A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on The Roman Empire. Written for Year 4 (ages 8-9). Pick it up at lunchtime, teach it that afternoon - every lesson has a full teacher script, projectable slides, a pupil worksheet, and an exit quiz.
Driving question: How did one small Italian city build the greatest empire of the ancient world - and what did it leave us?

What’s included

• 6 x Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 x Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 x Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, ~22 slides each)
• 6 x Exit quizzes (single-page printable, with answer key)
• 1 x Knowledge Organiser (Word, 2-page A4 landscape)
• 1 x End-of-unit assessment with baseline + mark scheme
• 50+ original illustrations included throughout
• Curated kid-appropriate YouTube videos linked from each lesson’s slide deck

Curriculum links

• UK National Curriculum - KS2 History: The Roman Empire - a study of its rise, achievements and legacy (753 BC - AD 476)
• The founding of Rome (traditional date 753 BC) and the Roman Republic
• Rome’s conquest of the Mediterranean - the Punic Wars, Julius Caesar, Augustus and the Empire
• Daily life in Rome - city, family, slaves, baths, gladiators - and the long legacy of Rome today

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know the traditional founding date of Rome (753 BC) and the legend of Romulus and Remus
• Pupils know that the Roman REPUBLIC (founded 509 BC) was governed by two CONSULS, a SENATE, and citizen assemblies
• Pupils know about the PUNIC WARS (264-146 BC) - Rome’s wars against Carthage - and HANNIBAL crossing the Alps with elephants
• Pupils know about JULIUS CAESAR - his conquest of Gaul, crossing the Rubicon (49 BC), dictatorship, and assassination (44 BC)
• Pupils know that AUGUSTUS became the first Emperor in 27 BC, beginning 200 years of PAX ROMANA
• Pupils know about daily life in Rome - apartments, forums, public baths, gladiators in the Colosseum (built AD 80)
• Pupils know about POMPEII - buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, preserved almost intact
• Pupils know that the Western Roman Empire fell in AD 476 - but Rome’s legacy (language, law, alphabet, calendar, architecture) is still with us