This assignment has multiple steps.
step 1.
Look at the 1 to 5 attached images of the objects below, then write some initial impressions of the object.
What does it look like – defining features, colors, shape?
What might it have been used for? (Please don’t peek at the web pages! I want to hear your initial guesses first.)
Step 2.
Next, read and analyze the object descriptions on the corresponding links of web pages below.
1.http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/a_roman_mystery_word_square
2. http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/pepper_pot
3. http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/roman_game_board
4. http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/roman_gladiators
5. https://www.thoughtco.com/vindolanda-tablets-roman-forces-in-britain-173183
After reading the descriptions, download from the attachments Material Culture and History 20 Questions worksheet and answer all 20 questions for one of the objects. Keep those 20 questions in mind, and use them to help shape your answers for the other objects in Step 3.
Step 3,
Lastly, answer these questions:
How might you use these objects to explain the longevity of this civilization?
How can these objects help us understand the long-term influence of this civilization – over the course of the middle ages and early modern period, but also its relevance in present-day society?
How might these objects help us understand social, economic, or climatological/geographical challenges faced by this civilization? Can they help us understand not only while this civilization endured, but why it eventually collapsed?
Your response should be no less than 750 words in length and should reference specific examples from this exercise and your other reading materials.
