1. Aim: How did geography shape the development of Rome?
GH 1.2.8

2. Aim: How did geography shape the development of Rome?
Materials: PowerPoint, map of Italy, Atlas, and handout “all roads lead to Rome.”
HW#8: map on pg 129 and question 3 pg. 131
Vocabulary: peninsula, islands.
Essential Question: Define geography and illustrate how it influences a civilization.

3. Aim: How did geography shape the development of Rome?

4. Aim: How did geography shape the development of Rome?
Task 1: What are the different geographic features of Italy?
Do Now: Looking at the Atlas, list the geographic features of Italy on the blank map.
Peninsula Apennine Mountains
Alps Corsica
Sardinia Sicily
Tiber River Po River
Adriatic Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Ionian Sea Mediterranean Sea

5. The Geography of Rome

6. Aim: How did geography shape the development of Rome?
Task 2: How did the different geographic features shape the development of Rome?
a.- Location: Italian peninsula located in center of the Mediterranean Sea.
b.- Protective mountain barriers
c.- Rainy, cool winters, mild, dry summers.
d.- Good soil in the lowland valleys.
e.- Rich in natural resources (forest, copper, tin, iron, salt, stones)

7. Aim: How did geography shape the development of Rome?
Closure: Explain how did geography shape the development of Rome?