History
Ancient Greece & Rome
Meta
9–11 yrs
Evidence for Greek and Roman Life
希腊与罗马生活的历史证据
Description
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
Mastery Evidence
- 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
Assessment Prompt
If your child 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?
