Foundations of Rome (Ancient History GCSE) Early Republic Knowledge Organisers

These Graphic Organisers are ideal for Ancient History 9-1 GCSE. The Foundations of Rome unit, especially after studying the kings of Rome, 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 the early Roman Republic.

Topics included:

1. Creation of the Roman Republic by consuls Brutus and Collatinus
2. The history and trajectory of the Conflict of the Orders
3. Sicinius and the First Secession of the plebs
4. The Volero Publilius Uprising and subsequent reforms
5. The First and Second Decemvirates
6. The Twelve Tables
7. The second Secession of the plebs
8. The Valero - Horatian Laws and other reforms
9. Legal Reforms of the 440s BCE and the end of the Conflict of the Orders