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Ancient Greeks: Greeks at war

Learning objects Ancient Greeks: Greeks at war

TLF ID M011196

This is a multi-layered resource about the ancient Greeks at war. The text is divided into four sections covering historical facts about who the Greeks fought, The Battle of Marathon, the Greek method of fighting and their armour. It includes a quiz, fun facts, photographs, factsheets, links, and a range of extension activities.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource is useful for the Australian Curriculum: History content description in year 7 referring to a depth study of the Greeks at war. Students learn about the wars between Athens and Sparta and between the Greeks and the Persians. It includes the Greek method of fighting and their armour.
  • It is useful for the study of conflict with other societies resulting in colonisation addressed in the Australian Curriculum: History year 7 content description referring to ancient Greece. Students learn about how the city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, which had been independent, became a colony of Athens.
  • In this resource students learn about the famous Battle of Marathon where the Greeks defeated the Persians. Before the battle a Greek soldier called Pheidippides ran over 240 kilometres in two days to get help from Sparta. Pheidippides's feat is commemorated in the modern marathon race.
Year level

7

Topics Military equipment Invasion Greek history
Learning area
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Address: UNITED KINGDOM
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: UNITED KINGDOM
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • Resource: BBC © 2012, except where indicated otherwise. You may download, copy and communicate this material for free, and use it in digital and hardcopy format for non-commercial educational use in Australian schools and TAFE institutions, provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the material. 'Interactive' image: © Education Services Australia Limited 2012. You may copy, communicate and adapt this image for non-commercial educational purposes provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the image.