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Gateway – Social Studies Question

 Brainstorming the concepts (starting from scratch) – BREAK DOWN THE PROMPT (You did this yesterday.) List all terms and concepts associated with the topic.  Mark up the documents and write important information in the margins  Organizing the concepts in prewriting Write them as a concept map or organized jot list. (one word or phrase) Join like ideas on the prewrite Layout/Drafting Begin writing the ideas from the prewrite into complete sentences in the order in which you joined them on the organizer.  Revising the draft  Read through the draft making corrections, additions, deletions, etc.  Final Copy Copy the final draft into your grading folder. Stages of Construction – REMEMBER the PROCESS – TIME TO ORGANIZE

TIME TO PUT YOUR BRAIN TO WORK: Let’s see what you know. Bullet Two: Discuss Roman Religion Use a concept map to write down three major ideas that you know about Roman Religion from your classes. Then, write one example for each major idea Engineering Religion

TIME TO PUT YOUR BRAIN TO WORK: Let’s see what you know. Bullet Two: Discuss Roman Religion Use a concept map to write down three major ideas that you know about Roman Religion from your classes. Then, write one example for each major idea. Religion Christianit y Polytheistic Many gods before Christianity Spread in Europe because of Roman Influence Pluto, Jupiter, named after planets Ritualistic Shrines, sacred places, Led to Catholic religion

KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING Let’s Build the Outline for Bullet Two Use your documents & prior knowledge: Topic: Discuss Roman Religion A.Polytheistic B.Rituals C.Christian Influence

KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING Let’s Build the Outline for Bullet Two Use your documents & prior knowledge: A.Polytheistic – See document B Worshipped a lot of different things, sun, sea, sky, etc. Believed in Roman gods – tell what some of them controlled. Jupiter, main Roman god, Neptune, god of the Sea: Greek gods, Zeus B.Rituals in religion - Celebrated with feasts and sacrifices, one of every four days for worship, kept shrines for gods – some practices of rituals continued into the shift to Christianity C.Christianity - Spread in Europe because of Roman Influence See map Document D – Discuss the spread

STILL PUTTING YOUR BRAIN TO WORK: Let’s see what you know. Bullet Three: Discuss two or more Roman contributions to arts and entertainment. Roman Contributions ART ENTERTAINMENT

STILL PUTTING YOUR BRAIN TO WORK: Let’s see what you know. Bullet Three: Discuss two or more Roman contributions to arts and entertainment. Painting, sculpture Architecture Coliseum, amphitheater Gladiators Plays

KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING Let’s Build the Outline for Bullet Three Use your documents & prior knowledge: A. Roman art comes in many forms. The symbol on Paintings and sculptures Unique architecture – like the coliseum B. Entertainment – coliseum used for entertainment Plays and performances Gladiators to perform

KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING Let’s Build the Outline for Bullet Three Use your documents & prior knowledge: Discuss two or more Roman contributions to arts and entertainment A.Roman art comes in many forms. The symbol on Document B is called Chi Rho – religious symbol made into ornate decoration Paintings and sculptures Unique architecture – like the coliseum B.Entertainment – coliseum used for entertainment Built for plays and performances Used for gladiators to perform – even to persecute Christians in the early days.

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