Erasmus+5th Primary School of Palaio Faliro

Building a small enterprise at school – Promoting our country abroad

Workshop of History

490 BC: MARATHON BATTLE

SELECTION CRITERIA

•Duration ( historical period - historical event )

• Historical significance• Importance through ages •Local History

• Research Group • Production Group• Dissemination

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Separation in groups – Division of responsibilities

QUESTIONS GIVEN:• Which are primary and which are secondary sources of information?• What information do we get from images?• Which is the cause and which is the excuse of the Persian Wars?• What is the time and place of the Marathon Battle?• Which is the information we have about numbers? • Which persons stand out in Marathon Battle?• In what way did the Athenians decide to fight? • How did the Athenians manage to defeat , although the Persians were

many more? • Is there any information about the Battle of Marathon, which seems to

be discriminatory or exaggerating and how do you conclude to it?• How is Marathon Battle connected with our region (Faliro)?• What were the results and what is the significance of the Battle of

Marathon?• What if the Persians had defeated? • How is the Battle of Marathon connected with present?• What else is worth knowing about this battle?

Production of presentation software (PPt) for the Battle of Marathon

Scenes of the battle drawn by the pupils

"Live Dashboard" based on images from the area of Art

A visit of the students to the Parliament • Kinds of elections and votes today than in ancient Athens

• Value of voting in critical situations in case of Callimachus

• Presentation of "Victory of Callimachus”

On the Battle of Marathon eve, Callimachus participated in the ten generals’ council , held with the aim of taking a decision about whether the Athenians would go to war with the Persians or not. The five of them voted against. The remaining five agreed with the view of Miltiades to fight at Marathon for the freedom of their motherland. Callimachus, who was called on to solve the problem of equal voting, voted in favor of the battle. The monument of "The Victory of Callimachus” came into central position on the rock of the Acropolis.

Highlighting the characteristics of the goddess Niki’s statues, connected to the modern world

Visual representations of the goddess Niki (drawn during the Art class)

Presentation of shields of antiquity and their symbolsPresentation of the shield progress in time and use of the Greeks during the prehestoric periods and ancient Greek history. Highlighting of social - political implications (from the heroic model and the one person combat to the phalanx where all soldiers fought as one body and the shield of each soldier protected his neighbour) : “the phalanx displays in the field of war the principles of equality and democracy”

Presentation of ancient colors

Shield designing by students in order to produce badges

Interviewing

Three interviews by the students, from persons in our school environment, who are Marathon runners of today(a student’s

mother, a student’s father, the vice headteacher of the school).

3rd Semester Programming

Visiting the Marathon Tomb and the museum.