Saturday, November 27, 2010

HW#4; The Creation Myth of Rome

Tonight's homework is the 'creation myth' of Rome: The story of Romulus and Remus.

Watch this video from youtube....


Then answer these questions:
1. Why were Romulus and Remus both raised away from their uncle?
2. How did they both come to be rulers of their land?
3. How did Romulus come to be the only ruler of the land? why?
4. About what year did all this take place according to the MYTH
5. About what year did this take place according to SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES (archeology)?
6. LATIN was the language of Rome. Where does the term 'Latin' come from?
7. What was the name of the river that Rome was founded near?

8. Describe the difference between a CREATION MYTH and HISTORICAL (or scientific) 'FACT'
9. Why is the creation myth more interesting than the science?
10. What is our 'creation myth'?

We're going over this in class on Tuesday.


7 comments:

  1. Romulus and Remus
    1. Why were Romulus and Remus both raised away from their uncle?
    The king demanded that they would be sent away.

    2. How did they both come to be rulers of their land?
    They killed the king (their uncle).

    3. How did Romulus come to be the only ruler of the land? why?
    Romulus and Remus got into a fight and Romulus killed Remus.

    4. About what year did all this take place according to the MYTH.
    753 BC

    5. About what year did this take place according to SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES (archeology)?
    1000BC

    6. LATIN was the language of Rome. Where does the term 'Latin' come from?
    The term originated from the early people of Rome who were from a tribe called Latins.

    7. What was the name of the river that Rome was founded near?
    Tiber River


    8. Describe the difference between a CREATION MYTH and HISTORICAL (or scientific) 'FACT'
    People base their ideas on scientific evidence but creation myths were based on what people saw.(their observations)

    9. Why is the creation myth more interesting than the science?
    Creation myth is more interesting than science because creation myth is based on what you see or hear while science is based on idea and hunch

    10. What is our 'creation myth'?
    Our creation myth is evolution because of the changes we go through as well as our society.

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  2. HW#4

    1. They were both raised away from there uncle because there mother but them in a basket into the Tiber river and then raised by a she wolf.

    2. They were the founders of there land and they also built it.

    3. Romulus became the only ruler because he killed his brother after a fight with him.

    4. It took place in 753 B.C. in the myth.

    5. It took place in 1000 B.C. said by archaeologists.

    6. It came from a tribe in Rome called Latins, they were from the Plains of Latium.

    7. The name of the river that Rome was found near was The Tiber river.

    8. The difference between Historical facts and Creation myths is that Historical facts is something that is backed up by facts, Creation myths is something not really baked up by facts.

    9. Creation myths is more interesting because it is a little exaggerating from the truth and told to amuse.

    10. Our creation myth is the story of Adam and Eve.

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  3. 1) Romulus and remus were both raised away from there uncle because there mother was told to remane a virgin until the age of 30.

    2) Both of them became rulers of there land by killing there uncle.

    3) Romulus became the only leader of his land because he killed his brother.

    4) According to the myth this all took place in 753 B.C.

    5) Archeoligists said all of this took place in 1000 B.C.

    6) The term latin came from a tribe called Latium in Rome.

    7) The name of the river Rome was founded near was called Tiber river.

    8) Creation myth is a made up story not yet proven to be true a scientific fact has been proven true and is real.

    9) It is more interesting because of the myth that they were nursed by a wolf when both twins were babies.

    10) Our creation myth is the story of Adam and Eve.

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  4. HW#4 Eric Carpio
    Questions
    1. The reason that Romulus and Remus were both raised away from there uncle is because the king said that they had to get rid of them and so they put them in a basket and sent them in the tiger river but the king was there uncle .

    2. The way that they both became to be rulers of their land is that killed there king which was there uncle.

    3. The way that Romulus became to be the only ruler is because he fought with Remus and he won the fight and he killed Remus and became the only ruler.

    4. According to the myth the estimated year that this took place was in 753 BC.

    5. According to the Scientific Discoveries this took place about 1000 BC.

    6. The term Latin comes from the early people from Rome who were from a tribe that was called Latins.

    7. The name of the river that Rome was founded in was Tiber River.

    8. A Historical Fact is people that base there ideas on scientific evidence but a creation myth was based on what people see.

    9. The reason that the creation myth was more interesting than the science was because creation myth is based on what a person see and what they think and science is based on there ideas.

    10. Our creation myth is evolution because of the changes we and our society go threw.

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  5. HW#4; The Creation Myth of Rome
    1. Romulus and Remus were both raised away from their uncle because it wasn't lawful for his sister to be pregnant before the age of 30.

    2. They both became to be rulers of their land because they deiced to kill their uncle and to over the land.

    3. Romulus became ruler of the land because him and his brother got into a fight and Romulus killed Remus.

    4. 753 B.C.

    5. 1000 B.C.

    6. The word Latin comes from the tribe called Latin that was developed in Rome

    7. The River Tiber

    8. The myth is basically a store or legend that was told. A historical fact is a fact that can be proven.

    9. The creation myth is more interested because the myth might make the story more funny or more enjoyable to listen to.

    10. Our creation myth is the story of Adam and Eve.

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  6. HW#4

    1. Their uncle made their mom send them away because of how angry he was with her

    2. They killed their uncle and decided to found a city where the wolf had found them

    3. Romulus killed his brother when they got into an argument over where the city should be located

    4. It took place in 753 B.C. according to the myth

    5. It took place in 1000 B.C. according to scientific discoveries

    6. The early people of Rome were from a tribe called Latins

    7. Rome was founded near the Tiber river

    8. A creation myth is a myth that is believed to have happened from proof in stories. A Historical fact is something that has real evidence that it happened

    9. Creations myths are more exaggerated and the science is more boring

    10. Our creation myth is the story of Adam and Eve

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  7. H.W.#4



    Romulus and Remus
    1. Why were Romulus and Remus both raised away from their uncle?
    The king demanded that they would be sent away.

    2. How did they both come to be rulers of their land?
    They killed the king (their uncle).

    3. How did Romulus come to be the only ruler of the land? why?
    Romulus and Remus got into a fight and Romulus killed Remus.

    4. About what year did all this take place according to the MYTH.
    753 BC

    5. About what year did this take place according to SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES (archeology)?
    1000BC

    6. LATIN was the language of Rome. Where does the term 'Latin' come from?
    The term originated from the early people of Rome who were from a tribe called Latins.

    7. What was the name of the river that Rome was founded near?
    Tiber River


    8. Describe the difference between a CREATION MYTH and HISTORICAL (or scientific) 'FACT'
    People base their ideas on scientific evidence but creation myths were based on what people saw.(their observations)

    9. Why is the creation myth more interesting than the science?
    Creation myth is more interesting than science because creation myth is based on what you see or hear while science is based on idea and hunch

    10. What is our 'creation myth'?
    Our creation myth is evolution because of the changes we go through as well as our society.

    ReplyDelete