Descubra la antigua Roma: unidad de estudio de historia y arte para la educación en el hogar

Want to learn more about the Ancient World?
Each week we will discuss a different part of ancient Rome, to discover and discuss what was happening, and then complete a fun art project that goes along with our weekly theme. 

Learners will engage with the stories ancient Rome through videos, discussion questions in the class room and games, including a step by step art project each week.    

Each week will be it’s own theme, and project:
Week of 9/5: Who were the Romans? They weren't just the people living in the city of Rome. Origins of Rome, beginning with King 
                        Romulus.  
                        Art project: Draw a landscape of Palatine Hill
Week of 9/12 : The Roman Emperors - The rulers of Rome made decisions for the empire that sometimes helped, and sometimes hurt 
                        the people.  We will look at some of those emperors' desicisions and evaluate their contributions to Rome.
                        Art project: Draw a statue style portrait of an emperor
Week of 9/19: Wars and Warriors - An empire that grows to encompas 20% of the world's population, doesn't do so without some 
                       warfare.  We will take a look at the wars waged by Rome and the life of a Roman soldier. 
                       Art project: Draw a Roman soldier
Week of 9/26: Arenas and Gladiators - Romans built arenas for sports and entertainment.  We will look at the Colosseum and the Circus 
                    Maximus and discuss the life of a gladiator.
                    Art project: Draw a chariot
Week of 10/3 (No Class)
Week of 10/10 : What was life like for the families of ancient Rome? We will learn about what anciant Romans wore, what they ate, what 
                      the did for a living, what a child's life was like.
                      Art project: Draw a Roman pet dog
Week iof 10/17: Pompeii - We will learn about the city that was buried and preserved by an volcanic eruption. 
                       Art project: Draw Mount Vesuvius
Week of 10/24: Roman Gods - Ancient Romans were polytheistic, meaning they believed in many gods and goddesses.  We will learn about the gods and goddesses of Roman mythology. 
                       Art project: Draw and Roman god or goddess
Week of 10/31: What did the Romans give us? Ancient Rome fell in the 5th century, but its legacy lives on through the infrastructure and 
                       archetecture of the Romans. 
                       Art project: Draw a Roman bridge

This ongoing course is on a 8-lesson loop. This means that after lesson 8, the course will return to lesson 1. Learners are free to repeat the lessons, or move to one of the other courses in my Discover history series.