Teaching Ideas For A Greek Themed Day!

Try out some of our teaching ideas for a themed day about Ancient Greece, or during your history and topic work.​

If you have any other ideas of your own, let us know by adding a comment!

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

English

• Use these resources to act out some Greek myths:
  • Perseus Role Play
  • Narcissus Role Play
• Make a storyboard to retell a Greek myth.
• Write a newspaper report about Pheidippides’ run from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon.
• Read some of these poems about the Ancient Greeks, and have a go at writing your own.
• Improve your Greek vocabulary with these “fill the blanks” activities.
• Write a character description of a Greek God or Goddess. The British Museum site has lots of information about them to get you started.

Science

• Investigate Archimedes’ principle by putting different objects into a jug of water with a scale on. Why do they displace different amounts of water?​

Computing

• Could you use art software to create a ‘Greek key’ pattern?
• Control a programmable robot to follow a path similar to a Greek key design.

Design Technology

• Make an ancient Greek wreath.
• Design and make a Greek pot. This video shows how the Ancient Greeks did it.​

• Create your own Greek columns. ​

Art

• Make a Medusa head with this simple idea
• Design a mythical Ancient Greek creature.

Geography

• Mark the Ancient Greek city-states on a map.

History

• Find out more about the Ancient Greeks with our popular resource pack.
• Use our fact cards to learn more about the Ancient Greeks.
• Watch this video about Sparta and write some facts about the Spartans.​

• Find out about Greek theatre.​

Physical education

• Plan and take part in a Mini Olympics.​

PSHE

• Democracy is a concept that comes from the Ancient Greeks. There is some information about it on this website. What do you know about how democracy works? Hold a democratic vote.