Full revision Guide for all of the Myth and Religion module for Route 1 of GCSE Classical Civilisations for the OCR 9-1 Specification.
The following revision guide has been designed for the OCR GCSE specification for Classical Civilisations: Myth and Religion. It includes summaries of all topics covered in the eight topics in condensed revision notes, with relevant prescribed sources. The 64-page long document provides revision notes for:
The Gods
Heroes (Hercules)
Temples
Foundation Myths
Festivals
Myth and Symbols of Power
Death and Burial
Journeying to the Underworld
At the end of each section, there is a glossary of key terms. Towards the end, there are a range of exam questions for students to attempt and an overview of the question types found within the examination.
The following document contains an array of scholarly views in relation to Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’ and has been designed for students studying the OCR Classical Civilisation Specification for ‘World of the Hero.’ It has been broken down into the appropriate sections, with the scholar’s name and their argument, including key quotes. This can be used to accompany the text, for students to incoorporate scholarship into their own answers or to simply annotate.
Sections include;
Literary techniques and composition
Structure and plot of the epic
Language of the epic, including the use of:
Speeches
Themes
Flashback
Similes
Homeric influence
Context
*** Characterisation and Themes**
Concepts, values and behaviour of a Greek and Roman hero
Characterisation of major and minor characters (including Aeneas and Dido)
The role of Aeneas in Rome’s Imperial Destiny
Portrayal of War
Portrayal of Different Nations
The Social, Cultural and Religious Context
Moral values implicit in the Aeneid, including pietas and its contrast with furor
Importance of Fate and Destiny
Role of the immortals (and relationship between mortals and immortals)
Family and Friendship
Relationships between men and women, parents and children
Part played by women in the epic and their position in society
Historical and Political Background
The word document contains an array of scholarly views in relation to Virgil’s Aeneid and has been designed for students studying the OCR Classical Civilisation Specification for ‘World of the Hero.’ It has been broken down into the appropriate books, with the scholar’s name and their argument, including key quotes. There is an opportunity for students to give their own perception of the view and come to the conclusion as to whether they agree or disagree with them.
A collection of 13 high-attaining essays written for OCR’s A-Level specification for ‘Imperial Image’ (designed to be used by A-Level students, but can easily be adapted for the use of AS-Level students).
This document consists of:
4 x 10 mark stimulus questions
4 x 20 mark short-essay response questions
5 x 30 mark extended-essay response questions, including use of scholarship
Completed Essay Plan Booklet
Full revision guide for all of the culture section for the Homeric World (J199/22), covering Roman City Life.
The following revision guide has been designed for the OCR GCSE specification for Classical Civilisations:Roman City Life. It includes summaries of all topics covered in the four topics as condensed revision notes, with relevant prescribed sources. The 24-page long document provides revision notes for:
Roman Housing
The Roman Home and Family
Roman Society
Leisure and Entertainment
At the end of each section, there is a glossary of key terms. Towards the end,there is an overview of the question types found within the examination (Section A only)
Set of knowledge organisers for de Romanis Book 1.
Bundle includes:
Chapter 1 - the Olympian Gods
Chapter 2 - Roman Heroes
Chapter 3 - Roman Gods
Chapter 4 - Favour & Punishment
Chapter 5 - Festivals, Games & Shows
Chapter 6 - Prophecy
Each knowledge organiser includes:
Vocabulary
Grammar notes
Civilisation information
Each download includes both the PDF and PPT files.
A breakdown of all prescribed visual and literary sources into relevant themes (see below) for the OCR A-Level Classical Civilisation Specification for ‘Imperial Image,’ intended for the use of AS/A-Level students.
The themes included are:
Religious Leader
Relationship with Julius Caesar
Pater Patriae
Legacy and Later Representations
Imperial Family
Imperator
Image in the Empire
Golden Age
Divi Filius
Cultural Hero
City of Rome
Campaign against Mark Antony and Cleopatra
This document is intended to highlight the sources which would be most relevant to include in essay questions, particularly the short-essay and extended response.
Designed for the new OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE unit: 1.4 Myth and the City
Ideally spread over 2 teaching hours, this lesson is designed to give students an understanding of how important both Aeneas and Romulus are in the story of Rome’s foundation. It begins with a slide that can be printed off as a worksheet studying the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite to determine the significance of Aeneas’ birth.
It then moves on to the fall of Troy and students are invited to evaluate how heroic Aeneas was in the episode of his life. This is followed by a brief look at his wanderings and arrival in Lavinium through a summary of Book 2 of Virgil’s Aeneid (included) with some analysis. These two can be printed off and there are accompanying think/written response questions that students can complete.
