Ancient Rome
This ancient building was the inspiration for the huge stadiums we watch sports in today. Was it the:
1) Colosseum
2) Super Bowl
3) Giant’s Stadium
1) Colosseum
In our chapter on Ancient Greece, we learned about the open air theaters that were the inspiration for which modern gathering space?
1) Public swimming pools
2) Movie theaters
3) Zoos
2) Movie theaters
Ancient Egyptians used a picture based language to write and communicate. What were these pictures called?
1) Hieroglyphics
2) Polaroids
3) Selfies
1) Hieroglyphics
This shape has 3 sides and 3 vertices, or corners.
1) Circle
2) Square
3) Triangle
3) Triangle
This student is a boy who loves to play Super Smash and make people laugh in class. He also speaks Spanish!
Jeymon
In Ancient Rome, citizens would share information about things happening in the city using this early version of what modern reading device?
1) iPhones
2) Newspapers
3) TMZ
2) Newspapers
The people of Ancient Greece used sun dials every day for a very important task. What do we use today instead of sun dials?
1) Clocks/watches/phones
2) Pens
3) Batteries
1) Clocks/Watches/Phones
Hieroglyphics inspired a modern addition to the way we text with each other. What are the colorful pictures we use to text with called?
1) Doodles
2) Emojis
3) Scribbles
2) Emojis
This shape has the most sides of the shapes we’ve discussed this week - 6 sides!
1) Rectangle
2) Hexagon
3) Triangle
2) Hexagon
This student loves learning with his Grandma. When he is sorry for doing something, he says “I’m super sorry” and he brings the best lunches!
Rocco
We learned that Ancient Rome is now called which modern country?
1) Japan
2) USA
3) Italy
3) Italy
We learned that Athena’s great-grandmother came to the US from Greece. Where did she have to pass through to come into the US?
1) Staten Island
2) Hawaii
3) Ellis Island
3) Ellis Island
Ancient Egyptians were very concerned with their oral hygiene (they didn’t want stinky breath)! What did they invent in order to help with this problem?
Toothpaste/mints
This vocabulary word means the same thing as the word “corner”.
1) Vertices
2) Edge
3) Side
1) Vertices
This student is very friendly to all her classmates and teachers, and always asks her friends how they are doing.
Cheyenne
In our chapter on Ancient Rome, we learned that things change over time. What is an example of something in your life that changes over time?
Any response that has to do with aging
On her way to the US, Athena’s Great-Grandmother had to come through Ellis Island. What famous statue stands very close to Ellis Island in New York Harbor?
The Statue of Liberty
Tell me one thing you know about Ancient Egypt that we may have not learned about this week.
Anything involving Egypt
This special type of rectangle has 4 sides, 4 vertices, and all the sides are the same length.
1) Square
2) Circle
3) Trapezoid
1) Square
This student loves math and always asks me for extra math homework! She has a few sisters who sometimes show up in our video chats!
Samantha