The Fall of the Roman Empire

[Pages:63]The Fall of the Roman Empire

7.2 Summarize the consequences of the fall of the Roman Empire including the continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire, Justinian and the significance of Constantinople.

Bellwork ? INB 38 (I know I skipped 2 pages ? you will take

your notebook home this weekend and create a new

cover page on INB 37)

? Making Predictions: You are in charge of a huge empire defended by a large and powerful army - what problems do you think could come up that would put your empire in danger?

Mastery Objective

I can explain the major problems that led to the Fall of the Roman Empire.

What are today's State Objectives? 7.2 Summarize the consequences of the fall of the Roman Empire

Strategies/Activities:

? Making Predictions ? Graphic Organizer Reading Strategy ? with

Newsela Article ? Closure ? What do you think - Which of the

reason presented in the article do you think was the most important factor in the fall of the Roman empire?

END OF DAY PRODUCT: By the end of class today you will have a completed graphic organizer along with an annotated article and closure paragraph.

Classwork ? INB 39

? Create a 8 part graphic organizer like the one you see here on INB 39

? Read the Article ? Eight Reasons why Rome Fell (we will read as a class pausing to question and discuss as we go)

? You are expected to annotate the article as we read.

? After reading - For each reason we learn about write a short summary in each box of your graphic organizer.

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