ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment (p. 67 - 69)

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ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment

Goals:

At the end of this class you:

- understand the origin and purpose of some sources about Roman entertainment 

- can give arguments whether the Roman Games suggest that the Romans were civilized or not

ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment

Get your I&S book and go to page 68 - 69

ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment

The Roman Games were a way for the Romans to escape the troubles of daily life. 

Romans would go to the amphiteatre and watch gruelsome battles or 'games' for their entertainment.

ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment

When studying sources, you need always need to check their origin and purpose.

Questions you need to answer when writing about the origin are:

- who is the author/maker of this source?

- where does this source come from? 

- when was it published/made?

ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment

When studying sources, you need always need to check their origin and purpose.

Questions you need to answer when writing about the purpose are:

- why is this source written/made?

- is the information fact or opinion?

- what is the perspective/viewpoint of the source?

- is the purpose clear?

ACTIVITY: Roman entertainment

On the next slides, you write down the answer of the questions:

What is the origin of the source?

What is the purpose of the source?

You can find source A - E on p. 67 - 69 of the I&S book.

These sources are sometimes written in English, use Google Translate if you don't understand the words! 

Read SOURCE B on p. 67

Write down the:
1) ORIGIN
2) PURPOSE

Read SOURCE A on p. 67

Write down the:
1) ORIGIN
2) PURPOSE

Read SOURCE C on p. 68

Write down the:
1) ORIGIN
2) PURPOSE

Read SOURCE D on p. 68

Write down the:
1) ORIGIN
2) PURPOSE

Read SOURCE E on p. 69

Write down the:
1) ORIGIN
2) PURPOSE

Write down in at least 50 words what these sources suggest about the Roman Games.

The existence of the Roman Games suggest that the Romans were not a civilized society.

1) Give one argument in favor of this statement
2) Give one argument against this statement

TIP: think about what different groups (within the Roman society (emperors, the patricians, the plebians, the slaves) would say.