Here are the rest of my attempts to live-tweet my 6th grade student’s Roman Market this year.
Stuffed animals in togas at the Captives Block; each has a nametag with the animal's name and skills. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Get your photo in Roman costume in front of Vesuvius or in the arena at the Historical/Hysterical Moments booth. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Aluminum foil swords and cardboard shields and even a few helmets at the Armory. Perfect for battles at recess. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Sugar cube pyramids, candy Canopus jars, gauze mummified cats, and scarab necklaces at Egyptian Ephemera. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Votive offerings of eyes and ears, gladiator sweat (strangely similar to Gatorade), and candy bath salts at the Pharmacy. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
The kindergarten and first graders are here. Swords, stuffed animals, and candy seem to be very popular with this demographic. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Votive eyes and ears at the #RomanMarket http://t.co/thb1XH0—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Wax tablets, papyrus scrolls, Beanie Baby scribes, Latin bumper stickers, and peacock feather quills at the Scriptorium. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Fried dormice (chicken wings), Caesar salad, rolls, and grape juice "vinum" at A Loaf and a Jug. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Marshmallow gods, palm reading and fortunes from the Sibyl at the Augury and Lares booth. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
Strawberries and pineapple chunk skewers, Gauls (aka Danishes), and candy everything at the Sweet Shop booth. #RomanMarket—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
In the final moments of the #RomanMarket two hours after we opened for business (and five hours after we began setting up).—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
@Caecilius ~ I would love to see your outlines, plans etc for the #RomanMarket. I think my students would really enjoy this!—
Cheryl Cheatham (@mamacheatham) June 02, 2011
For #RomanMarket each student is assigned to one of 11 booths, and has six weeks or so to plan and make the items that they will sell.—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
The entire school visits the #RomanMarket so my students have been looking forward to working the event since Kindergarten.—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 02, 2011
@Caecilius your project sounded amazing. Do the kids spend sestertii? Could you tell me more about it?—
Mark Gutkowski (@mylatinteacher) June 03, 2011
We have parent volunteer bankers exchange the student's cash for "gold" & "silver" coins for the #RomanMarket @mylatinteacher—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 03, 2011
@Caecilius and the kids make the products, right?—
Mark Gutkowski (@mylatinteacher) June 03, 2011
@mylatinteacher Yes. They work outside of school in groups for six weeks or so to make everything. They want to outdo the previous Markets.—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 03, 2011
@Caecilius , you are super amazing! What was the Most creative item that the kids made? Some of them sounded wild!—
Mark Gutkowski (@mylatinteacher) June 03, 2011
@mylatinteacher So many items were high quality. My favorite item is probably a gorgeous wax tablet that somehow looks like my iPad.—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 03, 2011
@mylatinteacher They're also ingenious at selling candy: canopic jars w/ gummy organs, marshmallow votive offerings, licorice daggers, etc.—
Bill Jennings (@Caecilius) June 03, 2011
