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

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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.

Design and Technology

  • Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products which are fit for purpose.

Lesson Planning

Discover what school was like for rich boys in Ancient Greece and what home education might have been like for girls; role-play a boy’s life in school; make an abacus; learn to weave, in the same way that the girls learnt from their mothers.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To research what the curriculum was like for those being educated in Ancient Greece.
  • To discover who was eligible for education in the Ancient Greek civilization.
  • To learn about school life for boys and home education for girls.
  • To role-play a boy’s life in school and learn to weave, in the same way that the girls learnt from their mothers.
  • To make an abacus in the style of the Ancient Greeks.

Children will:

  • Understand what school was like for rich boys in Ancient Greece and what home education might have been like for girls.
  • Role-play a boy’s life in school, make an abacus and learn to weave, in the same way that the girls learnt from their mothers.

Provided Resources

  • Ancient Greek school equipment
  • How to make a weaving loom

You Will Need

  • Pipe cleaners
  • Beads
  • Thick card of 15cms x 20 cms (enough for 2 per child)
  • Tape
  • K’nex
  • Wool and ribbon

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