Ancient Greece: Comparing the differences between growing up in Athens and Sparta.
8 slides.
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Slideshow explaining the types of government, including aristocracy, democracy, tyranny, oligarchy, timocracy, monarchy and democracy.
Whole class activity.
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Slideshow about the Ancient Greek Olympics.
Including running, pankration, wrestling, boxing, chariot racing, the pentathlon, discus and javelin.
Large font and dyslexia-friendly.
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Every town had a marketplace, where farmers, traders and craftsmen brought their goods to sell. It was called the agora.
Dyslexia-friendly slideshow with large font.
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The Greeks used some fearsome weapons, such as swords and giant crossbows armed with iron tipped arrows and huge catapults that hurled lumps of rock at enemy walls.
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Slideshow showing some of the features of Greek homes.
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Slideshow showing triglyphs, pediments and the three columns: ionic, doric and corinthian.
Large text and dyslexia friendly.
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Many people believe that there was a curse on Tutankhamun’s tomb. Anyone who opened the tomb would be a victim of this curse. Is there any truth in this belief?
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Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphs / Hieroglyphics. Slideshow about hieroglyphs and the Rosetta Stone. Includes a table for children to make their own.
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Slideshow showing a step-by-step guide for how to make a mummy.
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Slideshow about foods eaten by the Ancient Egyptians.
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During the process of mummification, all of the major organs were removed and placed in canopic jars. Jars were used by ancient Egyptians to hold mummified remains.
Slideshow about what was in each jar.
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Slideshow about the Gods of Ancient Egypt: Osiris, Horus, Anubis, Ra, Isis and Hathor.
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Slideshow about Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.
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Slideshow explaining the flooding, growing and harvesting seasons.
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Slideshow about the pyramids of Ancient Egypt.
What are the pyramids?
Why build pyramids?
How were pyramids built?
What was inside a pyramid?
Protecting the pyramid.
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