Once Upon a time in the Cyclades
It can also be a game!
The educational game “Once upon a time in the Cyclades” was designed with the aim of acquainting children with some aspects of everyday life in the prehistoric Cyclades in a vivid, enjoyable way.
The eight cards/paintings that are found in the pdf, each cover one aspect of the Cycladic Civilization; together with the texts, accompanying each of them, they enable the teacher to convey the information needed to the children through the game.
Rules:
- ➜ The children are divided into eight groups. Each group is given a card, which it examines for a few minutes.
- ➜ The teacher/leader of the game reads out the accompanying texts one by one, and each group must identify the text that refers to its own card/painting.
- ➜ After this, the teacher chooses one of the cards/paintings and they and the children discuss the information that can be derived from the picture (the teacher may base their remarks on the comments contained briefly in the document).
- ➜ The same process is then created for all the pictures.
- ➜ Finally, each group may be asked to tell a story based on the card/painting. The game has no winners or losers: everybody gains a piece of knowledge relating to the Cycladic Civilization.
Contents:
- ➜ 8 cards/paintings
- ➜ texts (captions)
- ➜ Teacher’s pamphlet.
