NOTE: I reviewed and revised this resource for the TeachShare guidelines.

Spartacus, was a famous gladiator of Ancient Rome(@109 BC-71 BC) . Originally, a soldier when he tried to leave the army, Spartacus was sold into slavery. His “job” would be to entertain people as a gladiator (fighter).Spartacus would later lead an uprising of slaves seeking freedom in what historians called the Third Servile War or The Gladiator’s War. Some people also refer to the revolt, The War of Spartacus.

The reading includes a Did You Know? fact section, comprehension questions, a map activity and a teacher page with extension activities and the key.

Additional Resources on this topic:

1. Ancient Rome: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Ancient-Romans-419140

2. Italy, A Webquest: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Italy-and-Ancient-RomeCountry-in-Focus-A-Webquest-3762286

3. Ancient Roman Secret Message:https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Ancient-RomansSecret-Message-Review-ActivityPuzzler-745354

4. Diocles: Famous Charioteer of Ancient Rome A Reading: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Diocles-Famous-Charioteer-of-Ancient-RomeA-Reading-Passage-4964170

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George Washington and the Camel

Calvin Coolidge and the “Pennsylvania Avenue Zoo”

John Quincy Adams Takes a Swim

Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Cheese

Sojourner Truth

Santa Fe Trail: Wind WagonThomas

Revolutionary War Heroine: Catherine “Kate” Moore

Barry(Battle of Cowpens)

Enheduanna, First Known Poet in History

Artemisia(Female Naval Commander during the Battle of Salamis)

Hanno: Phoenician Explorer

Ramses the Great

Hatshepsut

Hammurabi

Alexander the Great

Aesop

Socrates

Hannibal

Hypatia: First Woman Mathematician

Aglaonike(Greek astronomer)

Agnodice(First Female Doctor of Ancient Greece)

Julius Caesar

Archimedes

Sparticus

Diocles

Joan of Arc

Phillis Wheatley

Mary Anning

Caroline Herschel

Sophie Brahe: Astronomer and Horticulturist

Hildegard of Bingen(Middle Ages)

Aida de Acosta(First Woman to Fly a Powered Aircraft)

Women’s Suffrage: The Silent Sentinels

History of Pretzels

History of Marshmallows

History of Tulips

Snowmen in History

History of April Fools’ Day

Great Wall of China

Eiffel Tower

Ayres Rock(Uluru)

Taj Mahal

Travel to Iceland

Travel to Greece

Travel to Japan