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How to use this page: Click on an area of Romans to reveal links and suggestions for pre and post learning.
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Romans – Gladiators. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Gladiators topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Learn about Roman gladiators using this vase.
Make a flip book animation using the images of the gladiators fighting on the vase.
Interactive web book about the journey from being a slave to becoming a gladiator.
Write a diary entry about being captured as a slave and then becoming a gladiator.
Learn about the colosseum and gladiators with Max in this comic
Create your own comic explaining what the colosseum was like
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Romans – Invasions and Rebellions. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key on the left. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Invasions and Rebellions topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
use this head of the Emperor Hadrian to find out more about him
Find out about some of the Emperors of Rome
Who's your favourite Emperor? Present a persuasive argument explaining your reasons why.
find out about the Roman invasion of Britain
Information about the Roman invasion of Britain
Use this website to research Romans in Britain
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Romans – Roman Forts and the Army. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key on the left. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Roman Forts and the Army topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Use this tombstone to find out about the Roman army
find out about life in the Roman army
Write a persuasive letter to a centurion asking if you can join the Roman army.
Find out what Roman soldiers wore using these games
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Romans – People and Culture. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key on the left. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your People and Culture topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Find out about wealthy Romans using this pepper pot
Find out about Roman games
Write a set of 'how to' instructions to play a Roman game.
Find out if the Romans introduced rabbits to Britain
Resources about the Roman numerals
Look at Roman mosaics and find out about them
Find out about Roman art
Create a fresco on a wall in your classroom.
Game to design a mosaic
A selection of Roman food recipes with videos
Make a Roman recipe. How would you make this Roman dish more appealing to people today? To follow up, children write a set of instructions about how they made their Roman recipe.
A file showing how to make 2000 year old bread
Learn how to cook like Roman watching this video
Here are some extra resources we have found for the topic of Romans – they don’t fit into any of our sub sections so we’ve created this extras section so we don’t miss them out.
Topic webs for science
Selection of video clips about the Romans
Find out about the Romans using these objects
Selection of classroom resources