CLIL 4. Ancient Greece

Linguistic objectives and contents

Non-linguistic objectives and contents

Describing daily routines (present simple)
Biography: was born in, died, invaded, conquered, defeated
Telling past events (past simple) There was / there were / invaded.
Connectors: First, then, after that, finally
Pronunciation of years
Creating a comic: panel, speech balloons, caption
Terms related to the differents aspectes worked on Ancient Greece: democracy, government, society, tragedy, comedy, city-states, warriors, slaves, citizens, column.

Daily Life in Athens: geographical location, family and education (boys-girls)
Daily Life in Sparta: geographical location, family and education (boys-girls)
The Olympic Games: origin, competitions and prizes.
Architecture: characteristics, types of buildings, the Parthenon and the theatre of Epidaurus.
Sculpture: characteristics, periods (Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic) including characteristics and examples of statues.
Literature: new alphabet, actors, musicians, the building (theatre), poetry (Homer and the Iliad or the Odyssey) and theatre (tragedy and comedy)
Government in Sparta and in Athens: for each one, type of government, institutions and social groups.
Science: Maths (Thales, Pythagoras), Medicine (Hippocrates), Physics (Archimedes) and History (Herodotus)
Religion: polytheism, the twelve gods-goddesses of Mount Olympus. Procession to the Acropolis.
Alexander the Great: his life, conquests and death.