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Number Three

Here are some possible topics and their related books for Badge Number Three. 

If you can think of something else linked to the Number THREE, or if you read a book which is not mentioned below, that is absolutely fine! Just make sure you can explain why and how your chosen book relates to this number.


Other suggestions: the three orders of Greek architecture; trio of protagonists (E.g. Percy Jackson - Percy, Annabeth and Grover)

Three pyramids of Giza

Three pyramids of Giza

Three pyramids of Giza

Giza actually has three main pyramids, known as the Giza pyramid complex! 


KS2: The Egypt Game - Zilpha Keatley Snyder


KS3: The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan


KS4: The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho


KS5: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Sunday Times Bestseller - Bettany Hughes

The Triumvirate

Three pyramids of Giza

Three pyramids of Giza

The Ancient Roman Republic saw two Triumvirates - three men who worked together to seize power. 


KS2: So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A Kid’s Life in Ancient Rome - Chae Strathie & Marisa Morea


KS3: Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans - Terry Deary


KS4: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard


KS5: Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic - Tom Holland

The Gorgons

Three pyramids of Giza

The Gorgons

Did you know that Medusa had two sisters?



KS2: The Orchard Book of Greek Myths - Geraldine McCaughrean


KS3: Medusa - Jessie Burton


KS4: Circe - Madeline Miller


KS5: The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker

The Fates

Three pyramids of Giza

The Gorgons

The three fates (moirai) were the personifications of destiny in Greek mythology.


KS2: Clotho the Fate – Joan Holub


KS3: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan


KS4: Threads That Bind - Kika Hatzopoulou


KS5: Circe - Madeline Miller

The Furies

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

The Punic Wars

The Furies (Erinyes) were the goddesses of vengeance in Ancient Greek mythology! 



KS2: The Orchard Book of Greek Myths - Geraldine McCaughrean


KS3: The Furies – Bernard Evslin 


KS4: Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys - Nathaniel Hawthorne


KS5: The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell

The Punic Wars

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

The Punic Wars

The Punic wars were a series of three major conflicts between Ancient Rome and Carthage.



KS2: Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans - Terry Deary


KS3: Hannibal’s Elephant Girl - Ariion Kathleen Brindley


KS4: Hannibal: Enemy of Rome - Ben Kane


KS5: Pride of Carthage - David Anthony Durham

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

Comedy and Tragedy may be the most famous elements of Ancient Greek theatre, but there was also a third part - the Satyr play! 


KS2: Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery - Saviour Pirotta


KS3:The Story of Antigone - Ali Smith


KS4: Antigone - Jean Anouilh 


KS5: Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin

Periods of Egyptian History

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

Three Elements of Greek Theatre

The history of Ancient Egypt can be divided into three main periods: the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms! 


KS2: The Time-Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess - Julia Jarman


KS3: The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan 


KS4: Pharaoh: The Boy Who Conquered the Nile - Jackie French


KS5: The Woman Who Would Be King - Kara Cooney

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