2. Welcome to the Grayson Rams 2014: March Madness Gateway

3. Gateway – Social Studies Question

4. Pull your three Gateway documents from your folder. You will use today to practice marking up the documents to write a Gateway exam.

5.  Brainstorming the concepts (starting from scratch) – BREAK DOWN THE PROMPT (You did this yesterday.) List all terms and concepts associated with the topic.  Mark up the documents and write important information in the margins  Organizing the concepts in prewriting Write them as a concept map or organized jot list. (one word or phrase) Join like ideas on the prewrite Layout/Drafting Begin writing the ideas from the prewrite into complete sentences in the order in which you joined them on the organizer.  Revising the draft  Read through the draft making corrections, additions, deletions, etc.  Final Copy Copy the final draft into your grading folder. Stages of Construction –

6. Take notes on Document A – Use your handout What is particular about this road? How is it built? What was the purpose? How was it helpful? What is an aqueduct? What is its purpose? How is this helpful? Is there anything noteworthy of the structure of this aqueduct? Mark Up your document A NOW.

7. First system to connect Rome to other cities, interconnection to other cities made trading easier. Level roads with “sidewalks” made travel less treacherous. Brought water into the city. Could be used for drinking, cooking, washing, baths, latrines. Slightly slanted, so water moved by gravity – great design, Water ran in the channels of the aqueducts Document A relates to Bullet 1: Explain Roman contributions to government and engineering.

8. What can you tell about the gods based on the chart? What does the map show about the route of Christian influence? Where did the spread take first start? Is there a pattern to the increase of influence? Document C relates to Bullet two: Discuss Roman Religion. Document B relates to Bullets 2 and 3, religion, arts, entertainment.

9. Some Roman gods were based on Greek gods. Jupiter – main god of Romans Neptune – god of sea Worshipped gods before Christianity Spread of Christianity from Jerusalem throughout the Near East, into places such as Syria, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Asia Minor, Jordan and Egypt and finally to Rome.

10. Document D relates to Bullet two. Document E relates to bullet three discuss two or more Roman contributions to arts and entertainment. What is the significance of the symbol? What is the significance of the quote? What was the importance of the structure? What is the structure? What are the parts of the structure? How many people would it hold? For what purpose?

11. :Chi Rho symbol seen at Constantine’s first victory. :The sign is Christian in origin. :Coliseum or Amphitheatre :Could hold between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators :used for gladiatorial contests and, re- enactments of famous battles and dramas based on Classical mythology. : ruined by devastating earthquakes

12. TOMORROW WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TOPIC??