Ancient Greeks: 10 lessons for KS2 A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic. What you get: 10 lesson Powerpoint files 10 detailed lesson plans Teachers’ notes, including curriculum coverage Pupil activity sheets for all lessons About the Unit The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of life in Ancient Greece, including a focus on its achievements and influence on the western world. As with all of the KS2History unit plans, there is an emphasis on allowing pupils to consider the sources of evidence that form our understanding of this period of world history. Aims of the Unit To gain an overview of significant people, places and events from Ancient Greece To contrast daily life in Ancient Greece with modern day lifestyles ! To consider broader historical context, particularly with regards to the expansion of the Ancient Greek empire and lasting legacy To become familiar with historical sources, debates and accurate vocabulary relating to Ancient Greece Lessons in the Pack Who were the Ancient Greeks? Why were Athens and Sparta so different? What was Alexander the Great’s impact on the Greek empire? Why did a small Greek army win the Battle of Marathon? What were the Ancient Greek gods known for? What happened at the Ancient Greek Olympic Games? What were the Ancient Greek philosophers famous for? Did the events of the Trojan Horse story really happen? What was daily life like for children in Ancient Greece? How significant is the legacy of Ancient Greece for life today? This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable. This pack is brought to you from Ks2history

A Greek Myth Collection: An Introduction Prometheus and Pandora Demeter and Persephone Theseus and the Minotaur The Golden Fleece Heracles Perseus Orpheus and Eurydice

A 6-week Greek Theatre scheme of work, exploring chorus, masks and myths. This scheme comes complete with detailed powerpoints and supporting resources, so no planning is needed and you are ready to go! This resource pack includes: Scheme of work Powerpoints Unit overview Lesson planning Assessment criteria levels (2-5) Assessment guide Cover lesson pack Myth narratives

A 5 week unit focusing on Greek myths and legends for KS3 students stories and resources included Each myth builds a foundation of the key concepts and texts taught at GCSE. These include tragic heroes, femininity, power and humanity. The unit focuses on reading comprehension, creative writing (fiction and non-fiction) as well as analytical writing. Writing structures provided (most with sentence starters.) Week 1: The Ancient Greeks Lesson 1: The Ancient Greeks Lesson 2: Greek Gods and Goddesses Lesson 3: Mythical Beasts Lesson 4: Hercules Week 2: Be Careful What You Wish For Lesson 5: Pandora’s Box Lesson 6: King Midas Lesson 7: Icarus Week 3: Vanity and Narcissism Lesson 9: Mirror Descriptions Lesson 10: Narcissus Lesson 11: Medusa Lesson 12: Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’ Week 4: The Power of Nature: Lesson 13: Hades and the Underworld Lesson 14: Persephone’s Abduction Lesson 15: Artemis and Orion Lesson 16: Poseidon Week 5: Masculinity and Tragic Heroes Lesson 17: Prometheus and Zeus Lesson 18: Persuading Zeus Lesson 19: Achilles and the Tragic Hero Lesson 20: Greek Myths Quiz

This is a full unit for year 8 English (though suitable for Y7 and Y9 ) . It explores the events, individuals and Gods of Ancient Greece. Many of the themes of the myths which tell these stories are fantastic for laying the groundwork for some of the AQA literature texts that pupils will study in Y10 and Y11 (including tragedy, love, greed, duality, heroism, loyalty). Pupils will engage with these themes and complete a number of tasks on them. The unit also focuses on early preparation for questions on both language papers (including language and structural analysis, summarising and comparing texts, and expressing an opinion). There is a scheme of work, glossary, assessment and 14 lessons, all of which are self-explanatory from a teacher’s point of view.

Three-week writing unit about a Greek myth, planned in detail and fully resourced and differentiated. It is pitched at Year 4, but would work equally well in Year 5 or 6 (please see the key skills covered below). For most sessions, there are resources to extend high attainers and resources to support SEN learners. By the end of the unit, children will have written a Greek myth of their own, informed by the structure of Theseus and the Minotaur. Along the way, there is drama, grammar skills, vocabulary work and short-burst diary writing - please see the objectives below. This unit is ready to go! Three weeks of differentiated resources is a lot of files, so you can’t see it all in the preview. When you buy, please use the zip folder. The contents of the zip are organised into weeks and then into individual lessons (the other files are only there so that people can preview the unit!) . The zip will enable you to navigate your way through the plan and related resources with ease. All resources are PowerPoint and Word, so you will have no issues opening anything - and you can edit to suit your own needs - no PDFs! There are many, many resources included. Here are a few key examples: model text (short and long versions); a story map; drama activities; story boards; cold task/assessment task; reading comprehension activities; conjunctions activities; scavenger hunt; paragraphing activities; pronoun activities; noun phrase activities; fronted adverbial activities; tool kits; idea gathering resources; planning grids; peer assessment resources; and many more! The key objectives covered repeatedly throughout the unit are: Reading: • increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally • asking questions to improve their understanding of a text • drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence Vocab/grammar/punctuation • I can use a wide range of subordinating conjunctions (when, if, because, although) • I understand the term ‘adverbial’ and I can use fronted adverbials (with a comma) • I can choose a variety of nouns and pronouns (to avoid repetition) Composition • discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar • organising paragraphs around a theme Evaluate and edit by: • assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements These have been broken down and written in ‘child speak’ within the planning.

