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These are free activity and project ideas for kids and teachers to use in your unit study of ancient rome. these activities can be adjusted for any grade. we hope you'll find some ideas you can use..
Rome as a Republic (SPQR): Can you save the Roman Republic? (Roman Reforms, Donn)
Struggle for Power under the Republic: Patricians vs. Plebeians, classroom simulation, Experiencing a Struggle for Power
Julius Caesar: Gossip at the Forum (classroom play, 1-2 class periods, Donn) See Pantomime/Theatre for how to behave at the theatre in ancient Rome (Donn)
Roman Legionary - Drill! You might want them to learn about the Roman Legion before this activity here . Move into Groups: Make Shields and Daggers out of cardboard and construction paper - one shield, one dagger for each students, groups help each other and have a similarity in equipment, just as the ancient Romans would have. Then: March around the school in Turtle Formation. Sneak by open doors of other classrooms in groups of "turtles". (Get permission from the office first, of course.) The kids love this one. There is nothing so eye catching or so noisy as an entire classroom of 6th graders shuffling down the hall in formation without speaking a word to attract attention.
Milestone Advertising: Hand your kids the following Assignment: The Romans did a wonderful job building roads! To help people find their way, while traveling these roads, the Romans more or less invented the milestone which grew increasingly wordy, and increasingly tall, to be easily readable from a vehicle. Some are 6 feet tall. Each milestone usually gave the mileage to the nearest large city, sometimes to an intermediate place as well; and the date and perhaps who paid for the road. We're going to add business advertising! Your job is to create a business ad to add to a milestone, somewhat like billboard advertising. What would you say, to advertise your company's service or product, if you had limited advertising space on one of these ancient Roman milestones? To accomplish your job, first you must create a service or product of interest for ancient Rome, and then create an ad to advertise it. From your ad, it should be easy to figure out what service or product your company offers citizens of Rome. Remember, your ad must be very brief and to the point as you only have limited space! We used our formation skills to and from the computer lab, and one day, simply because it was that kind of day, up and down hallways.
Weigh the Evidence: Rome - Working in small groups, Research: Have students examine a series of sources to determine if Rome left the world with a positive legacy. Have students include a rating on how believable and useful each source is before making their final conclusions. List sources used to make their determination.
The Ancients Walk Amongst Us: Bring in newspapers, magazines, and old phone books. Have scissors and glue handy. Working in groups, have the kids find examples of Roman Gods and Roman Times in advertising and news articles. For example: The Venus Beauty Salon, The Mercury Cafe. Have the kids cut out the examples they find. Have each group arrange their "finds" on a large piece of construction paper or cardboard, and then post on a bulletin board or a wall.
The Roman Gazetteer . This is certainly not a new idea, but it's always fun. Have your kids create a newspaper for ancient Rome. Put all the pieces together and print copies so that each student has one completed copy. It's great review or introduction to ancient Rome, and a nice piece for students to take home and share with parents. Editorials, Classified, Sports & Entertainment, etc. Preparation:
Take several 8½″ × 11″ pieces of paper, and plan how much room each section of your newspaper will take. (Space is limited!) Hand each student, based on the section they select, a pre-cut piece of paper. As reporters, they must accomplish their job within assigned space limits. This makes putting your newspaper together much easier! For unassigned space, or space left empty from students who do not complete this assignment, simply run an ad - this space available for advertising. Call.... And/or offer empty space as an extra credit project to interested students. As students tend to lose things, and need several copies of blank pieces of paper, have extras blanks available, based on sizing. To stay organized, number the back of various sizes with Roman Numerals. That way, you can have a blank paper stack for each size.
Under each heading, include a short paragraph of background information.
Make a sign-up sheet, that covers all newspaper headings, and post it in your classroom. Have the kids sign-up as reporters under the section they choose. For organizational purposes, note the Roman Numeral "size" next to each section. For example, the cartoon section might be called: Forum Funnies. Example: Consul Claudius sneezed today. At least he accomplished SOMETHING! The gossip section might be called "Rome Wonders"; example: New man about town! Gladiator Claudius gains freedom today! Will he replace Nero as ladies man #1? Keep your eye on this column for updates!
