Clothing and accessories

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Sumer Ancient Sumerian 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 cause and consequence.
Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between cultural, economic and social history.

Design and Technology

Generate and communicate their ideas through discussion and sketches.
Select from and use a range of materials.

Lesson Planning

Explore the clothing and jewellery of Ancient Sumerians. Make an Ancient Sumerian outfit for a doll. Make a piece of Ancient Sumerian jewellery.

Teaching Outcomes:

To describe the clothing and accessories that Ancient Sumerians wore.
To design and make some Ancient Sumerian clothes and jewellery.

Children will:

Describe the clothing and jewellery of Ancient Sumerians.
Make an Ancient Sumerian outfit for a fashion doll.
Make a piece of Ancient Sumerian jewellery for themselves.

Planning

Provided Resources

Ancient Sumerian clothing
Ancient Sumerian jewellery
Ancient Sumerian make-up

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Fashion dolls (male and female)
Tape measures
Fabric
Small safety pins
Air-drying clay and clay tools
Pasta shapes
Paints (including gold and silver)
Wool

Weblinks

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