Presentation Assignment Sheet: Roman Emperors

Over the next 1.5 weeks, you and a partner will become experts on one of the first 16 emperors of Rome. You will present your findings to the class on Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Content Requirements:

• Birthdate/death date?
• When was he emperor?
• How did he become emperor?
• What wars did he win/lose?
• What are some of his achievements?
• How was your emperor depicted in portrait art?
• Include a coin with the emperor’s face or achievements on it.
• Any crazy scandals or personality traits?

Powerpoint Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 images of good quality
• Give credit to the websites you use! (include site under picture)
• Works cited (MLA style) must be on last page
• You must use TWO book sources minimum
• NO COMPLETE SENTENCES ON POWERPOINT. SHORT, CONCISE TEXT ONLY.
• Make it attractive! Grab our attention and hold it!
• Two Latin sentences must be included that give facts about your emperor
• One must include a subjunctive clause (properly used)
• The other must include an indirect statement clause (properly used)
• You may turn these in before Thursday for checking!
• 10-15 minutes of material

Presentation Requirements:

• Both partners must talk
• Notes are used as a guide, not a crutch!
• Have students translate your sentences on the spot
• Speak clearly and make eye-contact!
• You will need to email your presentation to jwilkey@saintursula.org in addition to bringing in a cd copy. This is for your protection as well as for posting presentations on EDLINE for study purposes.

Paperwork to turn in on day of presentation:

• rubric handed to you today (just one)
• printout of powerpoint slides
• 4 multiple choice questions based on your presentation (with answers)
• 2 short answer questions based on your presentation (with answers)

ãWork days in-class will be: Tuesday 4/5/05 and Friday 4/8/05.

ãPlease visit http://www.saintursula.org/library/projects/ under my name for additional

resources.

ãUse Mrs. Wilkey’s Augustus presentation as a guide to help you organize your thoughts.

Emperors to Cover:

1. Augustus (Wilkey)
2. Tiberius (1)
3. Caligula (2)
4. Claudius (3)
5. Nero (4)
6. Galba (Wilkey)
7. Otho (Wilkey)
8. Vitellius (Wilkey)
9. Vespasian (5)
10. Titus (6)
11. Domitian (7)
12. Nerva (8)
13. Trajan (9)
14. Hadrian (10)
15. Antoninus Pius (11)
16. Marcus Aurelius (12)

Your topic: _______________________________________________________

Some Sources to Get You Started:

• Books listed here can be found on the shelves in my classroom!
• Shelton, JoAnn. As the Romans Did.
• Ramage, Nancy and Andrew. Roman Art.
• The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
• Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar through Domitian)
• Tacitus, Annals (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero)
• these two works can be found online at http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
• Ecce Romani II : pages 207-211
• http://www.roman-emperors.org/impindex.htm
• http://www.thepaolas.com/Emperors/emperors.html

Mrs. Wilkey is in her room starting at 7.30 DAILY for you to ask

questions and use books in her classroom! Remember that our school library

is open daily after school!