Information about ancient Roman daily life can be found here .
Roman Emperors: Which emperor would you choose to be your leader?
History Mystery: Cold Case Caesar - Students investigate the assassination of Julius Caesar by weighing 8 different pieces of evidence. Visually stimulating, highly engaging and perfect for Common Core.
A Day in Rome - A scripted lab where students are taken back in time to experience a day in Rome.[ Teacher Script ] [ Student Worksheet ]
Rome DBQ - A document based question exploring how similar the Roman Empire is to the United States is today. Documents
Online Game Day: Ancient Rome - Games and Interactive Learning Sites for Kids - I set this activity to work by creating a scavenger hunt sheet of things for kids to find in the sites listed on their exploration sheet. The kids have to site the source for each scavenger find for verification.
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New Teachers: Easy desk arrangements for the classroom - I move my desks around all the time, depending upon the activites I'm doing that day. It took me forever to realize I can have the kids move their desks, after I mark the spots with masking tape. You don't want to have the kids moving desks into formations all the time, but occassionally it's a smart thing to do. Tell them you need their help prior to movement. That's trust. They will want to help you.
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In ancient Rome, like many of the ancient cultures, religion affected every aspect of their daily life. But so did politics. Under the Republic, they loved to hear the great orators down in the Forum, the central marketplace, while they did their shopping and visited a temple or two. It was a great place to meet friends and catch up on all the gossip.
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Over 90 Ancient Rome Activities and Projects - These activities can be adjusted for any grade. We hope you'll find some ideas you can use in your classroom.
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The Romans in Britain
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How the planets got their names
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Curriculum Ideas
Make Roman tile mosaics
Create a clay sculpture of a Roman emperor or a statue of a Roman god
Design a pop up Roman landmark (we like these pop-up Colosseums )
Make your own Roman coins
Explore ways of representing exploded volcanoes using paint techniques ( check out these for inspiration)
Use programming software to design an obstacle course for a Roman gladiator character
Make a stop-motion animation of the story of Boudica or Romulus & Remus
Create and edit a video of your own version of one of the many Roman story books available
Design & build a Roman aqueduct model that really carries water
Make a pair of Roman sandals that fit your feet
Make and evaluate a Roman catapult (you can find instructions here )
Make your own chocolate Roman road (check out our instructions pack )
Make maps to show the expansion of the Roman empire
Find out about how volcanoes are formed and where they are found
Compare the capital cities of Italy and the UK
Map out where Romans built roads in the UK
Make a tourist guide to Hadrian's Wall or another Roman site
Find out about how the Roman Empire expanded and how the Romans invaded Britain
Follow the KS2History scheme of work for Roman Britain
Create your own narrative based on Escape from Pompeii (see the KS2History Escape from Pompeii planning unit )
Write newspaper reports about an aspect of Roman life (check out The Roman Record for inspiration)
Write instructions for becoming a gladiator and making chocolate Roman roads (see the KS2History Romans Instructions Unit )
Create a diary from the point of view of a Celt during the time of the invasion.
Write book reviews for a book about the Romans (check out our book reviews to get you started).
Figure out Roman road routes around your school using only straight lines and right angles
Learn to count using Roman numerals
Try this BBC Romans shopping challenge and extend it with your own numbers
Investigate the areas of different Roman villas
Weigh out ingredients to make Roman bread. Work out how you would need to scale up the ingredients for a class feast
Explore beats and rhythms for the Roman army to march to
Research Roman musical instruments
Learn a song about the Romans ( like this one ) and perform it to an audience
Investigate the best materials for Roman helmets or shields
Make your own exploding volcanoes ( instructions can be found here ) and find out about the chemical reactions involved
Investigate different ways of cleaning old Roman coins. Try cola, vinegar, lemon juice or baking soda
Find out what kind of armour Roman soldiers wore to protect their bodies
Learn about our skeletons and how they are designed to act like armour for different organs
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Discover the secrets of the roman empire and life in ancient rome.
This primary resource introduces children to Roman life and culture. Discover the secrets of the Roman Empire and what life was like for Roman citizens. What were the Romans known for? What made the Roman army so successful? How did they live?
