Caesar for
President!
Imagine there are two students running for Class President. The opponents
are Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar. They share the same qualities and
ideas for improvements as their Roman ruler namesakes.
The Task: You have been hired to help with their campaign! Here are your
candidate assignments:
1st & 5th Period - Julius Caesar
4th & 6th Period - Augustus Caesar
Step 1 - .Answer Questions on Slide 2 and begin research on your assigned
candidate.
Step 2 - Write your candidate’s speech. You have been chosen to write a
speech for your candidate to give to the whole student body before the
election. Please write a speech of at least 200 words. The speech must
include the following:
1.
Three ways you would improve the school of “Rome” (*HINT* look
at what you did as a ruler of Rome)
2. Use at least four tools of propaganda in your speech, one of which
must be appropriate name calling.
3. At the bottom of your speech paper, write down the four tools you
used and highlight the text of where you used them in your speech
using different colors
Step 3 - Record a FlipGrid: Record a flipgrid of you performing the speech
you wrote for your candidate.
Step 4 - Respond to your Opponent’s Team - You must respond to at least one
of your opponent’s speeches countering their information. You must also
argue and provide pro statements for your candidate with at least two
historical facts in response.
Caesar for President Questions:
Answer the following questions with 2-3 sentences.
1.
What were five ways Julius Caesar improved Rome?
2.
What were five ways Augustus Caesar improved Rome?
3.
What has your candidate done that the public would
consider bad and hurt your campaign?
4.
Which Candidate do you think will do a better job as Class
President? Why?
5.
Which candidate do you think will win the election for Class
President? Why?
Caesar for President Speech:
You have been chosen to write a speech for your candidate to give to the whole student body before the
election. Please write a speech of at least 200 words. The speech must include the following:
1.
Three ways you would improve the school of “Rome” (*HINT* look at what you did as a ruler of
Rome)
2.
Use at least four tools of propaganda in your speech, one of which must be appropriate name
calling.
3.
At the bottom of your speech paper, write down the four tools you used and highlight the text of
where you used them in your speech using different colors
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1st & 5th Period - Your candidate is Julius Caesar
4th & 6th Period your candidate is Augustus Caesar.
Candidate Speech:
Enter your speech here.
Four Propaganda Tools Used:
1.
Enter Here & Assign Color
2.
Enter Here & Assign Color
3.
Enter Here & Assign Color
4.
Enter Here & Assign Color
Resource Links:
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Julius Caesar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figure
s/caesar_julius.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire
/republic.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire
/julius_caesar.html
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Augustus Caesar: http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/age.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/augustus_religion.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/augustus.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/augustus.shtml