{"id":140,"date":"2021-04-30T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeschoollounge.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:09:24","slug":"ancient-rome-romulus-and-remus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeschoollounge.com\/ancient-rome-romulus-and-remus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Rome: The Legend of Romulus and Remus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Where did the name Rome come from? It all goes back to a legend about two twins, Romulus and Remus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is a legend? It&#8217;s an Middle English word meaning &#8220;something to be read&#8221;. Legends are stories that are gathered and told again and again from the past. They are so old that it&#8217;s hard to check if they are based on fact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The legend of Romulus and Remus tell us the legend of how a city that would rule the world came into existence and how it got its name.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about how that legend came about watch this short movie about the beginning of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wA1D9wd29jI?controls=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve heard the story you can <a href=\"https:\/\/homeschoollounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2-The-Legend-of-Romulus-and-Remus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"click here to download this free printable (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">click here to download this free printable<\/a> to draw your version of the &#8220;The Legend of Romulus and Remus&#8221;. Make sure you put the story in the correct order!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you would prefer, this is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primaryresources.co.uk\/history\/pdfs\/4romulusremus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;fill in the blank&#8221; story outline<\/a> with words to help.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are more fun books to read about the story! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a aria-label=\"Reader's Theater: Romulus and Remus - Grades 2-4 - Guided Reading Level I - S (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1433311526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Reader&#8217;s Theater: Romulus and Remus &#8211; Grades 2-4 &#8211; Guided Reading Level I &#8211; S<\/a> by Melissa Fitzgerald<\/li><li><a label=\"Romulus and Remus (Hopscotch Myths) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0749680040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"rank-math-link broken_link\">Romulus and Remus (Hopscotch Myths)<\/a> by Mick Gowar<\/li><li><a label=\"DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient Rome: Discover One of History&#039;s Greatest Civilizations from its Vast Empire to the Blo to the Bloody Gladiator Fights (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xztF89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"rank-math-link broken_link\">DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient Rome: Discover One of History&#8217;s Greatest Civilizations from its Vast Empire to the Blo to the Bloody Gladiator Fights<\/a> by Simon James<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at another video! This time from Drive Thru History. It&#8217;s titled, &#8220;Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome &#8211; Drive Thru History, Rome Ep1&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/x_lBZ0mkdlQ?controls=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONCLUSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you enjoy learning about the legend of how Rome got its name! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This lesson is part of the Scope and Sequence for &#8220;What Your Third Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated): Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education&#8221; by E. D. Hirsch Jr. It is available in <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2R7mDqx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"rank-math-link\">paperback<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ny1t10\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Kindle<\/a>. <\/em>These are affiliate links. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where did the name Rome come from? It all goes back to a legend about two twins, Romulus and Remus. What is a legend? 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