Download starter activity. Study the information about Roman

starter activity. Study the information about Roman
Emperors. You have 2 mins and then your teacher
will ask you 5 questions.
Julius Caesar was murdered by in
44BC. When August Caesar, Julius’
nephew caught his uncle’s murderer he
had his head cut off and thrown at the
feet of Caesar’s statue
The Emperor
Claudius, AD 41-54,
had his wife executed,
whilst Nero, AD 5468, tried to drown his
own mother.
Emperor Tiberius
ruled from AD14-37.
He would often
break the legs of
those who disobeyed
him.
The Emperor Caligula, AD
37-41, appointed his horse as a
Roman senator.
The Emperor
Eliogabalus, AD 218222, liked to collect
cobwebs
The Emperor
Honorius, 395-423,
kept a chicken as a pet
and called it ‘Rome’
The Emperor Antonius,
AD 138-61 died of eating
too much cheese.
Questions – you have 1 minute!
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What relation was Julius Caesar to Augustus
Caesar?
What did Tiberius do to those who disobeyed
him?
Who was ‘Rome’?
What do Tiberius, Claudius, Caligula and Nero
all have in common?
How did Antonius die?
Life in the countryside
 Learning objectives
To assess the extent to which life
improved in the countryside under the
Romans
To explain the importance of
Lullingstone Villa in Kent
 Your task
Read the information sheet
your teacher gives you.
1. Note down ways in which
the people of Britain would
have found out about
Claudius’ invasion in AD 43
2. What evidence is there that
farming improved under the
Romans?
Extension. If you were an
archaeologist, which evidence
would you use to assess the
extent to which British
people in the countryside
were influenced by the
Romans?
 Your task
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Everyone likes to complain and in Roman times
people often used to write their complaints as
graffiti on walls. Examples survive at Pompeii.
Make a list of complaints British people might
have made about the Romans. Your teacher will
give you a Post-It. Write you best example down
and stick it on the board. As a class decide
which you think was the most common debate.
 Your task
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Read p.34-5 of ‘Contrasts and
Connections’. Make a list of evidence
of the growing wealth of the owners
of Lullingstone Villa.
Lullingstone Villa was excavated by
Geoffrey Meates after WWII.
Imagine you are making a property
programme for TV. Create a 1
minute programme which shows
potential buyers looking round the
villa as Roman ‘Phil’ and ‘Kirsty’
show them round and try to
convince them to buy.
Needs improving
Includes
references to
some, not all, the
phases of
construction.
Satisfactory
WOW factor!
Refers to most if not
all of the rooms.
Includes a full and
detailed description of the
different rooms
Includes references to
a range of artefacts,
Includes detailed
e.g. mosaics, pottery,
descriptions of key
Refers to a limited sculpture
artefacts using technical
number of
vocabulary
artefacts found at Meets the 1 minute
the site
timeframe but
Presenters speak within
presentation skills
confidence and clarity and
need developing, e.g. the documentary meets
clarity & confidence
the 1 minute deadline
of presenters
 Extension task
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Conduct some research into Pompeii. Find out
about the history of the site and then in your book
jot down examples of some of the graffiti
archaeologists have found there.
 Homework
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A Roman wag is looking to buy an expensive
Roman villa in Kent. Imagine you have been
asked to produce an estate agent’s brochure on
Lullingstone Villa. Use your notes and your own
research to explain why the property would be so
desirable to a prospective Roman buyer in the
fourth century AD.
 Plenary
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Explain these words:
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Triumph
Villa
Mosaics
3 ways in which life improved in the countryside
under the Romans
3 typical complaints about Roman occupation
Evidence of growing prosperity at Lullingstone
At which phase of construction would you
have liked to live at Lullingstone?