Process


 * Process**


 * 1) You will be assigned to a team of 4 students
 * 2) You must decide who will take on each of the 4 roles: Emperor, Citizen, Gladiator, and Scribe.
 * 3) You will then answer the questions that go with your role as listed below. Useful websites are also provided
 * 4) Emperor
 * 5) What role did the Emperors play in gladiator fights?
 * 6) Which Emperor started the fights and why?
 * 7) Did the Emperor ever participate?
 * 8) Citizen
 * 9) How did the crowds react to fights?
 * 10) What other sources of entertainment were there?
 * 11) What did the average person think of gladiators?
 * 12) Gladiator
 * 13) How were the gladiators trained?
 * 14) Who/what did the gladiators fight?
 * 15) What oath did gladiators give?
 * 16) Scribe
 * 17) What did gladiators do before they were gladiators?
 * 18) How would a gladiator win their freedom?
 * 19) Who was Spartacus?
 * 20) Websites
 * 21) http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/games/circus.htm
 * 22) http://rome.mrdonn.org/spartacus.html
 * 23) http://www.roman-colosseum.info/gladiators/facts-about-gladiators.htm
 * 24) http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/arena.html
 * 25) http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html
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 * 27) Based on your findings, you will decide whether the person whose role you took thought of gladiators as honored warriors or simple slaves.
 * 28) You will then try to convince your team to come to the same conclusion as you did.
 * 29) Finally, your team will present to the class what you decided and why. You must have some sort of props for your presentation (i.e. poster, costumes, powerpoint, etc.)