500-300 BCE - The Classical Period

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

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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 that are fit for purpose.

Art

Improve mastery of art and design techniques.
Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the unification of the city-states during the Classical Period; make a clay pot and decorate it with human figures in the Persian wars.

Teaching Outcomes:

To research and understand more about the culture of this period, and the unification of the city-states against the Persian Empire.
To make a clay pot or fragment and decorate using design of the times.
To include on the pot, or fragment, images of human figures in the Persian wars.

Children will:

Gain an understanding of the culture of Greece in 500-300BCE, including the unification of the city-states against the Persian Empire.
Make a tile fragment and decorate using design of the times, including images of human figures in the Persian wars, outlined in black against the terracotta clay and thus creating red figure shapes.

Planning

Provided Resources

The 4 main eras of Ancient Greek pottery
The Greeks and the Persians
How to make an Ancient Greece tile fragment

You Will Need

Air drying clay
Clay tools
Paint and brushes
Internet access
Tag rugby or PE team bands

Weblinks

Ancient Greeks for children from bbc.co.uk
Ancient Greece information from historyforkids.org