{"id":1255,"date":"2020-06-22T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/?page_id=1255"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:58:19","slug":"warm-up-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/teaching-resources\/lesson-plans\/warm-up-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm-up Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page offers a short series of warm-up activities that can be used in association with our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/Graffiti\/featured-graffiti\">Featured Graffiti<\/a>. Each category below presents a collection of 4-5 ancient graffiti that feature cultural information. In addition to text and translation, we have generated sample discussion questions to get students thinking about the life behind these writings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Categories of graffiti:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/DiscussionQuestions\/Food-Featured-Graffiti-Discussion-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Food<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/DiscussionQuestions\/Fun-Featured-Graffiti-Discussion-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fun and Games<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/DiscussionQuestions\/Gladiators-Featured-Graffiti-Discussion-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Gladiators<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/DiscussionQuestions\/Love-Featured-Graffiti-Discussion-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Love<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/DiscussionQuestions\/Occupations-Featured-Graffiti-Discussion-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Occupations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/DiscussionQuestions\/Poetry-Featured-Graffiti-Discussion-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Poetry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Category: FOOD, graffito <a href=\"http:\/\/ientgraffiti.org\/Graffiti\/graffito\/AGP-EDR167574\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"ientgraffiti.org\/Graffiti\/graffito\/AGP-EDR167574\">AGP-EDR167574<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pompe ++ III S(emis)                                     <br>P(ondo?) lard(i) a(ssibus) III                         <br>Vinum a(sse) S(emis)                                      <br>Casium a(sse) S(emis)                                     <br>Oleum a(sse) I                                                  <br>Panem a(ssibus) II S(emis)                           <br>Suar(ium?) a(ssibus) IIII                                <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Pompeii(?) 3 \u00bd coins<br>1 pound of lard 3 coins<br>Wine 1 \u00bd coins<br>Cheese 1 \u00bd coins<br>Olive oil 1 coin<br>Bread 2 \u00bd coins<br>Pork 4 coins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample questions for discussion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What similarities or differences do you see between what the Romans ate and what you eat?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you know how much a loaf of bread costs at the grocery store? Is it comparable to what the Romans paid for a loaf of bread?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why would someone buy lard?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acknowledgements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to Nicole Wellington of <a href=\"http:\/\/danahall.org\">Dana Hall School<\/a> for creating these materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThis page offers a short series of warm-up activities that can be&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/teaching-resources\/lesson-plans\/warm-up-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Warm-up Activities&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1053,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7O96w-kf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1493,"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1255\/revisions\/1493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientgraffiti.org\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}