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The Ancient Roman World
Unit One: Early Rome

Chapter One: Wives, Wolves and Wild Boys
The Founding of Rome

Guided Reading Activity – SQ3R pp. 14 -19

QUESTIONS:
1. What were the two legends surrounding the founding of Rome?
2. According to Dionysius, how did Rome get its name?
3. According to legend, how did Romulus and Remus survive?
4. What physical features made Rome a good site for settlement?
5. How was Roman mythology tied into the relationship with the
Sabines?
6. Why is there no single account of the Roman past?
7. How do we know for certain of the connection between the
Romans and the Sabines?

KEY TERMS:
appalled, divination, truce, contradictory, mingling, cremate

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER:
Create a CAUSE AND EFFECT Chart on the founding of Rome

Use the following website to further information:
http://www.roman-empire.net/founding/found-index.html

The Ancient Roman World
Unit One: Early Rome

Chapter Two: Migration, Mystery and Mastery
Who Were The Etruscans?

Guided Reading Activity – SQ3R pp. 20 - 25

QUESTIONS:
1. How was the land of early Rome populated? What did each group
bring to the area?
2. Where did the Etruscans come from?
3. How did the Etruscans change the land to suit their needs?
4. For what expertise are the Etruscans known?
5. Of what value are the Etruscan tombs to historians?
6. How was the Etruscan religion practiced?
7. What set the Etruscans apart from other cultures in Italy at the
time?

KEY TERMS:
immigrants, afterlife, colony, discoloration, sacrifice

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER:
Create a CARICATURE of an Etruscan

Use the following website for further information:
http://www.larth.it/index_eng.htm

The Ancient Roman World
Unit One: Early Rome

Chapter Three: Morality, Tyranny, Heroes and Kings
The Beginnings of the Republic

Guided Reading Activity – SQ3R pp. 26 -31

QUESTIONS:
1. Why was the last Etruscan king driven from Rome’s throne?
2. What connection was there between the Roman Republic and the
monarchy before it?
3. How did the Republic guard against a leader becoming a tyrant?
4. What was the Senate? What were its duties?
5. What other political positions were established in the
government of the Roman republic?
6. Why was the Roman army so active during the 500 years of the
republic?
7. Horatius Cocles represent the “true Roman”?
8. How did Cincinnatus come to power? What Roman ideal is
illustrated in this story?

KEY TERMS:
ruthless, solemn, condemn, exile, arrogant, magistrate

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER:
Create an ORANIZATION CHART for the offices of the Roman
Republic

Use the following website for further information:
http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/rep-offices.html

The Ancient Roman World
Unit One: Early Rome

Chapter Four: The Rebellion of The Poor
Class Conflict and the Twelve Tables

Guided Reading Activity – SQ3R pp. 32 - 35

QUESTIONS:
1. Why was there a problem between social classes in the 5th
century BCE?
2. Compare and contrast Roman patricians and plebeians. (You
may use a VENN DIAGRAM)
3. When did the plebeians begin to demand fair treatment?
4. Why were the patricians panicked when the plebeians left the
city?
5. How did Agrippa Menenius end the workers’ revolt?
6. What changes were made to protect plebeian rights?
7. How did the reforms after the plebeian rebellions make life fairer
in Rome?
8. Why were the laws of the Twelve Tables agreeable to
commoners?

KEY TERMS:
status quo, discontented, decreed

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER:
Create a BEFORE AND AFTER Chart of plebeian rights after the
establishment of the Twelve Tables

Use the following website for further information:
http://www.unrv.com/government/twelvetables.php