Lesson Planning
Discover the Ancient Sumerian concept of debate/dispute poems and how children can use this to write their own debate/dispute poems about modern life.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand that the Ancient Sumerians wrote poems about things that were important in their daily lives.
- To write a poem in an Ancient Sumerian style reflecting modern daily life in the UK.
Children will:
- Explain that the Ancient Sumerians wrote debate/dispute poems that reflected daily life.
- Understand that the things used as opponents were personified.
- Write their own debate/dispute poem.