DID ROMAN SOLDIERS VISIT CHINA?
Curriculum Links

The package includes extended taskwork designed to build upon and extend the learning which takes place during the interactive investigation, either to be tackled as a structured block of work over several lessons or as follow-up at home.

Extended Teaching Materials

Extended worksheets to accompany and build upon the interactive investigation in a structured way - pupils explore and assess the evidence on which Professor Dubs built his theory and then, using information learned during the investigation, explore key aspects of life in Han China (The Army, Emperor and Capital, Religion, Confucius and his Legacy, Women in Han China and Work, Farming and the Economy).

Through this process pupils learn about Han China in its own right and make comparisons with Ancient Rome.

Taskwork, Enterprise and Citizenship

All learning materials are designed to be address the latest curriculum developments, to develop pupils' Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills, the 4 Capacities and Enterprise.

In addition to the worksheets above the package includes 3 extended class projects / taskwork options (front cover of each shown below). Each results in the production of a 'real-world' enterprising artefact, framed in a peer education / outreach context.




Task A : "Silk Road Tourists, 20 AD"
Pupils use the contents of the CD ROM and other supplied materials to undertake a comparative study of life in Ancient China and Ancient Rome. This culminates in a roleplay exercise where pupils work as a group to put together a 'guided tour' of the Chinese / Roman town of Liqian, as a means of exploring just how the Roman immigrants might have adapted to their new environment in Western China.

Task B : "My Dear Flavia..."
Pupils use the contents of the CD ROM and other supplied materials to research (1) life along the Silk Road in Ancient Times and (2) life in Ancient China, particulary as compared to life in Ancient Rome.

This culminates in an extended writing exercise, where pupils write a letter in the guise of a Roman soldier marooned at Liqian. As an exercise in peer education, these letters are then shared with another group of learners (perhaps in a different school).

Task C : "Leading the Troops - Peer Education"
Pupils work together with a group of younger learners (eg in a neighbouring primary school) to create wall displays featuring the Silk Road, the story of the soliders of Liqian and comparing life in Han Dynasty China and Ancient Rome.

Pupils use the CD ROM to teach the younger learners, working off an interactive whiteboard - ideal as transition work

National Curriculum 2008, PLTS and a Curriculum for Excellence

The package comes with inspection-ready planning, including Skills / PLTS and cross-curricular links, supplied in dual formats compatible with the National Curriculum (2008 -) and a Curriculum for Excellence.

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