Materials

• Teacher-selected video that depicts events and/or culture of the Roman Empire
• Teacher-provided video viewing guide for each student (Attachment C, “Creating a Video Viewing Guide”)

Instructional Activities

1. Select a video on the Roman Empire.
   
   
2. Provide a video viewing guide for students to complete while viewing. An alternative activity is to instruct students to write down 10 facts from the video as they are viewing the presentation.
   
   
3. Show the selected video.
   
   
4. As a class, discuss key information that students have obtained from watching the selected video. An alternative activity is to have students prepare a brief essay following the video.