Alabama Social Studies SS24.7.15a
The Standard
- SS24.7.15
- Outline the key geographic, political, economic, and cultural elements of the Roman Republic.
Trace the growth of the Roman Republic, using a variety of thematic and political maps.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use dated political maps to track how Roman territory grew from the Italian peninsula around the Mediterranean. They use thematic maps, such as terrain and sea route maps, to describe where that growth took place.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can put maps from 500 BCE, 264 BCE, 146 BCE, and 44 BCE in order and mark land Rome gained between them. They can point to Italy, North Africa, Greece, and Gaul, then use a sea route or terrain map to describe a route between two areas.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat each map as a picture of Rome at the same time. They may mistake modern country borders for ancient ones or assume that every shaded area on a thematic map was Roman territory.
How to Assess It
- Give students political maps dated 264 BCE and 44 BCE plus a Mediterranean sea route map. Ask them to circle two areas Rome gained, then mark one sea crossing shown on the route map.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students lay tracing paper over political maps from 264 BCE and 146 BCE, then outline Rome's territory in two colors.
Show maps from 264 BCE and 146 BCE and ask: Which sea did Rome cross as its territory grew?
Give groups four dated map cards; have them race to order the cards and name one new area on each.
Pair a modern Sicily-to-Tunisia ferry map with a Roman expansion map; have students mark the crossing on both.
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Related Standards
- SS24.7.16
Trace the development of the Roman Empire, including the actions of Julius Caesar and the reigns of Augustus Caesar and the Five Good Emperors.
- SS24.7.14b
Trace the development of Greek city-states' political systems, including democracy, that influenced the governments of modern nations.
- SS24.7.15
Outline the key geographic, political, economic, and cultural elements of the Roman Republic.
- SS24.7.16a
Explain Rome’s shift from Republic to Empire, including economic, political, and geographic causes.
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