Foundation subject planner
Subject: History
Area of learning: Historical,
geographical and social
understanding
Communication/
literacy focus
expressive
Week/ session
1
10/1/14
Application of
number focus
Ordinal numbers
Chronological
awareness
Measurements of
time
Language of
position and
direction
Class: Grapes
Yrs 4, 5 & 6
ICT focus
Internet
http://greece.mrdonn.org/index.h
tml
http://www.dltkkids.com/puzzles/theme.asp?tid=
183
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=eoNS6yJ0UAI
Camera
Tape recorder
Group 1 weekly objectives/
activities
Children: CMS EG (P4)
Greek music.
Explore sensory artefact box on
theme of Ancient Greece.
Soft toy sheep, olives, thunder
musical instrument, items from
Ancient Greece history box. Red
spinning top.
On black tray heap rocks for
Mount Olympus, tear white
tissue for clouds around the
middle. Roll corrugated card for
pillars.
Photo.
Lesson Outcome: cooperate with
shared exploration
Unit:
2.4 Life in Ancient Greece
Working with others
focus
Sharing joint experiences.
Recalling experiences
together.
Date: Term 1 2013 2014
Improving own
performance focus
Review work done
Developing self
knowledge & reflection.
Problem solving focus
Flexibility
Observing historical sources
Group 2 weekly objectives/ activities
Children: CW LDA LMWH (P5)
Group 3 weekly objectives/ activities
Children: LM (P6)
Look at timeline, draw attention to ‘today’ and ‘a
long time ago’. Going to find out about Ancient
Greece who lived in a way that was copied by the
Romans and was the start of Western civilisation.
Lots of things we do today are because of the
Ancient Greeks. They lived about 4000 years ago.
Greece is a small country in Southern Europe, it was
split into city states and made up of many islands.
Some people go to Greece on holiday now. Why?
Look at travel brochures for Greece, hot, hilly, sea.
Choose a picture to cut out. Dictate a caption for
the picture using preferred means of
communication. Add a picture of Ancient Greece and
label. Sort pictures of themselves and pictures of
people from Ancient Greece into ‘today’ and ‘a long
Note vocabulary present and past using timeline.
Place Ancient Greece on the time line.
Reassemble map of Classical Greece and Modern
Greece. Can you see any differences? Anything
the same?
Play lotto game with a partner 3x2 grid in timeline
order. Identify the old coin, clothes etc.
Books about Ancient Greece available
Lesson Outcome: identified aspects of lives of
Ancient Greeks from pictures.
time ago’
Plenary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ancientgreek-writing/5261.html
Lesson Outcome: begin to recognise some
distinctions between past and present
2
17/1/14
Feel and smell olive oil and
perfumed oils to explore life in
ancient Greece in a sensory way.
Cooperate in dressing up in
ancient Greek costume.
Look in mirror.
Photo.
Lesson Outcome: cooperate with
supported participation –
dressing up in a costume.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrbQVp60xNI
Everyday life in Ancient Greece.
Take photo children in school uniform then dressed
up in traditional ancient Greek costume.
Look at photos on screen. Print off. Cut into
quarters and children sort into themselves wearing
clothes from today and a long time ago. Dictate a
caption for the picture using preferred means of
communication.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYx-Pame-aQ try
learning a Greek dance holding hands in a line and
moving left and right, try with arms up. Try in a
circle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtKfru3fEWc
(link with PE dance and maths language of position
and direction)
Lesson Outcome: begin to communicate about
activities in the past e.g. wearing a costume
3
24/1/14
Greek music
White sheet to roll up in and
swing in.
Mark making in clay.
Grapes to sprinkle and squash Could add water.
Match black or orange symbol
to make choices to create
‘Greek pot’
Lesson Outcome: proactively
experience activities with
historical theme.
Greek Theatre
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aSRLK7SogvE
We know about Greek theatre from the texts of
Greek comedies and tragedies, and ancient sources
and archaeological remains of theatres and pots
with pictures of ancient Greek life.
Look at pictures of Greek pots.
Create a ‘Greek pot’, paint paper plate black, leave
to dry paint gold circle on and add choice of cut out
orange pictures of gods from the plays. Add pipe
cleaner handles to either side.
Plenary: Sort pictures of ancient Greek theatre
Sequence timeline of ancient Greece
Compare clothes worn today and those worn by
ancient Greeks. Can you see any differences?
