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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 12

Greece & Rome

Democracy, republic and law

What your child practices

Athens and Sparta, the Roman Republic and Empire, the Twelve Tables and Code of Justinian, and the Greek and Roman ideas found in US government.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 6.H3.1; 6.H3.3 · citizens and government in Athens and Rome

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Athens is the birthplace of democracy. Homer wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.
  2. Rome was a republic with elected leaders and a senate; its first written laws were the Twelve Tables. Augustus became the first emperor.
  3. Alexander the Great's empire stretched from Greece to Egypt and India.

Example: Which US idea comes partly from ancient Rome? Rome had elected leaders and a senate. The US also has elected representatives and a Senate. Answer: a republic with elected representatives and a senate

Greece & Rome in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 6 of 12 in 6th grade Social Studies, after Ancient India & China and before World Beliefs.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    In the Roman Republic, citizens elected leaders called…

    • Emperors
    • Shoguns
    • Pharaohs
    • Senators and consuls

  2. Question 2

    The Parthenon in Athens was a temple to…

    • Zeus's brother Hades
    • Jupiter
    • Athena
    • Ra

  3. Question 3

    Which idea in the US Constitution comes partly from ancient Rome?

    • A caste system
    • A Mandate of Heaven
    • A pharaoh
    • A republic with elected representatives and a senate

  4. Question 4

    Who became the first Roman emperor?

    • Socrates
    • Alexander
    • Julius Caesar
    • Augustus

  5. Question 5

    The Code of Justinian, from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, was…

    • A Chinese poem
    • A collection of Roman laws that shaped later legal systems
    • A map of Rome
    • A Greek play

  6. Question 6

    Why did Greece develop many separate city-states instead of one kingdom?

    • Mountains and seas divided the land
    • Rome ordered it
    • They spoke many languages
    • The rivers joined them

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