During this outdoor lesson, your children will be introduced to the Roman invasions into Britain and the impact they had. They will also have an opportunity to take part in large-scale role play within your outdoor space!
Deepen your children’s understanding of Roman life using this outdoor lesson focused on looking at how they designed and built their towns. Your children will have a chance to truly immerse themselves in the time period, as well as look at how settlement planning differed between time periods.
The main activity of this outdoor lesson looks at the impact the Romans had on developing new transport links between towns. Using your outdoor space and a few materials, your children will have lots of fun becoming Roman builders in order to understand their construction methods.
Combine artwork with history in this outdoor lesson focused on Roman mosaics. Through the activities in this lesson, your children will explore and understand how our knowledge of life in the past is constructed and what this means for our interpretations of it.
During this outdoor lesson, your children will look at the changes the Romans made to water transportation systems. The main practical activity will give children an opportunity to question why things changed and how they were different, looking closely at the impact this had.
Have your children apply all their knowledge they’ve learned over the unit about the Roman Empire in this outdoor lesson that encourages them to piece together the timeline of events in this time period. There’s plenty of active movement involved and a chance to practise using Roman numerals too!