Year
Date:
Due Date:
Creative
curriculum
4
10.03.17
29.03.17 (Wednesday)
Creative Homework
Roman Britain Timeline Board Game
Make your own board game!
Theme: Roman Britain timeline
Size: Minimum A3
Colour: Colour (e.g. felt tips and/or card, coloured paper)
Please see project advice below.
Any questions/help needed, please see Miss Hagan.
Print outs are available on request.
FINAL HAND IN DATE: WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH
Reading/
Reading
Eggs
Maths
Please ensure your child reads aloud daily for 10-20 mins a
day.
A weekly log sheet will be sent home next week.
This needs to be completed.
1.
Please complete two sessions of live Mathletics (20mins) per
week.
Practise : Times tables and division
IMPORTANT: Telling the time (digital and analogue)
Additional
information
Parent
signature:
Please remember:
P.E Kit – Swimming Kit – Recorders on Wednesdays
Roman Britain Board Game (timeline)
Create your own board game! Style: The Roman timeline
Please include:
 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(dates and key events – include a minimum of 8)
E.g. START – Rome is built ------- --- Emperors--------Roman rule spreads ----- Roman invasion
fails!----------etc-----------etc--------------until------ The Roman empire collapses.
Example styles:
What you need to do:
Board game requirements:
 Minimum size : A3 (2 x A4 sheets)
 Roman timeline
(minimum 8 events)
 Use colour e.g. felt tips(not just black and
white)
 Die/dice
How to do it:
Tips: “Research Roman Britain Timeline”
(Roughly suggested times)
Step 1: Research Roman timeline (30 mins)
Step 2. List timeline dates (15 mins)
Step 3. Choose your key event + action (see below)
(20mins)
Step 4. Add any Roman soldier mishaps or triumphs
(10mins)
Step 5. Draw it – decide how many squares you’ll
need (20mins)
(Include 1-3 blank squares between events!)
Step 6: Make your board! E.g. card, cardboard,
coloured paper, felt tips, etc.
Step 7: Have fun playing!
Example board: (You’ll need more
squares than this!)
500 BC
753 BC
Rome is built
Move 1 space
forward!
Kings no more!
55 BC
Move 1 space
forward!
Romans invade
Britain 1 – fails!
Miss a turn
Example: MY IDEAS :
1
.
753 BC
Rome is built
move 1 space
forward
509 BC
Kings no more –
Rome is ruled by senators
move 1 space
forward
……….BC Romans invade
Britain – and fail!
move …. spaces back
12 month calendar!
Plan your board game:
Remember the Romans!
Which events will you choose?
Year:
753 BC
Year:
509BC
(8 minimum)
Rome is built
Kings don’t rule Rome anymore.
Rome is ruled by senators.
Action:
E.g. move 1 space forward
move 1 space forward
Key events: some hints!
(use your own words)
START!
Start
1. Romulus and Remus (legend)
Rome built
……..BC
2. No more kings (Rome is ruled by
emperors)
………BC
3. Romans’ powerful rule spreads beyond
Italy ……..BC
Julius Caesar attempts to invade…………….. (and
fails) ………..BC
………………… becomes ruler of Rome ……….BC
…………………….is murdered
…………BC
Ad 1 – Birth of Jesus Christ
Romans invade……………………
………..AD
………….......... rebels!...........AD
Emperor………….builds……………….. Wall ….AD
…………………………………………..200 AD
20 Roman emperors ………................... ……..AD
…………Romans ……………….Britain
The Roman empire collapses
……..AD
……..AD
E.g Move 1 space forward
Move 1 space forward
E.g. Move back 2 spaces / miss a turn
Include Roman soldier triumphs and mishaps!
E.g. You lose your sandal – move back 1 space
e.g. Someone steals your clothes at the baths – move back 1 space
E.g You build a…………………… – move forward 2 spaces
Sponge on a stick! (decide action)
A letter from home
Bring Me Another!
10 lashes – miss a turn
p.s You can include fact cards to go with key events if you wish!
An example board template: