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Exploring Ancient Civilizations: Rome

Lesson 20

ELA

Alternate Unit 2

3rd Grade

Lesson 20 of 21

The following assessments accompany Alternate Unit 2. For more guidance, see the Summative Assessments and Assessments Accommodations & Modifications Teacher Tools.

Content Assessment

The Content Assessment measures students' understanding of the unit's content knowledge and vocabulary. It should serve as the primary assessment for the unit.

Cold Read Assessment

The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing.

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Lesson Map

Describe how the Roman army shaped the future of the Roman Empire.

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 13–18

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.3RI.3.5

Explain how the authors use different text features and images to describe how the Roman Empire was founded.

Eyewitness Ancient Rome pp. 6–9
DKfindout! Ancient Rome pp. 8–9

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.3RI.3.5RI.3.7

Make sentences better and more informative by adding more details.

Standards

L.3.1.fL.3.1.i

Explain why the Romans were always ready for war.

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 41–54

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.3RI.3.5RI.3.7

Explain how the text features and illustrations help build a deeper understanding of the Roman army.

DKfindout! Ancient Rome pp. 14–17

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.5RI.3.7

Write multiple sentences using the conjunction because to explain how powerful and organized the Roman army was.

Standards

L.3.1L.3.1.hRI.3.3

Describe the three groups of people in ancient Rome and explain why they were important for the success of the civilization.

“Roman Class Structure”
Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 19–23

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.5RI.3.9

Write multiple sentences using the conjunctions but and so to explain why each role in society was important.

Standards

L.3.1L.3.1.hL.3.1.iRI.3.3

Describe what the chapter "The Eternal City" is mostly about and why the structures described were important in ancient Rome.

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 24–37

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.7

Explain how the author uses different text features and illustrations to support the idea that gladiators and bath houses were an important part of Roman society.

DKfindout! Ancient Rome — pp. 28–29; 44–47

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.5

Explain what family life was like in ancient Rome and what surviving artifacts show us about what ancient Romans valued.

Eyewitness Ancient Rome pp. 22–23
Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 94–95

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.7

Explain what life was like in ancient Rome and what daily routines and structures show us about what ancient Romans valued.

DKfindout! Ancient Rome — pp. 24–27, 30–31

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.5RI.3.7

Write multiple sentences using the conjunctions "because," "but," and "so" to explain what life was like in ancient Rome.

Standards

L.3.1.fL.3.1.hL.3.1.iRI.3.3

Explain the role that gods and goddesses, worship, trade, and transportation played in the Roman Empire.

Eyewitness Ancient Rome — pp. 50–53, 60–61

Standards

RI.3.3RI.3.7

Describe Hannibal, Julius Caesar, and Octavian, including what type of leaders they were and why.

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 55–67

Standards

RI.3.2RI.3.3

Explain what caused the fall of the Roman Empire.

“The Fall of the Roman Empire”

Standards

RI.3.3

Explain the significance of the heading "What did the Romans give us?"

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13 pp. 103–104
DKfindout! Ancient Rome pp. 56–57

Standards

RI.3.3

Compare and contrast both unit texts by comparing and contrasting the most important key details presented in both texts.

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13
DKfindout! Ancient Rome

Standards

RI.3.9

Discuss and debate Unit Essential Questions by stating a claim and using evidence from multiple texts to support and defend the claim.

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13
DKfindout! Ancient Rome

Standards

SL.3.1SL.3.1.aSL.3.1.d

Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.

Informative Writing

4 days

Research another ancient Rome topic and create a brochure and visual representation to show what you learned.

Standards

L.3.2.fW.3.2W.3.2.aW.3.2.bW.3.7W.3.8

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