Component 2: Culture and the Arts Study Guides
for A Level OCR Classical Civilisation
- H408/21 Greek Theatre
- H408/22 Imperial Image
Activities based on exam question styles help develop knowledge and skills
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Greek Theatre and Imperial Image
The pack focuses on the study of visual and material culture, and the prescribed literature in translation, covering the specification requirements in three key sections:
- Section A: Historical context
- Section B: Understanding of the texts
- Section C: Exam advice and the topic as a whole
A thorough knowledge base:
Students will understand how the writers shape meaning, audience reception, diverse contexts and influences, and genres and literary traditions to write well-informed answers to their exam questions.
Skills development: Beyond insightful learning, students will develop the ability to respond critically to the sources and evaluate the impact of the classical world on the writing and the varied responses.
- For use in class, as homework or for independent study
- Drama and the theatre in ancient Athenian society
- Nature of tragedy
- Nature of (old) comedy
- Literary techniques, structure, and dramatic conventions
- Social, political and religious themes in tragedy
- Social, political and religious themes in comedy
- Prescribed visual/material sources
- Prescribed literary sources
- Divi filius
- Imperator
- ‘Augustus’
- Culture hero
- Pater Patriae
- Later representations
- Prescribed visual/material sources
- Prescribed literary sources
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What do teachers say about this resource? (12482)
On the whole, I thought this was a valuable resource and thorough in its scope. I would purchase this to aid in my teaching of this topic. I do teach A level Class Civ but haven't yet taught this module. Now I feel confident to do so! I liked the grouping of prescribed sources under topics, which would be very useful for essays. Also the worked questions are helpful for exam technique.
What do teachers say about this resource? (11587)
This is a strong resource that I would love to use in my classroom. Thank you for producing it. It is informative and has a range of different activities that, in my opinion, match what learners could be asked in the exam. It includes a range of different resources to make it interesting for students to use and has some good prompts for me as the teacher that I could take further. I really like the weblinks as they give the students an additional source to learn from. It contains a lot of information in easy to read, digestible ways. It covers the course comprehensively and jumps between text and sources well. I like the inclusion of non-prescribed sources, because it gives students a wider range than just those I would give them.
An excellent resource. It is well written, has page references, illustrations... The teacher’s introduction was most helpful...It also keeps to the spec well as regarding themes, and the layout deliberately avoided narrative/chronological answers. The resource enhances learning by consolidating knowledge of the texts, but treads the tightrope well between too much and too little detail. Its educational value would be to stretch the most able by some of the activities while reassuring those who might get confused between the texts.