Romans Topic

#TheCompleteTopic18lessons

Containing 18 lessons across six different subject areas, this Romans KS2 topic contains all the teaching materials you need for a complete cross-curricular approach, including detailed lesson plans, a set of slides for the teaching input of each lesson, differentiated activity ideas and a wide range of printable resources, including worksheets, picture cards, instruction sheets, challenges and much more. All you need to do is download, teach and enjoy with your class!

#AllARTLessonsinTopic

Download this Roman Art KS2 planning pack as part of your Romans cross-curricular teaching for Year 3 or Year 4 to provide your class will fun and creative KS2 Roman Art activities and projects! Your class will have the chance to explore mosaics, translate Roman myths into paintings and use clay to recreate their own Roman artefacts.

This Roman Art KS2 lesson planning pack contains all the teaching resources you need to deliver these fun Art lesson, including detailed lesson plans, a set of slides for the teaching input of each lesson, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources, such as worksheets and picture cards, to help support your class through their independent activities as they create their own Roman Art masterpieces!

#AllCOMPUTINGLessonsinTopic

Download this series of three Romans Computing lessons to support your Romans cross-curricular topic for Year 3 and Year 4. Your class will use computing to enhance their learning and develop their computing skills, from creating branching databases to generating bar charts of the weather in Rome!

Each lesson in this topic contains a detailed lesson plan, a set of slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of helpful printable resources, such as worksheets or picture cards. All you need to do is download, teach and enjoy!

#AllDTLessonsinTopic

Download these two DT lessons for your KS2 Romans topic – they're ready to teach and contain everything you need to get your class going with two Romans DT projects! They can either develop their sewing skills while they create a Roman coin purse, or get defensive with their own Roman scutum shields...or both! Either way, both of these DT lessons provide detailed lesson plans, a slideshow for each teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources. All you need to do is grab some equipment and you're good to go!

#AllGEOGRAPHYLessonsinTopic

These Geography lessons have been specifically designed to fit in with your KS2 Romans topic to help cement your Year 3 or Year 4 class's understanding both of Rome today and Italy during the Roman Empire. Your children will explore where Italy and Rome are on a map, investigate tourist attractions in Rome, particularly those dating back to ancient Rome, and compare Italy and the United Kingdom.

This set of three Roman Geography lessons contains three lesson plans with differentiated activity ideas, a slideshow for the teaching input of each lesson, and a range of printable resources, such as worksheets, picture cards and challenges.

#AllHISTORYLessonsinTopic

This set of Roman Empire KS2 History lessons will take your Year 3 or Year 4 class back to ancient Rome as they explore the society, culture and history of the Romans. Help them find out about the founding of ancient Rome, how society in the Roman Empire was structured, what daily life was like for the Romans, who the gladiators were, what the Romans believed, and much more!

Containing everything you need to teach these engaging lessons, this Roman Empire KS2 planning pack has detailed lesson plans, slideshows for the teaching inputs, differentiated activity ideas for their independent learning, and a range of printable resources including worksheets, picture cards, challenges and much more. All you need to do is download, teach and enjoy with your class!

#AllPELessonsinTopic

Download the two PE lessons that form part of a complete Year 3/4 'Romans' classic cross-curricular topic.

#Lesson1HistoryRomulusandRemus

Download this Romulus and Remus KS2 lesson plan to teach your Year 3 or Year 4 class about the legend of Romulus and Remus, and the mythical tale of how Rome was formed. The lesson goes on to explore a more likely explanation for Rome's beginnings and how Rome developed from a small collection of huts to a vast empire.

During their independent learning, they can retell the story through a Romulus and Remus storyboard, or compare a map of the Roman Empire with a modern map.

#Lesson2HistoryRomanSociety

This lesson explores the structure of Roman society with your KS2 class as they learn how ancient Rome went from monarchy to republic to empire. They will investigate how each was run, as well as looking at the social and political position of different groups of people in Rome, such as consuls, senators, patricians, plebeians, slaves and women.

With a detailed lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources for their independent activities, this Roman Society lesson contains everything you need to help your class become familiar with how Roman society was structured.

#Lesson3HistoryRomanLife

This Roman Life KS2 History lesson gives your Year 3 or Year 4 class the chance to explore what daily life was like for people living in ancient Rome. Your class will find out how advances in technology made life easier for the ordinary people of Rome, how people took care of their daily hygiene, what life was like for children (and which children went to school), what people ate, what kind of houses people lived in, and much more!

The included slideshow gives your class a brief overview of some of these areas during the teaching input, before giving children the chance to find out some more facts about Roman life for themselves from a variety of different sources.

#Lesson4HistoryRomanGladiators

This Roman Gladiators KS2 History lesson is sure to be a hit with your class as they explore what the Romans did for entertainment, looking particularly at the the role of gladiators in the amphitheatres. Your children will explore what life was like for Roman gladiators and why gruesome gladiator fights were so popular with the Roman people.

The included slideshow for the teaching input gives your class the information they will need to either write an account of a gladiator fight as though they were an eye-witness, or creating a poster to advertise an upcoming gladiator fight at the Colosseum.

#Lesson5HistoryRomanGods

Explore the deities of ancient Rome with this Roman Gods KS2 lesson for Year 3 or Year 4! Your children will be introduced to some of the most important Roman gods and goddesses, and have the chance to do some research of their own to find out more about them.

