A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on Ancient Greece. Written for Year 3 (ages 7-8). Pick it up at lunchtime, teach it that afternoon - every lesson has a full teacher script, projectable slides, a pupil worksheet, and an exit quiz.
Driving question: How did people 2,500 years ago in a sunny rocky land tell stories, hold the first Olympics, and shape the way YOU live today?

What’s included

• 6 x Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 x Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 x Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, ~22 slides each)
• 6 x Exit quizzes (single-page printable, with answer key)
• 1 x Knowledge Organiser (Word, 2-page A4 landscape)
• 1 x End-of-unit assessment with baseline + mark scheme
• 50+ original illustrations included throughout
• Curated kid-appropriate YouTube videos linked from each lesson’s slide deck

Curriculum links

• UK National Curriculum - KS2 History: Ancient Greece - A Year 3 study of the gods, heroes and Olympic Games
• Where and when Ancient Greece flourished
• Greek gods, myths and heroes
• The first Olympic Games and Greek gifts to the world

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know Ancient Greece flourished from around 800 BC to 30 BC
• Pupils know the Greeks lived in CITY-STATES like Athens and Sparta
• Pupils know about the gods of MOUNT OLYMPUS and the famous myths
• Pupils know the first OLYMPIC GAMES were held in 776 BC at Olympia
• Pupils know the Greeks gave us the alphabet, the theatre, the marathon and the very idea of DEMOCRACY

What pupils will be able to do

• Pupils can locate Greece and the Greek world on a world map
• Pupils can name FIVE Greek gods and what they were god OF
• Pupils can describe ONE famous Greek myth or hero in their own words
• Pupils can compare Ancient Greek life with their own
• Pupils can use ‘because’, ‘so’ and ‘however’ to explain ideas

Every lesson is 100% no-prep with a retrieval starter, key vocabulary, modelled examples, differentiated practice (Support / Core / Stretch) and an exit quiz with answers - ideal for supply cover, homework or whole-class teaching. National Curriculum aligned. Verdana / Calibri, A4, prints cleanly on any school PC.