Page 13 - FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE: THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

History Year 3 and Year 4

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ROAD-BUILDING

Truth to Teach

 Development of the Roman Empire though road-building

 Stages in the building of Roman roads

 Famous Roman roads, towns and cities in Britain

 Provision of roads for the spread of Christianity

Way to Work

1. Review the previous lessons through question and answer.

2. Let the children try to imagine what Britain would have been like before
the Romans arrived. Ask questions:-

a) What would the homes have been like?
b) How would people have travelled about?
c) Would there have been any roads?

d) Would there have been large towns and cities?

3. Before the lesson dress up some children in tunics as Roman road-

builders. Give them groma-like instruments (see picture 1 on the
worksheet) with buckets of stones and some spades. Let them enter the
room and begin creating a short section of road on a piece of
cloth/polythene. Alternatively, build a stretch of road outside. Follow the

pictures on the worksheets as closely as possible.

4. Have cards with more information about Roman roads hidden around the

classroom for the children to find to help them to complete their
worksheet. Less able children could sit at their desks and pull the
answers from a box.

5. Gather at the end of the lesson to review and talk about the importance
of the roads for the spread of Christianity.

Learning for Life

The children will have learnt more factual information about Roman Britain but
will also begin to appreciate the timing of God in sending Jesus to earth at this

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