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Ancient Greece Daily Life

This history scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets 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. The class can write diary journals and news reports to illustrate their understanding of life in the past.

Investigate the growth and development of Ancient Greece by researching daily life in different city states that formed the civilization in the past

Lesson One : Historical Artefacts
Investigate and describe the lives of the Ancient Greeks by examining a range of artefacts that historians have discovered from the past

Lesson Two : City of Athens
Identify and describe the lives of people living in an Ancient Greek city state in the past by using a range of different primary sources

Lesson Three : Athens Life
Compose and produce a range of history sound clips to describe an aspect of daily life about living in a Greek city state in the past

Lesson Four : Athens and Sparta
Investigate, describe and compare different aspects of daily life between two city states in the past that were part of the Ancient Greek civilization

Lesson Five : Trojan War
Investigate and record information about a significant event that happened in Ancient Greece by using journalistic writing to present the sequence of events

Lesson Six : Ancient Greek Exhibition
Explore how to research and present different facts and information about an aspect of daily life that featured in Ancient Greece in the past
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Stone Age
Investigate and record how different aspects of life in prehistoric Britain developed and changed during the Stone Age
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Stonehenge
Investigate and record some of the special reasons as to why people built different monuments during the Stone Age in prehistoric Britain from a range of materials
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Stone Age Farming
Explore and record how and why people in the Stone Age began to harvest crops and started farming animals in their settlements to support their growing communities
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Stone Age Tools
Identify, describe and illustrate how people in the Stone Age in prehistoric Britain produced and used different tools for a range of functions to support their communities