Gladiators & Pompeii

CONCEPTUAL

History›Ancient Greece & Rome|Ages 7—9|ID: mt_VP9yZJ1xeP

Know that Romans watched gladiators fight in huge arenas like the Colosseum in Rome, that gladiators were usually enslaved people or prisoners trained to fight, and that the city of Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, preserving an extraordinary snapshot of Roman daily life

Mastery Evidence

Describe what gladiators were and where they fought
Explain that the Colosseum in Rome was a giant arena for public entertainment
Retell what happened to Pompeii and why it is important for understanding Roman life

Assessment Prompt

“Could [child] tell you what gladiators were, describe the Colosseum, and explain what happened to the city of Pompeii?”

Prerequisites3

Daily Life in a Roman Town
softAges 7—9
Roman Army and Conquest of Britain
softAges 7—9
What Is a Volcano
softAges 5—7

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Daily Life in a Roman Town soft
Gladiators and Pompeii extend Roman daily life and engineering topics
- Roman Army and Conquest of Britain hard
  Roman towns and engineering build on Roman army and invasion context
  - Roman soldiers & builders hard
    Deepens basic Roman soldiers/builders from 5-7
    - Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map hard
      Roman builders need geographic context
      - Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert soft
        Greece & Rome geography builds on Ancient Egypt geography — both Mediterranean civilisations, Egypt came first chronologically
    - Romulus & Remus soft
      Roman soldiers build on knowing Rome exists as a civilisation
      - Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map hard
        Romulus & Remus needs geographic context of Italy/Rome
        
        Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert soft
        Greece & Rome geography builds on Ancient Egypt geography — both Mediterranean civilisations, Egypt came first chronologically
Roman Army and Conquest of Britain soft
Colosseum and gladiators are part of imperial Roman culture
- Roman soldiers & builders hard
  Deepens basic Roman soldiers/builders from 5-7
  - Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map hard
    Roman builders need geographic context
    - Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert soft
      Greece & Rome geography builds on Ancient Egypt geography — both Mediterranean civilisations, Egypt came first chronologically
  - Romulus & Remus soft
    Roman soldiers build on knowing Rome exists as a civilisation
    - Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map hard
      Romulus & Remus needs geographic context of Italy/Rome
      - Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert soft
        Greece & Rome geography builds on Ancient Egypt geography — both Mediterranean civilisations, Egypt came first chronologically
What Is a Volcano soft
Pompeii's destruction by Vesuvius connects to basic volcano knowledge from Volcanoes domain

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Evidence for Greek and Roman Life
softAges 9—11