What did they trade?

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

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Objectives

History

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world.
Know and understand significant aspects of the nature of ancient civilizations.
Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

English

Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction.

Geography

Human geography, the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

Lesson Planning

Discover the goods that were traded by the Ancient Greeks; play a trading game.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out about what was traded between cities in the Archaic and Classical periods.
To retrieve and present information for catalogue.
To make a trade plan

Children will:

Undertake historical research.
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction.
Explain how the uneven distribution of natural resources fuels trade.

Planning

Provided Resources

Where natural resources came from (presentation)
Trade in the Ancient Greek World
Trading plan template

You Will Need

Sketchbooks

Weblinks

Ancient Greek trade from ancient.eu
Phoenician trade from timemaps.com
A silver coin from Athens from teachinghistory100.org
Ancient Greek trade from metmuseum.org
The different city states of Ancient Greece from ducksters.com
Information about trading in Ancient Greece.