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Latin Project: Monuments of Rome
From your notes on monuments studied in class, choose one to research in
greater detail. Find out everything you can about this monument. You may use
the following questions as a guideline, but you should look for details above
and beyond these questions as well. Then see the next page for project
instructions.
Name of your monument:
Who built it? ____________________________________________________________
When was it built? _______________________________________________________
When and by whom was it rebuilt, renovated, restored, or otherwise altered? _
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What was its primary use?________________________________________________
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Was it used for other purposes as well (i.e., temples being used to store wills,
treasury, documents, works of art, etc.) ____________________________________
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What sort of people (e.g., men, women, children, patricians, plebeians,
government officials, poor people, soldiers, priests/priestesses, sick people,
speakers, teachers, slaves, etc.) would use this building? ___________________
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What did it look like? ____________________________________________________
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Where was it located? ___________________________________________________
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What notable historical events are associated with this building? (e.g., the
Theater of Pompey is remembered as the place where Julius Caesar was
assassinated. What events took place in or around your monument?) _________
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Monument Project Options
Choose one of the following projects to demonstrate what you have learned
about your monument.
 Decorate a Kleenex box as a model of the monument. (The Kleenex box
should remain functional; i.e., full of Kleenexes and possible to
extract them – your model should not block the opening of the box!)
You can use construction paper, foam board, fabric, clay, etc. to make
the box look like a small version of the monument. This works best for
rectangular buildings like temples, but with some creativity you could
make a Kleenex Colosseum or Trajan’s Column or Circus Maximus, too!
 Create a brochure giving information about the monument to visitors
(you may write for either modern visitors at the ruins or visitors in
Roman times who would see the building as it was then).
 Draw a floor plan or picture of the monument, labeling all its major
parts or important areas.
 Write a story taking place in a monument during Roman times. Your
story can be very creative but it must show what you know about the
monument’s uses and its importance to the Romans! E.g., if you set the
story in a temple, it should include some scenes showing how the
temple was used for worship and any other uses, such as the treasury
being in the Temple of Saturn. You might write a “Day in the Life of the
Temple of Saturn” story, for example.
 You may suggest an alternate project type to your teacher for approval.
Please put your idea in writing and submit it within the next three class
days.
The project is worth 50 points, whichever of the options above you choose.
See the following page for rubrics detailing the requirements for each
project type.
Nota bene: You may not use computer-generated materials for any of the
projects, except:
 The brochure may be made on the computer and may include found
photos (but any maps, floor plans, charts, etc. must be your own
creation!)
 Written projects must be typed.
Please do not create a Kleenex monument by merely gluing computerprinted pictures to the box!
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Rubrics and Requirements
Kleenex Model
Brochure
N.B.: You must use a full Kleenex box –
this is a practical project! 
____ / 5: All of the box is covered
____ / 5: The model is sturdy (not likely
to fall apart with use or movement)
____ / 5: No computer-generated
materials are used
____ / 5: The model has correct
proportions (i.e., it is to scale and is the
correct shape for the building)
____ / 10: The model shows all important
parts/areas of the building (as seen from
the model’s perspective, which is most
likely, from the outside)
____ / 10: The model is accurate (looks
like the building really did look)
____ / 5: Creativity (bonus possible if you
do a building with a non-Kleenex shape,
like the Colosseum, and make it work out
well)
____ / 5: Overall impression – the model
looks good!
____ / 5: Brochure is student’s own work (with the exception of any
found photos) – i.e., do not use charts/floor plans/paragraphs of text
you find on the Internet! Write your own text and draw your own
charts!
____ / 5: Brochure is on unlined paper, at least 8.5x11” (may be
designed on the computer or drawn/written by hand)
____ / 5: The brochure is written with EITHER a modern visitor or a
visitor in Roman times in mind as the audience, but NOT both – i.e.,
you either talk about it as it is now or as it would be in a specific
Roman year; if you are writing for a visitor in Roman times, you don’t
talk about things that have happened to the building since then!
____ / 5: At least one picture of the building is included (either a
photo of its current state or a drawing of how it looked in Roman
times)
____ / 5: Text describes when and by whom the monument was built
____ / 5: Text describes what the building was used for
____ / 5: Text describes the form of the building (i.e., what it looked
like, where it was, how big it was, what materials it was built from,
and other such details)
____ / 5: Neatness
____ / 5: Creativity – Brochure goes beyond the basic information
listed above and gives other interesting facts or stories about the
monument (bonus points possible for exceptional creativity)
____ / 5: Overall impression – the brochure looks good!
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Story
____ / 5: Drawn (or mounted) on poster
board or cardboard at least 12x24”; no
computer-generated materials are used.
____ / 5: The drawing/plan has correct
proportions (i.e., it is to scale and is the
correct shape for the building)
____ / 10: The drawing/plan includes all
important parts/areas of the building
____ / 10: All parts of the building are
correctly labeled
____ / 10: The drawing/plan is accurate
(looks like the building really did look)
____ / 5: Creativity (bonus possible for
exceptional creativity)
____ / 5: Overall impression – the
drawing/plan looks good!
____ / 5: Typed, double spaced, minimum of 2 pages
____ / 10: Focuses on one specific monument during a
specific time in Roman history. (You need to give some idea in
the story of what time this is, although you do not have to state
a precise year. E.g., you might mention who is Emperor [or
King, etc.] or have a famous Roman as a character [i.e., if
Julius Caesar is a character than we know the story takes
place during his lifetime, between 100-44 B.C.]) Other
monuments may be mentioned but it should be clear which
monument is the focus of the story.
____ / 5: No anachronisms (i.e., everything in the story is
accurate for the time period you chose to set it in)
____ / 10: Events in the story accurately demonstrate how the
monument was used.
____ / 5: Creativity (bonus possible for exceptional creativity)
____ / 5: Spelling/Grammar
____ / 5: Organization/Cohesiveness (the story flows logically,
makes sense, etc.)
____ / 5: Overall impression – the story is interesting and
enjoyable!
____ / 50: Total
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Floor Plan/Drawing