UKS2 Topic: Ancient Greeks Block G: Parthenon Marbles
Learn about the great art of the Ancient Greeks through the details on the Parthenon Marbles, learn
techniques to help draw figures of people and animals as realistically as possible, and use the marbles
as inspiration for creating drawings, paintings, and sculpture. Finally, learn about and debate the
controversy over the ownership of the marbles.
Block G: Ancient Greece
Parthenon Marbles
[7 Sessions]
By the end of this block
you will have achieved the
following outcomes:
Main outcome: History
Other outcomes: Art and English
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Session 1 History and
English
The Marbles
Learn the story depicted on the
marbles and retell it through
performance.
Session 2 History and Art
The Art
Look in detail at the style of the
art and compare it to other art
styles in history that it
influenced/ was influenced by.
Make some sketches.
Study Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on
the western world.
Regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change,
cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
Chn should construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and
organisation of relevant historical information.
Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, including through
formal presentations and debates, maintaining a focus on the topic and using notes
where necessary.
Pupils’ confidence, enjoyment and mastery of language should be extended through
public speaking, performance and debate.
Pupils should understand nuances in vocabulary choice and age-appropriate,
academic vocabulary.
Identify the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form
and using other similar writing as models for their own.
Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction.
Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, including through
formal presentations and debates, maintaining a focus on the topic and using notes
where necessary.
Provide reasoned justifications for their views.
Know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical
and cultural development of their art forms.
Create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit
ideas.
Pupils should improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing,
painting and sculpture with a range of materials.
Children will:
 Explain where on the Parthenon sculptures were situated.
 Work out the order of the Parthenon frieze.
 Script part of the story of the Panathenaic procession.
Children will:
 Explain the similarities they see between art styles of different eras.
 Make suggestions of how one art style influenced another.
 Make accurate sketches of human and animal figures.
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UKS2 Topic: Ancient Greeks Block G: Parthenon Marbles
Session 3 History and Art
Drawing
Work in teams to plan a visual
story and then use pose-able
models to draw a scene in that
story in an Ancient Greek style.
Session 4 History and Art
Sculpting
Using newspaper, mod roc and
air-drying clay, sculpt a relief
frieze of your scene.
Session 5 History, Art and
English
Display
Create a museum for your
Parthenon Marbles, including
writing labels and information
boards.
Session 6 History and
English
Elgin
Research how Elgin acquired the
marbles and various points of
view about who should own
them now, preparing for a
debate.
Session 7 History and
English
The Debate
Invite another class, the whole
school or even parents and
governors to see your museum,
and hold a debate on who
should own the marbles.
Children will:
 Identify what different sources of evidence tell us.
 Use a new art technique.
 Create their own version of a Parthenon metope in the same style.
Children will:
 Know which bits of the Parthenon are carved in low relief, high relief and sculpture in
the round.
 Demonstrate their understanding of low and high relief by recreating it.
 Use various materials to create a 3D sculpture.
Children will:
 Select, organise and present historical information.
 Explain their artwork in terms of techniques and as part of a wider story.
 Write for a specific audience thinking carefully about vocabulary, tone and structure.
Children will:
 Conduct online research about a historical topic.
 Research from non-fiction and retrieve, record and present their research.
 Write for a specific audience thinking carefully about vocabulary, tone and structure.
Children will:
 Deploy historical knowledge in a debate
 Take part in a debate
 Organise their arguments and justify their arguments
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The links to the websites and the contents of the web pages associated with such links specified on this list (hereafter collectively referred to as the ‘Links’)
have been checked by Hamilton Trust (being the operating name of the registered charity, William Rowan Hamilton Trust) and to the best of Hamilton
Trust’s knowledge, are correct and accurate at the time of publication. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms and conditions on the Hamilton
Trust website, you acknowledge that Hamilton Trust has no control over such Links and indeed, the owners of such Links may have removed such Links,
changed such Links and/or contents associated with such Links. Therefore, it is your sole responsibility to verify any of the Links which you wish you use.
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UKS2 Topic: Ancient Greeks Block G: Parthenon Marbles
Resources
Session 1
Provided: Information sheets covering: A virtual reconstruction of the Parthenon; Parthenon Frieze
jigsaw; Parthenon Frieze story; Small world recreation of the Parthenon Frieze.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Lego/Playmobil figures, cameras/tablets.
Session 2
Provided: Information sheets covering: Art Snap; Art connections; Sketching figures from Parthenon
art.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Sketchbooks and pencils.
Session 3
Provided: Information sheets covering: Source bingo; Selection of Parthenon metopes; How to make
Poseable human and animal figures.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Sketchbooks, scissors, pencils and paper.
Session 4
Provided: PowerPoint presentation on The Parthenon Marbles; Information sheet on How to sculpt in
relief.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Poseable figures and drawings from last session. Newspaper,
card, mod roc, bowls of water, air-drying clay or FiMo, sculpting tools.
Session 5
Provided: PowerPoint presentation on How to make a museum; Information sheets covering: Label
templates & Information board templates.
You will need: Access to the Internet; Paint, PVA glue, paintbrushes, paper and pencils.
Session 6
Provided: Information sheets covering: Debate research templates & Information board template.
You will need: Access to the Internet;
Session 7
Provided: Information sheets covering: How to run a debate; The roles in a debate; Judges marking
sheets; Visitor feedback form.
You will need: Two large cardboard boxes painted white, one bigger than the other; Cameras, gavel,
stopwatch.
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The links to the websites and the contents of the web pages associated with such links specified on this list (hereafter collectively referred to as the ‘Links’)
have been checked by Hamilton Trust (being the operating name of the registered charity, William Rowan Hamilton Trust) and to the best of Hamilton
Trust’s knowledge, are correct and accurate at the time of publication. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms and conditions on the Hamilton
Trust website, you acknowledge that Hamilton Trust has no control over such Links and indeed, the owners of such Links may have removed such Links,
changed such Links and/or contents associated with such Links. Therefore, it is your sole responsibility to verify any of the Links which you wish you use.
Hamilton Trust excludes all responsibility and liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any Links.