The first farmers : the Neolithic revolution.
The first writing : the end of prehistory.
Ancient Egypt: the Nile and farming
Pharaoh and government
Religion, temples and tombs Daily life.
Hebrews : People and religion.
Greeks : Myths and religion
Persian Wars
Athens in the 5thc BC
Democracy
Alexander the Great
Rome :Republic
Empire
Daily Life
Religions : Christianity

Geography: Earth - Continents, oceans, mountains and rivers, world population , adaptation to polar, temperate and tropical environments.

Homework for Monday 12th Jan

Title : Types of Rainfall

Read the text on pages 26-27 'Core Geography'. Draw your own versions of Figs. 3.4, 3.5 & 3.6 each with a title and neat labels. Half a page for each diagram. Learn by heart the 'Word Box' Page 26.

Check to see the depressions approaching France from the Atlantic, bringing wind, cloud & rain . Click here.

Homework for Monday 19th Jan

World Population Distribution

Read the text and look at the documents on pages 44/45 'Core Geography'.

On your photocopied World Population map name the cities of over 10 million people. The first letter has been given . You'll need to look in your atlas on pages 14/15.

Name the densely populated areas where the arrows point:
Indian sub-continent, Java, East Asia, South-east Brazil, West Africa, North-west Europe, North-east USA.

Homework for Monday 26th Jan

Revise pages 44 -45 in Core Geography. Read the text , learn the words in heavy print and text box.( In the definition of LEDC the word 'services' means banking, insurance, tourism etc. In the definition of MEDC the word 'infrastructure' means roads, railways, ports etc.)

On top of page 46 revise birth rate, death rate and 'Transition Theory'. Then revise the Population pyramids and text.

Homework for Friday 30th Jan

World Population Growth

Read pages 52 & 53 and look at the documents at the bottom of page 52. You don't have to learn the vocabulary but be prepared to talk about the topic in class.

Homework for Tuesday 3rd Feb

The World : Rich and Poor countries

Complete the map of MEDCs and LEDCs using this colour code:

More than $12 000/year yellow
$5 000 to $12 000/ year orange
Less than $5000 /year red

Homework for Monday 9th February

Complete map of Ancient Greece labelling cities , seas and battles. Colour mountains orange or brown, coasts blue and lowlands (between mountain & sea) green.

On Greek colonies map label the following
Black Sea, Persians, Phoenicians, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea, Punics, Carthage, Rome, Etruscans, Agde, Marseilles, Antibes, Nice, Celts.

The Greek Gods

In pairs research a Greek god or goddess. Write or type, in your own words, about four paragraphs on your god. Add some pictures and your sources of information.

When it has been marked you are going to describe your God to the class in a short oral presentation.

The Persian Wars

Finish colouring your hoplite .This is a modern photo of hoplites: Modern hoplite pic Write these notes underneath your hoplite:

An Athenian citizen had to do two years military service at the age of 18. If his family could afford the armour and weapons he could become a hoplite , fighting in a disciplined block called a phalanx. Every hoplite had to protect, with his shield, the man on his left. Never did the phalanx break up, even when the enemy ran away.

Homework for Friday 5th March

Print these Persian Wars notes.and these Athenian Democracy notes.

Homework for Friday 19th March

Presentation of Greek Gods

You and your partner have about 8 minutes to present your God/Goddess on the dates below. Read and follow these tips on how to present a topic to the class :

- Make a poster  to present your topic . 
- Know your subject and explain it simply and clearly.
- Share the explanation, going back and forth between you and your partner. Above all, don't start arguing in front of the class!!
- Make your presentation short: maximum 8 minutes long, followed by questions and comments from the class. 
- Explain the topic to the class using  the pictures on your poster.Don't simply read text with your face hidden behind a sheet of paper !
- Look at your classmates, not the teacher.
- Encourage the class to be involved by asking questions or making a quick quiz at the end .

Have a look at these pictures of the Parthenon : Parthenon ruins Athena inside the Parthenon.

Now print off these notes for your file : Parthenon notes. Finish drawing your photocopied Parthenon and the three orders of Greek column. Write this paragraph under your three columns :

The columns of the Parthenon were built in the Doric style. They appear heavy and solid. The Ionic style was much lighter and slimmer. At the top were ' volutes' like a woman's curled hair. The Corinthian style had leaves spreading out at the top. Later the Romans preferred this style and in Paris, London and other modern cities , 'neo - classical' buildings usually have Corinthian columns.

Revise City states & colonies notes & maps, Persian Wars notes and Hoplite /Trireme picture, Democracy notes , Parthenon notes and picture (not Myths , Gods or different types of column).

Homework for Mon 26th April

Greek Pottery

Carefully decorate your Greek pot as realistically as possible with a daily life, war, Gods or mythology theme. Use black decoration on reddish brown (earlier pottery) or reddish brown on black (later pottery). Don't forget the 'frieze' decoration.

Click here for ideas.

Bring 'Ancient World' to lesson on Friday .

It's time to click on the April-June link above !

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