The Romans left a lasting mark on Britain, from roads and towns to language, law and number systems. As pupils explore this fascinating period, they'll encounter some of history's biggest questions, including 'What did the Romans do for us?' and 'Why did the Romans leave Britain?'.
To help bring Roman Britain to life in the primary classroom, we've gathered a selection of lessons, activities and planning tools. Whether you're looking for a fascinating project to engage your learners or planning your next history topic, this hand-picked collection of resources is perfect for young historians.
Learning about the Romans in KS2
Explore the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain with these hand-picked resources featuring lessons, activities and planning tools for your KS2 Romans topic
Exploring Roman Britain
Discover lessons and activities covering invasion, daily life, crime and punishment, engineering and culture alongside practical projects and creative tasks. Pupils can tackle important historical questions about the impact of Roman rule and the reasons it eventually came to an end.
Planning and displays
Looking for support with long-term planning? These complete units of work and display resources can help structure learning across the topic while reinforcing key vocabulary, concepts and historical understanding.
Romans Unit of Planning
A fully resourced 10 lesson unit on the Romans and their impact on Britain. The lessons are done as mini enquiry questions with 5 questions and a review lesson at the end of the unit. This has been created for mixed 3/4 classes but can easily be adapted to be used across Key Stage 2. The questions ...
Romans Planning Unit KS2
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 ****...
Year 4 Roman Britain Display Pack | Inclusive History Vocabulary Cards with Realistic Images
A clear, inclusive and vocabulary rich Year 4 Roman Britain Display Pack, perfect for teaching the Romans, Roman Britain and life in the Roman Empire. This PECS inspired classroom display resource uses realistic colour images, large key vocabulary, black text and simple child friendly definitions to...
Cross-curricular literacy and numeracy resources
Extend learning beyond history with literacy and maths activities inspired by the Roman world. From developing topic vocabulary and exploring Roman writing to mastering Roman numerals, these resources help pupils strengthen key literacy and numeracy skills through meaningful historical contexts.
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Roman Numerals Hidden Message: A Rome Activity involving Roman numerals.
Make learning about Roman numerals fun with this hidden message from Julius Caesar. Your kids will love cracking this code. In cracking this code they will learn how to read Roman numerals.
Roman Numerals mastery KS2
Roman Numeral addition and subtraction questions with numbers missing e.g. LIX - ??? = XIV ??? \+ XXXVIII = XCVI 3 differentiated sheets - bronze, silver and gold. Also, an extension task on roman numeral sequences (quite tricky with square and prime numbers) This resource has bee...
KS2 Romans Topic Vocabulary
Here are some topic vocabulary cards for a Romans topic display with pictures to make them EAL/SEN friendly.
Ancient Romans - Roman Writing
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 als...
Romans | Roman Numeral Maths Murder Mystery With Answers
A fun, engaging Roman numerals maths murder mystery for students to solve. Pupils complete Roman numeral questions to solve the Roman-era murder. The following maths objectives are covered: read Roman numerals to 1000 recognise years written in Roman numerals calculate missing Roman n...