PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY THE FIRST LESSON WILL BE DEMONSTRATED FULLY IN THIS SERIES OF LESSONS.

THERE ARE 21 SLIDES IN THIS POWER POINT - THE LESSON WILL BE SENT BY email.

Year 7 Australian Curriculum History - EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION LESSON

Rome

This lesson is an introduction to where humans were located at the beginning of history and the movement of humans in ancient times.

Skills covered in this lesson are:

Mapping Flow Chart of the movement of humans through history on a world map.Timeline of the development of the features and development of the ancient world.

The lesson preview is as follows:

  • Students will create a flow chart showing the timeline of ancient civilisations
  • Students fill out the table in workbook using the information on the power point to do so.
  • Using the world map in the workbook and the information on page 186 Big Ideas- draw a flow chart on the map to show the movement of people

The text used for all Humanities Lessons is Oxford Big Ideas Year 7 You can however adjust to your own prefered text.

There is a workbook available for this lesson - see below for details and to order go to workbooks in the webshop.

The contents of the workbook are as follows:

Ancient Civilisations

This workbook has several activities:

  • scaffold table - ancient civilisations timeline
  • world map flow chart - human movement
  • time line of ancient civilisations
  • Practice timeline on roman history
  • information on the ancient civilisation Sumer
  • notemaking scaffold for information sheet Sumer
  • picture-gram map of Sumer civilisation
  • worksheet on understanding centuries

(7 pages in this workbook- workbooks are paper and sent by mail)

ONLY THE TITLE PAGE AND PREVIEW OF LESSON ARE SHOWN IN THIS power point but 21 slides are in the total lesson.

Lesson 2 teaches students how to construct a Timeline.

No workbook is required to deliver this lesson.

Preview of lesson is: 

  • Using the information from the power point on progress of the ancient world fill the timeline. 
  • The timeline is on the main events for Ancient Rome after a practice timeline on students own life.
  •  Using the information in the workbook Key Features of ancient societies – students summarise

All lessons use the Oxford Text Big Ideas but you could use any text on timelines.

The complete lesson will be sent by email.

 

Lesson 3 - The Summarians PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY THE TITLE SLIDE AND THE PREVIEW OF THE LESSON IS USED AN EXAMPLE in THIS LESSON.

This lesson is a case study on an ancient culture the Sumarians. There are 14 slides in this lesson.

There is a workbook that goes with this powerpoint. (The workbook can be found in the webshop)

A film link has been embedded in the powerpoint on the culture.

Skills covered in this lesson are:

  • Map of the location on Sumer on the whiteboard (students have a copy in their workbook)
  • Mapping activity on Sumer – in workbook
  • Summary sheet on Sumer civilization – in workbook

Workbook Contents

Lesson 3 Case Study on the ancient culture The Sumarians.

The workbook on Summarians investigates their lifestyle, invention of writing, agriculture technology, primary sources and information about all facets of the culture.

Skills covered are: 

  • map reading
  • summarising scaffold 
  • Timeline analysis
  • identifying primary sources by answering questions

This lesson will be sent by email.

PLEASE NOTE ONLY THE FIRST THREE SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED

This lesson exposes students to the topic Primary and Secondary sources. A step by step introduction to sources.

No workbook for this lesson - all information and activities are on the slides - there are 18 slides in the powerpoint.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY THE FIRST 4 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED FOR THIS LESSON. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 24 SLIDES.

This lesson in about the eruption of Pompeii

The following is the outline of the lesson:

  • Power point on Pompeii
  • After the power point students create a news report on the eruption
  • Class vote on the best news report – guide given for assessment on slide
  • Students read the article 24-25th August AD 79 (in workbook) and complete the activities

 

There is workbook available for this lesson in the webshop under workbooks. Lesson 6 workbook - first page for the worksheet.

The power point will be sent by email.

ONLY THE FIRST 5 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED - THERE ARE 24 SLIDES IN THE TOTAL LESSON.

This lesson has photos of the Pompeii site, it has a film explaining the Pompeii volcanic eruption. It has photos of sources from the site.

There is a workbook with a large amount of source work and information on the eruption of Pompeii. You will find the workbook in the webshop for lesson 6.

The power point will be sent via email.

ONLY THE FIRST 5 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED - THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 17 SLIDES IN THE POWER POINT.

In this lesson students pretend they are historians and think like detectives as to how the Tollund man died. Its a fun lesson linked with Primary Resource work previously studied.

No workbook required for this lesson.

The powerpoint will be sent via email.

THE FIRST 6 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED - THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 30  Please note that the text book used in this lesson is Oxford big ideas Humanities and social sciences year 7

This lesson is a study of the physical attributes of the Roman Settlement. 

Skills covered are:

  • Mapping
  • differentiation worksheets
  • worksheet on geographic terms
  • word bank
  • word cloze
  • questions
  • thinking exercise on the best place for a settlement
  • atlas work

Any atlas will be suitable.

