Our first topic in Year 4 for the Autumn term will be Ancient Rome and Roman Britain!
This is an exciting topic as we delve into looking at the impact the Romans had on Britain after they invaded with their powerful and large army. The Romans stayed here for over 400 years and brought many interesting ideas with them. We will be learning about the impact they had on Britain and the rest of the world.
We’ll delve into the legend of how Rome was founded, explore how Rome went from a republic into the fearsome empire that ruled all over the world and look at the lasting impacts of Roman civilisation on the United Kingdom, especially the early Roman technology.
For your homework this half term, you will have Wider Curriculum tasks which link to our topic. You will be able to use the skills and knowledge from the homework in our lessons on this topic!
Before then, I would like you to find out more about the countries that the Romans invaded as an empire. Use a child-friendly search engine such as Kiddle to answer the following questions as a comment below:
1.) What countries did the Roman Empire include? Some of them might have different names than you are used to.
2.) Do you know any interesting things that the Romans created/invented? If not, find 3 things the Romans built in England.
3.) What would like to learn about during our Romans topic?
I look forward to reading your answers! Have fun researching!
Mr Garnet
1)
Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Greece, Egypt and Turkey. Also, include territory in North Africa: Libya, Tunisia, Morroco, Algeria.
2)
2.1 Roman Towns and Forts: Like Londinium (London) and Chester (Deva).
2.2 Roman Roads, constructed approximately 10,000 miles of straight, throughtout Britain.
2.3 Hadrian’s Wall, built in AD 122 and streched 73 miles across northern England.
3)
I would like to learn how education was at that time.
1.The Roman empire also included Austria and Algeria and I did not know that.
2.Romans invented roads , baths and they didn’t invent the alphabet but they perfected it. Although laws existed already, the Romans were the first to formally codify them.
3.I would like to know more about how slaves were allowed to be freed, and what food Romans ate.