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Archaeology

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Benin (900 to 1300CE) Evidence

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Objectives

History

  • Study a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

English

  • Identify the audience for and purpose of writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own.

Lesson Planning

Find out what archaeologists have discovered about Benin and how it compares to the oral and written evidence. Is archaeology more or less reliable than other forms of evidence?

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To find out what archaeologists have found in Benin.
  • To write a poster, letter, blog post or other text comparing the sources of evidence about Benin.

Children will:

  • Understand how archaeology works.
  • Assess what the archaeological sites and objects tell us about Benin.
  • Write effectively for a specific audience and purpose.

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