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ENGLISH
Greek myths and legends.
Children to listen and read myths and legend stories,
note the features of a myth- what makes them different
from other stories.
Create a diary entry for a person from Athens or Sparta
to demonstrate their understanding of living in a city
state.
Write a newspaper report for Achilles and his injury.
Write a prediction about what could happen in Pandora’s
box
Write an apology letter from Pandora to the rest of the
world.
DRAMA
Perform a Greek play using modern language and phrases.
Articles 6,13,14,17,28,29,30,31
PE
Olympic games- discuss how the
ancient Greeks were the ones to
invent the games. Marathon.
Olympic games were important,
they wanted to please Zeus. In
the games, the events that took
place included wrestling, boxing,
long jump, throwing the javelin
and discuss and chariot racing.
If you were an ancient Greek
what sport/event would you want
to include in the games- discuss.
In groups design/invent a new
event that could take place at
the ancient Olympics.
Article 31.
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GEOGRAPHY
Identify the features of modern day Greece – physical/human geography.
To locate Greece on a map of Europe.
Look at Greece now and in ancient Greece- what do you think will be different? What is different?
Look at the places that belonged to ancient Greece- Troy was in what is now Turkey, Ancient Greece had colonies in the
Med- Italy, Sicily, north Africa. Greece is made up of many islands- land/coast/water- how did they travel to places.
Different states- Athens, Sparta. Look at Athens and Sparta on the map and discuss where in relation to the coast they
are. How do they think their armies will work?
Children to describe physical features of location - near to the sea, by mountains etc. Talk about the fact that these cities
were states; they ran their states differently and were rivals. Look at a scene of Athenian and Spartan life; compare
differences and similarities. Focus on homes, buildings/statues, what women /men/ children roles were and the size of
their army.
Articles 6,12,13,14,17
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HISTORY
TOPIC
Who were the ancient Greeks?
COMPUTING
Research Ancient Greeks
Purple mash- compare the modern and
ancient Olympics.
Article 17
ART/DT
Design a Greek pot- on paper. Create a pot out of paper
Mache/Modroc- sculpt it and then paint your own design on to it.
Create masks and props for play. Children design a mask for a
character from a Greek myth, paying attention to whether they would
be in a comedy or tragedy.
Create a soldiers’ helmet –paper Mache, feathers.
Pandora’s box- design using various materials
Articles 6,13,19,26,31,38
When was Ancient Greece? BC/AD?
Ancient Greeks- who were they and what did they do for
civilisation that we know today.
What did they invent?
Who did they believe in? Gods.
Look at artefacts from Ancient Greece such as the pottery left
behind.
What was life like for them in Ancient GreeceIf you lived back then, who would you want to be- a rich person,
a scholar, a soldier, a slave.
Create a timeline of ancient Greece- what key events make
ancient Greece stand out in history.
Rivalries between different city states.
Trojan horse/ Trojan war – how long did these wars last for?
Different armour and hoplites.
Different roles in city states - Athens vs Sparta.
Democracy – look at democracy in modern UK, compare it to the
Ancient Greeks version of democracy- class debate about which
is fairer.
Ancient vs modern Olympics.
Articles 6,13,14,19,26,27,28,31,36,