A lesson for KS2 about the Ancient Greek army and the Battle of Marathon, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and printable activity sheets.
This lesson is part of our popular Ancient Greece Pack for Key Stage 2.
Lesson: Why did a small Greek army win the Battle of Marathon?
In this lesson, pupils will play a starter game to learn about warfare in Ancient Greek times, including armour and fighting formation. Pupils will find out what happened at the Battle of Marathon and why it had such a surprising outcome, before using their knowledge to analyse key reasons for the Greek victory in a group sorting activity.
Objectives:
To find out what happened at the Battle of Marathon
To analyse the main reasons for the Greek victory
You may also like:
Ancient Greeks Lessons Pack for KS2: A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic.
This primary history resource has been created by Battle of Marathon.
Get this resource as part of a bundle and save up to 63%
A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.
Something went wrong, please try again later.
This resource hasn't been reviewed yet
To ensure quality for our reviews, only customers who have purchased this resource can review it
Report this resourceto let us know if it violates our terms and conditions.
Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch.
£3.00