Learning Objective

Unit 14: Who were the ancient Greeks?

Software - Websites - Activities

Generic:

1: Where and when was ancient Greece?

• about the location, climate and terrain of Greece
• to place the ancient Greek civilisation in time
• that the ancient Greek civilisation occurred 'Before Christ'
• that ancient Greece consisted of city states

Lesson plans, fact files and worksheets www.educate.org.uk 

Texts and pictures on variety of subjects www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/ancientgreece 

Lots of useful links www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/historylinks

 

PowerPoint presentation covering complete unit

Resources produced by Herefordshire LEA www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/ict_curric/history/history.

PowerPoint

2: What were the similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta?

• what is meant by democracy
• some of the ideas of people living in Athens and Sparta

Clicker 4 resource-Athens and Sparta www.learninggrids.com/uk/

Sort statements relating to Athens and Sparta

3: What made ancient Greek fighters so powerful?

• to infer information about Greek wars and warfare from illustrations and maps

Lots of images of Greek ships –history www.kevinsplayroom.co.uk

4: Was the battle of Marathon a great victory for the ancient Greeks?

• the main characters and events of a key battle
• that the battle may be interpreted in different ways and why this is so
• that modern events may have connections with the past

5: Who did the ancient Greeks worship and why?

• to deduce information about Greek beliefs and religious practices from pictures of buildings
• about the beliefs of the ancient Greeks
• to compare the beliefs of the ancient Greeks with those of other cultures

Database of Greek Gods www.wbol.co.uk/Activities/activities.asp

6: What happened at the theatre?

• to deduce information about an aspect of the Greek way of life from pictures of buildings and texts
• to combine information from several sources
• about the role of the theatre in the way of life of the Greeks
• to structure work in the form of a play

7: What do the sources tell us about the importance of the Olympic games to the ancient Greeks?

• to summarise what they have learnt about the ancient Greeks
• to appreciate the range of different sources of information that can be used to find out about the ancient Greeks
• that different sources can provide different kinds of information

Information, tour and pictures http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

Clicker 4 resource-Ancient Olympics www.learninggrids.com/uk/

Explore aspects of Ancient Greece http://www.gridclub.com/have_a_go/index.shtml