LEARNING AREA: History LESSON TOPIC: The Goddesses of Ancient Greece

YEAR LEVEL: 5 DURATION of LESSON: 40 Minutes

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Sequence historical people and events (ACHHS09!
"ocate infor#ation related to inquiry questions in a ran$e of sources (ACHHS%0&!
'dentify and e(plain characteristic te(t structures and lan$ua$e features used in i#a$inative) infor#ative and persuasive
te(ts to #eet the purpose of the te(t (AC*"+%,0%!
LESSON OBJECTIVES
To learn a-out the #ain Goddesses of Ancient Greece
.hat /as their role in Ancient Greece
'f they /ere #arried to any other God
By the end of this esson! st"dents #i h$%e $n o&&o't"nity to de(onst'$te thei' $)iity to:
%0 1nderstand /ho /ere the #ain Goddesses of Ancient Greece
&0 2no/ the na#es
30 4e#onstrate their a-ility to /rite a-out the Goddesses of Ancient Greece
RESOURCES AND CLASSROOM ORGANISATION
.hite-oard #ar5ers
6ictures
Scissors
Glue
History 7oo5s
6encils
STUDENTS* PRIOR +NO,LEDGE
6rior 5no/led$e /ill co#e fro# previous history lessons tau$ht0
LESSON PROCEDURE
Moti%$tion -O'ient$tin. Ph$se/ 0 Mins
Gain classes attention
*(plain that today they are $oin$ to learn a-out the Goddesses of Ancient Greece
P'o1ed"'e -Enh$n1in. Ph$se/
'ntroduce the Goddesses and hand out the pictures around the class so each student has a copy0
The Goddesses are8 Hera) Aphrodite) Athena) 4e#eter and Arte#is -0 (ins/
*(plain their role in Ancient Greece and their role -23 Mins/
Hera8 Goddess of #arria$e and 9ueen of the Gods and #arried to :eus0 Aphrodite8 Goddess of love and #arried
to Hephaestus0 Athena8 Goddess of .isdo# and .ar0 4e#eter8 Goddess of ;e$etation and <ruitfulness0 Arte#is8
Goddess of the .ild
Get students to cut out the pictures of the $oddess=s and paste the# in their history -oo5s) also /ritin$ their role in
Ancient Gree5 society0 -23 Mins/
Go throu$h a revie/ /ith the class once they have finished $luin$ in the pictures and finished /ritin$ up their
notes -0 Mins/
Con1"sion: 0 Mins
6ac5 up History -oo5s and #a5e sure their des5s are tidy and neat0
Ma5e sure class is prepared for the ne(t lesson
DI44ERENTIATION O4 LEARNING
The tas5s have -een #odified for students /ho have hearin$ i#pair#ents and for the students /ho also have
difficulty in *n$lish