Anything the same?
Reconstruct photos cut into 6 pieces. Add words
to describe the outfits.
Participate in performing some Greek style
dancing.
Lesson Outcome: begin to recognise some
distinctions between present and past in their
own and other people’s lives
Choose a fact about the theatre in Ancient
Greece to copy.
Decorate own Greek pot with drawing of gods
Books of Greek myths available
Lesson Outcome: answer simple questions about
historical stories and artefacts
from pictures of theatre productions seen recently
at school into ‘now’ and ‘a long time ago’
Plenary: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Iy38VzzEF84
song about Ancient Greece
Lesson Outcome: with some prompting answer
simple questions about historical artefacts
4
31/1/14
Greek music.
Mark make in rolled play doh
with doweling rod.
Pencil and paper
Explore abacus.
Compare bears.
Lesson Outcome: may initiate
interactions and activities
Greek Schools
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kd60himDm9k stop at
3.31 ancient Greece horrible histories.
Sort pictures of boys and girls in the class. If we
were in ancient Greece instead of Rowan Gate who
would go to school?
Role play activities in school in Athens, Troy with 2
woggles from pool. Which do you like best?
Plenary: using symbols and pictures of school
equipment sort into ‘then’ and ‘now’
Lesson Outcome: sort into given criteria
5
7/2/14
Cooperate in trying masks on
and looking in mirror.
Choose mask for group to copy
the emotion.
Lesson Outcome: cooperate in
shared activities.
Greek Theatre
Wore masks because worshipping gods and same
actor (there were only 2 or 3 in a production) could
change character. Only men were actors. Compare
with African masks and dancing.
Compare comedy masks and tragedy masks. Take
turns to lead whether to pretend to be happy or sad
by showing choice of mask.
Try a tragedy mask on, walk across the class either
like a Queen slowly with one arm in front and one
behind, or like a soldier with hands on hips. Choose
next person to have a go.
Try a comedy mask on, stick your tummy out and
wiggle from side to side. Choose next person to
have a go.
Play a variation of zip zap boing – ‘how do?’, ‘what
are you looking at?’ ‘Easy Tiger’.
Lesson Outcome: participate in shared activities
with support.
Boys went to school,
Find Athens and Sparta on map. Compare why
children go to school in Athens with Sparta.
Would you prefer to go to school in Sparta or
Athens. (See TES site for table for sorting)
Lesson Outcome: communicate about activities
and events in the past.
Draw a comedy and tragedy Greek mask.
Use sound and gesture to act happy or sad. What
might make you happy? Sad?
Lesson Outcome: participate in shared activities
with less support
6
14/2/14
Greek music.
Dress up. Photos.
Match picture of Greek meal
items.
Share food with rest of class
Ancient Greek style.
Lesson Outcome: cooperate with
shared exploration and
supported participation.
Find out about food in Ancient Greece from books
and internet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancie
nt_greeks/home_life/
There weren’t tomatoes peppers potatoes or
bananas, lemons, oranges, aubergines or rice.
There were olives, grapes, figs, honey, breads,
cakes, fish, apples, raisins, pomegranates, olive oil,
onions, garlic, goats milk and cheese.
Sort.
Ate with hands, bread used as a napkin to clean
hands.
Either prepare and share an ancient Greek meal or
visit ‘The Olive Lounge’ Rothwell. Which food do you
like/dislike?
Choose a fact about food in Ancient Greece to
copy.
Copy write a list of food for an ancient Greek
menu.
Lesson Outcome: participate in shared activities
relating to life in ancient Greece with less support
by taking part in role play activity.
Lesson Outcome: participate in shared activities
relating to life in Ancient Greece with support.
Unit objectives/
expectations:
Group 1
Experience aspects of the lives of people
in the past from Ancient Greece. To have
opportunities to experience a range of
historical sources.
Learning intelligences considered, please highlight.
How this unit of work fosters links with the community:
Group 2
To experience aspects of the lives of
people in the past from different places
and periods in history. They have
opportunities to experience a range of
historical sources and communicate views
and feelings about the past.
Verbal linguistic
Mathematical logical
Musical
Group 3
Have opportunities to sequence some key
events.
Learn about different periods.
Begin to make distinctions between life
now and then.
Visual spatial
Bodily kinaesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalistic
Existential