Key Stage Two : History : Ancient Greece Daily Life : Lesson Two – City of Athens
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and describe the lives of people living in an Ancient Greek city state using a range of different primary sources. The children can record and caption illustrations on pots to show one aspect of daily life in Athens in the past.
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Learning Objectives
Know characteristic features of past non-European societies. Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
Learning Outcomes
I can explain how people lived in an Ancient Greek city state. I can explain how to find out about the past from historical sources.
City of Athens
Teaching sequence to help the children identify and describe the lives of people living in an Ancient Greek city state using a range of different primary sources
Ancient Greek Pots
Display posters to help the children identify and describe what a range of different historical artefacts can reveal about the past
Discussion Questions
Table display card to help the children investigate and record aspects of daily life in Ancient Greece using a primary source
Athens Pot
Template to help the children create an example of an Ancient Greek pot to illustrate an aspect of daily life in Ancient Greece
City of Athens
Interactive activity to help the children identify and describe the lives of people living in an Ancient Greek city state using a range of different primary sources
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and describe the lives of people living in an Ancient Greek city state using a range of different primary sources
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