Term 3 Week 2

Kia ora Year 7s, this week will continue our focus on Ancient Greece, focusing on the culture and history surrounding the region. This focus on culture will lead into the Olympics, our major expression of Ancient Greek culture that we are looking at. Your first activity will be mapping, where you are identifying the region's major cities, associated regions and geographic landmarks. Your next activities will be focusing on the Greek gods and myths that made up the major belief systems of the region.

As always, we will focus on current events with News of the World, but there will be an additional twist with our Myths of the World activity later this week - tune in!

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• I can show my knowledge of the famous Ancient Greek gods and myths that make up the the Greek system of beliefs and values
• I can accurately map the Aegean Sea and illustrate the human presence in the area between 800BC to 300BC

Activities:

1. News of the World 2.0 (Writing - digesting news and writing it in their own words in their books)
2. Ancient Greek: Mapping Activity (Numeracy - Identifying mapping conventions and reading map instructions)
3. Ancient Greek God worksheet (Literacy - Interpreting facts, long-form reading, grammar and definitions)

Follow Up Tasks:
Next week: Myths and Part 2 of our wider Term Focus, the Olympics

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING the history and culture of Ancient Greece, connecting their beliefs to the modern day
• We are EXPLORING and observing strength and spirit across different cultures and ways of life