Download Social Studies Standard 7.1.1

Big Idea
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Open your book to page 16 and read
along with the CD.
Social Studies Standard 7.1.1: Study
the early strengths and lasting
contributions of Rome and its ultimate
internal weaknesses.
Paraphrase:
Literacy.RI.7.5: Analyze the structure an
author uses to organize a text, including how
the major sections contribute to the whole
and to the development of the ideas.
Paraphrase
citizenship: membership in a political
community that brings both rights and
responsibilities.
corruption: involves the use of a
position of trust for dishonest gain.
Attila: the Hun’s chief
autonomous: self-governing
Clovis: King of the Franks
 Rome’s Internal Weakness
 Expanding Citizenship-All free men no matter
where the lived could be a citizen.
 Economic Problems-Poor increased, taxes went
higher, corruption started.
 Social Problems-Rich started their our little towns
called latifundia. This lead to poor having to be
employed by the rich or join the army. Also there
was a decline in the cities.
 A weaker army- Foreign recruit began to weaken the
army.
 Threats from Outside the Empire
 Barbarian Invasion-The Hun’s started over taken
little groups along the Danube. Romans tried to
stop them in 378 AD but failed. Once this
happened many invaders started.
 New Germanic Kingdom-As the barbarian attacks
keep over taken the empire, many Germanic tribes
settled in those areas. They started their own
autonomous kingdoms.
Summary:
 In this section we have learned about how internal
weaknesses and outside attacks led to the collapse
of the Western Empire. Many historians have
looked into the weaknesses of the empire and have
thought that the empire would have worked out
the weaknesses and survived. But it was the
invasions that ultimately took down the empire.
 Social Studies Standard 7.1.1 and Reading Comprehension Standard 2.1:
 Structure:
 Graphic Organizer
 Purpose:
 to help students by
simplifying information
and by stimulating
thinking skills.
Why is it that when the army started
accepting foreign warriors it became much
weaker?
Why is it when empires get bigger the
ability to rule is less?
As the taxes are raised corruption
happens and the gap between the
rich and the poor gets much
bigger.
As the Army takes on more
foreign recruits, the loyalty factor
goes down.
Invasions the Huns started out on the
peaceful tribes and then moved on to the
bigger tribes.
As they became more fierce the Roman
Army left their post and retreated which
allowed the Huns to over take the cities
easily.
 What internal weaknesses led to Rome’s
decline?
 The internal weaknesses that led to the
decline of the Empire were Expanding
citizenship, Economic Problems, Social
Problem, and A Weaker Army.
 What outside influences
led to the decline of
Rome?
 Complete the
worksheet “Why
did Rome Fall?”
 Read and
complete “The
Fall of the
Roman
Empire”