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THE ANCIENT GREEKS

ENGLISH & HISTORY

W/C 6TH JULY 2020

THE ANCIENT GREEKS

This week, we are beginning to explore the Ancient Greeks. We have combined your English learning with History. Have a look at the slides and complete the relevant activities. There are 3 things for you to do: Who were the Ancient Greeks? How did the Ancient Greeks change our world? What is a Synonym?

OLQ: WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

What do you know about the Ancient Greeks?

OLQ: WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

About 2,500 years ago, Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great: thinkers & mathematicians – philosophers, warriors, writers, actors, athletes - Olympics artists, architects, politicians.

ANCIENT GREECE

• To find out more about how the Empire changed, visit:
• https://www.the-map-as-history.com/Ancient-Greece-Hellenistic-world/Territorial-evolution

OLQ: WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

Early Greece: People have been living in Greece for over 40,000 years. The earliest settlers mostly lived a simple hunter-gatherer or farming lifestyle. The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation. They didn't live on mainland Greece but on the nearby island of Crete, between 2200BC and 1450BC. They were known as the Minoans after their legendary king, Minos. After the Minoans came the Mycenaean civilisation, from mainland Greece. They were fine builders and traders, but they were also great soldiers. They famously fought in the battle of Troy. After the Mycenaean age ended in about 1100BC, Greece entered a Dark Age. It is known as a dark age because nobody knows much about what happened - all written language and art disappeared.

OLQ: WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

After the Dark Ages: In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began, Greek civilisation slowly emerged again. The Greeks started trading more with the outside world, they held the first Olympic Games and they fought off the invading Persian army. This period is known by historians as the Archaic period of Greek

• history. During this time many of the cities in Greece were ruled by a king-like figure.

Around 480BC Greece entered a golden age which lasted for 200 years. The people built fantastic temples, made scientific discoveries, wrote plays and founded the first proper democracy. Historians call this Classical Greece. The final period of Greek history is known as the Hellenistic period. This lasted from 323BC to 30BC, when the Romans took control of Greece. The Romans didn't destroy Greek life, though. They respected the Greeks and copied many things about their culture, including their buildings, beliefs and clothes. To find out more, visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/zxytpv4

OLQ: WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

Did the Ancient Greeks come before

• r after these events?

OLQ: WHO WERE THE ANCIENT GREEKS?

Activity: Look at the key events and place them in the correct place on the timeline. Can you add any other historical events to the timeline?

OLQ: HOW DID THE ANCIENT GREEKS CHANGE OUR WORLD?

What impact did the Ancient Greeks have on modern day life? Activity:

• Watch the video clip below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/z8q8wmn

• Make some notes (either as a paragraph or as a list) of the way in which the Ancient Greeks

impacted on our way of life.

OLQ: WHAT IS A SYNONYM?

A synonym is a word which has the same meaning as another. Watch the video clip to find out more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/z8t8pbk Activity: Read The Story of Osiris and then complete the synonyms activity.