Oklahoma Social Studies AWH.C.7.4

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Content Standards

The Standard

Analyze the influence of Greek civilization on Roman art, literature, society, and government.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find Greek influences in Roman statues, poems, education, and political writing. They use examples to explain what Romans borrowed and what they changed.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can connect Roman sculpture to Greek statues and Virgil’s Aeneid to Homer’s epics. They can explain why wealthy Roman families hired Greek tutors and how Cicero drew on Greek political ideas without calling Rome a Greek democracy.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat Roman statues and poems as exact copies of Greek works. They may call Rome a Greek-style direct democracy or assume all Roman children had Greek tutors.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Name one Greek influence on Roman sculpture, epic poetry, schooling, and Cicero’s political writing. For one example, explain what Romans changed.

Lesson moves

Pairs sort eight printed cards into Greek and Roman matches: statue images, Homer and Virgil lines, schooling descriptions, and Plato and Cicero excerpts.
Ask: Did Romans copy Greek culture or change it? Defend your answer using one statue pair and one Homer and Virgil excerpt.
Read four clues aloud: a Greek-style statue, a Virgil epic, a Greek tutor, and Cicero on government; students point to labeled domain cards.
Show a photo of a courthouse with Greek-style columns beside a Roman temple image; ask which design details survived across both.

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