Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Greece unit to life? This pack has 6 hands-on activities that include writing the ancient Greek alphabet, making ancient Greek coins, making a miniature clay amphora (vase), sgraffito art inspired by ancient Greek art, weaving, and making a 3D model of the Parthenon. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of the art curriculum at the same time. This pack comes with a PDF slideshow version of instructions, plus a student handout version for the art activities. There are also three pages of photos of real artefacts to use for inspiration. What’s included? Teacher’s guide Photos for inspiration Self-reflection Artist statement Student instructions for: Make a 3D Parthenon model - two sizes to choose from so you can differentiate Make a clay amphora Make clay or salt dough coins Draw an aspect of ancient Greek life using the sgraffito technique with oil pastels Write the ancient Greek alphabet Try weaving using wool You will need: A4 paper scissors, glue/glue sticks paint (poster or acrylic) strong card a variety of colourful wool tape pencils, colouring pencils oil pastels air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools Please note the Parthenon model is not to scale and is an artistic representation, not a realistic representation. *60 pages included You will receive a zip file with PDFs. I hope you enjoy using this pack with your students. You may also like: Ancient Egypt Activities Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities and Crafts Ancient Egypt Pyramid Craft Aztec Empire Activities Aztec Empire Hands-on Activities and Crafts Shang Dynasty Activities Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

If you’re studying Ancient Sumer, then your students will love these hands-on activities which get them making art, crafts, and writing from the earliest civilisations! This pack has lots of activities you can pick and choose from, that will give students an insight into the crafts and technology that the first civilisations in Mesopotamia used. Students can: explore cuneiform script with two different scripts to try practice weaving make a woven basket make a paper model of the Ishtar Gate make a clay bowl make a clay tablet and write cuneiform on it make a paper ziggurat model (differentiated with two options) The pack includes student hand-out instructions and a PDF slideshow version of the instructions, plus templates to make the Ishtar Gate and ziggurat. You will need: wool thick card (for weaving) paper cups air-drying clay paint (optional) scissors, glue sticks, coloring pencils wooden skewers paper or light card (for models) U.K. and U.S. versions included. I hope your students enjoy making their Ancient Sumer crafts. -----------LEAVE A REVIEW AND GET A FREEBIE---------  If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com.

SAVE MONEY with this complete hands-on unit bundle on ancient Aztec This pack of activities on the Aztec empire is full of engaging activities including a timeline, primary source activity, causes and consequences, codex symbols, map work, colouring cover pages, research organisers and more! Your students will love learning about the Aztec empire. There is everything from incredible ruins that still exist, fierce warriors, clever methods of farming, pictorial symbols for writing, an impressive empire, human sacrifice, and a belief that their world was going to end very soon! There’s a lot to get your students hooked on history. What’s included? timeline cut and paste colouring pages (great for covers) map work informational reading passage (text is editable, images/layout aren’t) comparison activities of the students’ lives with Aztec life codices achievements reporter-style research page archaeological dig research booklet structure of society adapting to the environment interactive notebook cause and consequence cut and paste fortune teller of key social studies concepts Line sizes are included for year 3-4, and year 5-6. This pack is available in U.S and U.K versions. Hands-on activities: Mosaic artwork Make a Sun Stone Illustrate the legend of Tenochtitlan Make a codex Carry out an archaeological dig with a partner Interview an archaeologist I hope you enjoy using this unit with your children, as much as I enjoyed making it! You will receive a zip file with PDFs. If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com

SAVE MONEY with this complete hands-on unit bundle on ancient Shang dynasty history packed with fun activities including research organisers, a timeline, developments, leadership analysis, a fortune teller, and more to help your students learn about the first ancient Chinese civilization with a written record. This pack contains lots of interesting learning activities that you can pick and choose from: timeline cut and paste colouring page (great for covers) map work comparison activities of the students’ lives with Shang life social structure reporter-style research page archaeological dig research booklet informational reading passage (text is editable, images/layout aren’t) adapting to the environment interactive notebook analysing leadership cut and paste fortune teller of key social studies concepts starting the inquiry process (KWL) U.S and U.K versions included. I hope your students love learning about the Shang Dynasty! Hands-on activities: Student instructions for: Roleplay as archaeologists Make a model Shang chariot Carry out an archaeological dig with a partner Make a soap “jade” carving Make a clay bronze “ding” Write oracle symbols - the first Chinese writing system on paper, but if you have clay students can make an oracle bone to write symbols on. I hope you enjoy using this unit with your children, as much as I enjoyed making it! You will receive a zip file with PDFs and a PPTX file. If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com