School in Athens

Role-play a child’s typical day in Athens; learn about the Classical Greek alphabet; make clay tablets and inscribe them with words in Classical Greek.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To research a child’s typical day in Athens and consider their values and priorities as a city-state.
• To learn about the Classical Greek alphabet and look at manuscripts from the era.
• To make clay tablets and inscribe them with words in Classical Greek.

Children will:

• Understand a child’s typical day in Athens and consider their values and priorities as a city-state.
• Learn about the Classical Greek alphabet and look at manuscripts from the era.
• Make clay tablets and inscribe them with words in Classical Greek.

• Mime Action Cards
• How to make an Ancient Greek inscribed tablet

• Bag
• Air-drying clay
• Clay tools

Education in Ancient Greece from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk
Growing up in Ancient Greece from bbc.co.uk
General information on Ancient Greece from bbc.co.uk
Background info about Ancient Greek education from greece.mrdonn.org
Teaching history through 100 objects from teachinghistory100.org
Ancient words of the day from classicsenthusiast.tumblr.com
The oldest readable writing in Europe found on a Greek tablet from nationalgeographic.com