The Greek Empire

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

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Objectives

History

Study Ancient Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world.
Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilizations.
Know and understand significant aspects of the expansion and dissolution of empires.
Gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’.

Geography

Locate the world’s countries, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography and human geography.

Art

Create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.

Lesson Planning

Research what some of the cities that Alexander captured looked like and what kind of environments he travelled through.

Teaching Outcomes:

Explore the extent of the Greek Empire created by Alexander the Great
Label a map of the Greek Empire with the key physical and human characteristics.
Make sketches of some of the places and environments the Greek army experienced.

Children will:

Explain features of Alexander's empire.
Describe key aspects of physical and human geography of Alexander's empire.
Make sketches of different environments across the empire.

Planning

Provided Resources

Alexander’s empire presentation
Line drawing of present day map
How to use a sketchbook

You Will Need

Atlases
Sketchbooks and coloured pencils

Weblinks

Animation showing how Alexander's empire grew - YouTube clip