Year 4 The Romans: what impact did the Romans have on Britain? worksheet

“The Romans arrive” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 history unit “The Romans: what impact did the Romans have on Britain?”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 30 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

The Romans arrive

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · History · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain why the Romans were able to invade Britain in 43 CE.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which age goes in the gap? Circle it.
Bronze AgeRoman BritainNorman times
2.
Point A is 200 BC. Point B is 50 BC. Which point is closer to AD 1? Circle it.
AB
3.
Join each age to the material its tools were mostly made from.
Stone AgeIron Age
IronStone

B Watch me, then you4 min

In 41 CE a new emperor took power. In 43 CE his army sailed to Britain. How many years later was that?

Watch me

Start at 41 CE and count the steps to 43 CE.

43 − 41 = 2

The army sailed 2 years later.

Now you

1.
In a made-up town, a fort went up in 45 CE and a road in 49 CE. How many years apart?
2.
The army landed in 43 CE. A made-up town was founded 6 years later. In which year?

C Your turn7 min

All the years are CE. Use the bar to help you, then answer.

1.
The army landed in 43 CE. A made-up fort was built 5 years later. In which year?
2.
The army landed in 43 CE. A made-up road was built 12 years later. In which year?
3.
The army landed in 43 CE. A made-up gate was built 8 years before that. In which year?
4.
The army landed in 43 CE. A made-up bridge was built 20 years before that. In which year?

Say it out loud: Which number did you start with, and did you add or take away? How did the bar show you?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Round houses in separate villages across green hills, with gaps between them

Kit says: “Before the Romans came, all the tribes of Britain were one kingdom with one king.”

1.
Is Kit right? Explain why in one sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
The tribes of Britain had different leaders who often fought each other. How might this have helped the Romans invade in 43 CE?

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

The Romans arrive · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Bronze Age If they chose a later period, ask which age came between the Stone Age and the Iron Age. Then point to the middle box.

2. B If they chose A, they may think 200 is nearer because it is bigger. Remind them that BC years count down towards AD 1.

3. Stone Age → Stone; Iron Age → Iron If they joined the ages the wrong way round, ask which age came first. Stone tools came before iron tools.

B

1. 4 If they wrote 5, they counted every year from 45 to 49. Ask them to count the steps between the two marks instead.

2. 49 If they wrote 37, they took 6 away from 43. The town came later, so the year must go up.

C

1. 48

2. 55

3. 35 If they wrote 51, they added 8 to 43. The gate was built earlier, so the year must go down.

4. 23

D

1. Look for: Says Kit is wrong because the tribes were separate groups with different leaders, not one kingdom. If they wrote yes, they think Britain was one kingdom. Point to the picture and ask: is this one big group or many? Each tribe had its own leader.

E

1. Look for: Says the tribes did not join together, so the Romans could fight them one tribe at a time or make friends with some tribes.

Words to use

Say“Which year came first? How many years are there between them?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer.”

After the sheet

Make a timeline of your family on a long strip of paper. Mark two family events by their years, then count the years between the marks.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Boudica's revolt on the timeline(with a plan)
Gods, Druids and Change(with a plan)
Roman and Celtic buildings(with a plan)
Towns in Roman Britain(with a plan)
What Roman rule changed(with a plan)

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