KS4 lesson for Unit 2: The Universal Hero, in Component 1: Myth and Religion, of the OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE. The lesson objective is to analyse the significance of Olympia and Heracles’ link to this sacred site, with a focus on the architecture of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Accessible for all ability groups and the resources are easily differentiated for more and less academically able students.
This lesson includes…
- A map of Ancient Greece, placing Olympia within it’s culturally and geographically significant context - with a video to support this.
- Activity to compare the two origin stories of the Olympic Games, Heracles and the Aegean Stables, with Pelops and Hippodamia, both with video aids to support.
- Study of mythic equality in ancient Greece, focusing on the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. This also contains a plethora of video sources to support.
- Brief introduction to key temple architecture.
- Study of the twelve labours as metopes on the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. This activity will focus on how successfully the sculptor met the three architectural goals in the ancient world.
- Practise source questions, using the metopes of the twelve labours, as AfL.
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