Roman baths (KS1 or KS2)

KS1 Roman baths resources (120 KB)
Roman baths teachers notes (210 KB)
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The lessons described here were part of a unit focussing on enactive learning - learning by doing. So, for example, the children handled Roman artefacts, built a Roman road, and created Roman baths and a Roman market. They loved it. Parents reported that all their children talked about was the Romans, and were amazed at how much they knew about Roman life.

The account tells how we recreated a Roman bath house in the Reception/Year 1 classroom during a ten-week unit learning about the Romans, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

This lesson does need careful preparation and consultation about what you propose to do. What is acceptable at KS1 may not be so at KS2.

The main teaching approaches were: historical role play, a visit to the Victorian baths, comparing bathing now and then, and scientific investigation. See also Roman market and Build a Roman road

by Jacqui Dean