Finally, the lesson looks at Livy’s account of how Aeneas’ son, Ascanius, founds Alba Longa and spawns the line of kings leading to Romulus. Throughout the lesson are links to videos (all freely available on Youtube) which consolidate the learning going on at that point in the lesson.
This is a comprehensive guide to all of the required vocabulary and grammar knowledge for Latin GCSE. It would also be useful for KS3 and A Level students. Currently includes all OCR vocabulary, but can easily be adapted for WJAC Eduqas specification. I have used as a companion to Cambridge Latin Course, Suburani, and Taylor.
Contents page and glossary of grammatical terminology
Numbers (words and numerals) and useful websites
Vocabulary divided by word class and space for noting derivations
Images of culturally relevant art and architecture throughout
Space for additional notes at the back of the booklet
A back page with seven reasons why to study classical subjects
Explanation of infinitives, principal parts of a verb, and conjugation
A page on the subjunctive, examples, its use, and comparison with English
A page of tenses in Latin, examples, and a parallel English translation
A page on participles, the gerundive, the gerund, imperatives, and the supine
Verbs glossed by principal parts, divided by conjugation group
For each group, full conjugation of a sample verb in the present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect tenses (indicative and subjunctive moods), as well as the full conjugation in the passive voice along with an explanation and examples
An explanation of deponent verbs along with examples
Full conjugations of irregular verbs: sum, possum, eo, fero, volo, nolo, malo
Explanation of nouns and declensions
Helpful tables with examples of how nouns decline
Personal, demonstrative, interrogative, and relative pronouns
Explanation of adjectives and how they decline
Tables with examples of adjectives across declensions in M/F/PL
An explanation of comparison of adjectives as well as examples
Adverbs vocabulary & explanation of comparison of adverbs and examples
Coordinate and subordinate conjunctions
Prepositions + the case they take
This lesson is designed with the new OCR Classical Civilisation 9-1 GCSE in mind. Specifically, Paper 1 (Myth and Religion) topic 1.6 Myth and Symbols of Power. it is designed to run over 2 hour long lessons.
All worksheets referred to below are contained within the .ppt file in the appropriate places during the lesson which can be printed out and given to students. All instructions are also contained in the ‘notes’ section for each slide (in addition to helpful video links).
The lesson starts with a comprehension starter regarding how Augustus came to power and an accompanying video. There is then some class reading on the aims of Augustan art in general and the messages Augustus was keen to promote.
Students are then introduced to the Ara Pacis itself via Augustus himself through studying the appropriate part of the Res Gestae. A short OU video link is included to help students visualise the size of the Ara Pacis itself. A worksheet is then included ready to be printed off (pictured)looking at Ovid’s Fasti and what he has to say about the altar.
An in-depth look at the carvings one each frieze then follows with accompanying exam questions (8 and 15 markers).
In the plenary students are encourage to envisage their own version of the Ara Pacis and what it would depict.
Example Essay plans for AS/A-Level ‘‘Imperial Image’’ (OCR). These essay plans detail a breakdown of major themes, followed by themed points (with supporting evidence) and scholarship)
The examples included are:
Imperator (Including sample response to ‘‘Augustus was a bad military leader who came to power just because he was associated with Caesar’’)
Campaign against Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Imperial Family
Pater Patriae (’'Including sample response to ''Augustus was the perfect Pater Patriae)
Golden Age
Religious Leader
Relationship with Julius Caesar
Legitimate Heir
City of Rome
Role of Agrippa
Cultural Hero
A selection of 18 exemplar essays/answers written in response to exam questions concerning the OCR’S Specification for ‘Myth and Religion’. All answers were high attaining and there is an example for the following types of questions:
Knowledge and Understanding
Detailed Response (x 2)
Stimulus Questions (12 answers relating to the Underworld and sacrifices)
Extended Response (x 2)
These can be used as a source of revision or to help develop essay writing skills before/after an examination.
This revision bundle has been designed for A-Level students studying OCR’s specification for ‘World of the Hero’ (Homer’s Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid). The bundle includes:
Exemplar essays (high-attaining)
Theme and character sheets to help with reading the epic
Scholarship
These detailed course / revision notes were specially written to give GCSE Classical Civilization students a comprehensive understanding of the key knowledge from the specification for Myth and Religion: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation (9-1)
Gods
The Universal Hero: Heracles/Hercules
Religion and the City: Temples
Myth and the City: Foundation Stories
Festivals
Myth and Symbols of Power
Death and Burial
Journeying to the Underworld
These extensive notes are especially useful for students whose note-taking in lesson isn’t as good as others, or whose organisational skills mean they are missing notes/handouts on certain topics / areas. These notes will certainly help reduce the time it takes them to catch up with their peers, and also students like to use these as a checklist of topics to go into in further detail. They give peace of mind that every corner of the specification/syllabus has been covered.
