Programme 1: Boudica: Victorious Queen

Learning Outcomes

Children should know:

• That Boudica was the Queen of the Iceni tribe
• That early Britons lived in tribes
• What sort of houses, tools and weapons were used by early Britons
• The types of traditional clothes worn by Britons and Romans
• That Druids were powerful priests for the Britons
• Why and how the Romans conquered Britain
• How battles were fought
• What sort of weapons the Romans used
• That the Roman army was organised in legions
• That the Romans took away Boudica’s kingdom
• That Boudica gathered an army and sacked three Roman cities
• Where the cities were situated
• What the cities are now called
• That the Roman army was better equipped and better prepared for the final battle
• That Boudica and her army were defeated by the Romans
• How stories can form the basis of evidence
• How facts can be exaggerated through the telling of stories