<p>Ancient Greeks: 10 lessons for KS2</p> <p>A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic.</p> <p><strong>What you get:</strong><br /> 10 lesson Powerpoint files<br /> 10 detailed lesson plans<br /> Teachers’ notes, including curriculum coverage<br /> Pupil activity sheets for all lessons</p> <p><strong>About the Unit</strong><br /> The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of life in Ancient Greece, including a focus on its achievements and influence on the western world. As with all of the KS2History unit plans, there is an emphasis on allowing pupils to consider the sources of evidence that form our understanding of this period of world history.</p> <p><strong>Aims of the Unit</strong></p> <ul> <li>To gain an overview of significant people, places and events from Ancient Greece</li> <li>To contrast daily life in Ancient Greece with modern day lifestyles ! To consider broader historical context, particularly with regards to the expansion of the Ancient Greek empire and lasting legacy</li> <li>To become familiar with historical sources, debates and accurate vocabulary relating to Ancient Greece</li> </ul> <p><strong>Lessons in the Pack</strong></p> <ol> <li>Who were the Ancient Greeks?</li> <li>Why were Athens and Sparta so different?</li> <li>What was Alexander the Great’s impact on the Greek empire?</li> <li>Why did a small Greek army win the Battle of Marathon?</li> <li>What were the Ancient Greek gods known for?</li> <li>What happened at the Ancient Greek Olympic Games?</li> <li>What were the Ancient Greek philosophers famous for?</li> <li>Did the events of the Trojan Horse story really happen?</li> <li>What was daily life like for children in Ancient Greece?</li> <li>How significant is the legacy of Ancient Greece for life today?</li> </ol> <p>This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable.</p> <p>This pack is brought to you from <a href="http://Ks2history.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ks2history.com</a>.</p>

<p>Greek Myths &amp; The Odyssey Booklet perfect for Y7 but could also be used with older years but lower ability groups. The 24-page booklet with coloured pictures offers a collection of fundamental Greek myths about creation and the main gods but heavily based on episodes from ‘The Odyssey’. Could be an ideal tool to introduce young students to the universe of Greek mythology that could be later exploited in a subsequent learning unit centered on Heroes.</p>

<p>A lesson for KS2 about the Ancient Greek Olympic Games, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and printable activity sheets.<br /> This lesson is part of our popular <a href="http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-greeks-planning-12260791">Ancient Greece Pack for Key Stage 2</a>.</p> <p>Lesson: What happened at the Ancient Greek Olympic Games?<br /> In this lesson, pupils will find out about the Ancient Greek Olympic games. After matching up ancient and modern events, pupils will find out about the why, what, who and when of the Ancient Games and may be surprised to learn that competitive sport was not the main purpose of the games. Pupils will make a sample 5-day programme to show the balance of sporting, religious and social activities before taking part in a Classroom Olympic Games of their own, complete with its own winners’ ceremony.</p> <p>Objectives:<br /> To explain the importance of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greek culture<br /> To explore the balance of religious, social and sporting activities at the Ancient Greek Olympics</p> <p>You may also like:<br /> <a href="http://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ancient-greeks-planning-12260791">Ancient Greeks Lessons Pack</a> for KS2: A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic.</p> <p>This primary history resource has been created by KS2History.</p>

<p>Three-week writing unit about a Greek myth, planned in detail and fully resourced and differentiated. It is pitched at Year 4, but would work equally well in Year 5 or 6 (please see the key skills covered below). For most sessions, there are resources to extend high attainers and resources to support SEN learners. By the end of the unit, children will have written a Greek myth of their own, informed by the structure of Theseus and the Minotaur. Along the way, there is drama, grammar skills, vocabulary work and short-burst diary writing - please see the objectives below. This unit is ready to go!</p> <p>Three weeks of differentiated resources is a lot of files, so you can’t see it all in the preview. <strong>When you buy, please use the zip folder. The contents of the zip are organised into weeks and then into individual lessons (the other files are only there so that people can preview the unit!) . The zip will enable you to navigate your way through the plan and related resources with ease.</strong> All resources are PowerPoint and Word, so you will have no issues opening anything - and you can edit to suit your own needs - no PDFs!</p> <p>There are many, many resources included. Here are a few key examples:<br /> model text (short and long versions);<br /> a story map;<br /> drama activities;<br /> story boards;<br /> cold task/assessment task;<br /> reading comprehension activities;<br /> conjunctions activities;<br /> scavenger hunt;<br /> paragraphing activities;<br /> pronoun activities;<br /> noun phrase activities;<br /> fronted adverbial activities;<br /> tool kits;<br /> idea gathering resources;<br /> planning grids;<br /> peer assessment resources;<br /> and many more!</p> <p>The key objectives covered repeatedly throughout the unit are:<br /> Reading:<br /> • increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally<br /> • asking questions to improve their understanding of a text<br /> • drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence</p> <p>Vocab/grammar/punctuation<br /> • I can use a wide range of subordinating conjunctions (when, if, because, although)<br /> • I understand the term ‘adverbial’ and I can use fronted adverbials (with a comma)<br /> • I can choose a variety of nouns and pronouns (to avoid repetition)</p> <p>Composition<br /> • discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar<br /> • organising paragraphs around a theme<br /> Evaluate and edit by:<br /> • assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements</p> <p>These have been broken down and written in ‘child speak’ within the planning.</p>

