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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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Rounding Hundreds
Explain and model how to round some different numbers to the nearest hundred based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Rounding Tens
Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number
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Classic Animal Stories
Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters
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Cities, Towns and Villages
Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition