Ancient Civilisations Wonders Lesson 7

Ancient Civilisations

Lesson 7 Wonders

What do these four pictures have in

common?

Find as many links as you can?

What’s the same about each one?

What’s different

about them?

What do these four pictures have in

common?

Find as many links as you can?

What’s the same about each one?

What’s different

about them?

What do these four pictures have in

common?

Find as many links as you can?

What’s the same about each one?

What’s different

about them?

W.A.L.T We Are Learning Today...What are ancient civilisations?

W.I.L.F What I'm Looking For...

By the end of the lesson can you…

…name at least six ancient civilisations?…name at least 4 of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World?…use information to put ancient civilisations in order to answer a question?…explain why ancient civilisations are important to us today?

A civilisation is a group of people who work together to build a society.

The term ancient means that it is something that occurred a long time ago, way back in history.

They work together as a whole to make life as good as possible for all members of the civilisation.

They share technology, wealth and experience with each other.

Remember we are studying about ancient civilisations and finding out about them.

We study: The Ancient Egyptians The Ancient Greeks The Ancient Romans

But this is just a small selection of the Ancient Civilisations which existed.

Some of the AncientCivilisation

sEgyptian

Look at some of the achievements of these civilisations

StonehengeMachu PicchuThe ParthenonSphinx and The PyramidsThe Roman ColiseumAztec Pyramids (14th Century)

Whilst there were many great achievements from many civilisations, there are 7 that are considered the best examples.These were called the seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Lets have a look at these in more detail.

The Pharos of AlexandriaThis was a watchtower /

lighthouse that stood on the island of Pharos. It was built in 250BC and was made of white marble. It is estimated to have been somewhere between 60m to 180m tall.

Temple of EphesusThis was a great white marble temple dedicated to the

goddess Diana. It was built about 480BC.

Pyramids of GizaThese were royal tombs built between 3000BC and 1800BC. The

biggest is the great pyramid and is 147m high and 230m square at the base.

Hanging Gardens of

Babylon

These were terraced gardens that were

built near modern day Bagdad. They were built around 600BC

and was 120m square at the base and 25m

tall. They were watered by tanks of

water on the top level.

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

This was a massive white marble tomb that was built by the widow of an ancient king. It was built in

what is modern day Turkey. It was built in 353BC and was just

over 40m high.

Statue of Zeus at OlympiaThis was a massive statue of the god Zeus and was over 12m tall. It was

made of marble, inlaid with ivory and gold.

Colossus of RhodesThis was a massive bronze statue of

the god Apollo . It was built in 280BC and was about 32m high. It stood either at the entrance to or astride the entrance to the port at

Rhodes.

Only one of these seven still exists today. Which one?

Question for discussion

I want you to pretend that we are now 1000 years in the future and a group of school children are looking at the new 7

wonders of the ‘Old’ World (today). What 7 things do you think might be picked to

be the best examples of modern civilisation?

Start Year ~ The approximate date the civilisation was formed.

End Year ~ The approximate date the civilisation stopped.

Length of Time ~ The number of years that the civilisation existed for.

Where ~ The place in the current world where the civilisation was.

Population ~ The maximum size of the civilisation.

All dates and numbers are approximate and estimations based on historical evidence.

Activity 1

Look at the set of Top Trump cards you have been given. Find the line of information that tells you about how big

civilisations were (the population). Arrange them in order of size, biggest to smallest.

1. Which civilisation had the biggest population size?

2. Why don’t we know the size of some of the ancient civilisations?

To help you compare the sizes...… the current population of the U.K is 59,000,000 people

… the current population of the World is 6.92 billion people

The Entire Population of the World in 0AD was only 200,000,000 people.

Activity 2

Look at the set of Top Trump cards you have been given. Find the line of information that

tells you about the date each civilisation started on. Try to put the civilisations in order starting

with the earliest and finishing with the most modern.

Careful!You will need to look at the dates on the cards very carefully. Use the chart below to help you.

0 1000AD1000BC2000BC3000BC

Earliest Modern

Activity 3

Look at the set of Top Trump cards you have been given. Find the line of information that tells you about how long each civilisation was in existence for. Arrange your cards

in order and use them to answer these questions.

3. How many of the civilisations lasted for more than 1000 Years?

4. Which ancient civilisation existed for the longest amount of time?

5. Which ancient civilisation existed for the shortest amount of time?

Activity 4

Glue your Top Trumps cards into your books. Place them into the order of any one of the following.

Alphabetical order.or

By population sizeor

Chronological order from earliest to latest

W.A.L.T We Are Learning Today...What are ancient civilisations?

W.I.L.F What I'm Looking For...

By the end of the lesson can you…

…name at least six ancient civilisations?…name at least 4 of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World?…use information to put ancient civilisations in order to answer a question?…explain why ancient civilisations are important to us today?