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Geography

To understandabout the climate and terrain of Greece today.

Lesson 1 -introduction

IntroduceGreek topic. Brainstorm existing knowledge the children have. Withchildren, locate Greece on a globe and/or world map.

Talkabout fact that Greece is part of Europe. Many go there on holiday.Why?

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/

projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecegeog1.html

Childrenwho have been to Greece could talk about what Greece is like -weather, buildings etc.

Distributephotographs of Greek landscapes from holiday brochures. Talk aboutwhat children can gain from the photographs - Greece is hilly,Greece is hot, There are people in shorts, and There are lots ofbushes on the hills.

Childrencan stick the photograph into their topic book and record theirobservations underneath. Calculate distance from Britain to Greeceusing the scale on the map.

terrain

Childrenwill be able to locate Greece on a map. Children will know somephysical and climate features of Greece.

Holidaybrochurepictures, globe, Atlases, World map.

Geography:1a), 2c) d), 3a) b) c).

History

To be able toplace the ancient civilization in time.

To understandthat Ancient Greece was made up of city states.

Lesson 2 toplace ancient Greece in time

Recapon knowledge of Greece today. Introduce children to the topic ofAncient Greece. Explain that the Ancient Greeks lived about 4000years ago. Explain the terms BC - Before Christ & AD - Anno Domini(Latin) 'In the Year of our Lord'. Talk about how our calendarworks, and that it is based around the Christian belief that JesusChrist was born in 0AD.

Lookat how the numbering works for AD & BC. The bigger the BC number,the longer ago it happened.

Discusstravel and the city states, boats and sailing etc. the difficultyof being isolated and the lack of communication.

Workthrough with the children placing some Greek events onto atimeline. Children to continue on own timeline.

A.D. B.C

Childrenwill be able to locate Ancient Greek civilization in time. Childrenwill have knowledge of BC and AD

Preprinted timeline sheets - differentiated

History:1a) b), 5a) b) c)

History

To understandwhat is meant by democracy.

To understandsome of the ideas of people living in Athens and Sparta.

Lesson 3 Athens and Sparta

Locate Athens and Sparta on a map. Children todescribe physical features of location - near to the sea, bymountains etc. Talk about the fact that these cities were states;they ran their states differently and were rivals.

Lookat a scene of Athenian and Spartan life; compare differences andsimilarities. Focus on homes, buildings/statues, whatwomen/men/children roles were and the size of their army.

Explainthe term democracy and what it means for us today. Did Athens andSparta have a democracy?

Read pages 6-8in Ginn. Discuss differences and similarities, as a class sort outstatements from sheet into either Athens or Sparta.

Democracy

Childrenwill know that Athens and Sparta were city states that governedthemselves. Children will know some differences and similaritiesbetween Athens and Sparta.

Statementsheets.

Resource books(Ginn)

History:2a) b), 4a), 12

History

To inferinformation about Greek wars and warfare from illustrations andartifact photographs.

To study armourand warships.

Lesson 4 Whatmade Greeks such great fighters?

Recapon ideas that Ancient Greece was split into city states and thatGreece is made up of many islands; often to get to different statesthere was a need to cross water.

Leadonto why army and ships were so important - city states oftenfought against each other, the armies needed to cross water and itwould take a long time to cross the hills, on foot, with heavyarmour.

Lookat pictures of pottery depicting Greek soldiers fighting, andships. What information can be gained?

Ginnpage16

tireme,artifacts,

Childrenwill understand why Greek fighting ships were important. Childrenwill be able to draw information and make conclusions from 'real'evidence. Children will have knowledge of Greek soldier and shipterms.

      Ginn

      Pictures of Greekand Persian soldiers.

Resource picturesof pottery.

History:2a), 4a) b), 12

History

To look at themain events and characters of a key battle.

To know that abattle may be interpreted in different ways and why this is so. Tounderstand how modern events have connections with the past.

Lesson 5 Thestory of Marathon Greece and the battle with thePersians

Talkabout real or fictitious events that will encourage a discussion ofinterpretation of events by different people: a playground fightwhere both children involved feel the other is to blame, a goal ina football match described as 'skilful' by one team and 'lucky' bythe other. Talk about why different people might interpret eventsdifferently and the effect this has on the value of the Historyrecounts that have survived.

Explainthat you are going to tell the story of a battle that took place inAncient Greece. Enlist children to act out parts of the story tomake it more visual. Ask the children to think about how differentpeople might have interpreted the battle and how much we can'trust' the retellings. Ask the children to decide whether theythink a Persian or a Greek recounted this event and give reasonsfor their thoughts.

