Finishing touches

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

  • Generate their ideas through talking.
  • Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks, accurately.
  • Apply their knowledge of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.
  • Evaluate their products.

Lesson Planning

Construct a 3D model staircase from 2D pieces of card and add finishing touches to your model tomb.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To use their knowledge of Ancient Egyptian tombs to aid their construction of a model tomb.
  • To make finishing touches to the model tomb.

Children will:

  • Construct a 3D model staircase from 2D pieces of card.
  • Add finishing touches to the tomb.
  • Use their knowledge of Ancient Egyptian tombs to add to their work.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • Create your own tomb booklet
  • A4 white card
  • Glue sticks
  • Paperclips, clothes pegs &/or bulldog clips
  • Digital camera (optional)
  • Light source
  • Sand (optional)
  • Materials for making objects for the afterlife if appropriate
  • Additional adult help if possible!

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.