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Choose one lesson from those listed below which BEST fits an event you remember well from the story of Spartacus:

LESSONS FROM SPARTACUS

1. Men and women will do anything to be FREE !
2. Share the burden and you can do anything/ We are stronger as a group than as individuals
3. People with a choice will fight and stay together longer /Democracy is better than a Dictatorship/
      Asking is better than forcing
4. One person’s good vision may not be shared by other people/
     Keeping true to the good vision could cause fighting among yourselves or even destruction of the cause !
5. Revenge doesn’t make things better, only worse – there are other options !
6. If you don’t like what’s going on in your country, fix it !!
7. You can’t buy true loyalty !

Pretending that you were actually there, write a LETTER HOME detailing the event you remember well in the story of Spartacus. It should be about 100 words. Check for correct spelling and sentence structure.

Include

WHAT happened,
WHO was involved,
WHERE this event took place,

WHY this event happened, and

end with the1 LESSON you picked for this event.

 Things you will need for this assignment:

one 5x8 index card

one 5x8 piece of colored construction paper

 glue

3 colored pictures sized to fit neatly on your 5x8 construction paper:

             1 colored map of Italy with a star on it showing where your event took place

     at least 2 colored pictures showing the action or people of  your event

How to do it :

1. Attach your pictures neatly and artistically to fit on the 5x8 construction paper.

2. Write a short dramatic title on the construction paper which fits your event.
      (such as: "Death at Vesuvius !" or "Escape from Capua !" or "Breakout !" or  "Death for Spartacus !")

3. Attach the completed construction paper, with pictures and title, onto the 5x8 index card

Here is one I did


4. Turn the 5x8 index card over to the lined side and use about ¾ of the side to write your letter home.

Dear__________


          (your letter home that you wrote)

                                                                              


         Love, _______  ________
           


Name and Address of the person you are writing to

Begin like you would a personal letter :   Dear_____,  

      and end with your full name.(so I know who wrote it !)

5. On the right hand ¼ side, write the address of the person you are sending the postcard to and draw a stamp.

Then make sure everything looks neat and artistic, check your handwriting and spelling, complete name, etc.