Promoting the City

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Ancient Greece Buildings

Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Gain and deploy a historically-grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘civilization’.
  • Understand Ancient Greece, Greek life, their achievements and influence on the western world.

Computing

  • Select, use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals.

Lesson Planning

Demonstrate your knowledge of Ancient Greek town buildings by making a model and then shooting a short small world figure film; host a movie premier for another class.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand how all the buildings of an Ancient Greek town fit together.
  • To shoot a short promotional film using small world figures visiting the different model buildings.

Children will:

  • Understand how all the buildings of an Ancient Greek town fitted together.
  • Shoot a short promo film using small world figures visiting the different model buildings and think about information and facts about the buildings in their group city.

Provided Resources

  • Aerial shot of the ancient city of Athens
  • Making a promotional video for your Ancient Greek city

You Will Need

  • Extra clay
  • Art straws
  • Lego for making buildings
  • Models from previous sessions
  • Large sheets of paper
  • Videoing equipment (iPads, cameras)