The Legacy of Rome

The students do an open mind shaped like a Roman soldier's head and helmet to show the influence that Rome has had on the modern world.  I use History Alive; The Medieval World and Beyond Chapter 1 as the source for this project, but it can also be used as a research project.  There is one chapter each on the Roman Empire's influence on architecture and engineering; language and writing; and philosophy, law, and citizenship.  It is a simple project to look back at what influences we can see from Rome.  The students illustrate six of these influences, two from each category, and label them in the Roman open mind.  It is called "The Legacy of Rome" and each label completes the sentence "From the Roman Empire came..."