The Romans Medium-Term Plan and Knowledge Organiser

A medium term plan including the key learning expectations covered in History and Geography, ideas for continuous provision/enrichment and 11 in-depth lesson plans.

A knowledge organiser which is a summary of the key facts and essential knowledge that pupils need about a unit of work or a curriculum subject. The information is presented clearly and is broken down into easily digestible chunks.

The activities included:

• To order British periods of time chronologically.
• To order the main turning points of the Roman Empire in Britain.
• To create a zig-zag timeline.
• To understand the spread of the Roman Empire and identify the spread on a map.
• To create my own Roman shield.
• To create a model of a local Roman town: Venta Icenorum.
• To research an iconic Roman figure and create an information book about them.
• To design and make my own Roman mosaic.
• To mark Roman roads on a map of Britain.
• To create a model of a Roman road.

HISTORY NATIONAL CURRICULUM STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS:

Pupils should be taught about:
• the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain. This could include: Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC, the Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of its army, successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including Hadrian’s Wall, British resistance, for example, Boudicca, ‘Romanisation’ of Britain: sites such as Caerwent and the impact of technology, culture and beliefs, including early Christianity.
• Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD 410 and the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
• a depth study linked to one of the British areas of study listed above
• the legacy of Greek or Roman culture (art, architecture or literature) on later periods in British history, including the present day
• Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
• They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
• They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

GEOGRAPHY NATIONAL CURRICULUM STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS:

Pupils should be taught to:
• locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe
• use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied