Emperors and Empires

Year 3

Unit Overview

In the Emperors and Empires project, your child will learn about the growth and decline of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They will discover the absolute power of the Roman emperors and study the hierarchies of Roman society and the Roman army. They will study the first invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC and the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. They will learn about Boudicca’s rebellion, Hadrian’s Wall and the Romanisation of Britain, including how Christianity came to Britain and investigate the legacy of Roman Britain in their local area. 

MEMORABLE MOMENT

Visit to a Roman place of interest.

️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Writing using the Roman alphabet and Roman numbers.

🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

In this unit of work we will explore our school grounds and imagine what life would've been like during the Romanisation of Britain.  We will recreate marching formations by Roman soldiers.

Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions

APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF UNIT: 20 hours

🏁 BIG FINISH

Let's debate- would we like to live in Ancient Rome?

📖 FOCUS TEXT(S) 

The class will be reading Boudica's Army by Hilary McKay