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The Ancient Greeks
The main thread running through this Unit is to identify what we have learned from The Greeks and how their culture can influence us with ideas, even today. In English the class will be studying two myths and writing their own myths and linking with geography, will research and present a ‘Home and Away’ type television presentation'.
In history pupils will be studying Ancient Greek civilisation and reflecting on how our civilisation is connected through sport, art, philosophy, architecture, and theatre. They will have a chance to explore areas of personal interest and build board games, design and make pots and write their own myths. For example some pupils may want to explore the Greek gods and mythological creatures in more depth.
For the geographical comparative study the pupils have a mystery suitcase activity for visiting the Aegean islands and The Hebrides to compare the similarities and differences between two groups of islands.
In art they will be making pots illustrated with the ideas from their invented myth.
For the conclusion there is a role-play to see what they have learned.
Outdoor Learning The Minnack Theatre Amphitheatre is a suggested visit for this Unit for Cornish schools, see if you can find your nearest amphitheatre.
National and International links Making links with schools in Greece
Links to the world of work Work on this Unit will offer opportunities for pupils to learn about careers in design, architecture, sports law, drama and politics. They will also learn about the roles of a museum curator.
Links to learning and life skills Reflecting on actions and taking next steps
Asking questions to extend thinking
Listening carefully to what another person has to say
Summaries
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English Greek myths
Writing own myths
Role-plays
Daedalus and Icarus
Demeter and Persephone
Greek gods
TV script
Art and Design Research the shapes and styles of Grecian
pots
Develop coil and pinch pot making skills
Make pots illustrated with their own ideas inspired by Ancient Greek pots
Develop delicate painting skills with sable type brushes
Exhibition of pots and presentation of the images/stories on them
French Use actions and rhymes to aid memorisation
Re-use familiar vocabulary and structures in new contexts
Listen attentively and understand more complex phrases and sentences
Re-read a variety of short texts. Deal with authentic texts
Look and listen for visual and aural clues
Understand that words will not always have a direct equivalent in the language
Ask and answer questions
Develop accuracy in pronunciation and intonation
Agree and disagree with statements
Use a dictionary or a word list
Appreciate that different languages use different writing conventions
Manipulate language by changing an element in a sentence
Prepare and practise a simple conversation, reusing familiar vocabulary and structures in new contexts.
Remember, retain and recall words, phrases or sentences
Understand that the order of words in a sentence influences the meaning
Apply grammatical knowledge to make sentences
Write short sentences using a reference
Integrate new language into previously learnt language
Develop phonic knowledge to aid reading and writing
History Achievements of Ancient Greek
civilisation
Connections with sport, art, philosophy, architecture, and theatre
Government and democracy
Cities – study of Athens
Board game
Computing Pupils will use technology, such as cameras, image
editors, and desk top publishers
They will produce a document about a specific topic related to the Ancient Greeks
It will include an edited image of themselves, and a range text, images and evidenced tools fitting of the purpose and audience
Pupils will learn about images, resolutions, sources and reliability of information as well as a range of other web skills
The Ancient Greeks
Music Playing instrument or
singing
Listening – timbre, dynamics, tempo, tonality, pitch
Composing
Musical games
Applied Maths
Sieve of Eratosthenes
Finding prime numbers
Tourist activity
Platonic solids
Euclid
Properties of rectangles
Geography The Aegean islands and The
Hebrides comparative study
Mystery suitcase activity
Blog or wiki
Internet search
Letter writing
Role-play conversation
Resources
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Art and Design Clay pot shapes & uses
www.ancientgreece.co.uk/dailylife/explore/pot_shapes.html
Clay – red if possible air drying or kiln fired as suits your facilities
Clay tools/boards
Sketch books
Coil and pinch pot techniques: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5Q3XPPTAI
www.tes.co.uk/ResourceDetail.aspx?storyCode=6192552 www.pinterest.com/eilcon/pottery-handbuilding-pinch-pots/
British Museum website
BBC website
Sable-type brushes
Black paint
Geography Two suitcases or hold-alls
The Hebridean suitcase: binoculars, flask, walking boots, bird guide, notebook and pen, waterproof coat, fleece or woollen hat, a small amount of UK currency coins, facsimile ferry ticket (Ullapool to Stornaway or similar), a compass, a digital camera
The Aegean suitcase: beach towel, swimwear, flip-flops, sunglasses, broad-brimmed hat, sun cream, a small amount of Euro currency coins, facsimile hydrofoil ticket (Piraeus to Santorini or similar), phrase book, a digital camera, a European electric plug adaptor
Music A variety of National Anthems
Traditional Greek music
Stravinsky – Oedipus Rex
Arthur Bliss – Morning Heroes
Alan Hovhaness – Symphony no. 25 Odysseus
Armstrong Gibbs – Odysseus Symphony
Offenbach – Orpheus and the Underworld
Birtwistle – The Minotaur
Saint Saens – Symphony no.3 and Le Rouet d’Omphale
Szymanowski – Myths
Richard Strauss - Elektra
Nick Cave – The Lyre of Orpheus
The Action – Icarus
Cream – Brave tales of Ulysses
Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite
Led Zeppelin – Achilles last stand
Pictures representing certain sounds or instruments
A selection of cards are the names of the different Greek gods
Blindfolds
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French Map of France
Sound file of tongue twister
Scarf or band for Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard)
Whiteboards
Poster paper
Gods and Goddesses PowerPoint
Gods and Goddesses mini flashcards
Blindfold/band
Counting stick/multiples of 10 flashcards
Flashcards of members of the family
PowerPoint of family tree of Mount Olympian gods and goddesses
PowerPoint of animal symbols of gods and goddesses
English Copies of myths
Electronic image of Breughel’s Icarus for display on EWB
Version of the Icarus story
WH Auden’s poem Musee des Beaux Arts
Story of Demeter and Persephone
Non-fiction resource books on Ancient Greece
History Photographs of things in our modern world which have been inspired by
Greeks
Map of Greece and its islands
Map showing where Greece is in relation to the British Isles and the rest of Europe
Map showing the Greek empire at the height of its power
Timeline showing when the Ancient Greeks lived
Photographs of the Greek landscape, natural and manmade
Photographs of the remains of Ancient Greek buildings such as the Parthenon
Photographs of Greek artefacts including amphorae, pottery, jewellery, weapons and armour
Small handling items from a local museum
Card for board games
Computing Artweaver (free), Gimp (free) or other image editor
o http://www.artweaver.de/en/download o http://pixlr.com/editor/ o http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
A desktop publishing program such as Microsoft Publisher or Scribus (free) http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
Digital camera
Internet
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