Everything you need for a display on Ancient Greece. * Header (can be enlarged or printed as A3) * 12 posters with short descritptions * 12 Ancient Greece timeline cards (2 per page) * 60 Keywords (not all shown)

A lesson for KS2 about the Ancient Greek Olympic Games, 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 happened at the Ancient Greek Olympic Games? In this lesson, pupils will find out about the Ancient Greek Olympic games. After matching up ancient and modern events, pupils will find out about the why, what, who and when of the Ancient Games and may be surprised to learn that competitive sport was not the main purpose of the games. Pupils will make a sample 5-day programme to show the balance of sporting, religious and social activities before taking part in a Classroom Olympic Games of their own, complete with its own winners’ ceremony. Objectives: To explain the importance of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greek culture To explore the balance of religious, social and sporting activities at the Ancient Greek Olympics 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.

This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to gain a clear and understanding of the key meanings in the Greek Myth ‘Daedalus and Icarus.’ Through close study of the myth, they learn to interpret and infer the key meanings in a myth, understand the moral viewpoint of a myth, and react to the moral message of a myth with their own thoughts and ideas. The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards differentiated learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Define the key term ‘hubris’ and apply the notion to other examples; - Read the story ‘Daedarus and Icarus’ and interpret and infer the key meanings; - Identify, explain, and analyse the moral of the story in ‘Daedarus and Icarus;’ - Engage deeply with the myth by challenging and building upon the ideas raised in the myth; - Test their understanding of the story by answering an exam-style comprehension question. -Peer assess each other’s learning attempts. This resource pack includes: - A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation; - Paper copies and online links to the text; - Interpretation worksheet; - A logically scaffolded essay template; - A detailed lesson plan, complete with what the teacher and students should aim to achieve at each stage of the lesson. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.

Classical civilisation → A-level → OCR → Paper 2: Culture and the arts → Greek theatre (Oedipus Rex, The Bacchae, Frogs) → Section B A selection of ‘Assess how far you agree with this statement’-type questions. Six-page PDF.

A series of 18 cover lessons on Greek Mythology following a booklet of stories.

A lesson for KS2 about the lasting legacy of 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: How significant is the legacy of Ancient Greece for life today? In this lesson, pupils will explore some of the key legacies from Ancient Greece that influence life today. They will consider the significance of each legacy in terms of its impact on their own life, before working in a group to complete a ranking challenge to decide the most significant legacy. Objectives: To explore the influence of Ancient Greece on various areas of modern life To consider the significance of different legacies on life today 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.

This 20-lesson unit is packed with everything you need to take your class on an unforgettable journey through Greek mythology. Children will explore the world of gods, heroes and mythical creatures, using well-known myths like Theseus and the Minotaur as inspiration to plan and write their own original myth. The unit is structured from cold task to hot task, giving children the chance to show progress and build confidence across the weeks. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, worksheets, and a fully resourced PowerPoint for every step of the way. 20 fully planned English lessons A cold task to assess starting points, and a hot task to show progress Model text: Theseus and the Minotaur Engaging grammar starters (e.g. subordinate clauses, speech punctuation, hyphens) Shared writing opportunities and oral storytelling Lessons on gods, heroes and mythical creatures Story structure focus: opening, build-up, problem, resolution, ending Worksheets, planning templates, scaffolds and challenge tasks Extensive teaching PowerPoint with visuals and modelling prompts Differentiated tasks (Support, Expected, Challenge)

A fantastic PowerPoint focusing on Zeus in this half-term long scheme of work on Greek Mythology. Includes Grammar activity, spellings, information card task (including sources for pupils to base their information on). Differentiated grids provided to support completion of the task included.

This is a full unit of work covering roughly 4-5 weeks worth dependent on the pitch level and timetable. It explores a range of Greek Myths and involves a lot of discussion about themes with multiple opportunities for writing. I taught this with very low ability year 7s and they loved it! This resource is perfect for year 5, 6 or even low year 7s and it’s all there for you; step by step PowerPoints, worksheets and the texts.

Greek Myth story plan on a page KS1 & 2 Greek Myth story planning template. A fun resource for pupils to use to plan their own mythological writing. Includes story prompts and spaces for pupils to develop writing in note or bullet point format when planning their own character description, setting and story structure. Great to use following a ‘Myths’ writing lesson or drama. Can also be used with topics: Myths and Legends, Ancient Greece, Greece, Heroes and Heroines/Superheroes.

This lesson will show children the story of Medusa and look at the features of an Ancient Greek myth. Children will then look at different Ancient Greek mythological creatures, before creating their own one. There is an example of a made-up creature (the terrifying Horseafly!) which children can use as a model. This can lead onto children writing their own mythological story - check out our other resources to see some examples!

A handy resource to revise Greek myths, practice adjectives and adverbs as well as connectives, create complex sentences

Designed to tie into any scheme of work on Greek Mythology.

I used this worksheet with KS4 students with special needs