This Year 7 History lesson introduces students to Pericles as a central figure in Athenian democracy, leadership, and cultural achievement. The resource helps students examine how Pericles shaped Athens during its Golden Age through political reform, public building programs, and wartime decision‑making. Students analyse his role as a statesman, patron of the arts, and influential voice in democratic development.

The lesson follows a clear case study structure: who he was, what he did, what evidence survives, and why he matters historically. Students explore Pericles’ political reforms, his leadership during the early Peloponnesian War, and his sponsorship of major architectural projects such as the Parthenon. A range of student activities support source analysis, discussion and debate, creative and divergent thinking, structured writing, and short consolidation checks. The transferable skill is evaluating leadership and civic change through evidence.

This resource is provided as non‑editable PDFs and is not designed as editable PowerPoints. Teachers can upload slides to their LMS, print selected pages for classroom use, display them to support discussion, analysis, and writing, or upload them to presentation or design platforms if they wish to adapt the material (formatting may vary depending on the program).