Mycenae and Carthage – weapons and warfare
A historical inquiry unit including a collection of resources and assessments to support students in identifying and categorising Mycenaean weaponry and the life of a Mycenaean solider.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Ancient History Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2025.
Support students in identifying and categorising Mycenaean weaponry, warfare and the life of Mycenaean or Carthaginian soldiers. This includes a ten-week learning sequence with four lessons integrated for an assessment task.
Assessment
Students are to undertake historical inquiry which encourages engagement with sources and develops their ability to apply perspective in forming judgements about the past. There are two parts to this assessment task.
- Part A (25 marks) – Create a museum exhibit of 5 sources which reflect the life of a Mycenaean or Carthaginian soldier.
- Part B – written report (25 marks) – Students are asked to imagine to respond to a written prompt.
Time should be allocated in class to complete this assessment task.
Supporting resources
- Mycenaean weaponry table (DOCX 47 KB)
- Mycenaean weaponry workstations (DOCX 45 KB)
- Mycenaean weaponry frescoes resources (DOCX 325 KB)
- Mycenaean Armour Contestability and Corroboration (DOCX 44 KB)
- Carthaginian military tactics resources (DOCX 44 KB)
- Weapons and warfare assessment task (DOCX 59 KB)
- Weapons Warfare Mycenae and Carthage Stage 6 unit (DOCX 74 KB)