PBL Ancient Rome for Google Classroom

These digital activities put your students in the shoes of an Roman creating a product and advertising it in the Forum at Ancient Rome! These online resources will give your students a deeper understanding of Ancient Rome. They are 100% online and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive.

Ancient Roman Forum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in an oral speech advertising to other Ancient Romans. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing.

This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and go as deep as they would like to with their learning.

This product includes 17 digital student pages:

♥ Create a product needed by Ancient Romans

♥ Find a location around the Mediterranean Sea to conduct trade with

♥ Find a location on one of the Seven Hills of Rome to build your store

♥ Brainstorm an enticing store name and logo

♥ Find examples of other Ancient Roman buildings.

♥ Design the store building using Ancient Roman architectural designs.

♥ Create a mosaic for the floor of the store.

♥ Hire Roman gods/goddesses to work in the store

♥ Create a verbal advertisement to draw in potential customers at the Roman Forum (cumulative project)

This product includes 3 assessments:

♥ Self checklist

♥ Peer checklist

♥ Teacher rubric

This product includes 11 teacher guide pages

♥ Final project expectations

♥ Ideas to make the cumulative project even more engaging

♥ What do students learn in each activity?

♥ Timing for activities & PBL

♥ Creating an exiting introduction to hook the students

♥ Teacher how-to on each activity with ideas for enrichment & extra help

♥ Common Core Standards

If you are in a 1:1 technology classroom, this product is perfect for you! It will also work well if you only have a few computers in your classroom. As long as your students have a Google Drive account and access to a computer, they can use these products during literacy centers and rotate off computers.

How do I use this product?

You will be given the link to the Google Drive product. You can either email it to your students, or post on your Google Classroom! Check out my blog post to see how to upload it if you're unsure.

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Not ready for digital and paperless? Check out this product in a printable format!

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Interested in more digital project based learning? Check out all of Glitter in Third's PBLs on Google Drive!

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Please email me with any questions at Glitterinthird@gmail.com if you need more information!