Lesson Planning

Use role play to try bartering; list the types of goods that could be bartered; play and evaluate a simulation game about Indus Valley traders.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand that historians and archaeologists can make educated guesses about the uses of buildings and to find out more about traders in the Indus valley civilisation.
• To use a simulation program to learn about Indus Valley traders.
• To use role play to try bartering and take the role of an Indus valley trader in a simulation program.

Children will:

• Use role play to try bartering.
• List the types of goods that could be bartered.
• Play and evaluate a simulation game about Indus Valley traders.