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Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map

Locate Greece and Italy on a map and know they are countries around the Mediterranean Sea where two great ancient civilisations — Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome — grew up thousands of years ago, long after the ancient Egyptians but long before our time

Suggested ages 5–7

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Evidence of understanding

  • Point to Greece and Italy on a world map or globe
  • Say that Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were around the Mediterranean Sea
  • Place Greece and Rome on a simple timeline after Ancient Egypt and before today

Assessment prompt

If you showed Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map a map, could they point to where Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were and tell you those places are near the Mediterranean Sea?

Standards alignment

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