Pupils will learn about how and where the Roman Empire started, who the rulers of Rome were and what went on in the famous Colosseum in our National Geographic Kids’ Romans primary resource sheet.
The teaching resource can be used in study group tasks for understanding aspects of Roman life, as a printed handout for each pupil to review and annotate, or for display on the interactive whiteboard using the illustrations and short snippets of information for class discussion.
Activity: Ask children to choose one of the subheadings in the resource and use the information and their own research to create their own comic strip based on that topic. They could also design their own statues of the Roman gods mentioned, in the style of the photographs shown in the resource.
N.B. The following information for mapping the resource documents to the school curriculum is specifically tailored to the English National Curriculum and Scottish Curriculum for Excellence . We are currently working to bring specifically tailored curriculum resource links for our other territories; including South Africa , Australia and New Zealand . If you have any queries about our upcoming curriculum resource links, please email: [email protected]
This History primary resource assists with teaching the following History objectives from the National Curriculum :
- Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind.
- Know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.
- Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short- and long-term timescales.
National Curriculum Key Stage 1 History objective :
- Pupils should be taught significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.
National Curriculum Key Stage 2 History objective :
- Pupils should be taught about: the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
This History primary resource assists with teaching the following Social Studies Second level objective from the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence :
- I can discuss why people and events from a particular time in the past were important, placing them within a historical sequence
- I can compare and contrast a society in the past with my own and contribute to a discussion of the similarities and differences
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16 Ancient Rome Activities for Middle School
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If you are an Ancient Civilizations teacher and need some ideas for Ancient Rome Activities, you are in the right place! We’ve compiled our top free and paid resources to help you have a successful Ancient Rome unit. We want to help you succeed, whether you use these as an outline or to help supplement your existing unit! All links and resources below are what we personally use in our Ancient Rome unit.
Ancient Rome Activities for Middle School
Ancient rome introductory vocabulary activities.
As with all of our Ancient Civilizations, we love to start the unit with foundational vocabulary skills. With that, one of our favorite ways to do this is through our Google Drive Vocabulary Activities . There are 8 different Ancient Rome vocabulary activities included, and they’re an easy thing to incorporate throughout your unit. They are perfect for when you’ve got extra time left in class, introducing a new topic, or as warm-up activities.
Ancient Rome Word Wall
We always find that word walls are a great tool in addition to our vocabulary activities. Our resource includes 24 Ancient Rome vocabulary words ready to print and display on your bulletin board. And because images are included on every card, they’re also helpful for your visual learners!
Never used an ancient civilization word wall before? This blog post will teach you how to set up, organize, and use them effectively in your classroom!
Ancient Rome Unit Introduction
One thing we try to do is make our lessons relevant to students, so connecting present-day Italy to Ancient Rome is something we find important. To do that, we take a more modern approach to our unit and have students complete this unit introduction activity . Students research key details about modern Italy, and when we shift back to ancient times, that prior knowledge makes it easier.
Ancient Rome Slideshow + Note Sheet
We find it helpful to share background information at the start of the unit, so students can make connections during other activities. With this Ancient Rome Slideshow for Google Slides , teach your students about the GRAPES of Ancient Rome! This 59-slide Google Slideshow provides a detailed overview of Ancient Rome, including the Roman Republic, Roman mythology, the rise of Christianity, and much more! This no-prep resource also includes both printable and digital note sheets!
Ancient Rome Bell Ringers
If you’re looking to improve your classroom management and help students review material, these bell ringers are perfect! This set includes 20 Ancient Rome Bell Ringers for Google Drive that are 100% editable and ready to use. These warm-up prompts cover a variety of topics that come up in an Ancient Rome unit while also building helpful skills! Topics covered in this resource include patricians and plebeians, the Roman Republic, Augustus, the Roman Empire, the rise of Christianity, the fall of Rome, and more!
Ancient Rome Google Earth Field Trip
When it comes to geography, we’ve created a Google Earth Field Trip around Ancient Rome. Our students have loved using Google Earth in the past, and it really brings these locations to life. They get to visit different key sites of the Roman Empire and gain a better understanding of the geography. We’ve also included a puzzle element so students really retain what they’re learning.
What Did Ancient Rome Look Like?
