Website : http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/
Task : Each student will be given a topic to research and present.
- How did Rome get its name? / How was Rome ruled?
- Who were the Roman emperors?
- Why did the British rebel?
- How did the Romans get it wrong? / Which Roman towns were burned? (be able to show on map)
- What did the Roman Army do? / What happened after the rebellion?
- Who was in the Roman army? / What was a legion?
- What other soldiers did the Romans have? / What armour and weapons did the Romans have?
- How well-trained were Roman soldiers?
- Did the Romans have free time?
- What did gladiators do?
- What was a Roman play like? / Why did Romans like baths so much? / What happened in a chariot race?
- How did Romans heat their homes? / What are aqueducts?
- Why didn’t the Romans need many machines? / Did Romans have smelly drains?
- What happened to Roman Britain? / Did people go on living in Roman towns?
- What did the Romans leave behind? / How did the Romans change the way we speak and write?
- What was Britain like before the Romans?
- Why did the Romans invade? / How did the British fight back?