Unpacked Content
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.
Vocabulary
- Roman Republic
- transformation
- geographic, political, and economic elements
- spatial distributions
