Making sandals

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

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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 ‘empire’ and ‘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

Appreciate the resources used by the Ancient Greeks; research their sandal designs; make and evaluate an Ancient Greek-style sandal.

Teaching Outcomes:

To understand the resources available to the Ancient Greeks.
To create sandals out of materials available to the Ancient Greeks.

Children will:

Understand that the Ancient Greeks had simple resources available to them and that they made sandals which were fit for purpose out of those available resources.
To create a sandal out of leather/thick material and straps. To consider this question: Are these sandals fit for purpose?

Planning

Provided Resources

How to make an Ancient Greek sandal

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Squares of leather or thick material (or a piece of car mat/foam)
Strips of leather, cord or thick (non-fraying) material
Leather hole punch
Strong scissors

Weblinks

Information on Greek chitons from britannica.com
Ancient Greek home life from bbc.co.uk
Shoes of Ancient Greece: Sandals - blogspot.com
How to tie a Greek style sandal - YouTube clip
Different ways of tying Greek sandals from xeroshoes.com