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Introduction, setting the scene for Ancient Greek times
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 11 min

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Introduction: classroom cinema
Introduction, setting the scene for Ancient Greek times
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 11 min (V327)

Landscape and weather
Shows the hot, dry and sunny climate that underpinned Ancient Greek life.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 4 min (V328)

Delphi
Find out what the famous city of the Oracle was like.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 4 min (V329)

Temples
Explains what temples were like.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 7 min (V330)

Acropolis
Visits the Acropolis sanctuary in Athens.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 10 min (V118)

The Oracle at Delphi
Explains the importance of the Oracle.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 3 min (V331)

The Tholos
Describes the strange ruins at Delphi that still no-one can understand.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 3 min (V332)

The temple at Olympia
Describes how the temple was built and used.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 3 min (V333)

Greek theatre
Explains what the Greek theatre was all about.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 6 min (V334)

Athens and Sparta
Describes the conflict between the two great city states.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 8 min (V335)

A visit to the Stadium at Olympia
Gives a feel for what the atmosphere at Olympia may have been like as we visit it today.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 2 min (V336)

Making a basic meal
A video showing a basic stew being cooked. It uses modern tools but explains what it was, why it was made, and how it lasted as a key meal even to the present day. This example is using UK ingredients, but stews/pottages such as this were common in Ancient Greece, and the rest of the world through the ages.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 8 min (V1040)

Making flour by hand
This video shows grain being ground by hand using a pestle and mortar to produce flour. People in the past had to grind corn manually like this to make the flour needed to make bread.
Supports: textbook 'The Ancient Greeks'.
Playing time: 4 min (V970)