Lessons are sent via email.

There is a workbook for this lesson and can be found in the webshop.

 

 

 

The first 6 slides are demonstrate but there are a total of 30.

This lesson studies the The Foundations of Rome – and in particular the Legend of Romulus and Remus.

It has the following skills included:

  • comprehension sheet Mapping exercise
  • “The legend of Romulus and Remus
  •  Reading and activities including the making of a story board
  • Reading comprehension and crossword puzzle

There is a workbook available for Romulus and Remus Lesson.

—Oxford Big IDEAS Year 7  PAGE 344  has an example of – HISTORICAL STORYBOARD

The power point will be sent by email.

This lesson explains the different groups in Roman Society:

ONLY FIRST 10 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED THERE ARE 34 SLIDES ALTOGETHER

The lesson as the following:

  • Power point on the social structure
  • Activities on the different groups

 

There is a workbook that can be used with this lesson - Its workbook Lesson 10 - Key Groups

CONTENT IS AS FOLLOWS: 

The workbook has worksheets on the following:

  • PATRICIANS
  • Worksheet I workbook
  • PLEBIANS
  • Worksheet Other Key Groups I Roman Society
  • SLAVE WORKSHEETS – in workbook pages 23 onwards

 

The Oxford Big Ideas 7 text is used for this lesson and the following pages are referenced:

Key groups I Roman Society reference 346-347 Big Ideas – Worksheet Other Key Groups I Roman Society ref Big Ideas text 346 – 347   

Text is not essential for the lesson.

The Text referenced is Oxford Big Ideas Humanities and Social Sciences 7. 

The power point will be sent via email.

 

 

 

ONLY THE FIRST 7 SLIDES ARE SHOWN - THERE ARE 15 IN THIS POWER POINT.

This lesson is on Roman entertainment-Gladiators.

The lessons goal is to find information on gladiators and create a poster on one of the types.

  • You tube clip on Gladiators

Below is the reference pages for Oxford Big Ideas Humanities and social Science 7 

—Read Big Ideas text page 360-361 public entertainment

—Skill Drill Rich Task – page 314-315

The power point will be sent via email.

 

THE LAST 11 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED - THERE ARE 19 IN This lesson is on Everyday Life in ancient Rome and includes the following activities:

  • differentiation worksheet on How did beliefs, values and practices influence ancient Roman Society?
  • Word definitions: deity, paterfamilias, toga, auxiliaries
  • scaffolded summary shown on powerpoint 
  • Comparison table: Difference between boys and girls education
  • Men and Womens fashion activity 
  • Word bank 

 

Text Reference Oxford Big Ideas Humanities and social sciences 7

Big Ideas Text page 300-301  – religious beliefs Ancient Rome Lifestyles- every day life – Big Ideas page 302 

education and the difference between boys and girls- read page 303

Men and Womens fashion-  page 303

The power point will be sent via email.

Although a text is referenced here, if you do not have the text you can use your preferred text and edit the pages of text work slides.

 

ONLY THE TITLE AND THE LESSON PAIR SHARE SLIDE ARE DEMONSTRATED. THERE ARE 16 SLIDES IN TOTAL.

This lesson informs students about the housing in ancient Rome.

  • Students read information on the houses and complete activities.
  • They also watch a you tube clip on homes
  • 4W's and H summary of one of the clips

The powerpoint will be sent via email.

ONLY THE ACTIVITIES SECTION IS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS LESSON THERE ARE 20 SLIDES IN TOTAL

In this lesson on Ancient Roman Baths students are exposed to reading, some information sheets, you tube film and comprehension questions before completing a paragraph on Roman baths.

The powerpoint will be sent via email. If you do not have the text referenced here you can change the slides to another text.

—ONLY THE ACTIVITIES SECTION IS DEMONSTRATED - THERE IS 35 SLIDES IN TOTAL

The colosseum

This lesson is on the ancient Roman colosseum, students watch a you tube clip documentary and complete worksheets on the topic.

Text reference: Oxford big ideas 7

—Students read pages 308-309 and and answer questions

The powerpoint will be sent via email.

If you do not have the text quoted in the power point you can use your own class text, by changing the page numbers on the slide.

All slides can be edited.

 

 

 

THE FIRST 8 SLIDES ARE DEMONSTRATED - THE PRE-AMBLE

There are 29 slides in total and an embedded film on Spartacus.

This lesson is in preparation for a recount by students.The lesson guides the student step by step through this lesson.

They summarise a movie on Spartacus and read information sheets on the famous slave/gladiator.

The assessment and all necessary scaffolding and information sheets are in the Spartacus workbook. In the workbook section for year 7 history.

Skills covered are:

  • research
  • summarising a visual story
  • note making summarising written information 
  • creating a bibliography
  • Recount structure

The powerpoint for this lesson will be sent via email.