This Roman Gods KS2 planning pack contains a detailed lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and some helpful printable resources to support their independent learning.

#Lesson6GeographyWhereisRome

Map skills at the ready in this lesson as your class learn to identify Italy, Rome and other major Italian cities on the map, before exploring the features of Italy such as climate, population, landscape, mountains and rivers.

#Lesson7GeographyRomanHoliday

What would you do if you went on holiday to Rome? This lesson introduces those who have never visited the city to the major tourist destinations and archaeological sites of Rome and gets your class thinking about how the remains of the ancient Roman civilisation impacts the city today.

#Lesson8GeographyBritainvsItaly

This lesson looks at the geographical similarities and differences between Italy and Britain in terms of climate, landscape and culture, and explores what a Roman soldier settling in Britain after the invasion of AD 43 would have found strange about 'Britannia'.

#Lesson9ComputingBranchingDatabases

In this lesson, children learn how to create a branching database to sort and identify wild animals that were brought by the Romans to the Coliseum to be used in their games. This could be done online or alternatively, resources are provided for children to make a paper-based branching database.

#Lesson10ComputingDatabases

Children look at data presented as a jumble of sentences and displayed in a database. They compare the two and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both. Children will then take information and present it in a database using software such as Excel or similar.

#Lesson11ComputingBarCharts

Children use spreadsheet software to create and present a bar chart to show the average monthly temperature and/or precipitation in Rome. They then use their charts and data to answer questions.

#Lesson12ArtRomanMosaics

This Roman Mosaics KS2 Art lesson for Year 3 and Year 4 explores what Roman mosaics are and how they were made, giving your class the chance to explore some Roman mosaics first hand to explore the colours, themes and motifs used. They can then create their own Roman mosaics using a variety of different methods. There's a fun name mosaic activity they can attempt too!

This Roman Mosaics KS2 planning pack contains everything you need to teach this informative and creative Art lesson, including a detailed lesson plan, a set of slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas, and a range of printable resources to support their independent learning activities.

#Lesson13ArtRomanMythologyPaintings

Your KS2 class will explore and study some Roman mythology paintings in this lesson. The included slideshow for the teaching input show some Roman mythology paintings by famous artists for children to look at, and encourages them to think about some of the symbolism used within the artwork. They will read the story of Echo and Narcissus together and discuss how they could paint a scene from this myth and how they could include symbols within their artwork.

During their independent activities, the children can then either recreate one of the paintings they have studied or create their own Roman mythology painting using descriptions of some Romans gods and goddesses to support them.

#Lesson14ArtRomanArtefacts

This Roman Artefacts KS2 Art lesson for Year 3 and Year 4 children challenges your class to explore some Roman artefacts before creating their own replicas using clay. The included slideshow presentation for the teaching input shows your class some examples of Roman artefacts, challenging them to guess what each one was used for. It then goes on to demonstrate some simple ways to manipulate clay to create effects in preparation for using clay to create their own versions of Roman artefacts.

This Roman Artefacts KS2 planning pack contains everything you need to deliver this Art lesson, including a lesson plan, slideshow, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

#Lesson15DTRomanPurses

Use this Roman Purses KS2 DT lesson to challenge your Year 3 or Year 4 class to work with fabric as they design, make and evaluate their own Roman purses.

The provided slideshow guides your class through the process of making a simple Roman coin purse using a series of simple steps. During their independent work, they can then design and make their own Roman purse, putting their own twist on the basic design, before evaluating their finished products.

#Lesson16DTRomanShields

In this Roman Shields KS2 DT lesson for Year 3 and Year 4, your class will take a look at some Roman shields (called scutum), looking at size, patterns and colours. They are then challenged to design, make and evaluate Roman shields of their own, considering what materials, tools and equipment they will need to complete their designs.

With the lesson plan, slideshow, printable worksheets and other resources all provided, this Roman Shields KS2 lesson will have them making Roman shields in no time!

#Lesson17PEHarpastum

Teach your Year 3 or Year 4 children to play the Roman ball game of harpastum in this Romans PE lesson for KS2! Your class will learn about this popular Roman game and explore how to play a more modern (and slightly less violent!) version themselves.

This ready-to-teach lesson comes prepared with a detailed lesson a plan and a helpful slideshow presentation that goes through the rules of harpastum. Please note that printable resources are not required for this lesson.

#Lesson18PERomanSoldierTraining

Your Year 3 or Year 4 class will undertake some Roman soldier training in this lesson as they are taken back to the Campus of ancient Rome to find out what was physically required to train a Roman soldier! The provided slideshow gives your class a brief overview of Roman soldier training before challenging them to undertake a variety of physical challenges to see how well they would have fared as a Roman soldier.

This fun PE lesson provides everything you need to deliver this lesson, including a detailed lesson plan, slideshow and a range of printable resources to help support and challenge your Roman soldiers.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• KS2 - to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing with a range of materials
• KS2 - to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including painting with a range of materials
• KS2 - to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including sculpture with a range of materials

• KS2 - select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information

• KS2 - use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
• KS2 - generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design
• KS2 - select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
• KS2 - select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities
• KS2 - evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work

• KS2 - locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities
• KS2 - understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region within North or South America
• KS2 - describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle
• KS2 - use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied

• KS2 - the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

• KS2 - use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
• KS2 - play competitive games, modified where appropriate, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending