1. Remember to incorporate information from yesterday’s lesson.
Warm Up
You will be given 5 minutes to create a Facebook page for Julius Caesar.
Remember to incorporate information from yesterday’s lesson.

2. Objective- SWBAT understand to understand how Rome became and Empire.

3. After the death of Caesar, civil war broke out
After the death of Caesar, civil war broke out. Caesars grandnephew Octavian joined Caesars top generals Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus to defeat the forces who killed Julius Caesar.

4. Recall yesterdays lesson and identify the term Triumvirate
Recall yesterdays lesson and identify the term Triumvirate. Octavian, Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus formed the next Triumvirate and divided the Roman Empire amongst themselves

5. Octavian took control of Italy and the West- Antony ruled Greece and the East, Lepidus took control of North Africa.

6. Guided Practice
As a class we will popcorn read a passage titled “Antony and Cleopatra.
After completion of the reading as a class we will create a flow chart describing the sequence of events surrounding the creation and fall of the second Triumvirate.

7. Independent Practice
Read a passage titled “Octavian- A New Direction.” then answer the following:
Summarize today’s reading in 4-6 sentences
List two questions you would like to ask Octavian. Why did you choose these questions?

8. Group Work
Work together to answer the following comprehension questions
Group 1-Who was Cicero and how did his ideas influence Rome?
Group 2-Why didn’t Octavian declare himself an emperor?
Group 3-How did Octavian’s leadership differ from Caesars?”
Group 4-How would Cicero react if he knew that the Senate named Octavian the first emperor of Rome?

9. What stuck with you today??

10. Homework
Which Roman leader that we have discussed so far do you find to be the most successful and why?