Lesson plan based on Hadrian
Define vocabulary relative to ancient Rome through oral presentations.
Skills and Focus: Vocabulary, Oral Presentation
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Thematic Connection: Connecting Past and Present
Grade Level: Elementary School
Time Needed: 75 minutes
Objectives
• Define six words that relate to ancient Roman cultural life.
• Demonstrate increased familiarity with dictionaries.
• Collaborate to present definitions to the class.
Instructional Materials Needed
Stories: Who Was Hadrian? and How Was This Made?
Dictionaries for each student
Activity
Step 1: Write the following words on the chalkboard, asking students to copy them onto a sheet of paper: emperor, toga, temple, architect, portrait, sculptor.
Show the stories Who Was Hadrian? and How Was This Made? and ask students to listen for these words and look for the images that accompany them.
Step 2: Ask students to use the dictionaries to find and copy the first definition of each of these words.
Step 3: When students have finished writing the definitions, divide the class into six groups, one group per word. Ask each group to think about their assigned word and how they might present it to the class. For example, the emperor group may have one student play the emperor, while others play his subjects bowing before him, and another reads a proclamation that is the definition of emperor.
Goals
This activity meets Illinois State Goal 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
This activity meets Illinois State Goal 5: Use the language arts for inquiry and research to acquire, organize, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information.
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