ROMANS IDEA 1 - WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW?

Here is the first video in a new series looking at creative ways to enhance learning around Ancient Rome.

As always, these ideas are not to be followed as a scheme of work but showcase the power of creative technology to enhance a topic to make learning more empowering and accessible.

In this first idea, we look at collating anything we already know about this topic.

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ROMANS IDEA 2 - CREATING A KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

Here is the next idea in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, we explore creating our own knowledge organiser that can be created at the start of the topic or added to throughout the topic.

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Romans Idea 3 - Interactive Roman Timeline

Here is another creative way to enhance your Roman topic. In this video, we look at creating an interactive timeline to share our knowledge and understanding of key events in Ancient Rome.

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ROMANS IDEA 4 - ROMELUS AND REMUS

​Here is the next video in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, children learn about the story of how Rome was founded and then create their own cartoon to tell the story in their own words.

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ROMANS IDEA 5 - LEARNING ABOUT ROME IN VR

Here is the next idea in the series linked to Ancient Rome. To deepen our knowledge and understanding about Ancient Rome, we can use VR and AR experiences to immerse ourselves and take a step back in time to explore Ancient Rome.

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ROMANS IDEA 6 - LEARNING ABOUT ROME WITH MOZAIK 3D

Here's another great consumer tool to use to further explore Ancient Rome. Mozaik 3D allows pupils to explore interactive 3D experiences. With over 1000 experiences to choose from, this video looks at some that link to Ancient Rome.

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ROMANS IDEA 7 - ROMAN SOCIETY

Here is the next video in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, children can demonstrate their understanding the class system in Rome by speaking in role as different members of the Roman Society.

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ROMANS IDEA 8 - GLADIATOR REPORTS

In this next video in the series linked to Ancient Rome we create video similar to the Horrible Histories News Reports. Children can script and then perform their own Sky Sports Style reports on the events inside the Colosseum.

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ROMANS IDEA 9 - ROMAN EMPIRE

Here is the next video in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, children create little animations to demonstrate how to Roman Empire grew.

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ROMANS IDEA 10 - INTERVIEWING JULIUS CAESAR

Here is the next video in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, we look at Julius Caesar. Pupils can then share everything they know about his life and how he invaded Britain by bringing him to life.

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ROMANS IDEA 11 - JOIN THE ROMAN ARMY

Here is the next video in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, we demonstrate our knowledge and understanding about the Roman Army by creating a recruitment advert to convince others to join.

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ROMANS IDEA 12 - BECOMING A ROMAN SOLDIER

In this video linked to Ancient Rome, pupils become Roman Soldiers! Once they have created their images, they can label all the different features of a Roman Soldier's outfit.

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ROMANS IDEA 13 - PROTOTYPING OUR OWN ROMAN SOLDIER APP

​In this next video linked to Ancient Rome, we build on from the previous video to prototype our own app. This is an advanced idea but one that brings in so many elements of the computing curriculum, including lots of computational thinking.

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ROMANS IDEA 14 - BOUDICCA FREEZE FRAMES

​Here is the next idea in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, we look at Boudicca's Rebellion. Children choose six key parts of the story and create their own digital pictures to represent that part of the story. This will be made into a comic in the next video.

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ROMANS IDEA 15 - CREATING A BOUDICCA COMIC

Here is the next idea in the series linked to Ancient Rome. Building on from the previous video, children use their pictures to create an interactive comic telling the story of Boudicca's Rebellion.

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ROMANS IDEA 16 - ROMAN ROADS

 Here is the next idea in the series linked to Ancient Rome. In this video, children learn about how Romans built roads in Britain and demonstrate that understanding by labelling the different parts of a Roman road.

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ROMANS IDEA 17 - ROMAN ROADS MAP

In this next idea in the series linked to Ancient Rome, we continue to look at Roman Roads. In this idea, learners can create a map of the UK adding in all the famous Roman Roads and even discuss why these were built.

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ROMANS IDEA 18 - ROMAN LIFE PLAYS

Here is another creative idea for your Ancient Rome topic. In this idea, children can learn about other aspects of Roman life by creating their own plays.

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DR CHIPS' SCRATCH PROJECTS - THE ROMANS ANIMATION

In this video, Dr Chips looks at how Scratch can be used in a more cross-curricular way with this example linked to The Romans.

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