1. Warm-up Questions What was the purpose of building cities upon hills?
What island is located off the southern tip of the Apennines?

2. The Roman Republic Intoduction World History

3. Alabama Course of Study
Standard Six: Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.
Interpreting spatial distribution and patterns of the Roman Republic using geographic tools and technologies.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

5. Warm-up Questions What was the purpose of building cities upon hills?
For defense
What island is located off the southern tip of the Apennines?
Sicily

6. Night at the Museum Semester Project
Your major project for the year will be this semester. It is called “Night at the Museum.” You need to start preparing for it now in order to reduce the stress level and increase the quality of your project.
Rome / Islamic World / Africa / The Americas / Japan / China / Europe
Activity 1 - The students will be placed into their new seating assignments and their notebooks will be set up for the new unit.
Activity 2 PreAP - The students will be introduced to the "Night at the Museum" project that they will be working on this semester.
Activity 3 - The class activity on the geography of Rome for tomorrow will be introduced and explained to the students.
Activity 4 - Any time left over will be used to work on the key terms for the unit.
Activity 4 PreAP - The students will be introduced to their unit essential question, "How was Rome able to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean region?"

7. Tomorrow’s Assignment
I will be out tomorrow for the tournament. I am going to explain your assignments now that you will be doing tomorrow.

8. Essential Question
How was Rome able to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean region?
Activity 4 PreAP - The students will be introduced to their unit essential question, "How was Rome able to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean region?"

9. Rhine River Atlantic Ocean Alps Caspian Sea Danube River Black Sea
Pyrenees
Corsica
Adriatic Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Byzantium
Sardinia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
Ionian Sea
Carthage
Aegean Sea
Cyprus
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
Tiber River
Apennines
Rome
Red Sea
Nile River
Athens

10. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.