{"id":497454,"date":"2010-03-31T22:42:01","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T02:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2604"},"modified":"2010-03-31T22:42:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T02:42:01","slug":"teaching-ancient-civilizations-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-excavating-the-past-ancient-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/497454","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Ancient Civilizations with Children\u2019s Literature: Excavating The Past, Ancient Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ancient Rome<\/a> is a book written by Fiona MacDonald that is part of the excavating the past series of children’s books.\u00a0 This book explores archeological excavations of Romans sites from Scotland to North Africa.\u00a0 It highlights Roman architecture such as the Pantheon and the Colosseum and also discusses the cultural contributions Romans made to the world.\u00a0 Ancient Rome <\/em>is filled with colorful pictures of all the important Roman sites and provides plenty of details about each location.\u00a0 Throughout the book there are words that are written in bold type and included in a glossary in the back of the book.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections
\n<\/strong>Ancient Rome <\/em>can be used to introduce a lesson on the contributions ancient Rome made to the world in terms of architecture, daily life and sports.(3.1)\u00a0 This is a wonderful book to use to instruct students on the impact the Romans had and continue to have.\u00a0 Ancient Rome<\/em> has a large amount of text so it is not appropriate for younger grades but this book can be a great resource for the upper elementary grades.<\/p>\n

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