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Introduction
In the unit 'Who were the ancient Greeks?' # found out about the way people lived in the ancient Greek empire. ^ has used a wide range of archaeological and written sources, ^ has selected and recorded the information and ^ has been actively encouraged to interpret the past in a number of different ways.
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Greece
Section 1: Where and when was ancient Greece?

^ can locate Greece on a map and ancient Greece on a time line.
^ is able to discuss the climate and physical features of the Greek mainland and islands.
^ recognises that ancient Greece is located BC and that more recent periods in history are AD.

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Sparta Athens
Section 2: What were the similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta?

^ knows that Athens and Sparta were city states and governed themselves.
^ is able to distinguish between the beliefs of the Athenians and Spartans and ^ knows some reasons why they held those beliefs.

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Army and Navy
Section 3: What made ancient Greek fighters so powerful?
Children:

^ gave reasons why the Greeks needed a navy, e.g. separate city states that argued with each other, many very long coasts and borders that required protection, wish to expand their empire.
^ has produced some labelled drawings of Greek soldiers and ships on the basis of ~ own observations.
^ inferred information about the Greek army and navy from ~ own observations.

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Marathons
Section 4: Was the battle of Marathon a great victory for the ancient Greeks?

^ has completed a written account about the Battle of Marathon. ^ clearly can view the battle from the perspectives from both an Athenian soldier's or a Spartan soldier's view points.
^ was able to explain why a marathon race is just over 26 miles long.

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Greek gods
Section 5: Who did the ancient Greeks worship and why?


^ is able to make a number of observations and inferences from a range of pictures and plans of Greek buildings.
^ could answer questions which highlighted ^ understanding of Greek myths and legends.
^ has shown that ^ can connect one or more Greek gods with their respective symbols and their areas of responsibility by completing a grid on the topic.
^ knows the main points in the story of at least one Greek god.
^ can answer questions about Greek gods. ^ clearly knows that Greek gods had some human characteristics and that Greeks used them to explain the world around them.

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Greek Theatre
Section 6: What happened at the theatre?
Children:

^ was able to recognise the main features of a Greek theatre.
^ understands the religious connections between the theatre and the religious festivals.
^ has found out about the sorts of plays the Greeks liked and who wrote them.
^ has contributed to the preparation and performance of a play that demonstrated the key features of a Greek drama.

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Olympics
Section 7: What do the sources tell us about the importance of the Olympic games to the ancient Greeks?

^ can identify the appropriate sources ^ needs to use for finding out about the ancient Greeks.
# can make inferences about the Olympic games by using a variety of information sources.
^ identify the sources that show why the Olympic games was important to the ancient Greeks.

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