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Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 6: World
Infographic #5: Daily Life in Pompeii
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1. See what businesses in Pompeii looked like in A.D. 79. Go to Industry and Commerce.
http://www.pompeii.co.uk/cd/frames/findust.htm

  • Click Shopkeeping. A new window will open. Read the overview.
  • Then click the arrow below the paragraph to continue through the text. Be sure to read the last paragraph, since the introductory paragraph is repeated on each new page.
  • Click the magnifying glass to zoom in on each picture. Then click close.
  • Continue to click through and explore the shopkeeping section. Then close the window to return to the main page.
  • Explore Bakeries, Fulling, and Thermopolia in the same way.

Online Activity: Shopping in Pompeii
Use the information on the Web site to answer the following questions. Type your answers into the spaces provided.



   What was the main commercial center in Pompeii? What part of a modern city would you compare it to?
   

   What kind of sign was used to indicate the goods or services a shop sold? Describe one of the signs and its meaning.
   

   Describe the process of grinding corn into flour.
   

   The large bakery ovens in Pompeii were similar to what kind of oven you might see today?
   

   What industry took place at the fullonica of Stephanus? What were the flat roofs used for?
   

   How did people in Pompeii bleach cloth?
   

   What was served at a thermopolium, besides hot and cold drinks?
   

   Think of a modern-day equivalent to a thermopolium and describe the similarities and differences.
   


2. We know a lot about Pompeii because it was “frozen in time.” Find out what ordinary life was like before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Go to Pompeii: A Lost City Revealed.
http://www.discovery.com/news/features/pompeii/pompeii2.html

  • Read the page.
  • Click and read What did they discover?
  • Then click and read Find out what was it like to be there?
Offline Activity: Dear Diary
Write a journal entry for a child living in Pompeii on August 23, A.D. 79. That is the day before Mt. Vesuvius erupted. Have the child tell his or her age and describe a typical day. Include details about the child’s family and home. You may wish to mention the surrounding landscape in the diary entry.

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