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UNIT 1. WHY ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME

We are starting an amazing tour

around Roman heritage. Are you

ready? What are your

expectations? Have you ever

heard about Rome in your country?

Click on these interviews on

YouTube: (link)

INTERVIEW

In pairs, you are going to check how

many Latin words and expressions

people use every day.

You have recorded at least sixty

interviews: twenty teachers, twenty

students, twenty adults, aged from 12 to

99 years old.

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Post scriptum Curriculum vitae Vox populi Status quo Etcetera

Top Latin words

Do you know the steps to do a research?

Do you know about the scientific method?

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Source: http://kidswithoutgod.com/teens/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/scientific_method-kids.jpg

Do you feel like finding out what we owe to Romans?

If so, follow me…

Pre-task.

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In groups you went for a walk in your city to

take pictures.

Afterwards you will have to show these

pictures to your partners. All together

you will make an international visual

catalogue. Decide a title for it. You will be

divided into four international groups for the following tasks:

Task 1.

Look carefully at our visual catalogue:

No.1

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No. 2:

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No. 3:

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No.4:

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No. 5:

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Task 2. Classify the images according to the typology in this web

page for young learners:

http://www.historyforkids.net/roman-architecture.html

Task 3. Describe them using this vocabulary:

(Each country must adapt this vocabulary to the level of the students.

Use wordle.net)

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Task 4. Can you compare your pictures?

Title Type of

archeological

remains

Function Material

Forum or

Domus?

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

Photo 4

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Task 5. Click on the following link:

http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-rome/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-

us-roman-roads

a) Watch the video with no sound.

b) Now, you are going to dub the video in your mother tongue: or

do you feel like doing in English? Write your own script.

Task 6. Click on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDiqKUzSeZM

and

http://english.turismodecordoba.org/seccion/the-courtyards-patios---world-heritage

You must summarise your findings in a report after discussing them in

groups:

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Is the typical Andalusian house part of Roman heritage?

What about in your country?

1. Conclusion:

I think… 2. Conclusion:

I believe… 3. Conclusion:

To conclude… 4. Conclusion:

In my opinion… 5. Conclusion:

In my view…

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Task 7. What about Romans and Maths?

a) Can you label these Roman spots?

b) Draw the Cartesian axes and find the coordinates for these places.

c) If the line from D to C is 3 cm, how long will be the wall? And the

aqueduct?

d) How many metres do you walk from A to B?

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Post-task TEST YOURSELF! Tick the correct answer

SKILLS I think My teacher thinks

☺ ? Not yet ☺ ? Not yet

Listening

I can follow my teacher’s instructions.

I can interact with my classmates.

Reading into sources

I can understand Latin words.

I can analyze a piece of art.

Writing

I can answer questions about historical facts.

I can describe a building.

Speaking

I can give opinions.

I can describe pictures.

Interaction

I listen while someone else is talking.

I respect others’ opinions.

I can work in groups.

Contents

I understand the influence of the Roman Heritage in

our culture.