Ancient Greeks History School Workshop

We will set the scene by rolling out our lengthy living timeline creating a brilliant hands-on opportunity to establish a better chronological understanding of what was going on before, during and after the Ancient Greeks.

There are a dazzling number of ideas and inventions we can thank the Greeks for. Our Greek workshop goes thousands of years into the past. From the Bronze Age we meet an elite Hoplite warrior and their specialist weaponry and exquisite armour. Equally impressive were the regular foot soldiers who were well trained, well equipped and rather incredibly fighting in sandals.

Hands on History can work with just one class all day, or up to four classes in a year group. Each class will be kept busy and entertained all day by us! If you book a history school workshop with us, two members of the Hands on History team will come to facilitate.

Please see below examples of 4 itineraries (for 1, 2, 3 or 4 classes). Please note that these itineraries are samples – we can be flexible with timings and content may change.

Interactive learning for KS1, KS2 and KS3

Ancient Greece was full of great thinkers, poets, scientists, mathematicians and a dazzling array of deities with Zeus at the top of the Senior Management Team on Mount Olympus.

Our glorious Greeks day allows hands on experience with ancient artefacts from temples, households and ancients schools; an opportunity for everyone to dress in the height of Athenian military fashion and plenty of time to explore and handle the arms and armour of the Greeks very closely.

By the end of the school day, you will also have explored some of the more famous Greek gods, you might offer up a prayer to the titan god Coeus the god of intelligence and farsight- he might give you some help with your homework.

Unique Educational Resources

Democracy and marvellous maths were just two elements of the Greeks’ remarkable legacy. We really enjoy introducing schools to our Ancient Greek Doctors’ surgery.

There is no need to make an appointment, with Greek technology and first class medical knowledge about the four humours we can quickly diagnose and cure just about anything. We can even deal with unfortunate injuries with some very efficient surgical amputation- an extremely popular option with the children for obvious reasons.