A lesson about Roman settlements in Britain including a recap starter, a worksheet on Roman towns, an extension on Roman houses, a video and a role play activity on Roman roads.
This stimulating and comprehensive lesson enables students to read and fully understand the Roman numerals system up to 1,000, recognise years written in Roman numerals, and complete a variety of sums written in Roman numerals.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
- Learning the origins and the basic rules of Roman Numerals through clear and simple explanations;
- Demonstrating their understanding through well-differentiated application and challenge activities;
- Applying their understanding to complete sums and scribe important historical dates using Roman numerals;
- Gauging their own understanding through both AfL activities and self-reflection tasks.
Included is:
- Whole lesson PowerPoint - clear and precise, colourful and comprehensive;
- Bronze, Silver, and Gold level award worksheets - carefully differentiated and provided in both Word and PDF;
- Teacher answer sheets;
- A help-sheet to support students who find the subject content more difficult;
- A detailed teacher lesson plan.
There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with year 5 and 6 classes, however colleagues have used them for between years 3 and 9 with minimal adaptations.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
This resource will enable children to learn all about Roman shield designs. They will look at favourite colours and shapes along with finding out why the Romans usually included eagle wings and thunderbolts on their shields. Working through this activity children will look at a variety of Roman emblems and motifs before moving on to plan and design their own, personalised shield using Roman shields as their inspiration.
This resource includes:
A presentation on Roman shield designs
Worksheets
Lesson plan
Templates for those that need additional support
This is a fun, engaging activity that requires minimal art supplies- just pencils, erasers and something to colour with.
This PDF includes information about the ancient Roman religion including sacrifices, temples, festivals, shrines and the Greek influence on Roman gods. There are information handouts, a fact file activity, a printable memory card game, match the Roman and Greek god activity, and differentiated reading response worksheets. In addition there are illustrated listings of 15 Roman gods and goddesses.
Pages: 20 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents
6 Information Pages
Fact File activity
Printable Memory Card Game
Match the God Activity
Comprehension Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Worksheets)
3 Answer Sheets
All photos, text and illustrations are by the Primary Topic Shop.
Slideshow about the Roman Gods, including Mars, Venus, Cupid, Minerva, Mercury, Diana, Pluto, Jupiter and Juno. Includes a template for children to do their own Roman Gods research.
Large font and dyslexia-friendly. 12 slides
Teach your students about the Latin alphabet and ancient Roman writing with reading, worksheets and a fun activity. The PDF resource includes information about Roman writing including the Latin language and alphabet, old italic, classical Latin and modern Latin alphabets, Roman Cursive. There is also a key of the Roman cursive alphabet and a visual timeline showing the evolution of the Latin alphabet.
Multiple choice questions test reading comprehension and students get to try out reading and writing Roman cursive with a variety of fun activities.
Suitable for KS2.
Pages: 13 (including 4 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
1 Timeline
1 Discussion Page
1 Decipher the Sentence Activity
1 Writing Fun Activity
1 Secret Message Activity
1 Multiple Choice
1 Matching Activity
4 Answer Sheets
This lesson contains:
A starter to study a painting of the explosion of Vesuvius. Students can discuss and debate what is going on and look at the provenance as well.
Slides with background information on about where Pompeii was and what it was like. The slides take students through the explosion and there are two videos about the eruption. One of them looks at the different threats posed by the explosion while the second looks at how people tried to survive. Students can then discuss this as a group.
An activity to use a series of provided sources to uncover details about the explosion and complete the worksheet. Students are prompted with what source to study and have the questions there to complete on the cause, experiences of the explosion and the importance today.
A series of slides which summarise how Pompeii is today and asking students to consider why it’s important Pompeii is open to the public and what we can potentially learn.
A plenary to consider the importance of the event overall.
Attachments:
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
2 x Publisher Files
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.
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Romans Literacy Planning Pack (Instructions Unit)
Romans Planning Bundle of all three planning packs
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.
