• What do you already know about the Romans?• With your table come up with a list of interesting facts

about the Romans and be ready to share them with the class

• You are now going to see how many more facts you an learn. Each of you will have a question and an answer about the Romans. Read the question to someone in the room. If they don’t know the answer then tell them. They will do the same for you. Then swap you question slips and find someone new.

Starter

What will I be studying as part of my Classical Civilisation GCSE?

Learning Objectives

To learn at least 10 new facts about the Romans

To understand the course requirements

To explain what will make a good classics student

What Will I Study?• Year 9: Foundation Year• City life in the classical world: Rome• Community life in the classical world: Pompeii• Culture and society in the classical world: Roman Britain (controlled assessment)

• Year 10: • City life in the classical world: Athens

– 1 hour examination 25% (in year 11)• Culture and society in the classical world: The Olympic games• -Controlled assessment 25%

• Year 11:• Community life in the classical world: Sparta 25%

– 1 hour examination 25%• Epic and Myth: Homer, The Odyssey 2

– 1 hour examination 25 %

The Exam Paper

• Part A: Pick 2 out of 3 questions• Each question is broken into 3, 5 mark

questions

• Part B (Choice of 2 questions)• 30 mark essay question

• Same structure for all three papers

Grade Boundaries

• A* = 83%• A = 77%• B = 70%• C = 63%• D = 57%• E = 53%

Shopping List

• Essential• Ring binder folder• Paper• 10 Dividers

• Optional• OCR Classical Civilisation Reader for GCSE (Sally Knights,

James Renshaw, Paul Buckley)• In Search of the Romans (James Renshaw)• In Search of the Greeks (James Renshaw)

What makes a good classics student?

• With your partner come up with a list of what you think will be the 5 most important tips for a classics student.

• Be ready to share with the rest of the class.

• Extension: Write a ‘Brownie Promise’ style verse for classics.

Possible ideas

• Keep organised – buy folders, dividers etc.• Meet deadlines• Read around the subject• Use the resources on the website• Visit local sites, e.g. Lullingstone, Richborough,

the Painted House in Dover• Visit museums, e.g. British Museum, Baths• Watch out for TV programmes – follow us on

@studyhistoryweb

Crash Course to Rome

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPf27gAup9U (start – 8:00)

• Watch this clip and answer the questions

What will I be studying as part of my Classical Civilisation GCSE?

Learning Objectives

To learn at least 10 new facts about the Romans

To understand the course requirements

To explain what will make a good classics student