Interpersonal Phase
The task: in pairs, students will research specific questions about roads, ancient and modern. Each student will take responsibility for getting only half of the answer (either “then” or “now”), and in class conference students will share their findings, ending with a complete answer to Then and Now. They must first note their choice of Then or Now, so that I can quickly see an equitable distribution of work. Their answer table is split over several pages so that I can read and comment on their work carefully outside of class, without holding up the project. We will need use of computer lab for 2 - 3, non-consecutive, class periods.
Size of groups: pairs of students
Time limit: 2 class periods and 5 nights of homework
Assessment: I do not feel that this is a suitable place for rubric-grading.
I have a prepared roster sheet for this task alone, allowing me to check that each student has done his agreed-upon share of the investigation, and on time. Students will submit completed sections of investigation for my written comments. If work is too shallow, students will be asked to re-consider their answers.
Questions for discussion in class, after student completion of Then and Now section:
How do you travel on roads -- conveyance? Shanks’ mare, carriage, litter?
What are dangers of travel on road? Diseases came by roads (plague in 167 A.D.).
What do you wear when traveling on the roads?
How were the Roman roads built?
Who used the Roman roads?
What are the conveniences offered to travelers on the roads?
What prompted Roma to build roads of such substance? Other ancient cultures did not do this.
Where can you find Roman roads today?
What did the roads do for Rome and the Romans? What did these roads allow the Romans, unlike ANY other ancient culture, to do?—
Then and Now. To understand the Roman system of roads and travel, you must also understand the American system. 45 points
You will work in pairs to find the answers to the questions below. Each partner will answer every question, but will be responsible for only one-half of it: either the “then” (ancient
You may use both Internet and books for finding your answers. Enter your findings (and the source) for each numbered question in the Then and Now table on “your” side. Be sure to note your source (bibliography info) for each answer in the box with the answer. When your work is complete, you will enter your sources into a typed bibliography. I will help you with this.
In class you will confer and share your findings, and enter the new information in the table. Each partner will end with a complete answer, for Then and Now, to each question. All answers must show evidence of careful and complete thought. When you have found all of your answers, you will write, and answer, four questions of your own, questions which occurred to you while doing your research. We will discuss all of your findings in class; and the body of information which you will then have will serve as the foundation of the performance part of your project.
Remember that when you do not understand the meaning of a word, you need to use a dictionary to find that meaning.
1. What are roads? T/N
2. What different types of roads exist? T/N
3. Why do we have these different kinds of roads? T/N
4. What do roads do for a people? T/N
5. How are roads made? T/N
6. Who builds the roads? (Who arranges for the building, who does the actual building work?) T/N
7. How is road-building paid for? T/N
8. How long do roads last? T/N
9. How long are the roads?
10. How are road names chosen? T/N
11. Who uses the roads? T/N
12. What kinds of conveyances are found on the roads? T/N
13. When traveling long distances, where do travelers spend the night? T/N
14. What kinds of preparations must a traveler make before setting out on a road-trip? T/N
15. What protects you from danger while on the road?
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