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History at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3/4)

Unit 6A: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study

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Objectives

Section 1: Why do people move away from where they were born?
Children should learn:
  • to relate their own experience to the concept of settlement
  • to recognise that people have been moving between different areas for a long time, and that some reasons for moving were the same as those of people alive today

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Section 2: Who invaded and settled in Britain a long time ago?
Children should learn:
  • to use the terms 'invade' and 'settle'
  • to place the Celtic and Roman periods in a chronological framework
  • to recognise characteristics that place Celts and Romans as having lived a long time ago in the past
  • that Romans invaded Britain and that the period of conquest was followed by a period of settlement

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Section 3: Who were the Celts and who were the Romans?
Children should learn:
  • to select and record information about Celtic and Roman ways of life
  • to make comparisons between these lifestyles
  • about aspects of life in Celtic and Roman Britain, using a variety of resources

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Section 4: Who was Boudica?
Children should learn:
  • that sources about Boudica contradict each other
  • that there are different opinions about Boudica

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Section 5: What happened in AD 60?
Children should learn:
  • the main events in Boudica's revolt
  • the reason for the revolt
  • that there are different interpretations of the revolt

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Section 6: What were the short-term and long-term results of Boudica's revolt?
Children should learn:
  • about the results of Boudica's revolt
  • to appreciate that people have points of view about events in the past

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Section 7: How did the Romans change Britain when they settled here?
Children should learn:
  • about evidence that tells us about life in Roman Britain
  • ask and answer questions about what survived from the Roman settlement of Britain

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Sections in this unit

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1. Why do people move away from where they were born?
2. Who invaded and settled in Britain a long time ago?
3. Who were the Celts and who were the Romans?
4. Who was Boudica?
5. What happened in AD 60?
6. What were the short-term and long-term results of Boudica's revolt?
7. How did the Romans change Britain when they settled here?