Lesson Planning

Discover how the Greek empire expanded during the Archaic Period; make a pot and decorate it with images of black stylised figures.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To research and understand more about the ruling and expansion of the city-states during 800-500BCE.
• To make a clay pot or fragment and decorate using design of the times.
• To include on the pot, or fragment, images such as black stylized figures in positions of movement and with pictures telling a narrative.

Children will:

• Gain an understanding of the rule and expansion of the city-states during 800-500BCE.
• Make a clay pot or fragment and decorate using design of the times - black stylized figures in positions of movement and with pictures telling a narrative.