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Roman Britain Activity Sheets
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Available Sheets

Roman Britain

Archaeology Activity Sheet
 
Archaeology Sheet

This sheet describes a number of different fields and asks you to choose which ones you think would be most likely to have interesting archaeology hidden underground. It then asks you to decide which materials you would be most likely to dig up. Lastly you can draw the grass in on a cross-section to show how tall it grows over different features, forming lines seen on aerial photos.

 

Celtic & Roman Stuff Activity Sheet
 
Celtic & Roman Stuff Sheet

This sheet shows pictures of lots of items that would be familiar to Romans and lots of items that would be familiar to Iron Age Celts. Identify each group of items and colour them in two different colours.  Includes teachers' notes.

Roman Costume Activity Sheet
 
Roman Costume Sheet

This sheet shows pictures of two Romans in Britain: A woman and two pictures of the same man. You are asked to describe how they look different from how we dress today, and when the man would where his different outfits.

 

Roman & Celtic House Comparison Sheet
 
House Comparison Sheet

This sheet shows a two ancient houses: one Iron Age Celtic and one Roman. You are asked what differences you can see between the two.

Roman Villa Activity Sheet
 
Roman Villa Sheet

This sheet shows a typical Roman Villa in Britain. This one is based on a villa found in Maidenhead in Berkshire. You are asked to identify and name various parts of the villa and materials used to build it, using lists and other clues.

 

Roman Mosaic Question Sheet  
 
Roman Mosaic & its Room Sheet

In this sheet, you are asked to look at the god shown on the mosaic and try and identify which room it would have been laid in. Then explore the Latin name for this room and what it tells us. Based on a mosaic found in a town house at Leadenhall Street in London.

 

 

Roman Mosaic Colouring Sheet
 
Roman Mosaic Colouring Sheet

This simple colouring sheet shows one of the beautiful 4th century mosaic floors discovered in a villa at Lower Basildon in Berkshire.

 

Roman Mosaic Decorating Sheet
 
Roman Mosaic Decorating Sheet

This is one step up from the colouring sheet, where you are asked to decorate the areas of a mosaic floor using typical Roman patterns. A small sample is given to inspire some ideas. The design is based on a typical interlaced squares pattern often used by the mosaicists from Cirencester.

 

Roman Mosaic Maze Sheet
 
Roman Mosaic Maze

Find your way to the centre of this intricate maze, based on a Roman mosaic found in a villa at Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight.

 

Diverse Roman Society Activity Sheet
 
Diverse Roman Society Sheet

In this simple sheet, you are asked to draw three Romans approaching the town gate (based on the West Gate at Silchester). There are lots of suggestions as to what sort of Romans they might be.

 

Roman Town Maze Sheet
 
Roman Town Maze

In this sheet - designed by Alex - you must help the Roman slave find his way through the streets of Calleva Atrebatum (now Silchester in Hampshire) to deliver a message for his master; but it's not that simple. You must help him visit ten different buildings in order without going back on himself. Will he ever find his way through the maze of roads?

 

Virtual Roman Town Tour Crossword Sheet
 
Virtual Roman Town Tour Crossword Sheet

This is a three page sheet which takes you a tour of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (now Silchester in Hampshire). Look around you as you go and fill in the answers to the clues on the crossword.

 

Roman Baths Activity Sheet
 
Roman Baths Sheet

This sheet asks all about the Roman Baths. Can you identify the different rooms? And what English words are similar to those old Latin ones?

Roman Temple Activity Sheet
 
Roman Temple Sheet

This multi-activity sheet asks you to identify the Celtic and Roman influences on the temple (from Waltham St. Lawrence in Berkshire), name its shape, choose a likely centre-piece and label the plan.

 

Roman Temple Objects Sheet
 
Roman Temple Objects Sheet

In this two-page sheet, you must identify which objects were worn or carried by a Pagan Roman priest and which were just found in a temple. You could also guess what they are. Includes teachers' notes.

 

Roman Gods Activity Sheet
 
Roman Gods Sheet

Read the descriptions of the named gods. Then identify which picture shows which god and write in his name.

Roman Goddesses Activity Sheet
 
Roman Goddesses Sheet

Read the descriptions of the named goddesses. Then identify which picture shows which goddess and write in her name.

Roman Gods of the Days of the Week Activity Sheet
 
Roman Gods of the Days of the Week Sheet

The Romans had a god for every day of the week. Here they all are shown on a mosaic found at Bramdean in Hampshire; but can you work out which is which?

Roman & Celtic Soldiers Comparison Sheet
 
Soldiers Comparison Sheet

This sheet shows an Iron Age Celtic warrior and a Roman soldier and asks you to look for differences between what they are wearing. 

Roman Soldier Labelling Sheet
 
Soldier Labelling Sheet

A Roman soldier wore a complicated outfit and carried lots of equipment. Here it is named in Latin, but what is it all called in English.

Roman Forts Activity Sheet
 
Roman Forts Sheet

This sheet shows the plan of a typical Roman fort (based on Housesteads in Northumberland). You must label all the buildings from the descriptions given.

Hadrian's Wall Activity Sheet
 
Hadrian's Wall Sheet

Answer the maths questions about Hadrian's Wall and mark up the stretch shown between two forts. Then look at what's going on in the turret and answer some observation questions too.

Roman Army Leaves Activity Sheet
 
Roman Army leave Britain Sheet

This is a multi-activity sheet. Pick the name of the Roman Emperor who took most of the Roman away; fill in the soldier's speech bubble; pick the correct statements about towns in this period; and match the local kings with things they were famous for.

 

Gewissae Activity Sheet
 
The Gewissae Sheet

This is a multi-activity sheet about the Anglo-Saxon tribe who settled in Britain before the Roman army left. Tell us why were called the Gewissae, match their kings to the places named after them and identify the scenes on the Long Wittenham Bucket from the list. 

 

Anglo-Saxon & Roman Stuff Activity Sheet
 
Saxon & Roman Stuff Sheet

This sheet shows pictures of lots of items that would be familiar to Romans and lots of items that would be familiar to Saxons. Identify each group of items and colour them in two different colours.  Includes teachers' notes.

 

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More Info

We have a wide range of British history activity sheets for kids available. They are very competitively priced and contain many more illustrations than other sheets on the market: all exclusive to Nash Ford Publishing. You can purchase them very cheaply in sets organised by subject. All sheets are shown and described above. Some are quick, some are longer and take more thought or involve making things. Most are single pages, but some are more. Some can be used straight off. Others are designed to be used after a little learning, which our Romano-British Provinces website can help with of course. All of them double as colouring sheets and will keep your pupils or children amused for hours. For activity sheets from other periods of British history, click here.

  

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