The Roman Empire Teaching Unit

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One unit, two resources

This Premium Unit provides a panoramic overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It contains two resources:

It contains two resources:

a slide show, and
a sequence of map pages.

These enable two different approaches to using the unit with your students – for a whole-class presentation or for student project work.

1. Slide Show

The slide show is designed to engage students with attractive, high resolution maps for projection onto a large screen. This makes it ideal for use as a whole-class presentation.

It is accompanied by an informative teacher’s commentary, to aid in covering the different points of interest on each map.

The slide show can also be used in student project work, and a student commentary is included.

2. Map Pages

The map pages contain a sequence of map for use in students’ project work.

No commentary is required as each map is accompanied by information covering the period with which it deals.

Teachers notes are provided. These include suggested classroom strategies and student activities, for teachers to use or adapt as they see fit.

Flexible use

Both these resources – the slide show and the sequence of map pages – can be slotted in wherever the teacher wishes. For example, they can be used as an introduction to this era of world history, or in a “wrap up” session; or they can be used as the primary “textbook” resources for studying the topics.

Learning outcomes

On completing this unit, students should have a broad understanding of the history of the Roman Empire, including:

The transition from the period of the kings to the early Republic in c. 500 BCE;

The “Conflict of the Orders” and its resolution;

The Roman conquest of Italy in the fifth, fourth and early third centuries;

The series of great wars with Rome’s great rival, Carthage;

The conquest of the Mediterranean lands in the second century BCE;

The deteriorating social and political situation in Rome and Italy, which led to…

The civil wars which tore the Roman Republic apart in the first century BCE;

The further expansion of Rome’s territory during these troubled times, including Caesar’s conquest of Gaul;

The transition from Republic to Empire;

The Pax Romana of the early Empire in the first and second centuries CE;

The Third Century Crisis, in which the empire almost fell apart;

The Later Roman Empire in the fourth century CE and the triumph off Christianity under Constantine; and

The fall of the Roman Empire in the West in the fifth century CE.

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