History

Year 4

Module 1

Ancient Greeks

Pupils will be taught:

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world

Timelines

We have created timetlines to show the Ancient Greeks in the past.

We have begun to discuss how the Greeks and the Egyptians were a long time ago and that they have some similarities and differences in the way people lived.

Recalling events

To help us learn about the greeks were discussed the types of evidence that people have used and how it will help us.

We looked at some pottery from ancient Greece and discussed what it showed us.

We created our own vases to show key events tat we had read from some fact cards.

Comparing Athens and Sparta

After completing some research on daily life in Athens we compared this to the city state of Sparta.

We covered education, boys and girls and who goeverned each state,

We considered where we would want to live if we were a child back in ancient Greece.

Gods and Goddesses

We looked at the Gods and Goddesses worshipped by the Greeks.

We created factfiles on them by researching on our chromebooks.

We have considered why religion was so important to Greeks the impact of religion on their way of life.

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Greeks influence on theatre

Greeks - language - alphabet

Greek influence on language

Greek life

We considered what it meant to be a person living in Greece thousands of years ago. Our work can be found in the Writing section of our floorbook.

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Maidstone Museum

This was a good place for us to learn about History. It helped us learn about different things in the past especially the Greeks. Our teacher Nat, taught us about theatres, how to be safe in the musuem, Gods and Goddesses and lots of little details. We used our hands and tools to create our masks. They were for comedy or tragedy. - Dexter and Maya

Module 2

Ancient Greeks

Pupils will be taught:

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world

Battle of Marathon

We wrote letters to the leader of th Spartan army asking for help against the Persian army. We thought about the skills of the Spartan army and how they could help. We were surprised how far the messanger ran to ask the Spartans for help.

Alexander the Great

We considered why Alexander the Great was considered such an important leader.

We carries out our own research to help us find out about him.

Module 3

Roman Empire

Pupils will be taught:

the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

The Roman Army

The testudo

Looks like a tortoise as they create a shell around the sides and top with their shields.

The Wedge

In a triangle formations so they and can turn easier and confuse the enemy

The Triple Line

Least experienced at the front and the most experienced veterans go to the back.

Roman army

Taking control of Britannia

We considered why it took so long for the Roman's to take control of Britain.

We learnt about Boudicca and her revolt against the Roman's.

Boudicca's revolt

See our writing page for more of our work.

Module 4

Roman Empire

Pupils will be taught:

the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

Guildhall Museum

We had a brilliant visit to the museum on Wednesday 21st February. We learnt a lot from Jeremy, our teacher form the museum.

Pompeii

See our writing page for our diary entries based on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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Parent visit

On Friday 1st March, we welcomed the parents in to listen to our learning from Modules 3 & 4 and to hear about our visit to the Guildhall.

Thank you to everyone who came for your support.

Roman roads and towns

We looked at secondary sources of evidence and how the Romans built roads which made Britannia a better place. We were shocked that many of the roads can still be seen and that some looked the same as in Italy where they are straight and have ditches to let water go down them.

Impact of the Romans

Dexter -Romans impacted Britain by giving us new foods that we didn't have before. This is good as we now have different types of foods and not just the foods we already had here.

Dexter - One of the things I was surprised about was that they brought cats to this country. They may also sense if other people are nearby.

Maya - I think the cats would scratch other things.

Maya - They brought different building materials so better houses could be built. They also made shops so we could buy more things and things that we didn't have before.