International School History - European Schools - S3 - Classical Greece
 
S3 Human Science Last update - 15 November 2011 Official European School Human Science Years 1-3 Syllabus: English, French, German.
Term 2 - History - Classical Greece
Subject Content Lessons Additional resources and external links

Athens, Sparta 
Key words: Polis, oligarchy, aristocrats, tyrant, democracy, citizen, Assembly, council, free men, helots, slaves

Aspects of Greek Culture Women and children, daily life Education, philosophers Gods and religion Olympic Games Architecture

Key words: Alphabet, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Temples, altar, Delphi, oracle, omens Gymnasium, Amphitheatre. Disciplines, Acropolis, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian style Greeks,

Persians and war, Ships and navies, military service Alexander The Great,

Key words: Trireme, phalanx, hoplite, cavalry Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis Asia Minor

What was the Archaic period? (PDF)  
How were the ancient Olympic games different to the modern? (PDF) Video on the ancient Olympic games.
How was Athens ruled? (PDF) Video shown in lesson. Excellent PBS video on the Parthenon. BBC schools on ancient Athens. British Museum website on Athens includes games and flash interactivities on life in Athens.
How did Athenian democracy work? (PDF) and table for completion of question 3. Video shown in lesson and additional episode.
Who were the Spartans?  (PDF)

Bettany Hughes video explains the nature of the education and social structure.

 Video shown in lesson and additional videos about the Battle of Thermopylae.
How was Sparta ruled? (PDF) Video - The Spartans, the complete three part series of the documentary seen in the lesson. Bettany Hughes talks about her series on the Spartans.
What did the ancient Greeks believe? (PDF) Video - The ancient Greek gods. Ancient Greece website for more about the gods and mythology.
What did the ancient Greeks do for us? (PDF) Video.- This Discovery Channel documentary examines seven wonders of ancient Greece: the Theatre of Epidaurus, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Oracle at Delphi, the Colossus of Rhodes, the settlement at Santorini (Atlantis), the Palace of Knossos, and the Parthenon!

Ancient Greece website for more about culture. Videos on Socrates, Plato and Mark Steel Lecture on Aristotle  (funny)
Who was Alexander the Great? (PDF)

See this very modern debate about Alexander's Macedonian origins.

 Video - Alexander the Great.
Longer video from the History Channel 
Classical Greece -
revision quiz.
 
 

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