<p>A 5 week unit focusing on Greek myths and legends for KS3 students<br /> stories and resources included</p> <p>Each myth builds a foundation of the key concepts and texts taught at GCSE. These include tragic heroes, femininity, power and humanity.</p> <p>The unit focuses on reading comprehension, creative writing (fiction and non-fiction) as well as analytical writing.</p> <p>Writing structures provided (most with sentence starters.)</p> <p>Week 1: The Ancient Greeks</p> <ul> <li>Lesson 1: The Ancient Greeks</li> <li>Lesson 2: Greek Gods and Goddesses</li> <li>Lesson 3: Mythical Beasts</li> <li>Lesson 4: Hercules</li> </ul> <p>Week 2: Be Careful What You Wish For</p> <ul> <li>Lesson 5: Pandora’s Box</li> <li>Lesson 6: King Midas</li> <li>Lesson 7: Icarus</li> </ul> <p>Week 3: Vanity and Narcissism</p> <ul> <li>Lesson 9: Mirror Descriptions</li> <li>Lesson 10: Narcissus</li> <li>Lesson 11: Medusa</li> <li>Lesson 12: Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’</li> </ul> <p>Week 4: The Power of Nature:</p> <ul> <li>Lesson 13: Hades and the Underworld</li> <li>Lesson 14: Persephone’s Abduction</li> <li>Lesson 15: Artemis and Orion</li> <li>Lesson 16: Poseidon</li> </ul> <p>Week 5: Masculinity and Tragic Heroes</p> <ul> <li>Lesson 17: Prometheus and Zeus</li> <li>Lesson 18: Persuading Zeus</li> <li>Lesson 19: Achilles and the Tragic Hero</li> <li>Lesson 20: Greek Myths Quiz</li> </ul>

<p>A non-chron extract on the life of Ancient Greek Theatre<br /> Available as PDF and Editable Copy<br /> Bronze/Silver/Gold differentiated guided reading questions using VIPERS skills.<br /> Aimed at KS2 / Lower KS3</p>

<p>An introduction to the diet of the ancient Greeks by tasting!<br /> This resource can be used at the start of a learning journey on Ancient Greece, to engage, or at the end. I have also used it the day before a ‘Fabulous Finish’ (Ancient Greek Day) where the children dressed in costumes, designed their own Greek pottery and carved in clay, held a mini Olympic games tournament and then marched into a feast, giving due honour to Zeus before eating. It worked well in this manner, because the children were already aware of the types of foods they would be sampling and why.</p> <p>The resource includes:</p> <ol> <li>Presentation on the diet of the Ancient Greeks.</li> <li>A printable Menu - edit on the ppt to include the food you have bought</li> <li>Slides to show what foods are going to be sampled</li> <li>A printout where children can rate the food, based on its appearance and texture and taste etc. (Print from ppt)</li> <li>A suggested follow up task - where children design their own menus, of Ancient Greek style food, using effusive persuasive language.</li> </ol> <p>All the food types included, are easy to source, and I found Aldi/Lidl extremely good value for 60 pupils. Most children gagged on the anchovies, but it was part of the fun - they all loved the goats cheese/greek yoghurt squeezy honey combo (and some were eating the honey simply on its own!)</p> <p>I hope you enjoy using this resource.</p>

