Romans in Britain: 10 lessons for KS2 A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Roman Britain topic. WHAT YOU GET 10 detailed lesson plans 10 Powerpoint files Teachers’ notes including curriculum coverage Pupil activity sheets for all lessons **** About the Unit**** The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of the history of Roman Britain, including the main events of the period and the way in which Britain changed as a result. A focus is given to the impact of the Roman occupation, to its legacy on modern Britain and to gaining an appreciation of the evidence that forms our understanding of this period of world history. Aims of the unit To gain an overview of the impact of the Roman Empire on Britain, including its lasting legacy To consider how different historical sources help us to know about Roman Britain To research what it might have been like to live in Britain during the period of Roman occupation. ** Lessons in the Unit** Where did the Roman Empire come from? How did the Roman army help to expand the Roman Empire? What was Britain like before the Romans invaded? How did Britain become part of the Roman Empire? Who was Boudica and how did she rebel against the Romans? What did the Romans build after they settled in Britain? What were houses like in Roman Britain? What can archaeological sites tell us about Roman Britain? How did bathhouses provide leisure for Romans in Britain? What lasting impact did the Romans leave in Britain? This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable. This resource is brought to you by KS2History.com. If you like our Romans Planning pack, you may also like these: Escape from Pompeii Literacy Planning Pack Romans Literacy Planning Pack (Instructions Unit) Romans Planning Bundle of all three planning packs

A few lessons based around the theme of Ancient Olympics as part of the KS2 new curriculum topic Ancient Greece. The lesson starts with guided reading and note taking modelling to pupils using reference books or internet links. Pupils have time to research and share information via a few options to suit your own class. Included are notes on how to have your own PE Olympics. Finally there are maths links and a true/false quiz as wrap up and plenary.There is a full unit you can download also at reduced rate. My lessons cover literacy skills and are matched to the New Curriculum. My planning is judged outstanding and my lessons are consistently also judged outstanding. I work really hard and long hours so am happy to share the dozens of hours I have spent on this unit to save you time. I have shared my free resources on TES for many years and had HUNDREDS of thousands of free downloads. Now I have decided to sell my best downloads to help me plan towards retiring!

Download this lesson plan covering the story of Romulus and Remus. The lesson contains a two-page plan and two pupil resource sheets. The plan is designed for Year 3/4 and is part of the popular Romans Planning Pack recommended by TES. This lesson for Y3/Y4 focusses on the story of Romulus and Remus, introducing the founding of the Roman Empire in its historial and geographical contexts. Pupils will make a timeline to set this period into the wider context of World History. Then they will investigate two contrasting stories about the founding of Rome, discussing the difference between legends and historical fact. The PDF files include a full lesson plan, a set of Rome stories and pupil timeline activity cards.

Powerpoint showing several photos of Roman shields that I made leading into an activity where children design their own Roman shield based on certain criteria. (UPDATE: Mac / ipad Keynote included.) A rough weekly plan is also included The children went on to design their own Roman Shields and then made then with cardboard and painted them. Perfect for giving them ideas! UPDATE: I have now included a completely unique animated Roman timeline I made that can be included in your own presentations as I have converted to movie format. UPDATE: An excellent video included to do with tactics used in Roman times

Lesson based on the Roman Republic includes summary diagram worksheets and card sort activity to mix and match key words with descriptions. The Powerpoint also includes a with a letter writing task, includes writing frame word doc for SEN students. one powerpoint is a class role play activity to show the students the structure of the Roman Republic that would be better for students to use in the first instance

A set of maps, perfect for your Ancient Egyptian topic. Pack contains 5 high-quality black ink hand-drawn map image files: One simple, blank geographical map of Egypt without 'dots' (perfect to challenge higher ability pupils to locate and label key places in Ancient Egypt) One simple, blank geographical map , with dots to label. One geographically detailed map, showing the Nile flood plain, palm trees etc. with 'dot' to label One geographically and historically detailed map with dot to label One completed map, with historical and geographical details, labelled

