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HSS-6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

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Discuss the influence of Julius Caesar and Augustus in Rome’s transition from republic to empire.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

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Trace the migration of Jews around the Mediterranean region and the effects of their conflict with the Romans, including the Romans’ restrictions on their right to live in Jerusalem.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

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Note the origins of Christianity in the Jewish Messianic prophecies, the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament, and the contribution of St. Paul the Apostle to the definition and spread of Christian beliefs (e.g., belief in the Trinity, resurrection, salvation).

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

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Describe the circumstances that led to the spread of Christianity in Europe and other Roman territories.

Overarching Standard:
HSS-6.7 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.

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Discuss the legacies of Roman art and architecture, technology and science, literature, language, and law.

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Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.

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HSS-10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.

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Analyze the similarities and differences in Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman views of law, reason and faith, and duties of the individual.

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HSS-10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.

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Trace the development of the Western political ideas of the rule of law and illegitimacy of tyranny, using selections from Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics.

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HSS-10.1 Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and in Christianity to the development of Western political thought.

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Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the contemporary world.

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Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.