In order to truly synthesize the information in my song - which was intended as a summary of the history of ancient Rome - we are going to do some video editing.

Here's how to proceed.

• click on "Rome by Chi Cago (video)", found in my links, and copy the web address
• go to www.youtube-mp3.org, and paste the address in
• after the video has been converted, download it.  The mp3 has now been installed in iTunes
• open Movie Maker - you'll need to use version 2.6, which can be downloaded here
• perform all the necessary steps - run the install, agree to terms, etc. - to open it
• If you have your own preferred software (iMovie, Camtasia, etc.) feel free to use that
• once it's open, step 1 is to "import audio or music" - click that link
• a window will open.  Take "Rome" and drag it from iTunes to this window
• you have successfully laid down the audio track!

Next... find images that describe what I am singing about (Etruscans: find pic of Etruscans, or a map showing their location; Punic Wars: plenty of paintings of these famous battles; latifundia: don't know what that is?  Find a picture of one!) and paste them into your timeline.

We will continue work on this next class - Tuesday for section 1, Wednesday for sections 2 and 3.  Feel free to work on this at home if you like.  Have fun!