By Gregory Daugherty, Margaret Brucia

Description

To Be a Roman is an indispensable resource for today’s classroom. This workbook is filled with the latest information about the daily life of the ancient Romans and with ample exercises of both an objective and creative nature.

In Latin classes where gaining knowledge about Roman culture is a necessity for students trying to learn the language and in classes where the daily life of the Romans is the primary subject matter of the course, this book fits the bill.

To Be a Roman presents seventeen topics along with two review chapters and one chapter that contains a plethora of resources, both those of a general nature and those specific to each chapter. The topics of the first seventeen chapters include the Roman family, house, occupations, domestic life, education, and more. These chapters are arranged in a logical order but may be used in any order. Photographs of artifacts and sites are included in each chapter.

Special Features

Features:

• seventeen stand alone chapters, each on a specific topic
• two review chapters
• one chapter that is fully stocked with bibliographical resources, including books, films, websites, historical novels, and more
• over 80 illustrations, many taken by the authors themselves
• exercises for student practice that include
  - objective exercises such as matching, multiple choice, true-false questions
  - discussion questions
  - group activities
  - student project suggestions
  - short answer questions
  - more

Author Bios

Margaret A. Brucia earned her MA and PhD in Classics from Fordham University. She has taught courses in Latin and classical antiquity for over thirty years to students in middle school, high school, and college. For more than ten years she has conducted workshops in Rome for Latin teachers. Currently a member of the Classics Department at Temple University, Rome Campus, she serves as the chair of the Subject Area Test in Latin for The College Board. Gregory N. Daugherty earned his bachelor's degree in Latin from the University of Richmond, and his MA and PhD in Classical Studies from Vanderbilt University. At Randolph-Macon College since 1976, he has taught classes on ancient Greek and Latin language and literature, ancient history, ancient warfare, Roman Britain, religion, and daily life. His research interests have been centered on public safety in the ancient city and the reception of Classics (especially Cleopatra and Homer) by American popular culture.

Comments and Reviews

Is your student studying Latin or the time of the Romans? The To Be a Roman workbook introduces students to what basic everyday life was like during the time of ancient Rome.

The fairly short chapters-17 of them-present the basics of Roman society: its social classes, religious life, housing, domestic life, education, slavery, urban life, laws, farming, occupations, travel, trade, measuring of time and space, leisure and entertainment, and the stages in the lives of boys and men, and girls and women. Each chapter in this 168-page workbook includes basic information along with several black and white illustrations or photos of various artifacts. At the end of each chapter are questions to answer, and sometimes a word search or crossword puzzle.

Be warned, there is no answer key. However, you'll find two review chapters plus a bonus chapter of additional resources, including books, films, websites, historical novels, and more.

To Be a Roman is not a comprehensive study of ancient Roman culture, but it does offer insight on everyday life where other materials don't. Be prepared to talk about some of the areas of Roman life that were harsh, such leaving babies exposed outdoors to die because of a birth defect or the fact that the baby was an unwanted girl.

Jo Dee Soles
Practical Homeschooling
www.home-school.com

To Be A Roman is an amazing book. I'm using it with 4th through 6th graders along with an ancient history textbook and it is great! The kids love it - they're totally engaged and I love it because it offers the depth and breadth that I'm looking for. It challenges while still being readable for these kids.

. . . Thanks so much for all the work you do - as a Latin/Ancient history teacher I can always count on you all for great references and textbooks!

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