What role did the Paterfamilias and Patron Client system play in Roman society?

This lesson focuses on two key aspects of Roman Society: The paterfamilias and the patron-client system.

The first half of the powerpoint focuses on the paterfamilias and the second half focuses on the patron-client system. All the information pupils need for GCSE Classical Civilisation: Roman City Life is contained in here, although anyone not studying the GCSE will get all the information they need from this lesson too.

The final part of the powerpoint focuses on which of the two things played a greater role in the functioning on Roman society and why.

The powerpoint would ideally b delivered over two hours, although could be delivered in a single hour if you cut out some of the written tasks which are included so students can synthesise their learning and demonstrate their levels of understanding.

The resource is fully dual coded which we have found helps reduce the cognitive load for our students, allowing them to focus and retain knowledge more easily. There is also a coloured overlay on each slide (which can easily be deleted if you don’t need it) to aid learners with dyslexia / Irlen’s.

Video clips are also embedded within the resource to help elucidate the two pertinent roles in Roman Society that the lesson focuses on.

Thanks for taking a look :)