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Priests

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

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Objectives

History

  • To know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
  • Characteristic features of past non-European societies.
  • To understand the methods of historical enquiry.
  • To gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between cultural, religious and social history.

English

  • To participate in role play.
  • To use spoken language to develop understanding through imagining and exploring ideas.

Lesson Planning

Find out more about the role of priests in Ancient Sumer. Examine evidence that helps historians to understand the role of Ancient Sumerian priests. Use role play to explore the role of priests in Ancient Sumer.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the role of priests in Ancient Sumer.
  • To explain how historians know about the role of priests in Ancient Sumer.
  • To use role play to act out scenes related to the role of priests in Ancient Sumer.

Children will:

  • Understand the role of priests in Ancient Sumer.
  • Use role play to explore the role of priests in Ancient Sumer.
  • Describe evidence that helps historians to understand the role of Ancient Sumerian priests.

Provided Resources

  • The Warka vase
  • Temple images
  • Sumerian priests fact sheet
  • Hymn to Inanna

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