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Stories from the Early Years of Rome Latin 1 Project- 5Th 6Wks – NO LATE!!!! Stories from the Early Years of Rome Latin 1 project- 5th 6wks – NO LATE!!!! The object of this project is to learn about the founding of Rome and stories from its early history. We will begin with the story of the Trojan war and Aeneas’s journey and end with the over throw of the kings of Rome and the early parts of the Roman republic. Section 1 - The Research and Sources– ____________________________ 1. You will have a topic to research from "the list" below. You will add your info to a wiki page you create for your topic. 2. You will need to have your wiki page completed for me to check by the date above. 3. Include your sources, properly formatted [MLA style], at the bottom of your wiki page. You must have at least 3 separate sources. Some of the topics have audio clips that can be used as one of your sources, but you must have other sources. 4. You will need to read Livy’s “ab urbe condita” [“From The Founding of the City”] in translation to get the best parts of the story. Some of you can listen to the audio files, but not all stories are there. I have linked several sources on our DISD Latin page. Section 2 – Illustration of Your Topic Presentations – ___________________ 5. Your final product will be a comic strip, comic book, or movie about the story you’ve chosen to research. [Yes, you may put your drawings on a ppt, but it should not have the whole story typed out on some slides. These are ILLUSTRATIONS...that is, PICTURES. And you may NOT just use a bunch of clip art, either.] 6. There should be 5-10 pages or slides for each story, encompassing the entirety of the story from multiple sources. Some sources focus only on the historically provable aspects of the stories, while others include the potentially mythological aspects of the stories. While we do want the dry, provable facts, we also want the juicy bits. Include how the kings came to power and died. 7. On the due date, you will present your illustrations or movie to the class, teaching us your story from the early history of Rome. Grading Guidelines/Rubric Name:_______________ Topic:____________________ Research: 2 -on time 1- late 0- not at all Sources: 2 –3+ properly formatted sources, 1 –too few or badly formatted sources, 0 –no sources Illustrations: ___/5 – 5-10 drawings or paintings encompassing the entirety of the story Quality: 2 – obvious time and effort spent on the illustrations or movie 1- some time and effort evident 0 –little time and effort evident Presentation: 2 – presentation of complete story, 1 – presentation incomplete, 0 – failure to present Total = _______/ 13 = ___________% "The List " - add your name next to your topic and we will create a wikipage linked from your name to a new wiki page. This is where you will add part 1 above...your research and sources. *1. How Trojan war started- judegment of Fee, Cheyenne Nicole Alexander, Geneva Saxby Paris, golden apple, etc 2. Trojan war – death of Hector, death of Weiner, Alexander Jacob Brumbaugh, David Lawrence Achilles, Laocoon, horse, end of war 3. Aeneas’s escape from Troy and journey...up through the founding of Teleki, Tyler Nicholas Carter, Wyatt Dean Lavinium and including Aeneas's death- *4. Aeneas’s son’s [Ascanius’] background and the founding of Alba Longa, connection Choi, Ji Young Hassell, Aaron to Julius Caesar 5. Story of Rhea Silvia, from her father/uncle to the bearing of sons and Bourey, Aimee Rebecca De La Rosa, Karina A Rhea Silvia's "death"- *6. Romulus and Remus founding Rome, Romulus’ accomplishments up to “death” of Gandt, Seth Connor Eckel, Joshua Wen Fu Romulus- [not sabine women] *7. Rape of the Sabine women - Goethe, Kyle Evan Granados, Rosalena Carmelita 8. The Tarpeian rock of traitors - Halberstadt, Brittani Jean Finley, Gavin Shann *9. Numa Pompilius-2nd