1. Task 1 – Match the words to their correct meaning. Then stick them neatly into your exercise book. Economic mean … Social means … Military means… Something to do with money. Something to do with the ordinary people and how they feel about the world. Something to do with Roman Army.

2. The end of the Empire Aim – To understand the reasons why the Roman Empire came to an end.

3. Speculate… Can you think of any reasons why the biggest Empire came to an end in the 5 th Century AD? Why do things come to an end in History?

4. As always with history, things always happen for more than one reason.

6. Which do you think is the most important factor why the Roman Empire ended? Firstly we need to decide how to write a good answer to this question

7. Example 1… The most important reason why the Roman Empire ended was military reasons.

8. Example 2 … The most important reason why the Empire ended was military reasons because the Roman Army could not defend the empire from attack because the frontiers were too big.

9. Example 3 … The most important reason why the Empire ended was military reasons because the Roman Army could not defend the empire from attack because the frontiers were too big. This is more important than social reasons because if the Roman people did not want to fight they were able to pay other people to fight for them.

10. Which do you think is the most important factor why the Roman Empire ended? I think the most important factor why the Roman Empire ended was … because …

11. Aims… Do understand why the Roman Empire came to an end? Have you been able to come up with a most important reason for the end of the Empire? Do you understand how to write a good answer to the above question?