Carving showing slaves tending to the hair of their mistress. Do you think slavery was any different in Roman times to the types of slavery studied in Y8? Does slavery still exist today?

What was life What was life like for Roman like for Roman

slaves?slaves?

To investigate lives of Roman To investigate lives of Roman slavesslaves

To write a slave storyTo write a slave story

Learning objectives

Key words: servitude freedman

Your taskYour task

Study the information on the extract and Study the information on the extract and on p.34-5 and note down the following:on p.34-5 and note down the following: ‘‘How people became slaves’How people became slaves’ ‘‘Conditions’Conditions’ ‘‘Typical jobs’Typical jobs’ ‘‘Achieving freedom’Achieving freedom’

How similar and different is this from How similar and different is this from the experiences of slavery in C18th & the experiences of slavery in C18th & C19th?C19th?

“I am glad to learn from those who bring news from you that you live on friendly terms with your slaves. This is right for a sensible and well educated man like yourself?”

Seneca (c.4BC-65AD), a writer talking to a friend about how slaves should be treated

Do you get the impression slaves were

treated well? How reliable is the evidence?

Your taskYour task

Use the sources provided to gather Use the sources provided to gather evidence on whether slaves were evidence on whether slaves were treated well or badly by the Romanstreated well or badly by the Romans

How trustworthy are the accounts?How trustworthy are the accounts?

This House believes that the Romans look after their slaves much better than previously imagined.

HomeworkHomework

Produce a slave diary describing a day in Produce a slave diary describing a day in the life of a Roman slave. Try to cover the the life of a Roman slave. Try to cover the

four points researched in class. four points researched in class.

Success criteriaSuccess criteriaSatisfactory Getting better Wow factor

Your use of specific technical vocabulary is limited

You include 2 or fewer of the research items

There is only a limited effort to make it read like a diary entry and may be significantly less than 1 side of A4

You use some technical vocabulary

You include at least 3 of the items from your research

You write in the style of a diary

You confidently use technical vocabulary, e.g. pedagogus, paterfamilia, freedman

You explain in detail: ‘How people became slaves’; ‘Conditions’; ‘Typical jobs’; ‘Achieving freedom’

It’s written convincingly and imaginatively in the style of a diary and covers approx 1 side of A4

Extension taskExtension task

Supplement your work with

your own research –

there are some good links to sites such as

this on Studyhistory