Summary
This lesson plan seeks to help students:
Understand how archaeologists and historians investigate the past and construct historical claims.
Know some language for talking about the passing of time and events that have already happened, even if used inaccurately. (before, yesterday, last week, last year).
Gain a wider understanding of the Roman life and society, and to understand how Romans socialised and interacted.
Come together and socialise through play, and develop their social skills.
How to use the lesson plan
Supplementary resources have been provided which may be used in class to better situate the content with students
The ‘Further Reading’ section provides references to academic research from Dr Tim Penn at the University of Reading. You can use this to develop your own knowledge or your teaching materials
This lesson plan is for a scheme of work lasting 1 week or 1 lesson
Key topics to be covered and knowledge achieved by the end of the session are outlined
Evaluation
For teachers
We are keen to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of these resources as they are used by teachers in schools. You can scan the QR code on the final page of this resource which will take you to a short post-survey. We encourage you to be as open and honest as possible as this will enable us to better develop the materials. All data will be anonymised prior to analysis. If you do not feel comfortable answering the survey, or prefer to give feedback in a different way, please contact Stephanie Mitchell (s.mitchell@reading.ac.uk).