Purpose of Social Studies Blog

This blog reviews various texts that could be used for a 6th grade Social Studies class studying Roman history. The books selected reflect a diverse look at history by broadly covering the following topics: archaeology, language, religion, culture (art, working life, entertainment, etcetera), and general history such as significant wars and battles, general timelines, significant rulers, and more. Exposing students to Roman history through such a broad range of topics will encourage students to think more critically about it. Critical thinking will enrich the student's understanding of history so that they are able to view it as a complex cohesion of factors put together like a puzzle. Each text will be summarized, evaluated for its level of applicability for the 6th grade age group, and analyzed for how the text could be mined for potential lesson plans relating to this unit of study.