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HUMANITIES MEDIUM TERM PLANNING
Year: 4
Wk
Term: Summer
Topic: The Ancient Greeks
L.I.
Lesson
Resources
Success criteria
1
Know the location,
climate and terrain of
Greece.
Use atlases to locate Greece – what is Greece like
today? Use map (LCP) to locate Greece and use of
internet to answers questions about the country. Has
anyone ever visited Greece – how would we get
there? Show postcard from Greece from flipcharts –
explain that ancient history in Greece is one of its
big tourist attractions. Order ancient Greece
timeline.
Atlases
Laptops
Blank maps
Timeline cards
Be able to locate
Greece on a map and
ancient Greece on a
time line
2
Know that Ancient
Greece consisted of
states.
Look at map of Ancient Greece. Explain that each
state had its own system of government. Play the
government game (set out in LCP). Recap – how was
Greece organised? How was the Athenian democracy
different from ours today?
Ancient Greece
maps
Government forms
Character labels
Know that Athens
and Sparta were
city states.
3
To find out the
similarities and
differences between
Sparta and Athens.
Use of laptops to find out about life in Sparta and
Athens. (link to previous week’s homework). Split
class into 2 large groups with one writing why Athens
is the most important state and the other supporting
Sparta. Have a class debate to find out which city
will win.
Laptops
Athens/Sparta
worksheet
Know that Athens
and Sparta were
city states and
governed
themselves.
Evaluation
4
To find out about
Greek warfare
Explain that the Greek states often fought wars
against each other to gain land and take corn, goats
and slaves. Each state had an army to defend it made
up of trained residents. The best Greek soldiers
were Hoplites – show in flipbook. Complete Hoplite
labelling activity. What is a trireme? Why was it
important for a Greek city state to have a navy?
Discuss how having power on the sea was important
to Greece
Flipbook
Hoplite labelling
activity
Give reasons why
the Greeks needed a
navy
5
To investigate Greek
gods and goddesses.
The ancient Greeks believed in many gods but there
were 12 gods that were very important. These gods
were all part of 1 family who lived at the top of
Mount Olympus. Complete evidence of the gods then
choose a god with a partner to investigate more
information about – record together.
Greek god posters
Mount Olympus
image
Evidence of god
worksheet (LCP)
Laptops
To know specific
information about 1
of the Greek gods.
6
To know the myth of
Theseus and the
Minotaur
What is a myth? Explain that the Greeks were very
fond of myths and they wrote many about different
Greek heroes. Read the story together – what is a
maze / labyrinth? Recap key points of story.
Complete storyboard retelling the story using the
main points.
Story
Storyboards
Map to show Crete
Understand the
nature of and
recount a myth.
7
To investigate the
Greek alphabet
What is the alphabet? What does the word mean?
Show Greek alphabet – how is it similar to our
alphabet? Design own name card using Greek
alphabet, decode messages and write a message for a
friend.
Copy of Greek
alphabet
Card
Paper
Messages
To recognise
similarities and
differences
between English and
Greek alphabet
8
To identify
similarities and
differences between
our schools and those
in Ancient Greece
What would we need to ask to find out if school in
Ancient Greece was similar to our today? Investigate
what school life was like in Ancient Greece and note
similarities and differences between then and now.
Plan Bee slides
Question sheets
To find answers to
questions using a
range of sources.
9
Find out about
Ancient Greek
architecture and how
it has influenced
design today
What comes to mind when you think of Greek
buildings? Show range of Ancient Greek buildings,
explaining that modern architects often try to copy
this style. Sketch own Ancient Greek building and a
modern building with Greek style imitation. Label the
features
Slides of buildings
To recognise the
features of Ancient
Greek architecture
10
To compare modern
and ancient Olympics
What do you know about the Olympic games? What
can you remember of the last Olympics? What
evidence do you think there is of the Olympic games
in Ancient Greece? Compare and record differences
between modern and ancient Olympics
Olympics slide
Identify similarities
and differences
between modern and
ancient Olympics