What we know about Ancient Greece
I can write an account of Ancient Greek history and culture which best represents what Ancient Greece was like.
- Year 4
What we know about Ancient Greece
I can write an account of Ancient Greek history and culture which best represents what Ancient Greece was like.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Ancient Greece was a varied collection of different city-states and people with many differences between them.
- However, there were many similarities in their culture e.g. common myths, religion, the existence of enslaved people.
- Historians try to make generalisations about the places and people they investigate.
- Historians cannot always include everything they know about a place or a people in their accounts.
- A good explanation of what best represents what Ancient Greece was like will use knowledge from across this unit.
Keywords
Generalisation - a generalisation is when you say something that is not specific to a certain group of people, place or time
Account - an account is a version of events that may have happened in the past
Common misconception
That everything we read about the past is always true.
Historians try to tell as accurate a story about the past as possible by carefully investigating and studying evidence. Sometimes though, historians do not always agree with each other especially about finer details, and so make generalisations.
Equipment
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.If you wanted to buy vegetables in Ancient Greece, where would you go?
Q2.What was different between the city-states of Ancient Greece?
Q3.What did Ancient Greeks do at the theatre?
Q4.Complete the sentence. Ancient Greece was organised by splitting it into smaller areas called .
Q5.Greek myths were usually stories about who?
Q6.Complete the sentence. Sparta and fought each other in the Peloponnesian War.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What small areas was Ancient Greece divided into?
Q2.What did people do in an agora in Ancient Greece?
Q3.The queen of the gods in ancient Greece was .
Q4.Match the words to the definitions.
a group of men that would run a city in Ancient Greece
an area built at the highest point in a city in Ancient Greece
to make a choice, usually in an election
meaning city-state in Ancient Greek