This document outlines the steps for a proposed CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) unit plan about the Roman Empire. It includes the driving question for the unit, a preview of 20 key vocabulary words students will learn, identification of the easiest and hardest content sections, relevance to competencies in the LOMCE and LEC curriculums, potential connections to other subjects like English, math, philosophy, and inclusion of soft skills like research, group work, and expressing opinions.

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Why not CLIL?
CLIL UNIT PLAN
NAME: Roman Empire
SUBJECT: Ancient Rome
TITLE: The Romans
YEAR: 2016
Step 1: The driving question.
• Let’s write down your driving question and why you think this is important.
Why did the Roman Empire originate?
I think it is important because, from this question, we can deal with the different
contents of the didactic unit. For example: Expansion of the Empire, Weapons in the
Empire, Religion and Language, Society, Architecture and Economy.
Step 2: The preview of the whole unit
• Preview the whole unit. Take a look at the title, headings, and captions to
obtain 15-20 basic vocabulary that must be internalized by my pupils at the end
of the unit.
Army, bridges, citizens, coins, conquer, fight, rights, trade, walls, sword, slave,
powerful, catapults, mosaics, gladiator, temples, theatres, aqueducts, coliseum ,
religion.
Step 3: The easiest and hardest section of your unit.
From my point of view, the most difficult aspect that my students might find is:
- Roman Society and the Expansion of the Empire.
And the easiest:
- Culture and Roman Art.

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Why not CLIL?
Step 4: Law aspects.
The LOMCE defines 7 competences: (let’s define some aspects of each competences)
• Linguistic competence.
• Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology.
• Digital competence.
• Learning to learn.
• Social and civic competences.
• Initiative and entrepreneurship.
• Cultural awareness and expression.
I will include these LOMCE standards in my unit plan: (try to find it into your
Autonomous Community curriculum)
The LEC defines 8 competences:
- Linguistic and audiovisual communication
- Cultural and artistic competence
- Information processing and digital competence
- Mathematical competence
- Learning to learn
- Autonomy and personal initiative
- Knowledge and interaction with the physical world
- Social and civic competence
Step 5: Content
• Which interdisciplinary subjects could be connected to in this unit? Why and
how?

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Why not CLIL?
- English: Gradual learning and improvement throughout the course. Writing
texts and learning vocabulary and pronunciation.
- Maths: Roman numerals. Learning the centuries.
- Philosophy: Assessment of the incidence of philosophical tendencies and
theories.
- Greek and Latin: Valuation of the Greek and Roman legacy and its influence.
- Spanish language: Vocabulary translation throughout the course.
- Catalan language : Vocabulary translation throughout the course.
Steps 6: Soft Skills.
• I will include these soft skills in my unit plan:
o Research information in encyclopaedias or Internet.
o Questioning and answering questions.
o Cooperate in group work
o Expressing opinions
o Expressing that transmitted this art.
o The other´s opinions and value the others groups
o Develop skills for learning itself