Investigating life in an Ancient Civilisation
Select 1 ancient civilisation e.g. Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, the Greeks, the Aztecs.
Name of Ancient Civilisation
1. Investigate (research, discover, find out) what life was like for people in that civilisation and complete
the mind map below:
Clothing
Work
Food
Hobbies
Life in an Ancient Civilisation
Housing
Religion
Role of
women/children
Other
interesting
information
Structure of society
(king/senate etc.)
2. Select 1 famous person from your Ancient Civilisation.
Famous person:
Create a timeline of this person’s life. You must include 10 points in chronological order on the timeline below.
3 a. Find 2 reliable sources on this topic (a reliable source should have a named author).
Name of source
Author
Type of source (primary/secondary,
written/oral/visual/tactile)
3 b. Select the top 5 achievements of this civilization and list them below. Explain how each achievement had
an impact on Europe of the wider world.
Ranking (1=most important)
1
2
3
4
5
Achievement
How this had an impact on
Europe/the wider world