A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on Ancient Greece. Written for Year 5 (ages 9-10). 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 Ancient Greece shape the modern world?

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 study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world
• Greek life and culture
• Greek achievements (philosophy, democracy, science, theatre, Olympics)
• influence on the western world

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know Ancient Greece was made up of independent city-states (poleis), the two greatest being Athens and Sparta
• Pupils know the Ancient Greeks invented democracy, the Olympic Games, theatre and philosophy
• Pupils can name the main Greek gods and explain the role of religion in everyday life
• Pupils know how Greek ideas spread across the Mediterranean via Alexander the Great and the Romans
• Pupils can give at least three examples of Greek influence on the modern world (words, buildings, ideas, sport)

What pupils will be able to do

• Pupils can place key Greek events on a timeline spanning around 800 BC to 30 BC
• Pupils can analyse Greek artefacts (vases, statues, coins, ostraka) for what they tell us about daily life
• Pupils can compare two cultures (Athens and Sparta) using evidence
• Pupils can use ‘because’, ‘so’ and ‘therefore’ to explain cause and consequence