Lesson Four – Athens and Sparta
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate, describe and compare different aspects of daily life between two city states in the past that were part of the Ancient Greek civilization.
The class can write journals describing the life of a soldier working in either the Athenian or Spartan armies in the past to make historical comparisons between each of the city states.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, describe and compare different aspects of daily life between two city states in the past that were part of the Ancient Greek civilization
Activities in this teaching pack include a display poster to identify and compare the locations of Athens and Sparta in Ancient Greece, a set of cards to compare how life in Athens and Sparta was the same or different in the past and differentiated worksheets to research and make comparisons between aspects of life in Athens and Sparta in Ancient Greece.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and compare aspects of daily life between two Ancient Greek city states in the past.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to investigate the growth and development of Ancient Greece by researching daily life in different city states that formed the civilization in the past. 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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