Ancient Greeks

Portals To The Past School Workshop

We can visit your school in: North West, South West, East of England, West Midlands, London & South East

Why book 'Ancient Greeks' with Portals To The Past

Our Greek workshops...

The morning workshop consists of a short introduction to Greek life and culture, followed by four engaging activities:

A Greek quiz, with loads of fun Greek facts for the children to discover
Archimedes’ Stomachion – the oldest known mathematical puzzle
Petteia, the Greek strategy game
Myths and legends – the children are transported to a Greek theatre where they re-enact Greek myths and legends

After lunch, your Greek warrior will demonstrate his weapons and armour. Then the differences between the city states of Athens and Sparta are explored, the children take a lesson in democracy, which is followed by a mini Olympic Games.

The great battle of Gaugamela between Alexander the Great and King Darius will round off an engaging and fun day.

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Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Greeks

Curriculum topics available: Greek life and achievements, Greek influence on the western world, Pythagoras and Aristotle, Religion Trade Politics and Architecture, Olympics, Greek Gods and Mythology.

Covering everything from the warring city states and the birth of democracy to Greek legends and Greek culture, our warriors make learning about the Ancients Greeks a fun and inspiring experience, while also providing maximum educational value.

A mixture of activities, role play, artefacts and fun really will bring this subject alive for your students. Before lunch we cover Greek life and culture, and the Battles of Thermopylae and Marathon.

After lunch a Greek warrior fresh from battle will demonstrate his weapons and armour.

What size groups do you cater for?

Portals history workshops are designed to cater for up to 100 children, all day, working around your timetable.

Anything else?

Please note, if your school is located in a town or city we will require secure off-road parking for the duration of our visit to your school.

Who are Portals To The Past?

Bringing history lessons to life

We offer exciting, immersive and inspiring history workshops for schools, presented by a charismatic team of “performing historians” with a deep-rooted passion for their subject.

Hands-on, educational workshops

Drawing upon an unrivalled pool of talented historians, archaeologists and reenactors, we typically visit more than 1,700 UK schools a year to deliver hands-on, educational workshops that leave kids (and teachers) buzzing.

Why choose Portals to the Past?

We are not just “teachers that get dressed up”. Our multi-talented re-enactors are specialists in their field; true historians with a genuine passion for the past. The Portals team takes great delight in sharing their knowledge and their enjoyment of history with a whole new generation of history buffs.

As seen on film and TV...

Our Time Travellers are very much in demand for their depth of knowledge and enthusiasm for their subject. They regularly take part in historical re-enactments, and have appeared in many films, historical documentaries and on the BBC’s “Horrible Histories”.