 starter activity

1. starter activity What do these images tell us about attitudes towards women in Ancient Rome? What are some of the problems in finding out about women in history?

2. Key words: dowry paterfamilia / materfamilia What was the role of a Roman woman?  Learning objectives To investigate the role of a woman To judge who was most important to the household

3.  Your task • Each table has a different woman which they need to create a dating profile for. Make sure you include… • A picture • Name • Likes • Dislikes • Previous relationships • Special skills • ‘About me’ blurb

4.  Your task You are now going to take on the role of a man looking for a wife. You will have 4 minutes at each table. In that time you will need to list the positives and negatives of each woman in your chart. Extension: Colour code your information into… domestic duties, motherhood and rights

5.  Your task As a table, you now need to decide who you would like to marry. Be ready to explain why. Extension: Which category of qualities do you think would have been the most important to a roman man?

6.  Homework Design your own perfect Roman couple and make sure you annotate them to explain what makes them so perfect using the information you have learnt over the last lessons.

7.  Extension task Supplement your work with your own research – there are some good links to sites such as this on Studyhistory

8.  Plenary • Last lesson you decided how important a paterfamilias was to a roman household on a scale of 1-5. • What rating would you give a roman woman? • Who do you think was the most important to the roman household and why?

9. Key words: dowry paterfamilia / materfamilia What was the role of a Roman woman?  Learning objectives To investigate the role of a woman To judge who was most important to the household