How can you tell they’ve got it: Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: 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. Or just try it together: If you showed your child a map, could they point to where Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were and tell you those places are near the Mediterranean Sea?

History Ancient Greece & Rome Ages 5–7

Ancient Greece and Rome on the Map

Your child can point to Greece and Italy on a map. They know two great worlds, ancient Greece and ancient Rome, grew up there long ago by the sea.

In curriculum terms

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

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

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

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Try this together

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

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on

Egypt, the Nile, and the Desertages 5–7Greece & Rome geography builds on Ancient Egypt geography — both Mediterranean civilisations, Egypt came first chronologically

Ancient Greece and Rome on the Mapthis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

Ancient life vs todayages 5–7Comparing ancient life needs knowing where/when these civilisations were

Greek gods & Mount Olympusages 5–7Knowing where Greece is grounds understanding of Greek gods

Roman soldiers & buildersages 5–7Roman builders need geographic context

Romulus & Remusages 5–7Romulus & Remus needs geographic context of Italy/Rome

The first Olympicsages 5–7Olympics need geographic context of ancient Greece

Athens Versus Spartaages 7–9Athens vs Sparta needs geographic/civilisation context from 5-7

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Ancient life vs todayages 5–7 Greek gods & Mount Olympusages 5–7 Greek Myths and Heroesages 5–7 Roman soldiers & buildersages 5–7

All Ancient Greece & Rome skills →