Prepare card pieces

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Egyptians Ancient Egyptian Tombs

Objectives

History

  • Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
  • Characteristic features of past non-European societies.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately.

Lesson Planning

Use your knowledge of Ancient Egyptian tombs to aid your construction of a model tomb; cut out card pieces to form the structure of an Ancient Egyptian tomb before scoring and folding the pieces of card to construct the tomb.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To use their knowledge of Ancient Egyptian tombs to aid their construction of a model tomb.
  • To begin the process of making an Egyptian Tomb.

Children will:

  • Gain an understanding of the structure of an Egyptian tomb.
  • Use a range of tools to cut out pieces of card accurately.
  • Score accurately along lines to create precise folds.
  • Create a 3D shape from several pieces of 2D card.
  • Understand how the perspective of the tomb is created in the model.

You Will Need

  • Create your own tomb booklet
  • A4 white card
  • Paperclips
  • Clothes pegs and/or bulldog clips
  • Biro
  • Nail or a pair of compasses
  • Ruler
  • Additional adult support if possible!