Lesson One – Timeline Mosaics

This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and sequence some of the main events that occurred in Roman history in the past including their matching chronological dates.
The class can select and model a significant event from Roman History to illustrate by creating artwork showing an example mosaic detailing characters and actions.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and sequence some of the main events that occurred in Roman history in the past including their matching chronological dates
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters showing examples of different Roman mosaics to describe life in the Roman Empire in the past and a set of cards to identify and sequence the main events in Roman history according to their chronological dates.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to sequence some of the main events that occurred in Roman history in the past including their chronological dates.
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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