History 10

The study of ancient Rome is vital to any genuine understanding of the movement and progress of History in the West.  The personalities and events from this prominent era in history have largely influenced those of later times.

 This course will enable the student to:

• Become familiar with the political & religious developments of this period
• Know & understand the significance of the important events, dates, persons, & places in the Western Europe of 753 BC-476 AD
• Trace the cause & effect of political developments in the ancient world &, by extension, in the modern world
• Observe the timelessness of human relations & the similarities of man’s responses to the conditions in which he finds himself across time periods
• Identify the periods of ancient history & major characters of the period
• Become familiar with the map of the ancient world & the seeds of modern conflicts

Students taking this course for Kolbe Core (K) credit will have four papers, a mid-term, and final exam each semester.  Additionally, core students should expect to have daily reading and minor weekly written assignments or quizzes.

Assignment due-dates and grades are established by the parent.  Optionally, a student may be enrolled in the Self-Paced Plus© grading assistance program to receive grading assistance from a Kolbe Academy faculty or staff member on designated assignments in the course.  In this case, parents will still submit final grades to Kolbe for the course, but may choose to incorporate the graded assignments into the student’s overall grade or use the Kolbe-graded assignments to assist in arriving at the student’s final grade.

• The History of Rome from Its Foundations: The Early History of Rome, Livy, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt
• The History of Rome from Its Foundations: The War with Hannibal, Livy, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt
• Makers of Rome, Plutarch, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert
• The Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus, translated by Michael Grant
• City of God, St. Augustine, translated by Henry Bettenson
• MLA Handbook Eighth Edition

Optional Materials

Digital copies are provided in the Parent Group of the Self-Paced course.  Physical copies are available for purchase in the Kolbe Bookstore.

• Ancient Roman History Course Plan & Tests, Kolbe Academy Publishing
• Early History of Rome Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
• The War with Hannibal Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
• Plutarch’s Roman Lives Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
• The Annals of Imperial Rome Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
• City of God Study Guide, Kolbe Academy Publishing
• Classics Conference: The Roman Era  (Audio files and study materials are already included directly in the Self-Paced course.  If you would like a hard copy to keep and re-use, you may purchase the flash drive and study materials from the Kolbe Bookstore.)

Self-Paced Plus courses include the following:

• Grading by a highly qualified teacher for selected assignments (listed below) in the course.
• Access to teacher through the course’s discussion board.
• Option to report grade given by the teacher, or to report a grade assigned by parent.
• The pacing is still established by the parent in conjunction with the student’s goals and academic calendar. 
• Assignments will be graded within 1-2 weeks of the submission date, excluding holiday breaks.  (For the quickest grading, students should turn assignments in incrementally throughout the year.  If a student turns in multiple assignments to be graded at once, expect a response time of 1-2 weeks per assignment submitted.)

Self-Paced Plus Assignment List:

*We developed a rubric to assist in grading the paper assignments.  Each paper assignment will have the rubric available for the student in the course.