king of Rome- Lee, Inki Hammonds, Chadrick C J JR Egeria, events, type of king *10. Tullus Hostilius-3rd king of Rome – type of king, events, death story [not Horatii Lohr, Nicholas Thomas Poston, Alexander Ray and Curatii] 11. Horatii and Curiatii- triplets and war Mongo, Jade Sinclair Smith, Tadria Nicole *12. Ancus Marcius-4th king of Rome- Salvatori, Kaitlyn Tober, Courtney Ann *13. Tarquinius Priscus-5th king of Rome – wife, eagle, usurpation of throne,d eath Newsom, Thomas Jack King, Lillian Elisabeth *14. Servius Tullius-6th king of Rome- as a boy, fire on head, how became king, Nestor, Cameron Jacob Sah, Ayush Kumar accomplishments, how died *15. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus: The Last King of Rome- marriage, death of Servius, Shovlin, Matthew James Mitchell, Anna Cristina accomplishments, not Lucretia 16. Rape of Lucretia Rabalais, Bailey Cosette Moberly, Jenna Alexandra 17. Horatius holds the bridge to Rome- Okanta-Bonsu, Benjamin Kofi Piatt, Taylor Elaine Yiremkyl 18. Cursus honorum Phelan, Jessica Marie Wilson, Tristan 19. Cincinnatus Aller, Alexandria Danielle Pritchard, Michael Thomas 20. Appius Claudius Crassus and Verginia Parberry, Margaret Rose Holt Haywood, Kiara 21. “The 12 Tables” – what’s actually in Stewart, Christian Alexander Salinas, Gloria them and how did they come about…why? 22. Sibylline Books Weiner, Zachary Dylan Afia, Mercy 23. The story of how the rostra got its name Auen, Blake Joseph Hammonds, Christian Bailey 24. The day a bunch of geese saved Rome Waytan, Jillian Skye Sellers, Connor Scott 25. Corolianus and his mother Mott, Jonathon Robert Lopez, Johnathan 26. Gaius Mucius Scaevola and the fire Walsh, Jordan Tavis Solorzano, Ana Paola *1. How Trojan war started- judegment of Paris, golden apple, etc Fee, Cheyenne Nicole 2. Trojan war – death of Hector, death of Achilles, Laocoon, horse, end of war Weiner, Alexander Jacob 3. Aeneas’s escape from Troy and journey...up through the founding of Lavinium Teleki, Tyler Nicholas and including Aeneas's death- *4. Aeneas’s son’s [Ascanius’] background and the founding of Alba Longa, Choi, Ji Young connection to Julius Caesar 5. Story of Rhea Silvia, from her father/uncle to the bearing of sons and Rhea Bourey, Aimee Rebecca Silvia's "death"- *6. Romulus and Remus founding Rome, Romulus’ accomplishments up to Gandt, Seth Connor “death” of Romulus- [not sabine women] *7. Rape of the Sabine women - Goethe, Kyle Evan 8. The Tarpeian rock of traitors - Halberstadt, Brittani Jean *9. Numa Pompilius-2nd king of Rome- Egeria, events, type of king Lee, Inki *10. Tullus Hostilius-3rd king of Rome – type of king, events, death story [not Lohr, Nicholas Thomas Horatii and Curatii] 11. Horatii and Curiatii- triplets and war Mongo, Jade Sinclair *12. Ancus Marcius-4th king of Rome- Salvatori, Kaitlyn *13. Tarquinius Priscus-5th king of Rome –wife, eagle, usurpation of throne, death Newsom, Thomas Jack *14. Servius Tullius-6th king of Rome- as a boy, fire on head, how became king, Nestor, Cameron Jacob accomplishments, how died *15. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus: The Last King of Rome- marriage, death of Shovlin, Matthew James Servius, accomplishments, not Lucretia 16. Rape of Lucretia Rabalais, Bailey Cosette 17. Horatius holds the bridge to Rome- Piatt, Taylor Elaine 18. Cursus honorum Phelan, Jessica Marie 19. Cincinnatus Aller, Alexandria Danielle 20. Appius Claudius Crassus and Verginia Parberry, Margaret Rose 21. “The 12 Tables” – what’s actually in them and how did they come about…why? Stewart, Christian 22. Sibylline Books Weiner, Zachary Dylan 23. The story of how the rostra got its name Auen, Blake Joseph 24. The day a bunch of geese saved Rome Waytan, Jillian Skye 25. Corolianus and his mother Mott, Jonathon Robert 26. Gaius Mucius Scaevola and the fire Walsh, Jordan Tavis .
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