Pompeii Primary Source Analysis and Creative Tasks

Students will read and analyze an account from Pliny the Younger of the destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius by answering 12 questions and completing 4 creative tasks. The tasks are about 6 types of people from Pompeii, "what if your town was frozen in place and time due to a natural disaster and re-discovered 300 years from now," a memorial stamp, and a museum exhibit. The answers are included and this would be great for a sub! 

 Sample questions include:
--Explain the phrase “scholarly acumen” in your own words.
 

--What did Pliny tell people the broad sheets of fire were?
--Based on what you read, how did Pliny the Elder die?
--Specifically regarding the “inventing fictitious danger,” do we see anything like that in modern times? If so, give an example.
--In what way(s) was the second day most similar to the events of the first day What were the most stark differences?

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