<p>Mostly used for KS3 Greek Theatre unit. Focusing specifically on the story of Oedipus and pupils working as a chorus.<br /> Around 7 lessons work and includes performance script, assessment criteria and evaluation work.<br /> AO1, AO2 &amp; AO4 assessment.</p>

Everything you need for a display on Ancient Greece.<br /> * Header (can be enlarged or printed as A3)<br /> * 12 posters with short descritptions<br /> * 12 Ancient Greece timeline cards (2 per page)<br /> * 60 Keywords (not all shown)

<p>A complete scheme of work, introducing students to the concepts of Ancient Greek Theatre. The scheme covers a variety of ideas and culminates in a summative, performance assessment.</p> <p>Included in this pack:<br /> Lesson 1 - The Gods<br /> Lesson 2 - Amphitheatres and Antigone<br /> Lesson 3 - The Chorus<br /> Lesson 4 - Masks<br /> Lesson 5 - Devising<br /> Lesson 6 - Rehearsing<br /> Lesson 7 - Assessment/Performance<br /> Assessment sheet<br /> Script for assessment (Creon/Chorus dialogue)</p> <p>A great scheme for KS3 drama in particular :)</p>

A complete week (5 days) of English planning, planned for year 4/5 but easily adaptable. There is a strong emphasis on word classes, noun phrases and adverbs - highlighting the need for precision throughout the week. <br /> <br /> All resources are included, along with a PowerPoint for each day. <br /> <br /> At the end of the week, the chdn write and perform a poem about the god of their choosing. <br /> Any questions please feel free to ask: D<br /> <br /> Please leave feedback. Thank you :)

<p>This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to gain a clear and understanding of the key meanings in the Greek Myth ‘Daedalus and Icarus.’ Through close study of the myth, they learn to interpret and infer the key meanings in a myth, understand the moral viewpoint of a myth, and react to the moral message of a myth with their own thoughts and ideas.</p> <p>The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards differentiated learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to:<br /> - Define the key term ‘hubris’ and apply the notion to other examples;<br /> - Read the story ‘Daedarus and Icarus’ and interpret and infer the key meanings;<br /> - Identify, explain, and analyse the moral of the story in ‘Daedarus and Icarus;’<br /> - Engage deeply with the myth by challenging and building upon the ideas raised in the myth;<br /> - Test their understanding of the story by answering an exam-style comprehension question.<br /> -Peer assess each other’s learning attempts.</p> <p>This resource pack includes:<br /> - A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation;<br /> - Paper copies and online links to the text;<br /> - Interpretation worksheet;<br /> - A logically scaffolded essay template;<br /> - A detailed lesson plan, complete with what the teacher and students should aim to achieve at each stage of the lesson.</p> <p>All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.</p>

<p>This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to gain a clear understanding of the key meanings in the Greek Myth ‘Echo and Narcissus.’ Through engagement with the story, students learn to interpret and infer the key meanings in the text, understand its predominant morals, and back up their ideas with textual evidence.</p> <p>The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards differentiated learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to:<br /> - Define the key term ‘moral’ and identify the morals in popular tales;<br /> - Read the story ‘Echo and Narcissus’ and interpret the key meanings;<br /> - Identify, explain, and analyse the moral of the story in ‘Echo and Narcissus’;<br /> - Engage deeply with the text by inferring the thoughts and feelings of the key characters;<br /> - Test their understanding of the story by answering an exam-style comprehension question.<br /> -Peer assess each other’s learning attempts.</p> <p>This resource pack includes:<br /> - A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation;<br /> - Paper copies and online links to the text;<br /> - Resources for ‘In Your Shoes’ Task;<br /> - Bloom’s Taxonomy worksheet;<br /> - A logically scaffolded essay template;<br /> - A detailed lesson plan, complete with what the teacher and students should aim to achieve at each stage of the lesson.</p> <p>All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.</p>

A handy resource to revise Greek myths, practice adjectives and adverbs as well as connectives, create complex sentences

A powerpoint explaining some of the main gods from Ancient Greece.

<p>This SOW includes a Powerpoint with six lessons (could easily be extended) suitable for KS2 or KS3. The SOW includes the sources used to create the PowerPoint and suitable extracts for performance.</p> <p><em>I do not own any of the media, text, script used</em></p>

Use this podcast and accompanying transcript to teach your students all about famous Greeks!