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Hello, everyone.
How are you today?
I hope you're feeling really good.
My name is Ms. Afzal, and I'll be your teacher for this lesson.
I'm feeling particularly pleased about this because it's such an interesting topic we'll be getting into today.
We'll be looking at Britain at the end of Roman rule.
That's the title of our lesson.
Wonder if you know much about this topic.
Don't worry if you do or not.
We'll be getting into it today.
Our lesson comes from the unit of work, Britain's Settlement by Anglo-Saxons, What Changed After The Romans Left?
So if you're ready to get into this topic, Britain At The End of Roman Rule, if you have some energy, focus and enthusiasm, we'll begin our lesson now.
The outcome for today's lesson is I can describe the different groups that lived in the British Isles at the end of Roman rule in Britain.
I hope that sounds interesting to you.
We have some keywords in our lesson, and I'd like us to go through them one at a time saying them out loud.
My turn, your turn.
Hadrian's Wall.
Frontier.
Romanization.
Romano-British.
Good to hear those keywords out loud.
Let's find out what they mean.
Hadrian's Wall was a long wall the Romans built in the north of England to defend it from Celtic tribes.
Frontier.
A frontier is the edge of a place where people live or the border of a state or an empire's land.
Romanization is when people started living and acting like the Romans did.
And Romano-British culture is a mix of Roman and old British ways of living.
These are our keywords.
Hadrian's Wall, frontier, Romanization and Romano-British.
Also, and share with someone, had you heard of any of these words before?
Did you already have an idea about any of their meanings?
Pause here while you share about this.
Thanks for sharing.
Let's be on the lookout for these keywords.
Let's listen out for them and let's think carefully about them.
They will all be coming up in our lesson today.
Today's lesson is called Britain at the End of Roman Rule, and it has three learning cycles, the last attacks on Roman Britain, the departure of the Romans and Romano-British culture.
Let's begin by exploring the last attacks on Roman Britain.
In 367 CE, the Scots from Ireland and the Picts from Scotland came together to attack Roman Britain, but they were defeated in battles by the Romans.
Here we can see an illustration of the Scots and the Picts fighting the Romans.
Pause here and share with someone some detail that you've spotted in this illustration of the Scots and the Picts fighting the Romans.
Thanks for sharing.
I have a relative that's very interested in the the Picts and loves finding out more about them.
It's so wonderful when we get really fascinated by a period of history.
Let's have a check for understanding.
Which two groups of people came together to attack Roman Britain in 367?
Choose from this selection.
A, the ancient Greeks, B, Picts, C, Romans, D Scots.
Pause here while you decide which two groups of people came together to attack Roman Britain in 367 CE.
Well done if you selected answer B, the Picts, and D, the Scots.
These were the two groups of people who came together to attack Roman Britain in 367 CE.
The Romans managed to keep control of Britain because they had much better weapons and tactics than the Scots and Picts.
These two Celtic tribes had not fought against the Romans together before, so were not as experienced or skilled enough to win.
Let's have a check for understanding.
True or false?
The Picts and Scots defeated the Romans in 367 CE.
Pause here while you decide, is this statement true or false?
Well done if you selected false.
And now I'd like you to say a little more about your answer.
Pause here while you do this.
Thanks for explaining your earlier answer.
Perhaps you said something like this.
The Romans defeated the Picts in Scots and kept control of Britain.
And now it's time for your first task.
I would like you to write one sentence to explain why the Romans were able to defeat the Picts and Scots even though they had two armies and the Romans only had one.
So pause here while you have a go at this task, writing your sentence of explanation.
It's good to be back with you.
How did you get on with that task of writing one sentence to explain why the Romans were able to defeat the Picts and Scots even though they had two armies and the Romans only had one?
Your answer might look something like this.
The Romans were able to defeat the Picts and the Scots because they had better weapons and tactics and the two tribes had not fought together against the Romans before.
Well done if you had an answer like this.
Well done for having a go at this task.
And now we're onto our next learning cycle, the departure of the Romans.
Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans to protect its northern frontier, the furthest point north that the Roman Empire stretched in Britain.
It marked the border between Roman-controlled Britain and the land of the Celtic tribes further north.
And here we can see a photo of the remains of Hadrian's Wall.
Looks like a really interesting place to visit.
I would like to go there one day.
Let's have a check for understanding.
What was Hadrian's Wall built to defend?
Choose from this selection.
A, the Roman city of London, B, the northern frontier of Roman Britain, C, the home of an important Roman called Hadrian.
Pause here while you decide, what was Hadrian's Wall built to defend?
Well done if you selected answer B, the northern frontier of Roman Britain.
This is what Hadrian's Wall was built to defend.
in 401 CE, 200 years after Hadrian's Wall had been built, the Roman soldiers left the wall because they were needed to deal with problems elsewhere in the empire.
Let's have a check for understanding.
Why did the Roman soldiers leave Hadrian's Wall?
Choose from this selection.
A, they were defeated in battle by the Scots and Picts, B, they were needed elsewhere in the Roman Empire, C, they thought the wall would be enough to stop attackers.
Pause here while you decide why the Roman soldiers left Hadrian's Wall.
Well done if you selected statement B.
Indeed they were needed elsewhere in the Roman Empire.
