Clothing

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

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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.
Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change.
Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between economic, cultural and social history.

Design and Technology

Use research; Generate their ideas using annotated sketches and pattern pieces.
Use a range of tools to perform practical tasks.
Use a range of materials, including fabrics.

Lesson Planning

Research the clothes and footwear worn by Ancient Egyptians; create some Ancient Egyptian clothes for dolls.

Teaching Outcomes:

To describe the clothes and footwear worn by Ancient Egyptian men, women and children and understand what the clothes were made from.
Design and make some Ancient Egyptian clothes for a fashion doll.

Children will:

Describe the clothes worn by Ancient Egyptians.
Describe the footwear of Ancient Egyptians.
Create some Ancient Egyptian clothes for dolls.

Planning

Provided Resources

Flax images
Weaving images
Sandal images

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Barbie and Ken or similar fashion dolls
Newspaper or similar
Linen (or cotton) plain white/cream cloth
Thread and needles
Raffia or similar/brown felt (leather) for sandals

Weblinks

Hank of flax from tomb from britishmuseum.org
Linen from metmuseum.org
Dress like an Ancient Egyptian from nms.ac.uk