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Going to the games

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

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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.

Lesson Planning

Research what Ancient Games was like, the opening ceremony, who visited and what they did; experience an Olympic opening ceremony with singing and feasting.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To research what the event was like and who visited and gain an understanding of its importance and grandeur.

Children will:

  • Research what the Ancient Games were like, who visited and what they did.
  • Research the format and meaning of the Ancient Greek opening ceremony.

Provided Resources

  • Ancient Greek pottery
  • Facts about the Ancient Greek Olympic Games

You Will Need

  • Food: olives, figs, other dried fruit, honey, olive oil, cubed feta cheese
  • Dipping bowls
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Large strips of sugar/display/wallpaper cut into the shape of large pillars
  • Smaller sheets of sugar paper cut into rectangles (like stone blocks)

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