Thomas L. Dynneson

SOCIAL STUDIES DIARY

THE ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK

April 30, 2010

Tags: Student Activities for the Social Studies Classroom

I. Identifying Activities for Students

Identifying activities for students is directly related to the goals of instruction and the concepts, skills, and values that are related to the nature of the course, unit and/or discipline that is the focus of instruction. Moreover, the identification of these appropriate activities should be related to the Read More

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Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure

Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure is a daring interpretation of the ways and means that the Roman Empire became the greatest military power of the ancient world, and how the vastness of this empire engulfed the entire Mediterranean world, as well as most of Europe. I the second century BCE, the Greek historian Polybius (200-118 BCE), after arriving in Rome in 168 BCE, asked in his Histories: "How did the Romans succeed in building a world empire in such a short span of time?" This book takes the perspective Polybius's question was mistaken, in the sense that the fromation of the Roman Empire, took a very long time--indeed, centuries. The formation of the Roman Empire began in 390 BCE whan the Gauls burned Rome; and even before that time, as this book demonstrates, the kings of Rome were some of the first empire builders.

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