Who were the Romans?
A KS3 History lesson that explores what life was like for the Romans. Can also be adapted for KS2. In this lesson, your learners will explore the ruins of Pompeii and get a feel for what life would be like for teenagers like them 2000 years ago.
This lesson follows Bloom’s Taxonomy in terms of the levels of skills being used. Learners will identify, explain, and justify throughout the lesson.
This lesson includes:
- ‘Blurt’ recall task
- Discussion task comparing life today to what learners think life would have been like in the Romans era
- A Pompeii virtual tour with Google maps, where learners consider what they can see and what we can infer about Romans life from that
- A video task with premade questions for learners to answer
- A diary entry task where learners have to take on the point of view of a Roman teenager. Success criteria included.
- A plenary task where learners have draw round their hand and give one fact they have learnt today for each finger.
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