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

  • Theme Park Visit

    Theme Park Visit

    Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip

  • Family Holiday Trips

    Family Holiday Trips

    Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world

  • Money Multiplication

    Money Multiplication

    Explain and model how to use standard written calculation methods to multiply money amounts in pounds and pence when solving number problems

  • Sport Teams

    Sport Teams

    Explain and model how to use brackets and dashes to add extra information to sentences describing how to play sports and games as part of a team