History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Evidence for Greek and Roman Life
Understand that historians and archaeologists piece together ancient Greek and Roman life from evidence — pottery paintings, coins, inscriptions, ruins like Pompeii, and written texts by authors such as Homer and Pliny — and that the same evidence can be interpreted in different ways by different historians
Quick check
If the learner saw an ancient Greek pot or a Roman coin in a museum, could they explain what historians can learn from objects like these and why different experts might interpret them differently?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Name at least three types of evidence historians use to learn about ancient Greece and Rome
- Explain why Pompeii is especially valuable as a source of evidence about Roman life
- Give an example of how the same piece of evidence could be interpreted in more than one way
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
4 topics- Evidence from the PastHelpful
Historical Thinking // Ages 6 to 7
Basic concept that knowledge of the past comes from evidence underpins this topic
- Gods & the ParthenonHelpful
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 7 to 9
Pottery paintings are a key evidence type for Greek history
- Gladiators & PompeiiHelpful
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 7 to 9
Pompeii is a key source of evidence discussed in this topic
Historical Thinking // Ages 8 to 10
Historical Thinking source evaluation skills underpin Greek/Roman evidence evaluation
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Evidence for Greek and Roman Life
Ages 9 to 11 // Thinking skill
Leads to
3 topics- Troy: Myth or History?Required
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 11 to 13
Understanding how evidence works is prerequisite for evaluating archaeological claims
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 11 to 13
Evaluating whose voices are missing requires understanding how evidence works
- Fall of the Roman RepublicHelpful
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 12 to 14
Using ancient sources (Cicero, Plutarch) requires evidence evaluation skills
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