Meet the Greeks TOPIC LESSON TWO Lesson 2

Meet the Greeks! TOPIC LESSON TWO

Lesson 2 This week you will be learning about: ● The difference between AD and BC (BCE and CE) on a timeline ● The different periods of Ancient Greece ● How to create a timeline to show key events and dates from Ancient Greece. There is a bit of reading to do throughout, so you may want to ask an adult to help you with it - there are definitely some tricky words in there. In this lesson, you will need to complete 4 tasks. We would suggest taking your time and doing one task each day to make it easier for you. Please don’t try and complete it all in one day.

Task 1 - understanding BC and AD Understanding the difference between BC and AD is very important when talking about historical dates. So, what’s it all about? BC and AD are initials that stand for: BC - Before Christ AD - Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) This method of dating years is called the ‘ ‘Gregorian Calendar’. It started as the Roman Catholic Calendar, introduced by the Romans.

Q: What about now? There are so many different faiths and non-faiths. Just so people don’t get confused, around the world the BC/AD calendar is still used. However, more often than not, it’s letters have changed a little bit. . . BC = BCE (Before the Common Era) AD = CE (Common Era) ‘Common Era’ basically means the time when we are all counting dates in the same way. This is a good way of keeping the same dates, but making the letters non-religious.

Watch this video to find out more!

Task 1 -understanding BC and AD BC (BCE) - refers to any date that is before the year Jesus was born in Christian belief. AD (CE) - refers to any date that is after the year Jesus was born in the Christian belief. Interesting Fact: Jesus was said to be born in the year 1 AD - the Romans had no symbol for 0. 72 BC - 72 years before the birth of Jesus 2020 AD - 2020 years after the birth of Jesus.

t. ASK One: Quick Quiz Do you think you’ve mastered understanding the difference between BC and AD? Let’s take a short quiz to test your knowledge. . Included with your work is a quiz called ‘Understanding BC and AD Quiz’. You will be asked 5 questions, some are multiple choice, others need a short written answer. Good luck!

Task 2 - Periods of Ancient Greece The Ancient Greeks Now that we all understand what BC and AD means, we are going to find out about some key dates and events in Ancient Greece.

Task 2 - Periods of Ancient Greece Early History of Ancient Greece People have been living in Greece for over 40, 000 years. The first civilisation to inhabit mainland Greece were known as the Mycenaeans. They were fine builders and traders, but they were also great soldiers. The Mycenaean Period ended around 1100 BC , and Greece entered a Dark Age. It is called this because nobody really knows much about what happened - all written language and art disappeared.

Task 2 - Periods of Ancient Greece The Archaic Period 850 BC - 490 BC In around 850 BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began, Greek civilisation began to emerge again. The Greeks starting trading more with the outside world, they held the very first Olympic Games and they fought off the invading Persian Army. This period of Ancient Greece is known as the Archaic Period.

Task 2 - Periods of Ancient Greece Classical Greece - 480 BC Around 480 BC, Greece entered the Golden Age that would last around 200 years. The Greeks made some fantastic temples, made scientific discoveries and wrote plays. Although introduced much earlier in 508 BC in Athens, the Greeks continued to develop the first proper democracy. Democracy - A system where citizens can vote for their representative in government.

Task 2 - Periods of Ancient Greece The Hellenistic Period - 323 BC - 30 BC This was the final period of Ancient Greek history. It ended when the Romans took control. The Romans didn’t destroy the Greek way of life. They respected how the Greeks lived and copied many things about their culture; including buildings, beliefs and clothing.

Task 2 - Periods of Ancient Greece Ordering Dates Now let’s put your new skills to practical use. On the next slide will be some significant dates and events from the Ancient Greek period. Can you sort them so that they are in the correct date order. Write them into your Home Learning Journal. Remember - BC (or BCE) means ‘before Christ’ (before the Common Era).

Can you put these events in the correct date order? Check your answers on the next page

Task 3 - Creating a Timeline Now that you have them in the correct date order, your task is to create a timeline showing all of these events. You could do this across a double page in a topic book - you can see an example of how to do this on the next slides. Use your washing line to hang up dates. Record a video/drama scene with the events in the correct order. See the next slide for an example of how your timeline could look!

Task 3 - Creating a Timeline (Timeline Example) Draw a straight line across the centre of a double page. On the far right hand side, mark your timeline showing BC and AD. Remember, the dates listed are all BC so make sure you have enough room. Now you can start adding the dates and information on the timeline. Have a think before you start about how much room you need to use.

Continue to add all the information. You might want to add a box to your timeline so we can clearly see the what you have written. Try and list 6 dates/information for each page.

By the end of the timeline, you should have all 12 dates and facts/information. Now it’s time to add some detail and colour!

Task 3 - Creating a Timeline Don’t forget to add: The Archaic Period The Classical Period The Hellenistic Period See the timeline as an example! This could be how your timeline looks. I have added some images and colour so the information really stands out. Remember, in this task we are looking for excellent presentation!

Task 3 - Creating a Timeline (Timeline on a washing line)

Task 4 - Researching a Period Your final task is to do some research about one of the three periods of ancient Greek history (Archiac, Classical, Hellenistic). There are some weblinks on the next page you could use. Find out as much as you can about one of these periods to share with the rest of your class. You could do this as a google slide or take a picture of it from your learning journal. Can you compare your chosen period of Ancient Greek history to the learning you did about the Stone Age. What are the differences and similarities?

A few weblinks to help you: https: //www. ducksters. com/history/ancient_greece. php https: //www. historyforkids. net/ancient-greece-timeline. html https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/topics/z 87 tn 39/articles/zxytpv 4