Ancient Greeks

Ancient Greek Influence on the Western World

Cooking – ⅓ day

Learn about the process of grinding cereals to make flour before making your own sweet and savoury Greek bread to cook and eat. Make traditional Greek hummus using chickpeas, lemon, tahini, garlic and ground spice. Complete your sumptuous feast with some sticky date sweets flavoured with cinnamon.

Greek Jewellery, Art and Writing – ⅓ day

Learn about the cultural importance of the Greek alphabet and compare it to our own before painting a terracotta plate, decorating it with patterns from the period and writing your name using an Ancient Greek script. Make a piece of Ancient Greek jewellery.

Athens vs. Sparta & Greek Battle Formations – ⅓ day

Compare and contrast these two civilisations through marriage and the choosing of leaders. Finish the day re – enacting a hoplite battle using shields to create the formation known as a 'phalanx'. 

The War at Sea – ½ day

Make and sail your own Greek warships called 'Triremes'.

Greek Myths and Theatre – evening

Enjoy Greek Myth and Legend re – told around the campfire. Re enact a Greek play.

Life of a Spartan Soldier – evening

Learn about life as a Spartan hoplite soldier and participate in an ancient Greek 'Boot Camp' to find out first hand what it was like. Dress up your teacher as a Greek warrior!