5.8 SkillBuilder activity COMMUNICATING Ancient Roman society achieved much in planning and arts but was cruel to slaves and to women and children. 1. Create a mind-map of the positive and negative aspects of ancient Roman society. 2. Based on your mind-map, brieþy explain how you think Roman society was capable of such contradictions.
5.8
Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 4
LEVEL2
LEVEL3
3, 5, 6, 7
8, 9
REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. State the jobs that most plebeians were employed in. 2. Why did large numbers of plebeians become unemployed? A. No wages needed; farming succeeded. B. Skills were not high enough for new technology.
C. Machines made work easier. D. Slaves replaced free workers. 3. Describe ways in which privileged Romans were inþuenced by Greek culture.
4. Boys and girls had a similar education. True or False? 5. Describe the facilities that were needed in Roman towns.
ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Identify what evidence SOURCE2 provides about the housing of the poor. 7. Imagine you are a member of the wealthy Roman family who own the villa depicted in SOURCE4 . Describe how you would decorate and furnish it. 8. Examine SOURCE5 .
a. Describe a Roman public toilet. b. Explain how aqueducts worked. c. Explain how public baths were heated. d. Construct and label a diagram to show how Roman roads were built.
EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 9. Referring to the sources and other information in this lesson, explain how the growth of the Roman Empire changed Roman society. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
TOPIC5 Ancient Rome 157
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