Oklahoma Social Studies AWH.C.7.10
The Standard
Explain the contribution of Roman civilization to law, literature, architecture, engineering, and technology, including the spread and influence of the Latin language.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify Roman contributions to law, literature, buildings, public works, and technology. They explain how Roman rule spread Latin and how later societies used Roman ideas and words.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students explain how the Twelve Tables made laws public and how later writers borrowed from Virgil's Aeneid. They distinguish arches in buildings, aqueducts that carried water, and concrete as a building material. They trace Latin's influence on Romance languages and English words.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Romans invented every arch and legal rule they used. They may confuse an aqueduct with a road. Some assume English is a Romance language because it has Latin words.
How to Assess It
- Give students a five-row exit ticket labeled law, literature, architecture, engineering, and technology. Have them name one Roman example and its later use for each row, then explain how Latin spread and name a language it shaped.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use foil, straws, and cups to build a sloped channel that carries water, then compare it with a Roman aqueduct.
Compare a short excerpt from the Twelve Tables with a posted school rule: What changes when a rule is written down?
Sort cards labeled Twelve Tables, Aeneid, Colosseum, aqueduct, and concrete into five contribution categories, then explain each match.
Mark Rome, France, and Spain on a map, then compare Latin aqua with Spanish agua and French eau.
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