Unit/Lesson Title: Herculaneum and Pompeii

Lesson duration: 53 min

Stage: 6
Key Excavations/Directors Timeline
11
Resources
- Laptops
- Inquiry table shared document
- Pompeii Key Excavators PDF
- YouTube clips:
Pompeii Buried Alive
Pompeii, rebirth of a city
Pompeii, Italy, window on Ancient Rome
Specific Teaching Target: developing skills in historical inquiry and guided research.
Time
Guide
2 min

Content/Learning Experience

Teaching
Strategies

Entry
WALT Today we are going to create a timeline of
20th century excavations/archaeologists. We will
achieve this by performing our own independent
inquiry/research, in order to do so we will be using
the laptops today, so head on inside and find a seat
in the horseshoe and I will show what we will be
doing.

Year:

Class/Group:
11ANC

Class Organisation
Students will be
seated in a horseshoe;
this will encourage
peer interaction and
collaboration,
participating in topic
related discussion.

Assessmen
t
Techniques

Written on the whiteboard:

Learning Intention developing our skills in historical
inquiry and guided research.
Success Criteria effectively researched, located and
recorded significant and relevant information to the
table.
5 min
Introduction (Engagement)
Students will spend the beginning of the lesson
familairising themselves with the shared working
document. This time will be spent explaining and
clarifying any questions the students may have.
Students will have access to the working
table/document via Google Docs.

Whole class
discussion

Explicit

Active

Body (Exploration/Transformation/Presentation)
Once everyone can access the document on
their laptops, I will explicitly demonstrate (step
by step process) of how to begin and conduct
our research.
Search = identifying and searching key
information from the table that correlates with
and leads to locating the relevant information
to fill in the gaps.
Students will be encouraged to use credible
sources where possible.
Working independently or with a peer, research
will consist of exploring themes of continuity
and change related to excavation directors,
identifying significant dates, discoveries,
methods and contributions to the excavation
and conservation of Pompeii.

5 min

Throughout the lesson I will be accessible, working

and supporting students/small groups. Utilising the
smart board to assist students with their inquiry.
- To assist students research if necessary, they
will be provided a list of useful links.
- Prompting questions and discussion
throughout.
- A variety of short YouTube clips will be used
throughout to motivate and support student
inquiry.
Conclusion (Presentation/Reflection)
Class discussion did you find that useful? Next
lesson, looking at more modern forms of excavation
and conservation.
Refection - What is one thing you found
interesting/learnt today?
Exit packed up, chairs tucked in etc.

instruction/
scaffolding
where required

participation
in discussion
with peers
and teacher

Independent/ group
work

Supporting skill
development

Depth of
understandin
g

Transitions to next lesson: N/A

Links students might find useful:

https://dennellyancient.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/doc.pdf

http://www.auav46.dsl.pipex.com/p123.htm

Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum

https://books.google.com.au/books?
id=g8ifPP_QoNUC&pg=PT46&lpg=PT46&dq=+Ruggiero+was+responsible+for+the+rest
oration+of+more+than+paintings&source=bl&ots=ZkbBKgbDrz&sig=Ns2Tv2sCkGHeU0J
1sNK9oAF2648&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMImdXmss_4yAIVTuNjCh0u_
wWt#v=onepage&q=%20Ruggiero%20was%20responsible%20for%20the
%20restoration%20of%20more%20than%20paintings&f=false
HSC Ancient History
https://books.google.com.au/books?
id=dIPkpCHSPuoC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=pompeii+1905++1910&source=bl&ots=cEbEhJnFN4&sig=sx_-GrU3YGKkNXqgnDwVmKquL0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAmoVChMIwIeJkNL4yAIVCu
RjCh23sAt3#v=onepage&q=pompeii%201905%20-%201910&f=false

The Natural History of Pompeii

https://books.google.com.au/books?
id=3xfjyTqqR7IC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=Alfonso+De+Franciscis+contribution+pompei
i&source=bl&ots=sM1PCZPkwd&sig=U6blkYJvkugV3HRIrd9ydijCnOI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=
0CCMQ6AEwAWoVChMI15n8lN34yAIVASymCh31BAcb#v=onepage&q=Alfonso%20De
%20Franciscis%20contribution%20pompeii&f=false

https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-v/reg-v-ins-4/house-of-mlucretius-fronto

http://www.localidautore.com/primopiano/paese/pompeii-194/the-archaeological-site-ofpompeii-1924.aspx