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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 9

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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Civics & Government 1; History 1 · democracy in Athens, the Roman Republic and other early forms of government

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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 7 of 9 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: Maine 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…

    • Shoguns
    • Pharaohs
    • Senators and consuls
    • Emperors

  2. Question 2

    Ancient Greece was made up of many independent…

    • Dynasties
    • Pyramids
    • City-states
    • Colonies of Rome

  3. Question 3

    Who became the first Roman emperor?

    • Julius Caesar
    • Socrates
    • Augustus
    • Alexander

  4. Question 4

    Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are…

    • Epic poems from ancient Greece
    • Egyptian tombs
    • Chinese inventions
    • Roman law codes

  5. Question 5

    Democracy comes from Greek words meaning…

    • Rule by one king
    • Rule by the people
    • Rule by soldiers
    • Rule by priests

  6. Question 6

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

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

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