Ancient Greece was made up of independent city-states that shared a language and a religion but had different laws, governments and currency. This resource has reading passages about city-states, types of governments in Greek city-states, Athens and Sparta. The information is followed up with worksheets and activities. Pages: 10 (including 3 answer sheets) Contents: 2 Information Handouts Comprehension Questions Multiple Choice Questions Polis Expert Activity Compare Athens and Sparta Activity Make Your Own Polis Activity Answer Sheets

An original and humorous class assembly script based on the Ancient Greeks including such characters as Zeus, Hercules, Athena, Medusa and Odysseus! Includes around 20 speaking roles, although ‘CH’ (short for child) lines could be easily stretched to a class of 30. Also includes all music files for appropriate class songs and character entrance music suggestions and a PowerPoint presentation slide if needed. Your Assembly will include; Full script, suitable for up to 30 children PowerPoint Presentation slide, to use as a background picture to the assembly Sound effects/excerpts for character entrances (battle sounds, Chariots of fire excerpt, Zero to Hero excerpt, Friend in Me excerpt) Assembly Songs for the class to sing; - Respect, Aretha Franklin - Go the Distance, from the Disney film ‘Hercules’

Information about the legacy of Ancient Greece followed by a Diamond 9 activity testing abililty to justify the most/ least important aspect of the legacy. Created for Year 5 but could be easily adapted for older children.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to the Ancient Egyptians. It contains comprehensive sections on: Ancient Greece map (annotated); Ancient Greek Gods; Ancient Greece timeline; Ancient Greek people; Ancient Greek places; Ancient Greek daily life. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). It is most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3.

In this lesson, students learn about Greek mythological creatures. Twelve of the main Greek beasts, creatures and monsters are explored in listings, Centaur, Cerberus, Chimera, Cyclops, Harpy, Hydra, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Phoenix, Satyr and Siren. Each listing features an original illustration, facts and a short myth. The introduction includes interesting facts about ancient Greek mythological beasts including heroes, natural phenomena, animal attributes and powers. There is also a page exploring three constellations named after mythological beasts. Activities include differentiated reading response, create a monster activity, match the beast activity, constellation task cards and a printable memory card game. Pages: 38 (including 7 answer sheets) Contents: 12 Illustrated Listings Research a Beast Activity Constellation Page Constellation Task Cards Star Charts Create a Monster Activity Match the Beast Activity Printable Memory Card Game Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Reading Response) Questions or comments? Contact me at admin@primarytopicshop.co.uk All text and illustrations are by Christa Galloway, Primary Topic Shop.

A lesson for KS2 about daily life for children in Ancient Greece, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and printable activity sheets. This lesson is part of our popular Ancient Greece Pack for Key Stage 2. Lesson: What was daily life like for children in Ancient Greece? This lesson is designed to help pupils to understand more about key areas of daily life for Ancient Greek children. Pupils will play a game to compare elements of their own lifestyles to life for different children in Ancient Greece. They will research information about food, education, clothing and entertainment and then design their own version of an Ancient Greek pull-along toy. At the end of the lesson, pupils will examine how four historical sources from Ancient Greece give more clues about daily life for children. Objectives: To explore different areas of daily life for Ancient Greek children To find out about popular Ancient Greek toys To consider how we can know about what daily life was like so far in the past You may also like: Ancient Greeks Lessons Pack for KS2: A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic. This primary history resource has been created by KS2History.

In this lesson, students learn about Ancient Greek myths. The PDF includes information handouts about myths including the myth of Pandora’s Jar, Echo and Narcissus and Juno and the First Frogs, with differentiated reading response questions. The activities include making a comic strip, word origins, vocabulary, and remaking the myth. Pages: 27 (including 4 answer sheets) Contents: 5 Handouts (Information page and reading pages) 2 Comprehension Questions 1 Multiple Choice Questions Vocabulary Activity Word Origin Activity Class Discussion Activity Create-A-Comic Activity Remake a Myth Activity Answer Sheets

Teach your students about fifteen of the main Greek gods and goddesses with illustrated listings, each with an original illustration, the Roman names, role, symbol, a myth and a combination of other fun facts. The introduction features interesting facts about the ancient Greek religion including sacrifices, temples, festivals and Mount Olympus. This PDF includes information handouts, a fact file activity, a printable memory card game, match the Roman and Greek god activity, and differentiated reading response worksheets. Pages: 19 (including 3 answer sheets) Contents: 6 Information Handouts Fact File activity Printable Memory Card Game Match the Roman and Greek God Activity Reading Response / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Worksheets)

A lesson focused on understanding what democracy is and how it grew in Ancient Athens. The lesson offers an immersive learning opportunity in which children take part in their own ‘census’ and then their own ‘vote’, however with the strict rules of the Ancient Greeks i.e. only those who were boys, lived in the local area all their lives, born in a certain city - contexts can be changed according to where you are teaching. The lesson then makes comparisons to what Democracy was actually like in Ancient Athens and there is an opportunity for children to take on the role of the assembly, the courts and the council. Resources include a lesson plan, a powerpoint and voting cards. Some images obtained from Google images on the powerpoint. Information researched with the help of Twinkl.

