could take an entire school year, there are just so many amazing aspects of the civilization to study.
When deciding on which technologies/apps and resources to use to enhance my unit, I searched for ones that would help keep students organized and give some visual representation of the civilizations accomplishments. One of my favorite apps I used to enhance my unit is the Ancient History: ROMA app because it allows students to see the amazing accomplishments of ancient Rome and share with their classmates their thoughts and opinions. My favorite resource that I chose would have to be the History Channel App and Website. History Channel has a great setup for students to easily access resources, videos, and lists pertaining to the Roman Empire and other ancient civilizations. In the future I see myself using Padlet throughout my teaching career because it was easy to use and a great way to keep students engaged in/out of the classroom.
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