Athens was one of the largest city-cities in Ancient Greece

democracy is a form of government where the people hold power

the Assembly was a gathering of Ancient Greek men who made decisions in Athens

an enslaved person is someone owned by someone else who forces them to work without pay

The city-state of Athens

History

In 'Ancient Greek civilisation: What do we know about Ancient Greece?' pupils expanded their knowledge of the Bronze Age world by learning about the Ancient Greek city-states. In 'Ancient Greek civilisation: what is its most significant legacy?' pupils will take their knowledge of Greek society and culture, deepen this further and explore its lasting legacy.

In ‘Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?’ pupils were invited to contrast their strong understanding of early civilisations with Iron Age Britain. In Ancient Greek civilisation: what do we know about ancient Greece? pupils are able to apply their understanding of these places to Bronze Age Greece.

In this unit, pupils establish broad knowledge of ancient Greek civilisation. They learn about the geography and location of the ancient Greek city-states, Athens and Sparta's rivalry, and evaluate what ancient Greek myths can tell us about Ancient Greek culture.

Ancient Greek civilisation: what do we know about ancient Greece?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Which of these best describes the location of Athens?

How did the city-state of Athens make most of its money?

a form of government where the people hold power

a gathering of men who made decisions in Athens

to discuss an issue and consider its good and bad points 

Complete the sentence. {{ }} were considered the most important people in Athenian society. 

What type of people made up around a third of the population of the city-state of Athens?

Which of the following could women do in Athenian society?

Which of these was the most important city-state in Ancient Greece?

they could not decide which city should be in charge

there were natural barriers preventing growth of settlements

they wanted to build more cities than other civilisations

Ancient Greece was so big it had to have lots of states

Why were there so many city-states in Ancient Greece?

What word describes places that were ruled by city-states but were far away from them?

Complete the sentence. Ancient Greece ended when the {{ }} Empire started growing.

a body of water around part of the Greek coast

a country where Ancient Greece had colonies

Put these civilisations in the order they existed, starting with the earliest.

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Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The city-state of Athens

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.