Year: 3 Subject: History Unit of Study: Ancient Greeks Linked Literature: Ancient Greece, See inside Ancient Greece

Stone Age to Iron Age Ancient Egypt Ancient Greeks Romans Anglo-Saxons 50, 000 BC– 500 BC 300 BC—332BC 776 BC– 146 BC 509 BC 476 AD 450AD-1066AD

Vocabulary I need to know (continued): I need to do: Prior knowledge:  Continue to see place and events  There are similarities between our A group of people living peacefully together in Civilisation communities. disappeared. The Greeks started trading with other countries this lead to in chronology. lives and the lives of those in the the first Olympics. The Greeks loved sports and the Olympic Games were  Understand what life was like as past Hellenes The Greeks called themselves Hellenes the biggest sporting event. The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years an Ancient Greek.  That people in the past have an The Greeks called the place where they live ago in Olympia, in South West Greece. Every four years around 50,000 influence on the western world Hellas Hellas.  Know the key achievements from people came from all around the world to watch the games. The Olympics the Ancient Greek era.  That we can use artefacts from the A democracy is when everyone has a chance were also a religious festival in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods. Only Democracy to vote for how they want where they live to  Understand how the Ancient past to help us understand what be run. men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Olympic Greeks influenced the western has happened during those periods Games. Married women were banned. In Ancient Greece only Spartan This was a time at the beginning of the world. of time. Archaic Period Olympics and Homer’s writing of the Odyssey. women were really interested in sport.

The Dark age was between the Mycenaean civilization and the Greek Archaic Period. Athens and Sparta were two main city states that ruled much of Ancient - Dark Age There are no artefacts from this time so we know little about what happened. Greece. Sparta and Athens often fought against each other in the Peloponnesian Wars but also came together to protect the Greek lands This was a time when Greeks became Classic Period interested in art, architecture, and theatre. from invaders. Sparta’s culture was based around war whereas Athens

This period began after the death of focused on art and learning. Hellenistic Period Alexander the Great in 323BC and the emer- gence of the Roman Empire. In 508BC Ancient Greeks introduced the first known Democracy in the world. Democracy allows people to get the chance to vote for how they I need to know: think their land should be run. The Ancient Greek Democracy was made Ancient Greeks civilisation began over 40,000 up of three systems the Ekklesia, the Boule and the Dikasteria. Only male years ago. Historians have divided Ancient citizens who were older than 18 were able to take part in the vote. Greece into three periods: Archaic Period, Study Guide Guide Study

Classical Period and Hellenistic Period. The The Classical period was a time when Greeks became more interested in Archaic Period ran from the start of Greek art, architecture and theatre. It was also the beginning of the war civilisation in 800 BC to the introduction of between Sparta and Athens. The two famous battles during the this Democracy in 508 BC. The Greeks called period were the Battle of Marathon and Battle of Salamis. Alexander the themselves Hellenes and their land was called Great overthrew the Persian empire and was the son of King Philip II. He Hellas. Minoans were the first great Greek was a powerful leader after his father died. This period ended with the civilisation and lived a simple hunter-gather life. death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Minoans lived on the nearby island of Crete. After the Minoans came the Mycenaean The Hellenistic period lasted from the death of Alexander the Great until civilisation who were builders, traders and great 31BC when Rome defeated Egypt at the Battle of Actium. During this soldiers. After the Mycenaean age ended in period Rome conquers the Corinthians in 146BC. Rome completely 1100BC, Greece entered a Dark Age. destroyed and stole from the city of Corinth to show all other Greek cities how powerful they were. From this point forward Greece was ruled by Ancient Greek civilisation began again after the Rome. Dark Age. We know little about what happened in this time because all of the artefacts

How did Ancient Greek When was the First Olympic When was the first Democracy How did the Classic period begin? Who was Alexander the Great? When did Rome conquer Greece? Civilisation begin? games?