Ancient Greece
How do we use ancient Greek ideas today?
General Websites on Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece Teaching Resources
Ancient Greece - Clicker 5 Resource on LearningGrids.com
Smartboard Resource - (Greenwich ICT)
Powerpoint Resource - Where is Greece? ( LGfL)
Powerpoint Resource - (Greenwich ICT)
Online Activity - Adventures in Ancient Greece
Place the ancient Greek civilisation accurately on a time line and demonstrate their understanding of BC and AD; describe important features of life in ancient Greece, and compare life in different city states; explain some of the beliefs of the ancient Greeks and why they held them; understand the reasons for and results of key events; interpret an event from one perspective and in so doing show an appreciation of other possible interpretations; select and combine information from written and archaeological sources.
Teaching Resources
Create a holiday brochure for Greece today
A good site for children to find out about Greece today is www.greece4kids.com
Multimedia presentation on the life of a child in ancient Greece ICT LinkUnit 6A
Explain to the children that they are going to produce a presentation in the form of an illustrated narrative, which will inform their audience about the life of a child in ancient Greece . As part of their presentation, they should take on the role of a Greek boy or girl to explain to the audience what life was like in ancient Greece , and the differences between then and now.
Divide the children into groups and ask them to plan their pages to include aspects of ancient Greek life they have studied. Within each group, ask pairs of children to concentrate on one aspect of life, e.g. school life, the theatre, religion, the ancient Olympic Games. The children could use the internet or CD-ROMs to carry out additional research, and save appropriate images to use later in their presentation.
Ask the children to work in pairs to produce pages, which should include recorded narration of the story, images and text. They could also consider using animation. The slides should then be combined to form a group presentation.
Show examples of work in progress to the class, and encourage children to modify their work in the light of others’ comments. Consider how easy the work is to read and understand. How do the images help the audience understand how people lived in ancient Greece ? How successfully does the presentation evoke a vivid picture of the life of the Greeks? How well does it help the audience compare a child’s life then and now?
Learning Outcomes
- design pages and links which inform an audience about the life of a child in ancient Greece
- show sensitivity to the needs of the audience
Wars and Warfare
The Oxfordshire ICT Team have created ready-made ICT resources, complete with question prompts for teachers to help pupils find out about warfare during the time of the Ancient Greeks using historical artefacts.
www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/history.html
Design a Greek Pot
Children design and draw a Greek pot using a graphics package.
Write a newspaper report on The Battle of Marathon
Write a letter to ask for help during the battle
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002356F/marathon.htm
Create an interactive quiz on Ancient Greek schooling
Children use the Internet for the information and PowerPoint to create the hyperlinked quiz.
The Oxfordshire ICT Team have created ready-made ICT resources, complete with question prompts for teachers to help pupils find out about warfare during the time of the Ancient Greeks using historical artefacts. www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/history.html
Ancient Greeks Web Quest for Key Stage 2
Who did the Greeks worship and why?
Textease Turtle - From Textease Examples (pictured right)
One of the many Textease examples which come with Textease CT
Create a multimedia presentation titled 'What I know about the Ancient Greeks'.
How do we use ancient Greek ideas today?
Know the ways the ancient Greeks influenced their own and others' lives today; give reasons why the way of life in ancient Greece and life today are different in some ways; select and combine information from a range of sources to answer specific questions about the past; interpret an aspect of the lives of the ancient Greeks in order to recreate it; produce a summary of what they have found out, as a structured, extended piece of writing.
Teaching Resources
Have ancient Greek buildings influenced buildings in the UK?
The Oxfordshire ICT Team have created ready-made ICT resources, for teachers to help pupils investigate the ways in which ancient Greek buildings influenced buildings in the UK.
www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/history.html
 | How do we use Ancient Greek ideas today? The influence of the Ancient Greeks are still felt by us today. The major impact in our lives in the Arts and Sciences can be seen in both the past and present day. |
WebQuest - A safe way to search the internet
The British Museum's website children's COMPASS
Explore their huge collection of Greek artefacts. Follow the Sport in ancient Greece Tour, or browse the Ancient Greece areas of the Search, including Death, Warfare and Birds and beasts.
You can also play games and print out activities. Includes resources for teachers.
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| Ancient Greece website. Lots of background information and activities for children. |
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