03-20-2004, 10:00 AM
Ok, this is just off the top of my head. First of all is middle school about 12 to 15 years old for age range? I would pick some interesting person or story and elaborate around that. For example there were those 2 Centurions in Caesar's Legions that were always in competition with each other, and the one ended up saving the other's life. You could sneak in stuff about uniforms, weapons and promotions etc. while telling them this story. I'm not sure if there is a specific period you are supposed to be telling them about, but I think they would be intrigued by stories like Horatius holding the bridge and that fellow who held his hand in the fire to show how tough Romans were. So I'd start with a person who did something special and build the rest of the talk around that.<br>
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Hope this helps.<br>
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Wendy<br>
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<p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>
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Hope this helps.<br>
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Wendy<br>
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<p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>
