Social Science - Ancient Romans and Rome

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all well and managing to entertain yourselves during quarantine!

This week is all about Ancient Rome and the Romans! Have you ever studied this? There are a lot of interesting things to learn about the Romans. Today we are going to see what the Roman Empire was like hundreds of years ago and what it was like to be a Roman soldier.

WELCOME TO ANCIENT ROME

To get started, watch this video to learn about the Roman Empire - when it began, what society was like and what the Romans did until the year the empire ended. Once you have watched it, answer the questions below. You can watch the video as many times as you like, being careful to listen out for the answers!

Now watch it again once you have read the following questions:

Answers:

1.   They were brothers

2.  The politicians make the decisions

3.  It began about 2 thousand years ago

4.  The emperor

5.  You can have any 3 of these – Greece, Egypt, Syria, France, Germany, Spain and Britannia (England)

6.  Patricians (nobles)

7.  True

8.  They were called legionaries

9.  Yes, they went to school
10 . The Germans invaded Rome in the 5^th century

This is a colour by number task but with a twist. The numbers are in roman numerals which is the way that the Romans used to write their numbers. You have to find which symbol means which number using the chart below and then choose which drawing you would like to colour in, or do all 3!

    

Using the labelled picture below to help you, complete the following short exercises.

  

Here are the exercises:

Now 5th and 6th grade, you can try and do this reading comprehension. Read the text about what clothes the Romans wore and what food they ate and answer the following questions to see how much you have learned.

Here are the questions. After you have answered all the questions, use the answers to see how many you got correct!

Well done and hope you all have a good week!