Looking at and interpreting evidence (guess the teacher from artefacts shown in the pictures on the notebook - fairly non-personalised so you could use as yourself to save time or adapt the notebook) KWL activity to discover pupil interests and base knowledge Jigsaw vases with follow up looking at the pictures to find out a bit about Ancient Greece from artefacts. This series of lesson plans was taken by a Lead Inspector for OFSTED/National Leader of Education and Executive Head for his own schools and training. He said they were exemplary examples of high expectations, carefully planned and differentiated lessons which engaged pupils fully. Happy Sundays :) Part of a full series on Ancient Greeks available either separately or as a full pack. I have been teaching over twenty years and have been an adviser and leader of teaching and learning in a school. I have been consistently judged as outstanding. I h ope that the resources save you time and energy and engage your pupils. I have tried all the lessons myself and used them in my own recent teaching. Objectives support English skills and cross curricula skills. Matched to the New Curriculum.

A series of three lessons on the Roman Army- based on recruitment and why the army was successful. Includes three tasks labelling, card sort, spy task, recruitment advert task. Lots of high quality resources for KS2 and KS3 students

Lesson 2 in a series of Ancient Greeks Lesson Plans, Notebooks and resources for the New Curriculum. The series includes lessons about various topics and questions which you can use in response to children’s interests, all linked to the theme Ancient Greece. This lesson places Greeks in chronological time and looks at a few of the main events in Greek history. I am an outstanding teacher with 25 years experience. These lessons were taken as exemplary examples by a lead Inspector and National Leader of Education for his use as a trainer with schools. The note book includes links to interactive timelines and useful websites, worksheets for children and an initial chronology assessment task. Written by an experienced teacher, judged to be consistently outstanding. I have shared my free resources and plans on TES for several years and have had tens of thousands of downloads. Thank you for downloading the resources. I hope you enjoy teaching the lessons and if you have any feedback please feel free to let me know.

Introducing The Romans - KS2 'Introducing The Romans - KS2' is an ideal introduction to the topic of the Roman Empire and can be used in a lesson covering the KS2 history curriculum objective - the Roman Empire and it impact on Britain. This PowerPoint presentation provides an introduction to the following: 1. Who were the Romans 2. The extent of the Roman Empire at its height of power 3. The story of Romulus and Remus 4. Roman rulers 5. Life in Rome 6. Roman society 7. The impact of the Roman Empire on the world 8. The fall of the Roman Empire 9. Activities to support the teaching of this objective with worksheets 'Introducing The Romans - KS2' is completely editable so that teachers have the freedom to adapt the resource to suit the individual needs of each class they teach.

A full lesson for KS2 introducing Iron Age hillforts. The resource includes a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets. What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort? Pupils will discover what life was like in an Iron Age hill fort in Britain. This lesson encourages pupils to engage imaginatively with this historical setting and reflect on how life in this period might have been different to life today, making a storyboard to record their ideas. As an extension activity pupils are challenged to find out about archaeological sites like Maiden Castle. Objectives: To understand how British society changed in the Iron Age To imagine what life might have been like in an Iron Age hill fort The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. This is the ninth lesson in the popular Stone Age to Iron Age Unit for KS2.. This primary history resource was created by KS2History.com. You may also like Iron Age Art (Lesson for KS2) Bronze Age (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Artefacts & Evidence (Lesson for KS2) Stonehenge Mysteries (Lesson for KS2) Stone Age Boy Literacy Planning - 2 Weeks Stone Age to Iron Age Planning Bundle for KS2

In this lesson students get hands on experience of how democracy worked in Ancient Greece by taking part in a class vote Ancient Greek style. They compare democracy with western democracy today and there are three levels of differentiated worksheets for students to complete to assess their understanding. A link to an online prezi is included to project on the whiteboard, as well as a teacher guide and mark scheme. It's everything you need to cover Greek democracy!