This is why the Roman soldiers left Hadrian's Wall.
And now it's time for your next task.
I would like you to answer the following questions.
One, why did the Romans build Hadrian's Wall?
Two, when did the Roman soldiers leave Hadrian's Wall?
Three, why did the Roman soldiers leave Hadrian's Wall?
And you might want to use these words to help you, empire, Hadrian's Wall and frontier.
So pause here while you answered these questions and using the words given to help you.
Enjoy your task and I'll see you when you're finished answering your questions about Hadrian's Wall.
It is good to be back with you.
How did he get on with answering those questions about Hadrian's Wall?
Your answers to the questions might look something like this.
One, the Romans built Hadrian's Wall to protect its northern frontier.
Two, the Roman soldiers left Hadrian's Wall in 401 CE.
Three, they left because they were needed to deal with problems elsewhere in the empire.
Well done if you answered these questions about Hadrian's Wall in this way.
Well done for having a go at this task.
And now we're onto our final learning cycle, Romano-British culture.
Much of Southeast England and the Midlands experienced Romanization and developed Romano-British culture.
Places like Wales, north and Southwest England were less influenced by the Romans.
Pause here and share with someone, can you remember what Romanization means?
It's one of our keywords.
Thanks for sharing.
Perhaps you said something like this.
Romanization is when people started acting and living like the Romans did.
Here on the left we can see a drawing of Roman Leicester.
And on the right we can see a photo of Bryn Eryr Celtic Village, Wales.
Pause here and share with someone any details you notice about either the drawing of Roman Leicester or the photo of Bryn Eryr Celtic Village, Wales.
Thanks for sharing what you noticed.
Let's have a check for understanding.
Which two areas of England developed Romano-British culture?
Choose from the following.
A, Wales, B, the Midlands, C, Northwest England, D, Southeast England.
Pause here while you decide which two areas of England developed Romano-British culture.
Well done if you selected B, the Midlands, and D, Southeast England.
These two areas of England developed Romano-British culture.
Some parts of Romano-British culture can still be seen today.
The words forum, circus and street come from or were influenced by the Roman language.
And here we can see a photo of the Roman Baths in Baths, Somerset.
Romano-British mosaics mixed the Roman style of art with local designs and stories.
Wealthy Romans lived in Roman style villas, which were built with materials from Britain.
Let's have a check for understanding.
Match the keywords below to the correct definitions.
Here are a keywords, Romanization and Romano-British, and the definitions.
When people started living and acting like the Romans did, a mix of Roman and old British ways of living.
So pause here while you match the keywords to the correct definitions.
Romanization is when people started living and acting like the Roman did, and Romano-British is a mix of Roman and old British ways of living.
Well done if you matched the keywords to the definitions in this way.
The main tribe in Ireland were the Scots.
They were seafarers who used their boats for trading or raiding.
And then we see a map of Britain in 383 to 410 CE.
In southwest England, the main tribe was the Dumnonii, who were skilled in farming and mining.
And there we can see it on the map, Ireland where the main tribe were the Scots and southwest England, where the main tribe where the Dumnonii.
Let's have a check for understanding.
True or false?
After Roman rule, everywhere in Britain had a Romano-British culture.
Pause here while you decide, is this statement true or false?
Well done if you selected false.
And now I'd like you to say a little more about your answer.
Pause here while you do this.
Perhaps you said something like this.
People in Scotland, Ireland and the southwest of England were less influenced by Romanization.
And now it's time for your next task.
I would like you to add a sentence to describe each group shown on the map that lived in the British Isles at the end of Roman rule in Britain.
So we have the Picts in Scotland, the Scots in Ireland, the Dumnonii tribe in the southwest of England and the Romano-British in the southeast of England.
So pause here while you add a sentence to describe each of these groups that lived in the British Isles at the end of Roman rule in Britain.
Enjoy your task and I'll see you when you're finished.
It's good to be back with you.
How did he get on with that task of annotating your map to add a sentence about each of the groups that lived at the end of Roman rule in Britain?
Your annotated map might look something like this.
Scots were seafarers who used their boats for trading or raiding.
The Dumnonii were skilled in farming and mining.
The Picts were known for their unique symbols and strong fighting skills.
And Romano-British, these areas had a mix of the local Celtic and Roman traditions, for example, the language and buildings.
Well done if you annotated your map and wrote something about these different groups of people in this way.
Well done for having a go at this task.
In our lesson, Britain at The End of Roman Rule, we've covered the following.
In 367 CE, the Scots and Picts came together to attack the Romans, but were defeated.
In 401 CE, the last Roman soldiers left Hadrian's Wall because they were needed elsewhere in the empire.
Much of Southeast England and the Midlands had a Romano-British culture, but Wales and the north and southwest of England had less Romanization.
Scotland was mostly controlled by the Picts and had a Celtic culture.
Well done, everyone, for joining in with this lesson.
It was so interesting to find out about Britain at the end of Roman rule, all the different peoples that were living in the different parts of Britain at this time, the influence of the Roman culture on different parts of the country.
And really interesting to hear about the Picts in Scotland.
I really enjoyed teaching you, and I hope you enjoyed this lesson too.
I look forward to seeing you at another lesson soon.
Bye for now.