We’ve discovered this really interesting animated YouTube video by New Historia that brings Ancient Rome to life. Overall it’s very well-made, and the 3D animations help students visualize Ancient Rome architecture and some geography. The same group also has similar videos for Ancient Greece and Egypt if that’s something you would be interested in.
Ancient Rome Timeline
If you’re looking to make your Ancient Rome Unit more hands-on and engaging, this printable Ancient Rome Timeline is the resource you need! In this interactive timeline project, students construct a timeline that features reading passages, maps, and images. The information included in these features covers the Roman Kingdom, Early Roman Republic, Late Roman Republic, Early Roman Empire (Pax Romana), and the Late Roman Empire. Not only will this activity give students the chance to physically build a timeline, but it will also become a learning tool that they can refer back to throughout the unit!
Ancient Rome Reader’s Theater
Rome’s society went through numerous changes throughout its history, and because of that we created something we hope would do it justice. We designed this Ancient Rome Reader’s Theater to help our students better understand the evolution of Ancient Rome. It covers the complete history of Rome in an engaging and humorous 19-page script and even includes a timeline activity. It includes topics such as the legend of Romulus and Remus, branches of government, the fall of Rome, and more.
The Legacy of Ancient Rome Google Slideshow and Activity
The one section we did not include in our Reader’s Theater was the Legacy of Ancient Rome. This slideshow and activity covers specifically the 12 different inventions that have influenced modern times. The activity has students analyze and make connections between Ancient Rome and modern society through those inventions. We like using this resource as it helps students recognize how our lives are still affected by the actions of the Romans today.
Roman Empire Archaeological Simulation
This no-prep, game-based Roman Empire Archaeological Simulation will be a highlight in your Ancient Rome unit! In this Roman Empire activity with printable and digital options, students will take on the role of archaeologists to look for artifacts in different locations from throughout the Roman Empire. This simulation features eight different rounds of competition, and in each round, students must make decisions about a certain topic or roll the dice to see what they might experience as an archaeologist who is investigating artifacts from the Roman Empire!
How Democratic Was the Roman Republic?
Another of our favorite free resources come from SHEG, as all of their resources are really high-quality. They have a very interesting resource that examines how democratic the Roman Republic was. It’s also a great resource to compare the Ancient Roman government to the US government today.
Roman Republic Government Slideshow + Activity
Are you looking for a thorough and organized resource and activity to help your students understand the three branches of government of the Roman Republic? Then this is the resource for you ! Cover key details about the Roman Republic with an editable Google Slideshow and assess your students with a printable and digital activity!
Ancient Rome Job Fair
We’ve found a way to combine teaching about the key people of the Roman Empire with job skills using our Ancient Civilizations Job Fair Activity ! For this specific unit, we include sample resumes for Cicero, Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Constantine. Students analyze each resume to decide who they would like to hire for various jobs. We love this activity as students are also able to gain some job experiences they wouldn’t normally get otherwise.
Ancient Rome Leaders Historical Baseball Cards
If you’re looking for more of a research activity or project, you might enjoy our Historical Baseball Cards Project . Students have a wider variety of Roman leaders to choose from, and it’s something they can work on independently. For each card, students include the leader’s name, an image, the dates that they ruled, their job title, three major accomplishments, and their legacy. Once students have completed their cards, you can even turn them into puzzle or guessing game if you wanted.
TED-Ed Colosseum Video
An Ancient Rome unit isn’t complete without discussing the Colosseum, as it’s one of the most iconic places in Rome. We’ve found a really cool TED-Ed video on the subject. It addresses how the Romans were able to have “sea” battles in the Colosseum, but also gives good background knowledge for students.
Colosseum Reading Passage and Graphic Organizer
We’ve come up with this reading passage and graphic organizer activity about the history and construction of the Colosseum. It helps students understand the specifics of the Colosseum and that what we know today is only a fraction of what it was. The organizer is actually in the shape of the Colosseum, and the activity is available with printable and digital options!
Pompeii Station Activity
Pompeii is such a fascinating topic for us that we created a Pompeii Stations Activity . It covers the history of Pompeii, geography, Mount Vesuvius, primary sources, and Pompeii’s future. The resource also includes some discussion questions that connect Pompeii to modern times. And with the activity having both printable and digital options, you have a few different ways to present it.
