Greek Battles

This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to model how to compose a news report to present facts and information about different battles between city states that occurred during the Ancient Greek civilization.
The class can collect notes and write reports to answer the questions of where, when, who, what and why about a Greek battle to publish in a newspaper.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to compose a news report to present facts and information about some of the different battles between city states that occurred during the Ancient Greek civilization
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to investigate a significant event in the history of Ancient Greece and a template to structure and format a news report about Greek battle between city states that happened in the history of Ancient Greece.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compose and publish a news report to answer key questions about a Greek battle between city states during the Ancient Greek civilization.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate how to format and structure reports to publish in newspapers illustrating some of the historical events that happened during the Ancient Greek civilization. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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