Writing Postcards Simulation-Ancient Rome

In this simulation, students will have the opportunity to** role-play as Ancient Romans**, writing postcards to friends and family back home describing the sights and experiences they are having in the city. The postcards come in four different sets, each with a different level of difficulty to accommodate students of different ages and abilities.

This resource includes Postcards with the images of 8 famous Ancient Rome Buildings: Colosseum, Pantheon, Pont du Gard, Aqueduct of Segovia, Arch of Titus, The Roman Forum, Mausoleum of Augustus and Porta Nigra.

To make preparation for teachers as easy as possible, I added a Summary with main info about each of these historical buildings and made a** PPT presentation **(check out video review) with high quality photos, including photos of 3D reconstructions of each building.

I designed** 4 sets of Postcards**:

• Without the name of the building and with a colored/reconstructed photo or drawing

• With a name and colored/reconstructed photo or drawing

• With a name and without any photos or drawings

• Without the name of the building but with graphic icons

You can choose whichever version(s) that fit best with your class. The other version remain yours in case you ever need to use them.

You can be very creative when using postcards. I can suggest some options:

Review activity about Roman Art History and Architecture
Coloring and drawing activities
Simulations – they can be travelers living in that historical time visiting Ancient Rome or simply travelers visiting nowadays Rome and other cities where the building still standing
Writing exercises – student can write simple travel stories, famous latin phrases and sayings, observations about building, fictional stories connected with a certain building…
Peer to peer activities – students write postcards to each other, to imaginary characters or to certain historical figures

Postcards can be displayed later in your classroom. It would be great to hear how you have used this resource in your class, I am sure you will all have numerous ideas.

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