Marathon, Persia,Athens

Childrenwill know the main characters and events of a key battle. Childrenwill understand that events can be interpreted differentlydepending on viewpoint. Children will appreciate that modern eventsmay have connections with the past.

Ginn pages14-15

Story boardsheets differentiated?

History:2c), 3, 12

History

To be able todeduce information about Greek beliefs and religious practices frompictures of buildings and pottery.

To learn aboutthe beliefs of Ancient Greeks.

Lesson 6: GreekGods and Temples

Show MountOlympus on a map and introduce it as the home of the Gods (Page 30in Ginn). Discuss the Parthenon the home of Athena (page 10 inGinn). Discuss the Acropolis.

How do we findout about things in the past? From the buildings and pottery. Classto use whiteboards to record what information can be gained fromthe pictures displayed record on flip chart.

Watch program 2Greek Gods and temples in Eureka. Check we have itstill?????

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/history/

webenquiry/greeks/question1.html

Acropolis,Parthenon, Mt. Olympus

Children will beable to deduce information from pottery and buildings about thereligious beliefs of the ancient Greeks.

Greek Godsheet

Eurekatape

Greek books forresearch

Ginn books

History:2a) b), 4a), 5a) c), 12

History

- to deduce infoabout Greek beliefs and religious practices from pictures ofbuildings and artefacts;

- about thebeliefs of the ancient Greeks

Lesson 7: GreekGods

Discuss thebackground to Greek gods and goddesses explanations for things.Discuss human and non-human qualities. Use powerpoint o showpictures and descriptions of Zeus, Hestia, Demeter,

Ares, Poseidon,Aphrodite, Hera, Hades.

-       complete afact-file card on a Greek god

-       research sources(books/internet) to write and make fact-file card.

Cut out picturesof various god/desses and write a brief description of theirfeatures

Frames for lowerability. Higher ability to note the primary sources which wereprobably used to find this information.

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/history/

webenquiry/greeks/gods.html

Children will beable to deduce information from pottery and buildings about thereligious beliefs of the ancient Greeks.

History/English

Linked to Englishunit on myths

To understandaspects of Greek Myths and where we gain this information. To knowwhat a myth is.

Lesson 8 -Greek Myths

Read togetherpage 32 of Ginn and discuss.

Read a Greek mythto the class, such as The labours of Herakles, Theseus and theMinotaur etc.

How have thesemyths been recorded?

Record parts ofthe story on the board to help the children in their independenttask.

Herakles, Theseus, myths

Children to beable to retell a Greek myth and to understand what a mythis.

Storyboard sheets differentiated.

Greek myth

Pictures?

History:2a) b), 4a), 5a) c), 12

History

Art

Tobe able to understand the role of theatre in Greek life. Childrenare to recognise the main features of a Greek theatre.

Lesson 9 & 10 Greek Theatre

Discuss page 42and 43 in the Ginn book. Ask questions for verbal response.Talk about the shape, acoustics, andpresence of an altar, seating, the stage and how it was built inthe open air.

Explainthat Ancient Greek theatre originated from a festival held inhonour of the God Dionysus. Introduce the different types of playsthat were shown - tragedies and comedies. Talk about the elementsof each. Ask children to suggest whether the Greek myths they knowwould be comedies or tragedies.

Discuss the factthat the masks had to have exaggerated features because of theseating

comedy, tragedy,Dionysus, acoustics

Childrenwill understand the role of Greek theatre and to recognise the mainfeatures of it.

Masktemplates

Elastic

Art supplies formasks

History:2a), 4a), 12

English

Children todevelop their speaking and listening skills through practicing andproducing their own Greek myth.

Children toappreciate and recognise the main features of Greek theatre.

Lesson 11 Performing Greek myths

Remind childrenof the previous lesson on Greek theatre. How would they havedressed? Discuss dramatic arm movements etc.

In their mixedability groups, children are to practice and rehearse their GreekMyth.

Perform withmasks made in previous lesson.

evaluate,theatre, exaggeration, expression

Children willdevelop their speaking and listening skills through practicing andproducing their own Greek myth appreciating the conventions ofGreek theatre

Space..hall

S+L En 1:1,2,4

History

Childrento make inferences about the Olympic Games. Children to know whythe Olympic Games were important to the Ancient Greeks.

Lesson 12 TheOlympic Games

-Explain thehistorical background of the Olympics (procedures, ceremoniesetc)

-show video fromespresso of coverage

-chn to recognisethis modern day event as a legacy from Ancient Greece.