A persuasive text convincing the audience to participate in the first ever Olympic Games. The structure consists of an introduction, 3 reasons and a conclusion. There are many examples within the text of persuasive techniques and the punctuation and grammar taught at KS2. Remove the brackets at the start of each paragraph as those are there for information purposes only. This text can be used to discuss the structure of persuasive writing, to identify the theme in each paragraph and to identify examples of the features. It can also be used to discuss vocabulary and as a comprehension text (questions are not included).

A Y5/6 unit of work for a non-chronological report on Ancient Greece to save you the time. It involves a modeled example, full, visual slides with writing frames and examples, as well as a planning format and a handout with vocabulary to support children with their writing. The unit delivers all necessary grammar / features of a non-chronological report, such as its features, annotating a report, using parenthesis, relative clauses etc. Hope it’s useful :)

A 8 lesson plan based on the Ancient Greeks and their influence on the western world. This plan was initially planned and delivered to Year 4 however could be adapted for other year groups. As well as teaching children about the Ancient Greeks, some lessons link to how they influenced the western world as well as including ‘going deeper’ questions for all abilities. Included is: plan and all resources, differentiated as required. Session 1 - Prior knowledge lesson and generating future questions Session 2 - Who were the Ancient Greeks? Session 3 - Time line of Ancient Greece Session 4 - Olympics (Greater Depth Research Project included) Session 5 - Architecture Session 6 - Democracy Session 7 - Myths and Legends Session 8 - Ancient Greek Religion

4 lessons on Ancient Greece, examining the people, places and key events in Athens, Sparta, Troy and Macedonia. It covers philosophers, myths and Alexander the Great. Each power point contains general information, links to articles and/or videos, various activities that are quick but fun, and the occasional creative challenge. (Please note you will need Microsoft Power Point for some of the activities to work). These lessons are suitable for all ages and were created specifically for lock down: providing extra information and activities for children at home to help keep them busy and expand their learning. These lessons were not made to fit into a specific curriculum, but could be adapted for normal lessons. Accompanying kahoots: Ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta Ancient Greece: True or False

A reading comprehension passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about Ancient Greece. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6. Students will learn key facts about Ancient Greece whilst working on their comprehension skills. Included in this PDF printable resource: An informational text A comprehension activity with ten questions Two grammar questions about the text An extension writing activity An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning A wordsearch puzzle ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ This resource is great for: In class learning Independent work Homework Guided reading sessions Assessment practice Reading interventions Emergency sub plans The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document. ⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻⎻ Time allowance to complete: 5 minutes - read through the text individually. 40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity) 15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers. ⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚⏚ Please check out my store, Creative Primary Literacy, for more resources.

The resource contains 12 Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses posters. A4 format Included are: Hermes Poseidon Athena Artemis Hera Aphrodite Zeus Ares Hades Apollo Hestia Hephaestus Thank you for your interest! Hoppy Times

This fully interactive high-quality gameshow features all the drama of the TV show. Each possible answer is linked to either a pass or fail screen indicating the amount of money ‘won’. A free trial of my best-in-class version is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/millionaire-quiz-free-trial-edition-11697409 There are 15 questions, testing children’s knowledge of: - Greek city states - Olympic Games - Famous Heroes - Myths - Gods and Goddesses Please see my shop for other gameshows, worksheets, activities and time-saving ideas. All feedback is welcome so please do comment and rate. N.B The original logos for Who Wants to be a Millionaire are property of Sony Pictures Television. For this reason they have not been included, but a similar non-trademarked version has.

This resources are focused on learning about children's lives in the city states of Athens and Sparta in Ancient Greece and the Greek Gods and Goddesses. Feel free to chop and change to suit your class!

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A ppt (including differentiated activity printouts) that gives an overview to where modern day Greece is located, the make up of the land and climate. It then includes major cities and reference points of ancient Greece. (All images/maps sourced via Google images) This is for KS 2 and has supported a Year 5 introduction to ancient Greece, alongside timeline lessons and more general introductions.

Who were the ancient Greeks? This cloze activity can be used as an extra resource when teaching the topic Who were the ancient Greeks? Children read the sentences and fill in the missing words from the word bank.