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This comprehensive Pompeii lesson plan explores the Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. With creative projects, reading tasks, and discussion questions, it brings history alive for children aged 8–16. Ideal for home education, it supports learning in geography, writing, and critical thinking – all through the dramatic true story of Pompeii.
In 79 CE, the peaceful Roman city of Pompeii was suddenly buried by the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This article explores what happened that day, how the disaster unfolded, what archaeologists later found, and what we’ve learned from one of history’s most famous volcanic events.