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★ Inquiry DBQ Series · Grade 6 · #12

Citizens of Athens and Rome DBQ

Which city had the better idea of citizenship: Athens or Rome?

Which city had the better idea of citizenship: Athens or Rome? Students weigh Aristotle, Pericles' law, Paul, Claudius, and Caracalla, then argue.

Grade 6Development of Civilizations 3500 BCE–600 CEGoogle Slides3 class periods

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What's included

  • Student DBQ packet: hook, background reading, Documents A–F with analysis questions, evidence organizer, bucketing and outline pages, C-E-R essay and 4-point rubric
  • Scaffolded version with shorter excerpts, plain-words versions and sentence starters
  • Teacher presentation with speaker notes, plus a teacher guide with standards, pacing, answer key and a sample essay

The documents

  • Document A: Aristotle: what makes a citizen?
  • Document B: Pericles' citizenship law
  • Document C: Paul: "a man that is a Roman"
  • Document D: Emperor Claudius compares Rome and Athens
  • Document E: Caracalla makes everyone a citizen
  • Document F: Citizenship side by side (chart)

Document A: Aristotle, Politics, trans. William Ellis, public domain. Document B: The Athenian Constitution, trans. F. G. Kenyon (1891), public domain. Document C: Acts 22:25–29, King James Version (1611), public domain. Document D: Tacitus, Annals, trans. John Jackson (Loeb, 1937), public domain. Document E: Cassius Dio, Roman History, trans. Earnest Cary (Loeb, 1927), public domain. Document F: teacher-made comparison chart.

Good to know

Class time
3 class periods
Format
Editable Google Slides
Answer key
Included

Standards: KAS Grade 6: 6.C.RR.1, 6.C.CP.3, 6.C.CP.1, 6.I.UE.1, 6.I.UE.2, 6.I.CC.1

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