-discuss when,who, where, prizes of modern day olympic games.

-Give each groupa title to talk about (eg Olympic Creed) with some information -discuss understanding of the title and feed this back to the restof the class while the rest of the class takes notes on what isbeing said.

Create their ownOlympic games timetable/poster and present it to the class.

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/

projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecesports1.html

Olympics

Childrenwill be able to make inferences about the Olympic Games. Childrenwill know why the Olympic Games were important to the AncientGreeks.

Greek informationbooks, photos, internet etc.

History:1b), 2a) c) d), 4a) b), 5a) c) 12

PE

Lesson 13:Olympic games event

Art

toinvestigate and

combinevisual and tactile

qualitiesof materials and

processesto show

movement

to use avariety of

methods andtechniques

to showmovement

to applytheir experience

ofmaterials and

processes,developing

theircontrol of tools and

techniques

to matchmaterials and

processesto ideas and

intentions.

Lesson 14-Actionfigure sculpture

Demonstratehow to use pliers in different ways, bend ends of wire forsafety

purposes.

Ask thechildren to experiment using pliers to bend the wire.

Demonstratehow to make a simple armature, twisting wire in the middle

for thehead shape, body and legs, add second piece for arms, doublewire

forstrength.

Ask thechildren to make an armature for their sculpture by:

usingwire to create the movement of the figure, consider joints,

balancingthe weight, working from original drawings

staplingthe wire to a wooden base for stability

buildingform onto the armature using screwed up newspaper and

maskingtape

cuttingmod roc (plaster impregnated bandages), into thin strips,

soakingin water, modelling form of figure using mod roc.

Ask thechildren to paint the figure when dry.

practisetechniques for using

wire

explorethe visual and tactile

qualitiesof wire

developskills and techniques

using modroc to model form

make asculpture of a figure

usingconstruction and modelling

techniques,from original

drawingsand photographs.

Art

to adapttheir work

accordingto their views

anddescribe how they

mightdevelop it further

tocompare the ancient

and modernOlympic

games.

Lesson15: Action figuresculpture

Ask thechildren to make considered changes to their work as needed.

Discusswhat is most and least effective about the work as itprogresses.

Reviewfinished sculptures. Compare their work with other sculptorswork.

What materialsand processes did the sculptors use? How has thesculptor

shown movement?Did the use of visual qualities suit the purpose? Lookat

statues of Greekathletes and Greek gods? What does that tell you about

their beliefs,thinking about why the games were held in the firstplace?

Discuss howthe ancient Olympic games differed from the modern version.

Ask them tosuggest the reasons for the differences. This information canbe

recorded ona grid, with the columns labelled ancient and modern andthe

rowslabelled Location, Reason for games, Events etc.

adapt theirwork as needed

answerkey questions to

review theeffectiveness of

their ownwork

comparetheir work with other

sculptorswork as part of the

process ofevaluation

suggestsimilarities and/or

differencesbetween ancient

and moderngames.

History

To be able tounderstand aspects of Greek everyday life and the types of workdone by ordinary Greek Citizens.

Lesson 16 -Everyday life

Read throughrelevant parts of Ginn pages 20-29. As a class, list the types ofjobs that took place in Ancient Greece.

Watch Eurekaprogram 4 on Everyday life. Discuss.

Children will beable to list Greek jobs, to understand why they needed to be doneand appreciate the nature of Greek life.

Ginn books

History:2a) b), 4a), 12

History

English

To discover thelinks between the Greek alphabet and our own.

Lesson 17: Greekalphabet

Prior to thislesson (in literacy) conduct an activity about the origin of wordsand dicover which words /prefixes /suffixes came from Greeklanguage. Produce Greek word bank. Discuss importance of writingfor recording. Tell chn origins of Greek language. Examine theGreek alphabet noting similarities and differences. Discuss sourcesof evidence pots, sculptures, coins. Translate some Greek lettersto make words.

Chn examine copyof Greek coin with Greek god on it written in Greek. Chn useletters to decipher who the god is. Lower ability chn write theirname using Greek letters, while the other chn write a short messagefor a partner to decode.

A range ofsubjects

To experienceGreek activities. To understand how we gain evidence from thepast.

Children toexperience a range of activities for the afternoons. Perhaps theycould make Laurel wreaths to wear in preparation? As a year groupthese activities could be rotated:

• Food tasting feta cheese, olives, olive bread etc.
• Potpainting
• Platemaking
• The Olympicgames

Obviously withsupport and extension where appropriate.

Consolidateproject through practical and fun activities.

Extra-curricular