1. What you will need: Pencil and yesterday’s paper. Chromebook
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Target Goal:
3. I can describe Roman architecture and engineering
What you will need:
Pencil and yesterday’s paper.
Chromebook
Open Google Classroom and the Bell Work doc.
Bell Work
What was one cool thing you learned about Aqueducts.
Lo que era una cosa fresca que usted aprendió sobre los acueductos.

2. Today’s Objective
Students will be able to identify important details of Roman aqueducts

3. Prior Knowledge Water is brought to us from a far away source.
How does the water travel to us?
What do we call what it travels in?

4. Definition
Aqueduct: a structure that looks like a bridge and that is used to carry water over a valley
An aqueduct is ___________

5. Example/Non Example B.
___ is an example of an aqueduct because ___________
_____ is not an example of an aqueduct because _________

6. Concept
One of the great Roman engineering accomplishments was the aqueduct. Aqueducts were used to carry water from lakes and reservoirs to the City of Rome.

7. Concept
Most aqueducts ran underground, but some were stunning constructions of engineering that ran above ground.

8. Relevance
Water today does not just magically appear from our faucets. It comes from somewhere and we have built upon the idea of the Ancient Romans!

9. Skill Read the text Identify and underline the answer
Write your answer in full and complete sentences.

10. Skill I DO
The gradient, or slope of the aqueduct had to be just right-- too steep and the water would flow too quickly and overflow the channel, to mild a slope and the water wouldn’t flow.
Read the text
Identify and underline the answer
Write your answer in full sentences
What had to be just right in order for the aqueduct to work correctly? What would happen if the slope was too steep?
The gradient, or slope, had to be just right for the aqueduct to work. If the slope was too steep the aqueduct would overflow!

11. Skill WE DO
There were 11 different aqueducts that ran toward the city of Rome carrying nearly 300 million gallons of water daily!
Read the text
Identify and underline the answer
Write your answer in full sentences
2. How many aqueducts ran towards the city of Rome? What can you compare 300 million gallons of water to?
There were 11 different aqueducts that ran into the city of Rome. I can compare 300 million gallons of water to 300 gallons of milk!

12. Skill YOU DO
Raw sewage was draining into the rivers, people who drank river water often got very sick or died. Local governments, first in the city of Rome and then elsewhere in the growing Empire, decided to build long stone channels to carry clean water from nearby hills to the towns.
Read the text
Identify and underline the answer
Write your answer in full sentences
3. Why did the governments decide to build long stone channels, or aqueducts, to nearby towns?

13. Closure
Roman Aqueducts Exit Ticket in classroom.
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