Ancient life vs today
CONCEPTUALCompare how children in ancient Greece or Rome lived with how children live today — including differences in school (writing on wax tablets, learning to fight in Sparta), food (olives, bread, grapes), games, and clothing (tunics and sandals) — and understand these civilisations existed thousands of years ago
Mastery Evidence
- Name two ways a child's life in ancient Greece or Rome was different from today
- Describe what ancient Greek or Roman children might have eaten or worn
- Say that these civilisations existed thousands of years ago — long before grandparents were born
Assessment Prompt
“Could [child] tell you what it might have been like to be a child in ancient Greece or Rome — what they wore, ate, or did at school — and how it was different from today?”
Prerequisites2
- Ancient Greece and Rome on the MaphardAges 5—7
- Everyday Life in Ancient EgyptsoftAges 5—7
Show full prerequisite tree
- Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map hard
Comparing ancient life needs knowing where/when these civilisations were
- Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert soft
Greece & Rome geography builds on Ancient Egypt geography — both Mediterranean civilisations, Egypt came first chronologically
- Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt soft
Comparing ancient lives benefits from prior exposure to Egyptian daily life comparison
- Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert soft
Daily life context benefits from knowing Egypt is on the Nile in a desert
Unlocks1
- Athens Versus SpartasoftAges 7—9