The Roman Empire and Christianity
While we do find this topic important, we don’t have much expertise or experience with it ourselves. However, we have found an excellent resource from SHEG on the subject. It discusses why the Romans were persecuting Christians at the time, so this could be a helpful option if you’re looking.
Ancient Rome Test
Save yourself time at the end of your Ancient Rome Unit with this Ancient Rome Test and Study Guide ! This ready-made test has printable and digital options, and all text is 100% editable. Each version includes 2 different testing options for Google Docs and Google Forms, so you have the flexibility to use whichever version works best for you! To help your students prepare for the test, this resource also includes an editable Ancient Rome Study Guide for Google Docs!
Ancient Rome Agenda Slides
Need a way to stay more organized during your Ancient Rome Unit? These Ancient Rome Daily Agenda Slides Templates will help you save time and better immerse your students in the unit! These slides for Google Drive are editable and each template features a photograph of Ancient Rome in the background, as well as Ancient Rome clipart. They can be used to share your daily agenda, bell ringers, and more!
Ancient Rome Bulletin Board Kit
Connect your bulletin boards to your course content in just five minutes with this effortless, ready-to-print Ancient Rome Bulletin Board Kit ! With this bulletin board kit, students have the opportunity to view artifacts used by those living in Rome thousands of years ago! If you want to incorporate more primary sources into your classroom but don’t know where to start, this is an easy way! The 25 artifact posters include the titles of the artifacts, when they were created or used, where they were found, and where they’re currently located.
Ancient Rome Bookmarks
These printable Ancient Rome Bookmarks are a fun addition to your Ancient Rome unit! This set includes four different designs that feature images and clipart that are related to Ancient Rome. The bookmarks are 100% black and white so that students can color in the images or personalize them as they wish! These coloring bookmarks make a great prize, short early finisher activity, or can even help students save time when using their textbooks!
Ancient Rome Early Finisher Activity
A final easy, no-prep activity is one of our Early Finisher activities for Ancient Rome. It includes two different activities, one that focuses on Roman Numerals, and the other reviews vocabulary. This activity sheet is an additional worksheet to have on hand in emergencies or students need something extra to work on.
Teaching Ancient Rome
When teaching any ancient civilization, it’s always important to have activities that make the content fun and engaging for students. If you liked any of our Ancient Rome activities, you’ll love our Ancient Rome Unit Bundle ! This bundle contains 13 resources and is a great way to supplement your textbook or curriculum materials about Ancient Rome! We’ve had great success with these resources, and our students had a blast!
As of 2024, we now have all of our Ancient Civilizations unit bundles available on our own website, which you can check out here. We believe the organization to be even better than how you can receive the files on TPT, and it also helps if your school district blocks Google Drive files from TPT!
Looking for ideas and inspiration when planning your Mesopotamia unit? If so, this free Ancient Rome resource guide can help! It showcases each of our Mesopotamia resources to help you decide which options will be best for your students. For more details about how we put fit these resources together and how long we spend on each activity, you can also download our free Ancient Rome unit plan !
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Are you looking for some new teaching ideas to engage your students in your social studies class? If so, you’ll love our FREE guide: 5 Creative Projects to Ignite Student Engagement in Your Social Studies Class . These activities have both printable and digital options and can work for any social studies subject!
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This list consists of lesson plans, activities and ideas to support the teaching of science through the topic of the Romans. It contains ideas for how to link science to the topic, tips on using the resources, suggestions for further use and background subject knowledge to support teachers in delivering the science objectives through this topic. Resources support the teaching of the science topics digestion, keeping healthy, teeth, light and sound. This enables teachers to choose which aspect of science they would like to teach within the overarching topic.
Visit the primary resources for cross curricular topics webpage to access all resource lists: https://www.stem.org.uk/cross-curricular-topics-resources
Super Athletes (Ages 7-9)
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In Roman times boys engaged in lots of sporting activities, girls didn't do as many. You could carry out a survey in class to see if this is true today? Are some sports more popular with girls than boys? The legs for leaping activity Discuss how body differences might give advantages in different sports and investigate whether there is a relationship between leg length and jump distance.
