Festivals

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

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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.
Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between cultural, religious and social history, and between short- and long-timescales.

Design and Technology

Generate their ideas through talking and drawing.
Select from and use a range of tools.
Select from and use a range of materials.

Lesson Planning

Learn about Ancient Egyptian festivals and processions; discover the musical instruments that were played in Ancient Egypt and make your own sistrum.

Teaching Outcomes:

To understand the importance of festivals to the Ancient Egyptians.
To create a life-sixe sarcophagus as a class.
To make their own sistrum.

Children will:

Describe an Ancient Egyptian festival.
Describe an Ancient Egyptian funeral procession.
List the musical instruments that were played in Ancient Egypt.
Make their own sistrum.

Planning

Provided Resources

Ancient Egyptian Calendar
Funeral barges
Festival images

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Large cardboard boxes
Masking tape
Wire coat hanger
1m length of similar wire or corrugated card
Florist wire or string
Ring pulls
Beer bottles tops
Foil food dishes or aluminium foil
Craft knife
Card rolls (e.g. kitchen towel inner)
Felt tips/paints – red, blue, yellow, green, black & white

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.