Lesson Planning

Research information about the Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations; make a clay pot and decorate it with the designs of that time; use your pot to store your key facts.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To research and understand more about the Minoan and Mycenaean civilization, including some of the mysteries surrounding them and their eventual decline.
• To make a clay pot and decorate using design of the times.
• To include on the pot designs such as simple shapes, upright triangular points and geometric patterns.

Children will:

• Have an awareness of the life and decline of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.
• Make a clay pot and decorate using design of the times.
• Include on the pot designs such as simple shapes, upright triangular points and geometric patterns.