Download our popular ten-lesson unit of work based on reading and writing instructional texts with a Romans theme. Pupils will make a chocolate Roman road and then create instructions based on becoming gladiator champions! The ten lessons in this unit aim to give children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a genre. In the first week, children will engage with the text type by following instructions to make edible Roman roads out of biscuits, chocolates and custard! There is also a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs. In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend their vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions about becoming Roman gladiator champions and they will then have the opportunity to draft, edit and present their final instructions. The English objectives covered in this unit are: - To give and follow verbal instructions - To use prepositions - To read and follow written instructions - To identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning - To use a range of imperative verbs - To prepare a group performance - To make a plan for my writing - To write my own instructions - To edit my writing - To make decisions about how to present my writing The PDF file contains ten lesson plans and all accompanying pupil resources. Perfect to link literacy and history in your Romans topic! You may also like: Roman Britain Planning Pack Escape from Pompeii Literacy Planning Pack Romans Planning Bundle of all three planning packs .

History Teaching Resources: The Romans in Britain - Queen Boudicca PowerPoint History Teaching Resources: The Romans in Britain - Queen Boudicca is a 12 slide Powerpoint resource ideal for teaching pupils about Boudicca’s revolt in Roman Britain. History Teaching Resources: The Romans in Britain - Queen Boudicca includes: -A short film introducing Queen Boudicca -An introduction to the main reasons for the Iceni’s revolt -Exploration of Boudicca’s victories -Understanding and consolidation tasks -‘Diary of Queen Boudicca’ task -A Horrible Histories short film -12 slide PowerPoint

This is an end of year exam/assessment for Year 7 pupils. I have included a mark scheme and a percentage to level converter (which could be adapted). The topics included on the exam include: history skills, the Romans, the Battle of Hastings, medieval life, the Black Death, and the Crusades. Hopefully this might save you some work and could be easily adapted to suit your topics!

Download our complete unit of work for primary history including lessons plans, pupil resources and teacher’s guide. The Shang Dynasty is now a study unit for KS2 on the new curriculum for history. This ten-lesson unit is designed for upper KS2 and it covers the following questions: 1. What was the Shang Dynasty? 2. What was it like in settlements around the Yellow River Plain? 3. How did Shang farmers provide food for their society? 4. What were the religious beliefs of the Shang Dynasty? 5. What was the Shang system of writing like? 6. What did the rulers of the Shang Dynasty do? 7. What do archaeological findings tell us about the Shang Dynasty? 8. Why is Lady Fu Hao’s tomb significant to historians? 9. Why did the Shang Dynasty fall in 1046 BC? 10. What have we learned about this period of history? #lovehistory

Download our popular Escape From Pompeii English Planning Pack for KS2. This is a ten-lesson unit of work based around the book ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christina Balit, designed for Year 3 and Year 4. The ten lessons in this unit aim to give children the opportunity to read and listen to the Escape from Pompeii story a number of times. In the first week, children will engage with the text through discussion, drama and even creating a parachute volcanic eruption in order to increase their familiarity with the story. They will have the opportunity to articulate ideas about the text using an increasingly varied vocabulary. There is a grammar focus on using powerful verbs and a chance to develop thesaurus skills. In the second week, pupils will plan their own story based on the structure of Escape from Pompeii and they will then have the opportunity to draft, edit and present their final narrative. The literacy objectives covered in this unit are: To use sensory descriptions To use a thesaurus to improve my writing To perform a poem as a group To use powerful verbs To prepare a short drama piece based on a text To write a descriptive recount To make a story plan To write my own narrative To edit my writing To make decisions about how to present my writing The PDF file contains ten full lesson plans and all pupil worksheets/resources. #lovehistory You may also like the following planning for Year 3/ Year 4: Roman Britain Planning Pack Romans Literacy Pack (Instructions Unit) Romans Planning Bundle of all three planning packs

These documents offer an introduction for teachers tackling new units of study at KS2 to match Curriculum 2014. Each offers an overview of the period, key timeline of events, information about life in the period, important people and relevant questions that can be asked. There are also links for further information and suggestions for places to visit.

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A termly planning sequence with detailed individual sessions and objectives for the year 3 topic, The Romans adapted from Hamilton Trust

This is the same as the Roman Gods and Goddesses. It has all names changed for a Greek theme. Visual content is the same. I used this in an art class and also ideas for making puppets.