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History

Romans in Britain (age 7-11)

Travel back in time with the BBC and take history teaching to a new dimension!

Whiteboard Active brings the best of the BBC to your interactive whiteboard. Its resources for history combine video, audio, pictures and texts with interactive activities and discussion points, enabling children to explore evidence, visit historical sites and read original texts - all without stepping outside the classroom.

 

Key features:

• Covers the following topics: Romans invade Britain, Boudicca, The Romans move north, Settlements, Domestic Life and Culture, The Romans Leave
• From TV clips of Roman reconstructions to dramatised accounts of battle scenes, Romans in Britain offers a wide variety of information and experiences, allowing children to step back in time and experience life in Roman times
• The resource is designed to help children become active historians, asking children to investigate and question evidence
• A 'new page' screen and a wide variety of tools allow you and your class to customise the resource and create your own activities
• A comprehensive teacher's book offers guidance to help teachers get the most out of the resource - and the children using it.
• Strong literacy links, including writing activities for every topic.

 

Contents:

Unit 1: The Romans invade Britain

• The Roman Empire
  - Questions
  - The Roman Empire and Britain
  
• Caesar invades Britain
  - Why did the Romans want to invade Britain?
  - Julius Caesar
  - Roman ships
  - Caesar invades
  - Battle at Camulodunum
  
• Claudius invades Britain
  - Claudius invades
  - How do we know what Claudius looked like?
  
• The Celts
  - Celtic tribes in Britain
  - Who were the Celts?
  - What do you know about the Celts?
  - What was Celtic culture like? You decide!
  - How did the Celts live before the Romans arrived in Britain?
  - Celtic settlements
  - How do we know about Celtic farming?
  
• Writing focus
  - Watching a battle
  - How the Celts lived
  

 

Unit 2: Queen Boudicca

• Who was Queen Boudicca?
  - Timeline: Boudicca
  - Where did Boudicca come from?
  - What did Boudicca look like?
  
• Life in Boudicca's camp
  - Boudicca's camp
  - Celtic artefacts
  - Questions around Celtic artefacts
  - A Celtic chariot
  
• - Boudicca and the Romans
  - Boudicca's treatment by the Romans
  - Boudicca's dilemma
  - The story of Boudicca and the Romans
  - Retelling the story
  - Information on Boudicca
  
• Fighting the Romans
  - The Romans and Celts in battle
  
• Writing focus
  - The defeat of Boudicca
  

 

Unit 3: The Romans move north

• Heading north
  - Timeline: Hadrian's Wall
  - What happened after the Romans conquered southern Britain?
  
• Roman soldiers marching north
• Roman forts
  - Where did the Romans build their fort as they conquered Britain?
  - A reconstructed fort
  - Roman and Celtic forts
  - What materials did the Romans and Celts use for their buildings?
  - Roman forts in northern Britain
  
• What do we know about Roman soldiers?
  - Roman soldiers
  - How did Roman soldiers train?
  - What did Roman soldiers wear on their heads?
  - Why was a Roman shield designed the way it was?
  - Shields and swords
  - What is this artefact?
  - What equipment did a Roman soldier need?
  - How was the Roman army organised?
  - Numbers in an army
  - Important men in a legion
  
• What tactics did the Roman army use?
  - Army tactics
  - Preparing for battle
  - A Roman battle
  - Roman order
  
• Hadrian's Wall
  - Keeping out the Barbarians!
  - Life in a fort
  - Houseteads
  - Areas inside a Roman fort
  - Attending the wounded
  - Vindolanda
  
• Roman roads
  - The Romans as builders
  - Building Roman roads
  - Marching on a Roman road
  
• Writing focus
  - Writing a letter home
  - Notes on Roman roads
  

 

Unit 4: Roman settlements - towns

• What do we know about Roman towns in Britain?
  - What is the difference between a Roman town and a Celtic settlement?
  - Facilities in a Roman villa
  - Sanitary innovations - health and safety
  - Towns in Britain
  
• How archaeologists work
  - How do archaeologists help us to find out about Roman towns? Pompeii
  - A Roman dockside
  - A Roman marketplace
  
• Can we reconstruct a Roman town ourselves?
  - What was Colchester like in Roman times?
  - A model of Roman Colchester
  
• The baths
  - Aquae Sulis
  - Inside a Roman bath
  
• Writing focus
  - Going to a Roman bath
  - Reconstruction of a Roman bath
  

 

Unit 5: Domestic life and culture

• How do we know about daily life in Roman Britain?
  - The painted house
  - What were Roman villas like?
  - Roman and Celtic differences
  
• Life in a Roman villa
  - What were Roman villas like for the wealthiest people?
  - Reconstruction of a Roman palace and villa
  - What do we know about the life of wealthy Romans in Britain?
  - A wealthy Roman sitting room
  - Mosaics
  
• Cooking and eating in a Roman villa
  - What do we know about Roman farms and food?
  - Reconstruction of a Roman kitchen
  - Roman feast
  - Inside a Roman kitchen
  
• Religion in Roman Britain
  - What can we find out about Roman religious rituals in the home?
  - Gods
  - Mithras, the Persian god of light
  - Representation of Mithras
  - Christianity
  
• What did the Romans wear?
  - How do we know what the Romans in Britain wore?
  
• Roman leisure activities
  - What did the Romans do in their free time?
  - What do we know about Roman pastimes?
  
• Writing focus
  - A guide book for a Roman villa
  - A chariot race
  

 

Unit 6: The Romans leave

• Why did the Romans leave Britain?
  - Why did the Romans leave Britain?
  - Troops withdraw from Britain
  - Angles, Saxons and Jutes
  - Where did the invaders come from?
  - A Roman lighthouse
  - Roman treasure
  

 

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