Darius I Graphic Organisers (Dual Coded): Ancient History GCSE

These Graphic Organisers are ideal for Ancient History 9-1 GCSE. Quality resources for the GCSE seem scarce and this is me trying to rectify that a bit.

My students really appreciate these. The organisers give enough ‘knowledge’ or ‘information’ for students to get a good grade at GCSE - a 4/5/6 depending on how much information they can retain.

We print these out A5 size and stick them in the middle of our books and as I am teaching students will annotate these sheets according to how much extra information they need to get above a 4/5/6.

The visuals are a huge help and icons and schemas are repeated as and when appropriate across the organisers which makes pupils feel secure and build a mental image of all the content - something I had found challenging to help them create before using these. The GOs really help tell the ‘story’ of Darius the Great’s reign as king of Persia.

Topics included:

1. Accession of Darius
2. Behistun (Bisitun) Inscription
3. Darius’ reorganisation of the Persian Empire
4. The foundation of Darius’ city at Persepolis
5. Darius’ initial expansion attempts from 517 BCE
6. The backstory and causes of the Ionian Revolt
7. The events of the Ionian Revolt 499 BCE
8. The aftermath and consequences of the Ionian Revolt
9. Darius’ final invasion of Greece and death