Learning Objective

Unit 6a: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study

Software - Websites - Activities

Generic:

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/romans

www.swgfl.org.uk/Wiltshistoryquest/timezones

1: Why do people move away from where they were born?

• to relate their own experience to the concept of settlement
• to recognise that people have been moving between different areas for a long time, and that some reasons for moving were the same as those of people alive today

2: Who invaded and settled in Britain a long time ago?

• to use the terms 'invade' and 'settle'
• to place the Celtic and Roman periods in a chronological framework
• to recognise characteristics that place Celts and Romans as having lived a long time ago in the past
• that Romans invaded Britain and that the period of conquest was followed by a period of settlement

Drag and drop words and phrases related to Invade or Settle.

PowerPoint presentations on Invasion

Variety of resources to download and use www.teachingideas.co.uk www.primaryresources.co.uk

www.history-people.co.uk/celts_romans www.brims.co.uk/romans/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans

3: Who were the Celts and who were the Romans?

• to select and record information about Celtic and Roman ways of life
• to make comparisons between these lifestyles
• about aspects of life in Celtic and Roman Britain, using a variety of resources

Celtic alphabet http://bigwood.com/alphabet

Sort pictures to show understanding of differences between Celtic and Roman people

4: Who was Boudicca?

• that sources about Boudicca contradict each other
• that there are different opinions about Boudicca

Highlight adjectives in descriptions of Boudicca, use to draw picture of what she was like.

5: What happened in AD 60?

• the main events in Boudicca's revolt
• the reason for the revolt
• that there are different interpretations of the revolt

6: What were the short-term and long-term results of Boudicca's revolt?

• about the results of Boudicca's revolt
• to appreciate that people have points of view about events in the past

Word

7: How did the Romans change Britain when they settled here?

• about evidence that tells us about life in Roman Britain
• ask and answer questions about what survived from the Roman settlement of Britain