Life in Ancient Rome

Title - Daily life in Ancient Rome

Chapter - Roman Houses

Author - Florance Dupoint

7- 10 Facts

• They were one of the first peoples to have sewer systems
• Gladiators would fight to the death
• Only boys went to school
• The girls stayed home and worked
• Ancient Rome started as a small city in 753 B.C.
• Rome's biggest Colosium held over 250000 people
• Slaves made up over 40 percent of the population
 In this ___________book___________________ (book/article, etc.), ________Florance Dupoint___________ (author)   ________explains______(claims/argues/explains) that the Roman's daily life was very similarm to todays daily life in America. ________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________ (identify author’s argument/purpose).
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is _They had to go to work in the morning and then come gome at the end of the day.___________________________________________________________
___________________________. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is _____They had normal sewer systems like we do today, and there not very different at all.___________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example _____fact that the we were influenced by the Romans builiding ideas when we built our capital buildings.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to support the main idea.
These ideas are _________similar___________ (connected/similar) to ___todays worlds on how Africa is staring to use sewer and water systems, just like the Romans did___________________________________________ (something you learned or experienced previously) because ______it shows just how__ advanced they really were.____________________________________________________________________________________________ (explanation of connection).