The Romans - Introduction to the Romans - Lesson!

In this engaging lesson, children are provided with an introductory understanding of the Romans, through:
-learning who the Romans were and when they lived;
-understanding the different periods of the Roman era;
-remembering and sequencing important Roman dates.

The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Knowledge harvesting - gauging what children already know about the Romans, and gathering what else they would like to know;
-Answering recall questions based upon the areas of history that they have learnt previously that are pertinent to this topic;
-Gathering base information about the Romans through information on the slide show and through watching a short, informative video, including when and where they lived, how they operated and the different Roman eras;
-Gaining an understanding about how the Roman empire spread;
-Following clear instructions and precise dates to create their own timeline of key Roman events;
-Completing plenary activities to demonstrate their understanding of each of the concepts learnt in the lesson;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.

Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (20 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson.

In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.