Lesson Planning

Discover the trade routes and modes of transport used by traders of the Indus Valley civilisation; learn some of the goods which were traded; make a set of balance scales in the style of those used by the Indus Valley traders.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand how important trading was in the Indus Valley and how it may have taken place.
• To make balance scales in the style of those used by the Indus Valley traders.
• To mark Indus Valley trade routes on a map of the region.

Children will:

• Describe the trade routes and modes of transport used by traders of the Indus Valley civilisation.
• List some of the goods which were traded.
• Make a set of balance scales in the style of those used by the Indus Valley traders.