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Trojan War Classroom Activity

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Trojan War Classroom Activities

Giant horses, shields and Greek Gods all played a role in the Trojan War. These factors are among the reasons that it is especially interesting to students. The following are simple and fun activities that will stick with students long after instruction has ended.

Timeline of the Trojan War

The Trojan War spanned ten years and permanently changed history. This activity gets students connected with the cause, significant events, and outcomes of the war.

Materials

Internet access

Internet-enabled devices

Butcher paper

Fine-tipped markers in assorted colors

Instructions

1. Divide the class into five groups.

2. Assign each of the groups with a two year period of the Trojan War (e.g. group one is responsible for covering the first two years and so on).

3. Pass out a 2-foot length of butcher paper to each group.

4. Instruct the groups to use the Internet and any other applicable resources to fill their length of butcher paper with critical events that occurred in their assigned time period. These entries on the timeline should include dates, causes, and outcomes for each entry.

5. When all groups have finished with their two year timeline, have the groups work together to hang the timelines in order to create one full-length timeline representing the full ten year period of the Trojan War.

Trojans vs Greeks War Book

The abduction of Helen of Sparta by the Trojans is the reported cause of the Trojan War. This activity divides students as Troy and Greece was divided during this time to connect them with the events of the war.

Materials

Internet access

Internet-enabled devices

Spiral notebooks

Instructions

1. Divide the students into two groups. Group One will become the Trojans and Group Two will become the Greeks.

2. Write the following on the board: 'The Trojan War begins with Troy's abduction of Helen of Sparta. Your move Greece.'

3. Now explain that Group Two must work together to determine what Greece's immediate response to this action was, recording it in their war book (spiral notebook).

4. Once they've determined that, they should analyze this response and then decide if a different response or reaction would have produced a different outcome, writing this in their war book as well. In short, Group Two is listing Greece's response to Helen's abduction along with an analysis of its efficacy. If they feel it appropriate, they can suggest an alternative response.

5. Next, Group Two should present the information printed in their war books to the class.

6. When they've finished presenting, Group One must now research what the next move by the Trojans was in the war and record it in their war book. They should also include an analysis and alternative, if appropriate, and present this information to the class.

7. Repeat this process until all key events from the war have been presented and analyzed in the war books.

Uniforms of the Trojan War

The soldiers of the Trojan War had very unique attire. This activity highlights that point and gives students the chance to recreate some of these for themselves.

Materials

Instructions

1. Begin by displaying the images of Trojan War uniforms for the class, taking time to highlight the materials, styles, and differences between those of the Greek and Trojan soldiers.

2. Now, explain to students that they must select one item from what they've seen to recreate for themselves.

3. Next, have each student sketch out their plan on paper.

4. Once they've outlined a solid plan for replicating a uniform item, allow them to use the materials to create it.

5. When all students have finished with their selected uniform item, have them present it to the class along with a description of what it is and how they built it.

Map the Battleground

A majority of the battles that made up the Trojan War occurred in and around the city of Troy. This activity demonstrates these locales for students.

Materials

A map of the area where the Trojan War occurred

Parchment paper

Markers

Internet access

Internet-enabled devices

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Francis Lane and Tom Burke: two pioneers of the great Olympic adventure of the modern era. On 6 April 1896, in Athens, Lane won the first ever event: one of the 100m heats. Burke went on to win the final, paving the way for the future kings of the sprint, right up to Usain Bolt!

The Opening Ceremony for the first Olympic Games of the modern era, which had been founded by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894, took place on 6 April 1896 in the Panathenaic Stadium in the Greek capital, in front of 80,000 spectators. Fourteen countries (European for the most part, plus Chile and the USA for the Americas, and Australia for Oceania), represented by approximately 240 athletes, took part in this inaugural edition. The nine sports on the programme were athletics, cycling, fencing, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, tennis, shooting and gymnastics.

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Francis Lane gets the ball rolling, Tom Burke triumphs

So what was the race that began it all; the first-ever Olympic qualifying heat? It was of course the 100m - often considered the flagship event of athletics. The race in group one was won by the USA's Francis Lane in 12.20 seconds. With this victory, Lane entered into the record books as the winner of the first ever event at the modern Olympic Games. Four days later, his compatriot Tom Burke, who had already claimed victory in the 400m, won the 100m gold medal in exactly 12 seconds, beating Germany's Fritz Hoffmann (12.2) and the two bronze medallists, Lane himself and Hungary's Alajos Szokolyi (12.6). But Burke was even better in the heats, clocking the fastest overall time in Athens with 11.8 seconds - the first-ever Olympic record over this distance. He was also the only runner to begin with a crouching start, with his rivals making standing starts. This was a sign of things to come with the future use of starting blocks!

The 100m event would go on to make its mark on the history of the Olympic Games and produce some of the greatest ever Olympic champions. Versatile champions like Jesse Owens, who won the event in Berlin on 3 August 1936 in 10.4 seconds, the year in which he also set a world record of 10.2 seconds in Chicago. Or Carl Lewis, two of whose nine gold medals came in the 100m - in Los Angeles in 1984 (9.99 seconds) and in Seoul in 1988 (9.92 seconds) - and who also set a world record in Tokyo in 1991, with a time of 9.86 seconds. Unexpected champions like Canada's Percy Williams, who, to general surprise, clinched victory in Amsterdam in 1928. And imperious champions like Usain Bolt, the only athlete to have won three consecutive Olympic titles in the event, in 2008, 2012 and 2016, with performances that dazzled the crowds like no one else, and whose world record of 9.58 seconds, set in Berlin in 2009, has yet to be beaten.

From Burke's 12 seconds in the Athens 1896 final to Bolt's 9.63 seconds - the current Olympic record, set in London in 2012 - the finishing time has improved by 2.37 seconds. The key turning point came in 1968, with the introduction of electronic timing. That year saw a male athlete run in under 10 seconds for the first time: the USA's Jim Hines, who won the event at the Mexico City Games on 14 October in 9.95 seconds. A world and Olympic record that would last for 15 and 20 years respectively.

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