LFA Unit II Project: Monuments of Rome



Latin Project: Monuments of Rome

From your notes on monuments studied in class, choose one to research in greater detail. Find out everything you can about this monument. You may use the following questions as a guideline, but you should look for details above and beyond these questions as well. Then see the next page for project instructions.

Name of your monument:

Who built it?

When was it built?

When and by whom was it rebuilt, renovated, restored, or otherwise altered?

What was its primary use?

Was it used for other purposes as well (i.e., temples being used to store wills, treasury, documents, works of art, etc.)

What sort of people (e.g., men, women, children, patricians, plebeians, government officials, poor people, soldiers, priests/priestesses, sick people, speakers, teachers, slaves, etc.) would use this building?

What did it look like?

Where was it located?

What notable historical events are associated with this building? (e.g., the Theater of Pompey is remembered as the place where Julius Caesar was assassinated. What events took place in or around your monument?)

Monument Project Options

Choose one of the following projects to demonstrate what you have learned about your monument.

❑ Decorate a Kleenex box as a model of the monument. (The Kleenex box should remain functional; i.e., full of Kleenexes and possible to extract them – your model should not block the opening of the box!) You can use construction paper, foam board, fabric, clay, etc. to make the box look like a small version of the monument. This works best for rectangular buildings like temples, but with some creativity you could make a Kleenex Colosseum or Trajan’s Column or Circus Maximus, too!

❑ Create a brochure giving information about the monument to visitors (you may write for either modern visitors at the ruins or visitors in Roman times who would see the building as it was then).

❑ Draw a floor plan or picture of the monument, labeling all its major parts or important areas.

❑ Write a story taking place in a monument during Roman times. Your story can be very creative but it must show what you know about the monument’s uses and its importance to the Romans! E.g., if you set the story in a temple, it should include some scenes showing how the temple was used for worship and any other uses, such as the treasury being in the Temple of Saturn. You might write a “Day in the Life of the Temple of Saturn” story, for example.

❑ You may suggest an alternate project type to your teacher for approval. Please put your idea in writing and submit it within the next three class days.

The project is worth 50 points, whichever of the options above you choose. See the following page for rubrics detailing the requirements for each project type.

Nota bene: You may not use computer-generated materials for any of the projects, except:

❑ The brochure may be made on the computer and may include found photos (but any maps, floor plans, charts, etc. must be your own creation!)

❑ Written projects must be typed.

Please do not create a Kleenex monument by merely gluing computer-printed pictures to the box!

Rubrics and Requirements

Kleenex Model

N.B.: You must use a full Kleenex box – this is a practical project! (

____ / 5: All of the box is covered

____ / 5: The model is sturdy (not likely to fall apart with use or movement)

____ / 5: No computer-generated materials are used

____ / 5: The model has correct proportions (i.e., it is to scale and is the correct shape for the building)

____ / 10: The model shows all important parts/areas of the building (as seen from the model’s perspective, which is most likely, from the outside)

____ / 10: The model is accurate (looks like the building really did look)

____ / 5: Creativity (bonus possible if you do a building with a non-Kleenex shape, like the Colosseum, and make it work out well)

____ / 5: Overall impression – the model looks good!

____ / 50: Total

Floor Plan/Drawing

____ / 5: Drawn (or mounted) on poster board or cardboard at least 12x24”; no computer-generated materials are used.

____ / 5: The drawing/plan has correct proportions (i.e., it is to scale and is the correct shape for the building)

____ / 10: The drawing/plan includes all important parts/areas of the building

____ / 10: All parts of the building are correctly labeled

____ / 10: The drawing/plan is accurate (looks like the building really did look)

____ / 5: Creativity (bonus possible for exceptional creativity)

____ / 5: Overall impression – the drawing/plan looks good!

____ / 50: Total

Brochure

____ / 5: Brochure is student’s own work (with the exception of any found photos) – i.e., do not use charts/floor plans/paragraphs of text you find on the Internet! Write your own text and draw your own charts!

____ / 5: Brochure is on unlined paper, at least 8.5x11” (may be designed on the computer or drawn/written by hand)

____ / 5: The brochure is written with EITHER a modern visitor or a visitor in Roman times in mind as the audience, but NOT both – i.e., you either talk about it as it is now or as it would be in a specific Roman year; if you are writing for a visitor in Roman times, you don’t talk about things that have happened to the building since then!

____ / 5: At least one picture of the building is included (either a photo of its current state or a drawing of how it looked in Roman times)

____ / 5: Text describes when and by whom the monument was built

____ / 5: Text describes what the building was used for

____ / 5: Text describes the form of the building (i.e., what it looked like, where it was, how big it was, what materials it was built from, and other such details)

____ / 5: Neatness

____ / 5: Creativity – Brochure goes beyond the basic information listed above and gives other interesting facts or stories about the monument (bonus points possible for exceptional creativity)

____ / 5: Overall impression – the brochure looks good!

____ / 50: Total

Story

____ / 5: Typed, double spaced, minimum of 2 pages

____ / 10: Focuses on one specific monument during a specific time in Roman history. (You need to give some idea in the story of what time this is, although you do not have to state a precise year. E.g., you might mention who is Emperor [or King, etc.] or have a famous Roman as a character [i.e., if Julius Caesar is a character than we know the story takes place during his lifetime, between 100-44 B.C.]) Other monuments may be mentioned but it should be clear which monument is the focus of the story.

____ / 5: No anachronisms (i.e., everything in the story is accurate for the time period you chose to set it in)

____ / 10: Events in the story accurately demonstrate how the monument was used.

____ / 5: Creativity (bonus possible for exceptional creativity)

____ / 5: Spelling/Grammar

____ / 5: Organization/Cohesiveness (the story flows logically, makes sense, etc.)

____ / 5: Overall impression – the story is interesting and enjoyable!

____ / 50: Total

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