Learning objective

  • To investigate the lives of Roman soldiers by examining artefacts found at Vindolanda.

Success criteria

  • I can explain why Hadrian’s Wall
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National curriculum

History

Pupils should: 

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Bingo – key vocabulary. Ask the children to divide their whiteboards into a 3×3 grid of nine boxes and write one of the keywords from the slide in each box. Some children could use the Activity: Key vocabulary bingo (see Adaptive teaching). 

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Resource: Bingo in the Recap and recall; could use the Resource: Artefacts word bank in the Main event; could focus on making observations about what the artefacts were used for.

Pupils working at greater depth 

Could consider the advantages of having written records from an event or time period; could create a museum guide for one of the artefacts using the Activity: Artefact guide.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining Vindolanda’s role in protecting the

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Vocabulary definitions

  • artefact

    An object made by a person that we can learn from.

  • border

    A division between two areas of land.

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