This is a full lesson designed for online and in class learning on the legacy of the Roman Empire, with a huge emphasis on students utilising their own experiences. There is scaffolding to every activity, with a strong EAL bent, and model answers to each activity. Exceptionally easy to follow and adapt to your needs and context should you need.
Contains Novel study activities to support the whole of ‘Romans on the Rampage’ by Jeremy Strong. Activities over 23 pages. Activities all have WALTs, smiley face stamper for pupil self assessment and traffic light stamper for quick marking. Each activity is duplicated multiple times on the same sheet for easy printing. Saved on Publisher and can be edited easily, if required. Also includes the same activities on Powerpoint version, incase you prefer that format.
A fun, engaging Roman numerals maths murder mystery for students to solve.
Pupils complete Roman numeral questions to solve the murder.
The following objectives are covered:
• read Roman numerals to 1000
• recognise years written in Roman numerals
• calculate missing Roman numerals in a sequence
• add, subtract, multiply and divide Roman numerals
Complete answers are provided for all questions.
This resource is suitable for Key Stage 2 pupils.
The question and answer sheets both come as PDFs.
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In this engaging lesson, children develop their understanding of the Romans, through:
-remembering the main events of the Roman invasion of Britain;
-understanding how features of daily life in Britain changed under the Romans;
-exploring sources to further their understanding of life in this period.
The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Answering recall questions based upon their knowledge of the Romans so far;
-Gathering base information about how daily features of life changed in Britain after the Roman conquest, through an informative video;
-Checking their understanding through a range of questions about daily life (answers provided);
-Exploring a range of sources (including images of Roman pottery, coins, town plans and artworks) to find out more about Roman daily life;
-Following clear instructions to design plans for their own Roman towns;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.
Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (23 slides) and the source bundles (in both Word and PDF)
In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.
This lesson covers Roman battle tactics, recruitment, training, daily life, weapons, organization, legionaries and auxiliaries. There is a differentiated reading response including Comprehension Questions, Multiple Choice and True or False. In the activity, students write a Pros and Cons for joining the Roman army as an auxiliary soldier.
Suitable for Year 3-6.
Pages: 11 (including 3 answer sheets) PLUS a black and white version
Contents:
4 Information Pages
1 Pros and Cons Activity
3 Pages of Differentiated Reading Response (Comprehension Questions, Multiple Choice and True or False)
3 Answer Sheets
(Plus the same again in black and white)
LIFE IN A ROMAN TOWN
KS2 History Teaching Resources: Life in a Roman Town
PowerPoint
KS2 History Teaching Resources: Life in a Roman Town is a 14 slide PowerPoint resource ideal for teaching pupils about life in Roman towns and cities. KS2/KS3 History Teaching Resources: Life in a Roman Town includes:
A short film about life in Rome
An introduction to Roman town life
A labelled plan of the Roman town of Silchester
Exploration and explanation - what everyday life was like for rich and poor
The key buildings and places of a Roman town - the forum, town hall, law courts, etc
The importance of health and hygiene
Design a Roman town consolidation task
'A day in the life of a Roman' diary entry task
This lesson contains:
A starter to consider two images of Rome and consider what has happened to Rome in between them, and why.
A background into the problems the Roman Empire was facing. Students watch a brief YouTube video for context and then use the sources sheet provided to complete questions on the board to evidence the different problems the Romans faced (i.e. invasion, corruption, less food to feed the people etc.)
A task to study a series of events in the fall of Rome on the info cards provided. Students put the cards in order then complete the timeline. The point here is to write in each event higher or lower, according to the axis, depending on whether each even had a minor, some, major or devastating effect on Rome, giving students an opportunity to make a judgement as they set up the timeline. They can extend this by colour-coding the events that came from inside Rome, and those form outside, to provide for a discussion.
A background of the Empire after the fall, including the survival of the Eastern Empire. Students then do a plenary to discuss a quote from Dan Snow about the main reason for the fall. Students argue for or against Dan Snow’s view, using evidence from the lesson.
Attachments
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
3 x Publisher Files
A simple PowerPoint I am using in my History lessons as well as lots of hands on activities e.g. making mosaics, roman's armour and cooking and tasting different food.