{
  "week": 11,
  "day": "Thursday",
  "topic": "The Colosseum",
  "subtitle": "Rome's Giant Stadium — Then and Now",
  "icon": "🏟️",
  "pages": [
    {
      "title": "🏟️ The Colosseum",
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "reading",
          "title": "Reading Time",
          "icon": "📖",
          "paragraphs": [
            "The most famous Roman building of all is the <strong>Colosseum</strong> — a giant oval stadium in the middle of Rome, finished in the year 80 AD. It could hold about 50,000 people, close to a modern football stadium! Its walls are rings of arches stacked four levels high.",
            "Romans came to watch shows: gladiator contests, animal parades, and acted-out battles. There were 80 entrances so huge crowds could get in and out quickly, and a giant cloth roof called the <strong>velarium</strong> could be pulled over the top for shade. Under the floor were tunnels and even elevators worked by ropes!",
            "Sound familiar? Modern stadiums copy the Colosseum: oval shape, numbered gates, ringed seating, and pull-over roofs. Today millions of visitors travel to Rome just to see it. When you watch a big game in a stadium, you're seeing a Roman idea!"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "questions",
          "title": "Reading Questions",
          "icon": "✏️",
          "questions": [
            {"text": "About how many people could the Colosseum hold?", "lines": "single"},
            {"text": "What was the velarium for?", "lines": "single"},
            {"text": "Why did the Colosseum have 80 entrances?", "lines": "triple"}
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "sort_table",
          "title": "Then and Now",
          "icon": "📊",
          "instruction": "Write B if BOTH the Colosseum and modern stadiums have it, or C if only the Colosseum did.",
          "header": ["Feature", "B or C?"],
          "rows": [
            ["Oval shape with ringed seats", ""],
            ["Gladiator fights", ""],
            ["Lots of numbered entrances", ""],
            ["A roof that can cover the top", ""],
            ["Rope-powered elevators under the floor", ""],
            ["Huge cheering crowds", ""]
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "fill_blank",
          "title": "Fill in the Blanks",
          "icon": "✏️",
          "wordbank": ["Colosseum", "arches", "velarium", "gladiators", "50,000"],
          "items": [
            "Rome's giant stadium is called the ______________.",
            "It could hold about ______________ people.",
            "Its walls are stacked rings of ______________.",
            "Fighters called ______________ competed there.",
            "The cloth roof was called the ______________."
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "think",
          "title": "Think About It",
          "icon": "🧠",
          "questions": [
            {"text": "How is the Colosseum like a stadium you've seen today? Name two ways.", "lines": "triple"},
            {"text": "Would you have liked to visit the Colosseum in Roman times? Why or why not?", "lines": "triple"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "draw_grid",
          "title": "Draw It!",
          "icon": "🎨",
          "instruction": "Draw the Colosseum with its rings of arches — and a huge crowd inside watching a show.",
          "boxes": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}