Digestive System Experiment
Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Reach Out CPD
This short film clip demonstrates a practical experiment which recreates the digestion process in the classroom. Using household items such as paper cups, orange juice and a pair of tights, this demonstration enables children to visualise the process of digestion in an engaging, practical way.
Sounds Like Science
Quality Assured Category: Cross curricular Publisher: British Science Association
Romans enjoyed listening to and making music. Between banquet courses music may have been played as entertainment for guests. This could be an opportunity to investigate sound and how instruments produce sound. Children could create an instrument on which the notes may be changed, other activities in this pack look at how vibrations travel through different materials, creating animal noises using voices and instruments, muffling sound, amplifying sound, investigating rhythm and making a speaker.
Making Shadows
Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Teachers TV
This video explores how shadow puppets can be used to explore light, shadows and storytelling.The way characters appear and disappear illustrates how shadows are formed and how they change when objects are put in front of a light source. Children could make their own puppets to tell a story. They could work scientifically to investigate what happens to shadows when the light source moves further away or closer to the puppet.
The Roman Banquet
Quality Assured Category: Cross curricular Publisher: Centre for Science Education
In this activity children match foods to the food groups and think about what each type of food provides the body with. They then use food cards from Roman and compare them with modern times. They then plan a day's diet for a Roman senator, soldier, laundry boy and child thinking about the types of foods they will require for their age and lifestyle. The links to Romans is really useful in this resource and the activities, but I would be careful when using the photographs of different foods and create your own pictures of food types. The fats group shows only foods which are a source of animal fat: milk animal fats such as milk, cheese, yoghurt which presents a skewed perspective, add in some plant oils such as olive oil. Also eggs and fish will contain some vitamins and minerals, but are primarily a source of protein.
Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
What could be more fun, then being a detective investigating 'Fake poo' Investigate the diets of ancient cultures using safe 'fake poo'. The notes include recipes for making Aztec, Tudor, Viking and Roman poo. If just learning about Romans, you could adapt your poo samples to include diet of different types of Romans, for example linking to the above resource you could include Roman senator, soldier, laundry boy and child. Children could then work scientifically to identify each of the different people from their poo! As well as developing investigative skills, the fake poo can lead onto a discussion of how modern diets differ from ancient ones.
Seeds and Plant Growth Discovery Pack
Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) - UKRI
In Seed detectives children are shown highly magnified images of different seeds taken with an electron microscope. Children could predict what the images are then make drawings of them. Show children the actual seeds and try and match them to their images in small groups.
In Seed dispersal children make predictions about their method of dispersal based on their structure. Model wind dispersal in class by having a group of children in the centre of the room representing a plant containing seeds. Individual seeds could be blown away to different areas within class. This idea could always be used to simulate other methods of dispersal. This activity could be linked to the way in which some seeds from non-native British plants found their way in here, carried across the sea in imported goods.
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Homework tasks The Romans. Subject: History. Age range: 7-11. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. doc, 25.5 KB. I used this to cover topic homework for the term. There are a variety of research and creative tasks which children always seem to enjoy completing. Should be editable so you can adapt for your setting.
Move into Groups: Make Shields and Daggers out of cardboard and construction paper - one shield, one dagger for each students, groups help each other and have a similarity in equipment, just as the ancient Romans would have. Then: March around the school in Turtle Formation. Sneak by open doors of other classrooms in groups of "turtles".
Creative Projects: Worksheets can include project-based tasks, such as designing a Roman mosaic, creating a timeline of Roman emperors, or writing a fictional journal entry from the perspective of a Roman citizen. Assessment and Review: Worksheets can serve as assessment tools to evaluate students' knowledge and comprehension of specific topics ...
Maths. Figure out Roman road routes around your school using only straight lines and right angles. Learn to count using Roman numerals. Try this BBC Romans shopping challenge and extend it with your own numbers. Investigate the areas of different Roman villas. Weigh out ingredients to make Roman bread. Work out how you would need to scale up ...
1. The modern calendar (12 months and 365 days) was created by the Romans. 2. Romans believed in gods and goddesses who ruled over different areas of life. They built temples for them and took offerings for them. They include Saturn (the god of wealth and time) and Venus (the goddess of love and beauty). 3.
