Transcript Lesson_-_Chariot_Racing_files/Chariot Racing

Roman
Entertainment
Chariot Racing
Plymstock School History
Department
Learning Objectives
Knowledge:
What would it have been like to
watch and participate in a Chariot
Racing?
Extension – How does it compare
to modern entertainment
Skills
Empathy;
Literacy – to use adjectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:
To watch clips from a DVD of a
reconstruction of a chariot race.
To be able to compare chariot
racing and gladiator fights and
reach an opinion about Roman
Entertainment.
Chariot Racing took place in
the Circus Maximus. This
means ‘Biggest Circuit’.
Crowds of 250,000 would
watch the most important
races, that is five times the
capacity of Wembley
Stadium.
Races had a minimum of four
teams. People supported their
team as we support our football
teams. People also put bets on
the races in the hope of winning
money.
The races were put on
(sponsored) by rich, important
Romans, hoping to gain
popularity with the ordinary
people
The clip you are about to watch is from the film ‘Ben
Hur’, made in 1957. The Chariot sequence took over
six months to film, and the movie won more Oscars
than any other film until Titanic equalled it in 1997.
THE RACE
CHOOSE A TEAM
-they are from all over the EmpireFrigia
Rome
Mycenae
Athens Cyprus
Judea
Corinth Alexandria
Athens Frigia Judea
Alexandria Mycenae Cyprus
Rome Corinth
Brainstorm
What words would you use to
describe the race you have
just seen?
What happened during
a Chariot Race?
Is Chariot Racing different to
modern sports?
I think that Chariot Race is similar / different to
modern sports because …
(give examples of modern sports)
Rules of the Chariot Racing
Game
Please turn to page 18
Record everything that
happens to you in the race in
your books