Page 8 - FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE: THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

History Year 3 and Year 4

IDEAS FOR CREATIVE WRITING LESSONS

1. Preparing for an invasion
2. Being part of Claudius’ army as it invaded Britain.
3. My life as a road-builder

4. Reporting on the Christmas story
5. Reporting on the Easter story
6. My Roman scroll
7. Life in a Roman villa

8. Going to a Roman school
9. The best banquet!
10. My life as a Roman slave

IDEAS FOR ART AND CRAFT / CDT

1. Mosaics - Cut up birthday cards or Christmas cards to create
mosaics
- Use coloured paper to create mosaic pictures

2. Stencils - Children could create and cut their own stencils of
Roman life

3. Paintings - Countryside scenes with Roman roads
- Roman soldiers, Romans dressed in togas

- Villas, temples, armour, amphitheatres, etc

4. Pottery - Make clay plates and goblets for the banquet

5. Sketching - Variety of people and scenes in Roman Britain

6. Design and make a Roman villa

7. Design and make a Roman war machine eg ballista

8. Design a Roman lady’s dress

9. Design and make a crown to represent the Kingdom of God

(Romans)
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