Blogs to Discover Facts about the Romans. Our Parents Blogs are packed full of activities and fun facts. What's more, they're free to read. 1. This blog provides loads of facts, activities and ideas to help with homework tasks about the Romans.. 2.
A Collection of Roman Activities for KS2. With this collection, we've gathered all of our activities and games to assist you in teaching your children all about Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. You have easy-access to a fantastic variety of resources. With our craft activities, your children can build their own Roman soldiers.
Pupils will learn about how and where the Roman Empire started, who the rulers of Rome were and what went on in the famous Colosseum in our National Geographic Kids' Romans primary resource sheet. The teaching resource can be used in study group tasks for understanding aspects of Roman life, as a printed handout for each pupil to review and ...
Make a Roman soldier's shield. Decorate it with facts about the Roman army. You could try to create a Roman mosaic. Why not try making this 3D Roman chariot paper model? Why not build a Roman villa out of boxes? Try to dress as a Roman. Make a Roman toga out of a sheet and a laurel wreath out of cardboard leaves. Create Roman bunting.
A final easy, no-prep activity is one of our Early Finisher activities for Ancient Rome. It includes two different activities, one that focuses on Roman Numerals, and the other reviews vocabulary. This activity sheet is an additional worksheet to have on hand in emergencies or students need something extra to work on.
Hints and Tips. Break it down - The Romans ruled Britain for around 350 years and during this period society, technology and daily life changed a lot: Britain was a very different place in 410 compared to AD 43.; Make it relevant - Get your students to do a local study, e.g. 'what the Romans did for us'. Bring the learning into their homes and local town to encourage greater engagement.
Make a Roman toga out of a sheet and a laurel wreath out of cardboard leaves. Create Roman bunting. Put information about various aspects of the Roman empire on each flag. Create a large timeline of major events that occurred during the Roman era. Why not try to peg each event on a washing line? Visit a local Roman museum or a Roman historical ...
Follow the fascinating history of Romans in Britain from their first invasion to the end of Roman rule. Download. English (PDF 392 KB) Download. Welsh (PDF 403 KB) All of the resources include ...
The Roman Army (Legion) The Roman army was made up of groups of soldiers called legions. There were over 5,000 soldiers in a legion. Each legion had its own number, name, badge and fortress. There were about 30 legions around the Roman Empire, three of which were based in Britain at Caerleon, Chester and York.
Please support your child with these tasks but don't do them for them! Choose at least five countries, other than Britain, that were invaded by the Romans. On the sheet provided, draw their flag and write an interesting fact about each country. Due on Wednesday 2nd May Choose an aspect of Roman life: Roman Houses Roman Baths Roman Clothing or
This set of homework sheets provides children with an excellent opportunity to both consolidate and extend their learning about aspects of Roman history. As part of the unit of work, children will have examined the features of Roman towns and country villas and will now be able to learn more about Roman baths by reading the detailed information sheet. One of the homework activity sheets ...
Romans . This list consists of lesson plans, activities and ideas to support the teaching of science through the topic of the Romans. It contains ideas for how to link science to the topic, tips on using the resources, suggestions for further use and background subject knowledge to support teachers in delivering the science objectives through this topic.
Year 3 - Homework - Ruthless Romans - Spring Term We have created three homework tasks to enrich our topic, House point tokens will be awarded for work completed. Each task shows when it can be handed in - please don't hand it in before the date shown. Please feel free to upload a picture on Seesaw if it is easier.
This lovely Roman Planning KS2 Unit pack includes all the lesson packs and additional learning resources included in the PlanIt LKS2 History unit 'Romans'. With interactive PowerPoints, useful worksheets and more, this Roman Planning KS2 pack contains engaging materials to help you effectively teach.Super simple to download, making finding and accessing files easier than ever. Your copy ...
Twinkl Parents Ages 5 - 11 Everything You Need for Children Aged 5 - 11 Parents Ages 9 - 10 (Year 5) Year 5 Maths Numbers and Place Value. Use this great activity pack to support your child when learning about Roman numerals up to 1000. The pack includes a parents\' guide to Roman numerals and an adult practise activity.