Lesson Six – Romans in Britain
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to compose and write diary entries to describe some of the different ways that the Romans invaded and settled in Britain in the past.
The class can identify and record reasons as to why the Romans chose to invade Britain in the past by writing in character connected to one of the historical events.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to compose and write diary entries to describe some of the different ways that the Romans invaded and settled in Britain in the past
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe reasons for and the effect of the Roman invasion of Britain and a template to write a letter in character about the reasons as to why the Romans invaded Britain in the past.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write diary entries to describe how the Romans invaded and settled in Britain.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to investigate some of the reasons for the growth of the Roman Empire in the past and why the Romans invaded ancient Britain. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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