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The Fall of Rome
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Lesson 3
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
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What is the topic of this map?What do you notice about the Roman Empire around 200
C.E.?
What might be some disadvantages to controlling such a large empire?WARM-UP #1
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
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What is the topic of this map?How much time has passed?What do you notice about the second map as compared to the first?What might have happened to
cause these changes?
Lesson 4: The Fall of Rome
R13 LEARNING TARGETS:
I can describe the challenges the Roman Empire faced.
I can identify specific events as Rome fell in the west.
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
inflation decline barbarian
VOCAB Key Vocabulary to add to Flashcard List (1-3)
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
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WARM-UP #2
What are some challenges thatan empire, or country,
could face that would threaten its existence?
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
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As you read pages 8 and 9,
identify and describe the reasons for the fall of
Rome.
Attach the Graphic Organizerfor “The Fall of Rome”.
What does each box mean?
TheCollapse
of theRoman Empire
Political Instability:
Finally, in the east…
Economic Problems:
Social Problems:
Weakening Frontiers:
In 470 C.E.,…
In 410 C.E.,…
Then, power in the empire was…
First, in 330 C.E., Constantine decided to…
Describe the
problem presented by
each box.
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
R13
As you read pages 8 and 9,
identify and describe the reasons for the fall of
Rome.
Attach the Graphic Organizerfor “The Fall of Rome”.
What does each box mean?
Economic Problems:
Social Problems:
Weakening Frontiers:
TheCollapse
of theRoman Empire
Political Instability:
Describe the
problem presented by
each box.
Economic Problems:
Social Problems:
Weakening Frontiers:
TheCollapse
of theRoman Empire
Political Instability:The transfer of power from one emperor to the next was never clearly established and
often unpredictable.Often the Praetorian Guard chose the next
emperor.
Citizens, who paid high taxes to finance Rome’s
army, were often poor.
Corruption and crime were common.The spirit of citizenship around the empire
declined.
The empire was so large, it was hard to defend.
Communication was slow.
Trade suffered.Unemployment and inflation were serious
problems.
Soldiers from conquered
tribes were sometimes disloyal.
TheCollapse
of theRoman Empire
First, in 330 C.E., Constantine decided to…
Then, power in the empire was…
In 410 C.E.,…
In 476 C.E.,…
Finally, in the east…
move his capital east to Byzantium, called it New Rome.
Later he renamed the city Constantinople.
divided between two emperors, one in Rome and one in Constantinople.
an invading Germanic tribe attacked Rome and looted it.
the Germanic general, Odoacer, drove the last Roman emperor, Augustulus Romulus, out and the western half of the empire began to break
apart.
the Byzantine Empire continued for another 1,000 years.
BARBARIAN
person belonging to a people or to a tribe that is not civilizedDECLINE
to grow less in strength, power, value
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
Label each part of the statue of
Caesar Augustus with a different
challenge.
Explain each challenge.
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Use the following visual to summarize
the “fall of Rome.”
WRAP-UP #1
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
How do you “see” the information/notes in your head?
Bullets?• PI
• ?• ?
• EP• ?• ?
• SP• ?• ?
• WF• ?• ?
Mnemonic Device?
WEPS
Web?SP
EP
PI
WF
The Chart?
The Broken Statue?
Lesson 3: The Fall of Rome
L12 WRAP-UP #2
Answer on Edmodo Which challenge facing Rome do you
think was the gravest?
Do we have challenges like these today?
What can we do about them?
The fall of Rome was not the end of the story because its influence lived on
through the medieval period and all the way to our time.