Ancient Rome Activity Pack - VA SOL Aligned
About This Product
This is a pack of activities for a unit on Ancient Rome. Passages and activities are geared towards a 3rd-grade level (but can be used with other grades). The pack is aligned to the VA SOLs for 3rd grade social studies but can be used with any grade level teaching Ancient Rome, its contributions, economic resources, and general overview of the history of Rome.
Included in this pack:
Rome Vocabulary Quiz - answer key provided
All Roads Lead to Rome Reading Passage and Questions - answer key provided. This passage discuses why Roman roads were important to the spread of Rome
Ancient Rome Know/Want to Know chart (my take on a KWL)
Mosaics Reading Passage and Questions - answer key provided. This passage discusses how mosaics are made and what they were used for
Create your own mosaic craft activity - after reading the mosaic passage, students can create their own mosaics using cut pieces of paper or tissue paper, there is also a writing component to this activity where students explain their mosaics and why they chose what they did. There are also mosaic examples to show students
Roman Roads word problems (addition and subtraction with regrouping)
If you need notes to go along with this unit, check them out here: Ancient Rome Notes Pages
If you would like additional Ancient Civilization notes pages and activities, check out this list below:
Ancient Civilization and Virginia Studies Timeline Bulletin Board
For even more social studies content, check out the products linked below:
Continents and Geographic Features interactive notebook
Economics Interactive Notebook
A pdf with passages, activities, and directions for all