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Ancient Rome Learning Path

By Niall Larkin

This learning path includes a number of lessons on Ancient Rome and The Romans
7 resources in this Learning Path

1

Ancient Rome - BBC Bitesize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zwmpfg8 Added: 19 Aug 2016 Contributor: Liam O’Shea Resource type: Audio / Video / Presentation / Project

48 class clips on the Roman Empire. Find out about What life was like in Ancient Rome, how the Romans conquered Britain, what life was like in the Roman Army, whether the Romans conquered Scotland and what life was like in Roman Britain.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE History

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • become familiar with aspects of the lives of these peoples
  • examine and become familiar with evidence we have which tells us about these people, especially evidence of these people which may be found locally
  • record the place of these peoples on appropriate timelines

Suggestions for use: Set up rotation stations around the room for students to alternate between in collecting information about the Ancient Romans. Pupils will return to groups and share what they learnt to one another before presenting to the class.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

2

Daily Life in Ancient Rome

http://rome.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html Added: 17 Aug 2005 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Game / Guide/notes

If you had lived in ancient times, would you have chosen to become a Roman citizen? You might have! (Contains some advertising.)

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
5-6
SESE History

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Suggestions for use: If you had lived in ancient times, would you have chosen to become a Roman citizen? You might have!

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Suggestions for use: If you had lived in ancient times, would you have chosen to become a Roman citizen? You might have!

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

3

Ancient Rome

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/15839/15501.pptx Added: 19 Aug 2015 Contributor: Andrew Garnett Resource type: Presentation

Powerpoint presentation on Ancient Rome

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How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE History

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • become familiar with some aspects of the lives of these peoples
  • examine critically, and become familiar with, evidence we have which tells us about these people, especially evidence of these people which may be found locally and in Ireland, where appropriate
  • record the place of these peoples on appropriate timelines

Suggestions for use: If beginning to teach, it is a good lesson to begin with

Asset type: Presentation
Language: English
Rights: Attribution Creative Commons
Special Needs:

4

Family Life in Ancient Rome

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/family_and_children Added: 04 Nov 2016 Contributor: H O Connell Resource type: Guide/notes / Audio / Video / Other

Learn of family life in Ancient Rome - schooling, what they ate, how they wrote and toys from Ancient Rome. View a video which shows the areas of a Roman villa. Take an interactive quiz on Ancient Rome. Includes PDF with nice extension activities.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE History

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • become familiar with aspects of the lives of these peoples
  • examine and become familiar with evidence we have which tells us about these people, especially evidence of these people which may be found locally
  • record the place of these peoples on appropriate timelines

Suggestions for use: Ideal for project on Ancient Rome. Create a model of a Roman Villa. Make up a menu for a
Roman birthday party. Create a scroll.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

5

Roman Numerals - Information & Video

http://www.mathsisfun.com/roman-numerals.html Added: 10 Aug 2016 Contributor: Emma Taylor Resource type: Audio / Video / Reference

Children learn about Roman Numerals. Children will answer the 10 questions at the end of the page. Play the "watch video" tab.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE History

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Suggestions for use: Extension 1: Children will figure out how to write their birthday in numerals and create a display using lollipop sticks. Finished pieces will be displayed or swapped. Children will decipher the date then try to find the classmate.

Extension 2: Children are given a secret code where each Roman numeral links to a letter of the alphabet.

Extension 3: Hangman. https://www.quia.com/hm/746910.html

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

6

Ancient Roman Quiz

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/12733/12370.ppt Added: 18 Aug 2014 Contributor: Carmel Flood Resource type: Demonstration / Primary Source

Who wants to be a millionaire quiz type assessing pupils' knowledge on Ancient Rome

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE History

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • become familiar with aspects of the lives of these peoples
Asset type: Presentation
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

7

Romulus and Remus Worksheet

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/romulus.htm Added: 28 Jul 2005 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Assessment

Fill in the missing words to learn the story of Romulus and Remus.

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How it maps to the curriculum

1-2
3-4
SESE History

Strand: Story

Suggestions for use: A cloze worksheet to summarise the story of Romulus and Remus.

Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies

Strand unit: Romans

Suggestions for use: A cloze worksheet to summarise the story of Romulus and Remus.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

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