Law in the early Republic: The Twelve Tables of the Law

Read the article given in class. Explain, in your opinion, what was the importance of the Twelve Tables to the citizens of Rome. Make sure you use details from the article. Your entry is due on 4.28.09 by 10 pm.

The Etruscans

Read the article given to you in class. Write 5 facts you believe made the Etruscans important to the Roman history. Email your response by 10pm tonight.

Resources for Final Project Chapter 11

1. Architecture: http://www.digital-images.net/Gallery/Scenic/Rome/rome.html

2. Make your own mosaic: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/index.htm

3. A little of everything: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/romans/mosaics.html

The Significance of the Hellenistic Era

Read the article given in class, then answer the following question. Make sure each answer reveals the paragraph # where it can be found on the article. Email (zoraida.velez@gmail.com) your answers by 10 pm on 4.15.09. You can post your answers on the blog by 9 pm on 4.16.09.

What made the Hellenistic Era important? Mention at least 5 facts from the book.

Essay Webquest - The Hellenistic Era

At this points you should have selected what type of project you will be working on. If you have selected to work on an Essay, this webquest will be used at home as a resource for your project. However, if you have selected the Model option, then you need to complete this webquest in class. You will have two days to work on this mini project in class.

Copy the following instructions on a Word Document and then proceed to find the answers online. Copy links or pictures on the word document, save it and then email it to Mrs. Velez: zoraida.velez@gmail.com

1. Using resources online, find the definition of Hellenistic or Hellenic.

2. Read the following link and then explain whether or not the changed horizons of the Greek world altered the way that people saw their relationship with the divine, or whether what appears perhaps most strikingly new (the use of cults to honour living people) can be linked primarily or solely to behaviours that were already current withing the pre-existing polis structure. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/read.html

3.Use the information found on this link to explain the Family structure during the Hellenistic Era. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/readings/family_structures.pdf

4. Finally, read the following essay and explain how architecture was used as a medium of public relations among Alexander's successors. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/readings/architecture.pdf

Model Webquest - The Hellenistic Era

At this points you should have selected what type of project you will be working on. If you have selected to work on a Model, this webquest will be used at home as a resource for your project. However, if you have selected the Essay option, then you need to complete this webquest in class. You will have two days to work on this mini project in class.

Copy the following instructions on a Word Document and then proceed to find the answers online. Copy links or pictures on the word document, save it and then email it to Mrs. Velez: zoraida.velez@gmail.com

1. Find a sculpture of the 3 generals who took over Alexander's empire after his death. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/rulers1.html

2. Find pictures of the different column styles. Explain what are the differences. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/architecture1.html

3. Find a picture of the Temple of Apollo and describe the main characteristic of this temple. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/architecture1.html

4. What can you say about the city of Alexandria by looking at the layout of the city? http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/alexandria.html

5. Find at least 4 pictures from the city of Pergamon: Acropolis, Temples, Gymnasium, Palace and, or Sculptures. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/pergamon.html

6. Take a look at all these sculptures; which ones would you consider to used as a decorative piece in a garden or a park during the Hellenistic Era?http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/freestanding.html

7. Find the map that shows the Hellenistic Kingdoms. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/citylife/maps.html

8. Find the definition of the following Architecture terms and then find a picture to describe it. Keep in mind that some of these terms are a description of some items you have seen already in this webquest.

arch
barrel vault
basileia
Corinthian order
cornice
entablature
frieze, triglyph, metope
heroon (pl. heroa)
hypaethral
Ionic order
naos,. naiskos
orthogonal (Hippodamian) grid plan
pediment
peripteros, dipteros
peristyle court
propylon
prostyle, amphiprostyle
"Rhodian" house
tholos

9. If you would choose this option, how would you design your city? Describe your city with the pictures give and a short description for each.