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Ancient Times - an intro for kids - Sanger Academy

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A very basic, very general intro to three great ancient civilizations: Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

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Learn English Listening | English Stories - 37. The Wooden Horse

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Free Greek Drama Masks for Drama Teachers, and Theatre Students. Fun and Educational. Download print and dristribute. Incorporate into lesson plans.

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Kids learn about the Daily Life of Ancient Greece. The history of this world civilization.

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It's All Greek To Me! - teach primary children songs about HISTORY - ANCIENT GREECE

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Enjoy the fun and educational tales of Aesop's Fables retold by PINKFONG!

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Mythology Quiz App

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Men had a much better life in Ancient Greece than women. Only men could be full citizens. Only men made the important decisions. Normally, only men fought in armies, took part in sports and met in public.
Women
Spartan women were taught reading and writing and skills to protect themselves in battle. They had more freedom than women and girls living in Athens. As well as looking after the house, making clothes

Women in Athens were taught skills they would need to run a home such as cooking and weaving. They were expected to look after the home, make the clothes, and bear children.

Roles of Men, Women, and Children
Slaves
Only in the poorest homes were women expected to carry out all the duties by herself. Most homes had female slaves who cooked cleaned and collected fresh water every day.

There were also male slaves. Their responsibilities included protecting the home and tutoring male children.
Marriage
Girls had to do exactly as their father told them and this included marrying the man their father chose for them.

Even when married, a women was not free. She had to do as her husband wished. She was not allowed out on her own and was not often seen by people other than her own family.

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Men had a much better life in Ancient Greece than women. Only men could be full citizens. Only men made the important decisions. Normally, only men fought in armies, took part in sports and met in public. Women Spartan women were taught reading and writing and skills to protect themselves in battle.

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Kids take a quiz or webquest on the Ancient Greece - Daily Life. Practice problems online test and history questions for students.

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Kids learn about the geography of Ancient Greece and how it influenced the development of the Greek civilization including the Aegean Sea, mountains, islands, regions, and major cities.

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Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer. As a center idea to compare book characterto self or other characters. | Graphic organizers, Venn diagram template, Venn diagram

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Sep 15, 2013 - Here's an idea! It's an interesting concept to allow your students to explore literature throughout the threads of time. Have a variety of b...

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Words Game

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Teaching Tools | Resources for Teachers from Scholastic

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All about the Olympic Games

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Teaching Tools | Resources for Teachers from Scholastic

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Ancient Greece Activities

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Explore Ancient Greece - The Children's University of Manchester

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Greek Alphabet Game

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The Greek Alphabet & Language - The Children's University of Manchester

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BBC Bitesize - KS2 History - Ancient Greece

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KS2 History Ancient Greece learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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FAMOUS GREEKS

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Even after 3,000 years, we're still using ancient Greek ideas in maths, science and art. Our alphabet is based on the Greek one. Check a dictionary and you'll find hundreds of words that come from the Greek language.

How did Greek ideas spread so far? It's down to Alexander, the young king of Macedon. He led his army to take over Greece, Persia, Egypt and even part of India. He ruled so much of the world they called him 'Alexander the Great'.

Wherever he went, Alexander took Greek ideas. When he died in 323BC, the Romans took over. They admired the Greeks' way of life and carried Greek ideas to even more countries - including ours!

In ancient Athens, citizens would gather together on a dusty hill called the Pynx. Here they would decide the city's laws and who should sit on its ruling council. This was 'democracy' or 'rule by the people'.

All 30,000 citizens were men. Women and slaves didn't get a say. A citizen could speak for the time it took water to run from one jar into another. When this water clock ran out, it was someone else's turn.

A jury of 500 citizens decided if someone was guilty of law-breaking. Punishments included death. Citizens could also vote to get rid of people they disliked. Each man wrote a name on a broken bit of pottery called an 'ostracon'. Anyone named more than 600 times got kicked out of the city.

Today, we also live in a democracy. Unlike in ancient Greece, women get to vote, too. Juries of 12 people decide if someone is guilty of a crime - we don't use ostracons anymore!

The Greeks loved sport as much as we do. They enjoyed the discus, javelin, long jump, boxing and horse racing. Athletes prayed to Nike, the goddess of victory - she's still a big name in sport today!

Greek men and boys trained in a gymnasium. We also go to the gym, although today women and girls are welcome too. The Greeks loved to watch races in a big, open-air 'stadion', very like a modern sports stadium.

Every four years the Greeks held a special sporting festival at Olympia - the Olympic Games. These inspired the modern Olympics which began in 1896. Some of the events were very similar. Like the Greeks, we also hold the Olympics every four years.

Legend tells of Pheidippides, who fought at the battle of Marathon in 490BC. When the Greeks won, he ran 26 miles (42 km) to Athens with the news - and then fell down dead. Modern marathon races cover the same distance as his epic run.

Ancient Greek thinkers made big discoveries. Pythagoras found ways to measure and describe shapes that we still use in maths today.

Aristotle studied plants, animals and rocks. He devised experiments to find out about the world we live in. Modern scientists do the same kind of thing.

Herodotus wrote a history of the Greeks. He based this on eyewitness reports, something today's historians also try to do. Socrates and Plato were philosophers. They asked, "What is a good life?" and "How do we think?" Philosophers in our time also try to answer these questions.

Ancient Greek stories are still told today. We love films about superheroes and monsters. Our TV soaps are full of stories about long-lost children returning to find their parents - just as ancient Greek plays were.

Click on each of the famous Greeks below to find out about their lives. Who would you choose as your greatest Greek?

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How did the ancient Greeks change the world?

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Even after 3,000 years, we're still using ancient Greek ideas in maths, science and art. Our alphabet is based on the Greek one. Check a dictionary and you'll find hundreds of words that come from the Greek language. How did Greek ideas spread so far? It's down to Alexander, the young king of Macedon.

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GREEK FAMILY

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Ancient Greece had a warm, dry climate, as Greece does today. Most people lived by farming, fishing and trade. Others were soldiers, scholars, scientists and artists.

Greek cities had beautiful temples with stone columns and statues, and open-air theatres where people sat to watch plays.

Most people lived in villages or in the countryside. Many Greeks were poor and life was hard, because farmland, water and timber for building were scarce. That's why many Greeks sailed off to find new lands to settle.

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What was it like to live in an ancient Greek family?

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Ancient Greece had a warm, dry climate, as Greece does today. Most people lived by farming, fishing and trade. Others were soldiers, scholars, scientists and artists. Greek cities had beautiful temples with stone columns and statues, and open-air theatres where people sat to watch plays. Most people lived in villages or in the countryside.

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OLYMPIC GAMES

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Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Olympic Games. Married women were barred.

If they were caught sneaking in, they could be thrown off the side of a mountain as punishment!

However, women could still own horses in the chariot races at the Olympics and unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years.

This was called the and was held in honour of Hera, Zeus's wife. Winners were awarded of sacred olive branches, the same as men. But in ancient Greece, only Spartan women were really interested in sport.

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Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Olympic Games. Married women were barred. If they were caught sneaking in, they could be thrown off the side of a mountain as punishment! However, women could still own horses in the chariot races at the Olympics and unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years.

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QUIZES

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KS2 History Quizzes Suitable for Children aged 7 to 11

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Every thread of history you learn about in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will have its own stories - every country, person, era, and culture. Millions of stories that make up our past.