Caligula: The Erratic Roman Emperor With Sadistic Tendencies

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

8

Overview

This video from the Daily Dose provides a 3-minute micro-learning film on Caligula, a Roman emperor who was the victim of an unknown illness resulting in erratic, impulsive, and sadistic behavior. Caligula's excesses and draining of the treasury would result in a conspiracy among senators to assassinate the mentally ill emperor.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 8

SS10.8.6

Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.

UP:SS10.8.6

Vocabulary

  • Roman Republic
  • transformation
  • geographic, political, and economic elements
  • spatial distributions

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Details of the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire. Key geographic, political, and economic elements of the Roman Empire.
  • The spatial distributions and patterns of the Roman Republic.
  • How Rome gained control of the Mediterranean region events leading to the creation of a Roman empire.
  • The reforms of Augustus.
  • Effects of the Pax Romana.

Skills

Student are able to:
  • Analyze textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
  • Locate places on a map.
  • Analyze the effects of geography on culture.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The Roman Republic evolved from a republic into an empire, and it later expanded.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 8

SS10.8.7

Describe the widespread impact of the Roman Empire.

UP:SS10.8.7

Vocabulary

  • diffusion
  • persecution
  • doctrine
  • external factors

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The impact/influence of the Roman Empire on the world including cultural achievements.
  • How to trace important aspects of the spread of Christianity such as how it relates to Judaism, its organization, and its doctrine. The reasons behind the decline and fall of Rome including economics, societal changes, Christianity, political and military problems, external factors, and the size and diversity of the empire.
  • Long-lasting Roman influences.
  • The important aspects of Christianity in the Roman Empire, including how it relates to other religions and its influence on Roman society.
  • The role of economics, politics, size/diversity, and societal changes in the decline and fall of Rome.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Analyze textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
  • Locate places on a map.
  • Identify the effects of religious beliefs and practices on societies.
  • Identify the cause and effect of economic changes on societies.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The Roman Empire impacted and influenced later societies.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

Daily Dose Documentary

License Type

Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
https://dailydosedocumentary.com/caligula/

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

Comments or Notes

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