Roman+Expansion+newspaper+letter

You will create a chart with reasons for and against reasons an expanding empire. Use the same pages from yesterday to help you. Then, you will write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in Rome supporting the expansion of the empire. You should include detailed information why expansion was beneficial to Rome. You will have about 40 minutes for to complete this part of the assignment. Once you have finished, you will exchange letters with a classmate and write a rebuttal to the arguments presented in her/his letter to the newspaper editor. You will write the rebuttal on the same paper as your partner's original letter. This will be collected at the end of class today.