Why was Julius Caesar Murdered? Year 7 Assessment

Aim – To prepare for the assessment and to become

confident about using sources as evidence to support my own

points

Skill – Use of Evidence

Starter

• You have been appointed the head curator at the Museum of very important art.

• The previous picture has been discovered in an old warehouse in Rome.

• The only thing known about the picture is that it shows Caesar’s murder.

• Write a possible explanation to display next to the picture for the museum, of what you think is happening in the picture. Explain the people’s postures, expressions, surroundings etc.

Causes

Last lesson you looked at some cards explaining the causes of Caesar’s murder.

Look back at the causes you wrote down.

Our job is now to find some evidence from the cards to support these causes. We need to find suitable quotes from these pieces of evidence to support OUR points.

They thought he was becoming too powerful (like a tyrant)

Some thought he wanted to become King, and that would mean the end of the Republic

Some Senators were jealous of him

The Senators disliked Caesar because he was arrogant and acted as though he was superior

The Senators worried that he was on the side of the Plebians and wanted to make the Senate less powerful

Other possible reasons?

• He had many enemies because he had been so cruel

• He was promiscuous and this upset a lot of people

• People were angry about his affair with Cleopatra and thought she was leading him astray

Essay

Introduction

Paragraph 1 – Most important factor

Paragraph 2 – Linked to first paragraph (e.g. Another very important factor)

Paragraph 3 – Linked to second paragraph (e.g. This helps us to understand that…)

Paragraph 4 – Linked to third paragraph and so on

Conclusion

Connectives

• As a result of… • This resulted in… • Due to this factor…• This had an effect on…• The most important cause was..• Another cause was..• Because of this…• Therefore…

Introduction You need to set the scene and put down the main ‘theme’ of your essay.

Caesar was a powerful general and created a great deal of suspicion and rivalry due to his direct style of rule. He was popular with the plebeians and this resulted in other powerful Roman generals and Senators becoming jealous of Caesar’s influence. When he was murdered in 44BC, by members of the Senate, it signalled the end of the Roman Republic. His murder cannot be explained by jealous Senators alone, there were a number of other reasons about why he was murdered.