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Ancient Greece Legacy

This history scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate the development of the Ancient Greek civilization including architecture, education and government and explore how these features impact the modern world. The class can record the importance of Ancient Greek influences on modern communities.

Investigate the growth and development of the Ancient Greek civilization including architecture, education and government and explore how these features impact the modern world

Lesson One : Architecture
Identify, describe and compare examples of some modern, Victorian and Ancient Greek construction styles that were used for a range of different types of buildings

Lesson Two : Education
Investigate and compare how education was conducted differently for girls and boys in the Ancient Greece civilization and explore how it impacts schooling today

Lesson Three : Alphabet
Practise writing and presenting a selection of different words using some of the special letters from the Greek alphabet used in ancient city states

Lesson Four : Thinkers and Philosophers
Explore and record information about some of the significant leaders from Ancient Greece who have had an impact on the modern world

Lesson Five : Government
Explore and illustrate some of the different styles of Ancient Greek government that are still used in some countries around the modern world today

Lesson Six : Elgin Marbles
Investigate how to debate the collection and use of some of the different historical artefacts that were taken from Ancient Greece by other countries in the past
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French Schools
Learn and practise speaking and writing French vocabulary and word phrases to describe some of the special things that can happen and are used in a school
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French Sports
Practise speaking and writing French vocabulary words and phrases to describe some different sports and games
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Roman Settlement
Explore and record what happened when the Romans settled in Ancient Britain and how it impacted the population and made changes to ways of life
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3D Shape Labels
Identify and record how to label models and illustrations of some different 3D shapes to indicate their special properties