Foundations of Rome Knowledge Organisers (Roman Kings and Roman Republic) Ancient History GCSE

These Graphic Organisers are ideal for Ancient History 9-1 GCSE. The Foundations of Rome unit, can become tedious for students and staff alike. Quality resources for this part of the unit are scarce and this is me trying to rectify that a bit.

My students really appreciate these. The organisers give enough ‘knowledge’ or ‘information’ for students to get a good grade at GCSE - a 4/5/6 depending on how much information they can retain.

We print these out A5 size and stick them in the middle of our books and as I am teaching students will annotate these sheets according to how much extra information they need to get above a 4/5/6.

The visuals are a huge help and icons and schemas are repeated as and when appropriate across the organisers which makes pupils feel secure and build a mental image of all the content - something I had found challenging to help them create before using these. The GOs really help tell the ‘story’ of early Rome. The resources included here cover over a quarter of the entire OCR GCSE.

Topics included:

1. Aeneas - The first Roman?
2. Romulus & Remus
3. Romulus - 1st King of Rome
4. Numa Pompilius- 2nd King of Rome
5. Tullus Hostilius - 3rd King of Rome
6. Ancus Marcius - 4th King of Rome
7. Lucius Tarquinius Priscus - 5th King of Rome
8. Servius Tullius - 6th King of Rome
9. Tarquinius Superbus - 7th King of Rome
10. The Wars of Independence
11. Creation of the Roman Republic by consuls Brutus and Collatinus
12. The history and trajectory of the Conflict of the Orders
13. Sicinius and the First Secession of the plebs
14. The Volero Publilius Uprising and subsequent reforms
15. The First and Second Decemvirates
16. The Twelve Tables
17. The second Secession of the plebs
18. The Valero - Horatian Laws and other reforms
19. Legal Reforms of the 440s BCE and the end of the Conflict of the Orders