How can you tell they’ve got it: Greek and Roman Architecture?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Identify the three Greek column orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) from pictures; Name Roman architectural innovations: the arch, the dome, and concrete; Point out Greek or Roman architectural features in a modern public building. Or just try it together: If you walked past a courthouse or museum with big columns, could your child tell you whether they're Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian and explain that the design comes from ancient Greece or Rome?

History Ancient Greece & Rome Ages 9–11

Greek and Roman Architecture

Your child can spot Greek and Roman building styles, like the three kinds of columns and the round arch. They see them today in courts, museums, and banks.

In curriculum terms

Identify Greek column styles — Doric (plain and sturdy), Ionic (scroll-shaped capitals), and Corinthian (ornate leafy capitals) — and Roman architectural innovations — the arch, the dome, and concrete — and spot their influence in modern public buildings such as courthouses, museums, government buildings, and monuments

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How to tell they’ve got it

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

Identify the three Greek column orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) from pictures
Name Roman architectural innovations: the arch, the dome, and concrete
Point out Greek or Roman architectural features in a modern public building

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Try this together

If you walked past a courthouse or museum with big columns, could your child tell you whether they're Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian and explain that the design comes from ancient Greece or Rome?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Daily Life in a Roman Townages 7–9Roman engineering from 7-9 is prerequisite for analysing Roman architectural innovations

Gods & the Parthenonages 7–9Parthenon is the key example of Greek architecture

Greek and Roman Architecturethis skill · ages 9–11

Unlocks

Greek and Roman Legacy Todayages 9–11Architecture is a key combined legacy

Art & Architectureages 9–11Cross-domain: Roman architecture (arches, domes) provides contrast with Gothic architecture (pointed arches, flying buttresses)

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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

Alexander the Great's Empireages 9–11 Evidence for Greek and Roman Lifeages 9–11 Fall of the Western Roman Empireages 9–11 Greek and Roman Legacy Todayages 9–11

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