Transcript Life in a Roman villa -

 starter activity
Your teacher will give you a scrap of paper. Draw a sketch of the
person next to you. Ask the person you draw to assess the accuracy of
your work
An artist’s impression of Lullingstone Villa published by English Heritage in
2003. What can we learn from pictures like this?  What are the problems?
 Key words:
villa hypocaust mosaic
What was life like in a
Roman villa?
 Learning objectives
TBAT to identify the key features of a
Romans and assess the usefulness of
different sources
 Your task
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Read through the extract
your teacher provides.
Note down at least 3
examples of
improvements the
Romans brought.
Why would some
people want to adopt
Roman ways following
the invasion?
Emperor Claudius invaded Britain in AD43
Improvements
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Wealth - rich landowners provided jobs and
invested in new buildings
New technology – hypocaust
Better farming methods – irrigation
Luxury items – mosaics
Trade with other regions in the Empire
A mosaic from Lullingstone Villa
 Your task
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Study the sources on the sheet you are given.
Find and record evidence of:
New technology
Religion
Leisure activities
 Farming
Which source is most useful for finding out
about life at Lullingstone?
Work in teams of 4. You have a
limited time to design your
perfect Roman villa. Think about
including the following features:
Bathing facilities
Special decorations
New technologies
Areas for worship
Farming facilities
Areas for recreation
An estate agent will come and
value your property and decide
which would be the most
marketable to a wealth Roman
looking for a new villa
 Extension task
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Find out more on the excavations at the Roman
Villa in Folkestone. Produce your own leaflet to
the site, highlighting some of the major finds.
 Homework
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Produce an estate agent’s leaflet (either a
folded leaflet or A4 flyer) to the Roman Villa
at Lullingstone. Include detailed descriptions
of the following:
Bathing facilities
 Special decorations
 New technologies
 Areas for worship
 Farming facilities
 Areas for recreation
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 Plenary
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Give examples of how life improved under the
Romans
How did the sources teach us about:
Religion
Technology
Leisure
Which sources was most useful / least useful for
finding out about life in the villa?