Lesson One – Journey to Olympia
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to research and present facts and information about the establishment and development of the Olympic Games that occurred during the Ancient Greek civilization.
The class can practise writing and presenting a proclamation as a messenger inviting the city of Athens to the ancient games in the past.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to research and present facts and information about the establishment and development of the Olympic Games that occurred during the Ancient Greek civilization
Activities in this teaching pack include a table display card to research the establishment and development of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece and a template to structure and format a spoken message heralding the start of the Greek Games in the past.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to research and present information about the establishment and development of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to explore the development of the Olympic Games that began during the history of Ancient Greece and make comparisons with modern competitions. 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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