LEARNING AREA: History LESSON TOPIC: What type of events were there in the first Olympic Games

YEAR LEVEL: 5 DURATION of LESSON: 40 Minutes

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Sequence historical people and events (!HHS0"#$
%ocate information related to inquiry questions in a ran&e of sources (!HHS'0($
)dentify and e*plain characteristic te*t structures and lan&ua&e features used in ima&inative+ informative and persuasive
te*ts to meet the purpose of the te*t (!,%-'.0'$
LESSON OBJECTIVES
%earnin& a/out how different the events were compared to now
What events are the same
How the events are different
By the end of this esson! st"dents #i h$%e $n o&&o't"nity to de(onst'$te thei' $)iity to:
'0 1now the different events
(0 2eco&nise the differences
RESOURCES AND CLASSROOM ORGANISATION
3osters
!olourin& pencils
2u//ers
2ulers
3encils
2u//ers
)nformation sheets
Olympia4 Warriors athletes of ncient Greece
)3ads
%aptops
STUDENTS* PRIOR +NO,LEDGE
3rior 5nowled&e will come from previous history lessons tau&ht0
LESSON PROCEDURE
Moti%$tion -O'ient$tin. Ph$se/ 01 Mins
,*plain that they are &oin& to learn more a/out the Olympic Games
2ead passa&e from Olympia4 Warrior thletes of ncient Greece
,*plain that they are &oin& to divide into &roups and research events that have /een dis/anded or events that are
still in the &ames
P'o2ed"'e -Enh$n2in. Ph$se/
6ivide class into &roups and &ive them the followin& events to research4 -31 Mins/
!hariot racin&+ wrestlin&+ /o*in&+ runnin&+ pentathlon and horse racin&
7he pentathlon &roup will need to /e divided into separate &roups to cover all of the events0
7he class will then need to ma5e sure they research the events thorou&hly and place it on posters that will /e
displayed in the classroom
fter the (0 minutes are up+ the &roups will have 5 minutes to present it to the class -4 Mins/
Con2"sion: 4 Mins
3ac5 up )3ads and laptops and clean up paper and ru//ish
Ma5e sure class is prepared for the ne*t lesson
DI55ERENTIATION O5 LEARNING
7hese tas5s have /een modified for students with learnin& difficulties as they will /e wor5in& in their &roups and
they will /e a/le to help each other out0
,*tension activities will include delvin& deeper into an event of their choice to help them develop their
understandin& of the Olympic Games