For their Entry Point into their new topic The Great, The Bold and the Brave, Year 5 held a Toga Party in class today.
Unit Summary
The history of western civilisation begins with the Greeks and the Romans. Their expanding empires helped to spread ideas about architecture, food, entertainment, literature, science, medicine and politics across the globe. As their empires ended, other cultures rose to prominence, absorbing and passing on their own ideas and cultures – creating the world we know today.
Explaining the Theme
In History, we’ll be finding out:
About the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta
How people voted in Athens and Sparta
How the Persian War brought the Greek city-states together
What the Parthenon can tell us about Athenian life
How to perform our own Greek play
About the life Alexander the Great and what he achieved
Why Rome had a republic and then an emperor
What daily life was like in Ancient Rome
What happened when the Romans invaded another country
Why the Roman Empire declined
What happened when the Anglo-Saxons invaded and settled in Britain
About the Viking invasion of Britain
About the life and legacy of Alfred the Great
How to use archaeological evidence to find out about the past
About the history of Britain, from the Roman occupation to the Norman Conquest
In Music, we’ll be finding out:
How to write and perform our own Greek chorus
In Art, we’ll be finding out:
About Ancient Greek and Roman art
How to create our own piece of art in a Greek or Roman style
In International, we’ll be finding out:
About the effects of invasion on countries around the world
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