Lesson Planning

Find out about the clothing and hairstyles of the Indus Valley people; create a clay or Plasticine figure in the style of the Indus Valley terracotta figurines.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand how historians know about the clothing and hairstyles of the Indus valley people and describe the clothing worn by Indus Valley people and the way in which they arranged their hair.
• To create at least two clay or Plasticine figures in the style of the Indus Valley terracotta figurines.

Children will:

• Describe the clothing and hairstyles of the Indus Valley people.
• Create a clay or Plasticine figure in the style of the Indus Valley terracotta figurines
• Understand the evidence that historians have used to describe the clothing worn by and the hairstyles of the Indus Valley people