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LKS2 Topic: The Romans in Britain Block H: Roman Buildings and Engineering What buildings did the Romans build and for what purposes? How did they solve practical engineering problems such as providing enough water for their towns and cities, and enabling the army to get from A to B. Study Roman roads, buildings and aqueducts. Build models, carry out scientific tests and make a presentation of discoveries.

Block H: Roman Buildings Main Outcomes: History and Engineering Other outcomes: D&T, Science and Geography [6 sessions] By the end of this block  Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of children will achieve the sources. following outcomes:  Learn about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.  Select from and use a wide range of tools and equipment accurately to perform practical tasks.  Select and use a wide range of materials and components … according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.  Set up simple, practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.  Use results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions.  Develop use of geographical knowledge, understanding and skills to enhance locational and place knowledge.  Name and locate counties and cities of the UK. Session 1 History and D&T  Know about Roman building style and use of columns, pediments, colonnades, Roman Architecture etc. Chn study the types and  Make a model of Roman building including authentic looking architectural architecture of Roman features. buildings, including the use of columns, pediments, colonnades, etc. They make a model Roman building. Session 2 History and Science  Learn to measure accurately, fold and join a series of hollow paper columns. Testing the strength of  Understand the outcome of the test and record the results. columns  Conduct a fair test to find which 3D shape makes the strongest column. Continuing to look at aspects of Roman architectural style, chn consider the varieties of 3D shape which can be used to hold up the weight of a roof and further stories. They conduct a fair scientific test.

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Resources

Session 1 Provided: PowerPoint of Roman Columns. You will need: 3 or 4 cylinders (one from your 3D shape collection and some from everyday packaging, e.g. a can of soup, a tube of crisps, a kitchen roll); A large range of assorted cardboard packaging, e.g. cereal packets, chocolate boxes, cartons (lots of shapes and sizes); Large sheets of card; Some triangular “pediments” of different sizes, cut from thick cardboard boxes (with a craft knife) prior to the lesson (see slide 7); PVA glue and glue spreaders; Plenty of A4 and A5 paper for columns; Glue sticks; Pencils; Rulers; Right angle triangles of thin card to strengthen pediments (see slide 8); Acrylic paint in pale stone colours; Thick brushes.

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Session 2 Provided: PowerPoint of Instructions on making columns. You will need: 3 or 4 cylinders (one from your 3D shape collection and some from everyday packaging); A box of 3D shapes including a number of prisms (triangular, cuboid, pentagonal, hexagonal, octagonal); Plenty of A4 paper; Glue sticks; Sharp pencils; Rulers; Flip chart; Pens; Calculators; A large number of each of the following metric weights; 100g, 200g, 500g and 1kg.

Session 3 Provided: PowerPoint on Roman Arches; Worksheet - 1 per child. You will need: Sheets of A3 card (or thick paper, e.g. sugar paper); A large number of books (to make columns); Small play people (or other non-standard unit of weight, e.g. multilink).

Session 4 Provided: PowerPoint presentation on Roman Roads; Outline map of England printed on A3 (1 per child in medium/ hard group); Task prompt sheet (top part easy group, lower part medium/ hard group). You will need: Atlases/ road maps of Britain; A3 Printed road map of Britain showing major towns and cities (photocopy this from Atlas/road map to A3 size (1 per child in easy group)); Highlighter pens; Pens; Rulers; Flip chart with pens; Individual whiteboards and pens.

Session 5 Provided: PowerPoint on Roman Aqueducts; Questions for research printed and cut. You will need: A long cardboard tube (can be made with a rolled sheet of A1 paper held with a rubber band) and a marble; 2 large cardboard boxes with the fronts cut away (see PowerPoint); 8-10 strips of card 40cm x 10cm (for the arches); Other white card strips; 16-20 small cardboard rolls (see PowerPoint) and an equal number of paper rectangles to cover them; Pencils; Rulers; PVA glue with spreaders; Paper; Pens; Colouring pencils; Access to computers (or printouts of web pages); Reference books.

Session 6 Provided: PowerPoint on Famous Roman Aqueducts; Task prompt sheet. You will need: Half-finished class model aqueduct; Acrylic paints; PVA glue; Brushes; Mixing pallets; Pencils; Rulers; Coloured crayons; Kitchen roll and Cling film; 2 strips of thin card 10cm wide as long as the aqueduct (or several shorter strips that together make up the length with a 2cm overlap for each join); A4 card; Pens; Access to computers and the internet (or reference books and printouts).

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