These notes can be given to students to work through at their own pace, or split up and given to students as and when each part of the content is studied throughout the course. As the teacher I found it useful to go through the notes with my students as they highlighted and annotated them with anything extra I wanted to give them according to their level. The notes though are comprehensive and work just as well as a stand alone revision aid as they do an in-class resource.
Hopefully these notes help to save your students (and you!) some time in the hectic run up to exams. Thanks for taking a look :)
A summarised table of examples from Virgil’s Aeneid. Useful for A-level and GCSE Classical Civilisation revision. Book number is listed so each example can be studied more in depth from the text.
Themes covered:
Fate
The Gods/ Divine intervention
Heroism
War + Peace
Love
Piety
Propaganda/ Rome
Vengeance
Xenia
These detailed course / revision notes were specially written to give GCSE Classical Civilization students a comprehensive understanding of the key knowledge from the specification for Women in the Ancient World: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation (9-1)
Women of Legend
Young Women
Women in the home
'Improper’ Women
Women and religion
Women and power
Warrior Women
Women to be Feared
Each of the above is split into two sections: Greece, firstly, and then Rome.
These extensive notes are especially useful for students whose note-taking in lesson isn’t as good as others, or whose organisational skills mean they are missing notes/handouts on certain topics / areas. These notes will certainly help reduce the time it takes them to catch up with their peers, and also students like to use these as a checklist of topics to go into in further detail. They give peace of mind that every corner of the specification/syllabus has been covered.
These notes can be given to students to work through at their own pace, or split up and given to students as and when each part of the content is studied throughout the course. As the teacher you may find it useful to go through the notes with my students as they highlight and annotate them with anything extra you want to give them according to their level. These notes though are comprehensive and detailed and work just as well as a stand alone revision aid as they do an in-class resource.
Hopefully these notes help to save your students (and you!) some time in the hectic run up to exams. Thanks for taking a look :)
Virgil’s Aeneid Book VII: War in Latium Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]
This resource contains:
4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes )
6x Worksheets
1x Revision Questions
This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book VII: War in Latium. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book VIII: Aeneas in Rome Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]
This resource contains:
4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes)
12x Worksheets
1x Revision Questions
This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book VIII: Aeneas in Rome. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Imperium is a Latin course for the 21st century; unique, highly resourced and written to make fullest use of modern technology. Its texts follow the life of the Emperor Hadrian from his early childhood to his later years, as he became the most powerful man in the Roman world.
Book 1 follows the young Hadrian through his childhood in Spain and Rome. His early interests in horses, hunting and the amphitheatre are all explored, as he becomes the ward of Trajan and eventually makes his way to Rome. The historical material is close to accurate throughout, though some characters have been invented to make life challenging, such as the rather nasty little donkey who bullies Hadrian’s first horse.
This full text of Book 1 can be used freely by students and teachers, though copying and pasting has been disabled. Users are encouraged to deploy other resources alongside the text, such as the Site Support Pack or other files.
Designed for use for AS/A Level students studying the OCR specification for ‘World of the Hero’ (Classical Civilisations). There is a summary sheet for each of the prescribed books, with the opportunity to provide a brief summary, give an overview of key characters and themes and to note down any important quotes that can be used in essays.
A short-summary detailing Aeneas’ characterisation in Virgil’s Aeneid. Designed for the OCR A-Level specification for ‘World of the Hero’
Aeneas as a Greek Hero and a Post-Homeric (Roman Hero)
Aeneas as a leader
Aeneas as a lover
Aeneas as a family man
Aeneas’ role in Rome’s Imperial Destiny
Imperium is a Latin course for the 21st century; unique, highly resourced and written to make fullest use of modern technology.
Book 3 takes a turn towards more difficult Latin, as fully-developed tense systems come to the fore. Hadrian is now seen to move through his early career as Trajan’s right man, in campaigns against the Dacians. His marriage to Sabina is arranged and eventually, feeling slighted in Rome, he arrives in Athens, where he becomes Eponymous Archon. Consideration is given to his achievements in architecture and imperial consolidation. Antinous is discussed, as are other matters in Hadrian’s rather difficult later life. Historical accuracy is one of the most abiding constants.
This full text of Book 3 can be used freely by students and teachers, though copying and pasting has been disabled. Users are encouraged to deploy other resources alongside the text, such as the Site Support Pack or other files.