GCSE & A Level - Ages 16 to 18

Pre-visit

On-site

There will be a presentation introducing the Roman Baths as a business, looking at its business and service aims. Segmentation will be explored (Approximately 30 minutes). With this knowledge students will visit the museum with a group task to study how the visitors interact with it (Approximately 1 hour not including breaktime). Back at the classroom we will use the results of this practical activity to see if the theory matches the reality (Approximately 30 minutes).

Post-visit

Bathing & Beauty – KS4/5 (1 hour)

This session looks at the relationship between the Roman Baths and the beauty industry of 2000 years ago as well as its links to today. The Roman bathing process is examined in detail with the study of the bath house and how it relates to modern spas and saunas. It looks at treatments both strange and familiar and shows the process of a ‘Roman makeover’ using evidence from the museum collection. To further their understanding, students will handle both original Roman artefacts and appropriate replicas.

GCSE Local Study CD Resource Pack

The presentations on the CD are maps, images and text sources. They are intended to be used primarily by GCSE students preparing for (local) historical enquiry-based controlled assessments about the Roman Baths and Bath. Please email us for a copy.

How to unlock the history around us with OCR

One of the unique features of the OCR SHP History Specification is the ability for you to be relatively free to make an individual choice for the site you study. Choose the city of Bath as your case study. Find out more on the OCR website.

Resources for teachers

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Decoding Roman Religious Inscriptions - How To... guide	PDF, 450 KB	Download
Decoding Roman tombstones - How To... guide	PDF, 473 KB	Download
Roman Tombstones - activity sheet	PDF, 553 KB	Download
Religious Inscriptions - activity sheet	PDF, 649 KB	Download
Translation of inscriptions at Aquae Sulis	PDF, 133 KB	Download
Curse tablets	PPTX, 422 KB	Download

Medicine Through Time Trail

This trail provides an ideal starting-point for all of the different Medicine Through Time GCSE syllabi. Many of the ideas about medicine that the Romans developed, such as Germ Theory and Public Health, have carried through to the present-day.

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Medicine Through Time Trail	DOCX, 339 KB	Download
Crib sheet	DOCX, 15 KB	Download

History Around Us Trail

The Roman Baths are the perfect choice for the OCR GCSE History B 'History Around Us' unit. The site is a permissable option for all schools as it is ancient and therefore does not overlap with any of the other units. This trail is designed to highlight not only how the Romans used this site, but also the attitudes of later periods.

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History Around Us Trail	DOCX, 759 KB	Download
Crib sheet	DOCX, 16 KB	Download

Explore Bath's world heritage

Other things to do in Bath

GCSE & A Level - Ages 16 to 18

Understanding Aquae Sulis – Bathing & Belief in a Roman Town (1 hour)

Branding the Roman Baths – KS4/5

Bathing & Beauty – KS4/5 (1 hour)

GCSE Local Study CD Resource Pack

How to unlock the history around us with OCR

Explore Bath's world heritage

Explore Bath's world heritage

Other things to do in Bath

GCSE & A Level - Ages 16 to 18

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