History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Daily Life in a Roman Town
Describe daily life in a Roman town — the forum (marketplace and meeting place), public baths, amphitheatre, and villas — and explain that the Romans were brilliant engineers who built straight roads, aqueducts to carry water, underfloor heating (hypocaust), and Hadrian's Wall to mark the empire's northern frontier in Britain
Quick check
If your family visited Roman ruins like a bathhouse or Hadrian's Wall, could the learner explain what they were used for and how the Romans built them?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Describe at least three features of a Roman town such as forum, baths, or amphitheatre
- Explain what an aqueduct was and why the Romans built them
- Describe Hadrian's Wall and say why it was built
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
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1 topicAncient Greece & Rome // Ages 7 to 9
Roman towns and engineering build on Roman army and invasion context
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Daily Life in a Roman Town
Ages 7 to 9 // Concept
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3 topics- Roman Republic and EmpireRequired
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 9 to 11
Republic-to-Empire needs Roman society context from 7-9
- Greek and Roman ArchitectureRequired
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 9 to 11
Roman engineering from 7-9 is prerequisite for analysing Roman architectural innovations
- Gladiators & PompeiiHelpful
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 7 to 9
Gladiators and Pompeii extend Roman daily life and engineering topics
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