Back in time

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Sumer Introducing Ancient Sumer

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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 short- and long-term timescales.
Understand the abstract term ‘civilisation’.

English

Identify the audience for and purpose of writing, selecting the appropriate form.
Use further presentational devices to structure text.
Draw on reading and research where necessary.

Lesson Planning

Place the Ancient Sumer civilisation on a world history timeline. Describe what Britain was like at the start of the Ancient Sumer civilisation.

Teaching Outcomes:

To place the Ancient Sumerians on a timeline of other ancient civilisations and British history.
To establish what society was like in Britain during the Ancient Sumerian civilisation.
To describe what could be seen in Britain in 3000 BCE.
To write labels for a world history timeline.
To write a description of society in Britain in 3000 BCE.

Children will:

Add significant dates and events to a world history timeline, including the dates of the Ancient Sumerian civilisation.
Describe what society was like in Britain at the start of the Ancient Sumer civilisation.

Planning

Provided Resources

Earliest civilisations timeline
Timeline cards
Ancient civilisations of the world
Ancient Sumerian timeline

Unit Resources

You Will Need

String
Pegs
Globe and/or atlas
Optional: Books on Neolithic Britain

Weblinks

The Dr Who theme music - YouTube clip
Ancient Sumerian village scene from pinimg.com
Interactive world history map from timemaps.com
Overview of the Neolithic to Bronze Ages from bbc.co.uk
Child-friendly guide to ancient Britain - YouTube clip