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When was the Shang Dynasty?

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Shang Dynasty The Shang Timeline

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Objectives

History

  • Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Children should undertake an in-depth study of The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

Maths

  • Children should interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero.
  • Children should multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts.

Lesson Planning

Produce a timeline of significant Shang rulers.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To create a timeline of the Shang Dynasty.
  • To place dates on a timeline into negative numbers BCE.

Children will:

  • Work out how long ago the Shang Dynasty existed.
  • Create a timeline of CE dynasties.
  • Create a timeline of BCE Shang Dynasty.

Provided Resources

  • Dates of Shang kings
  • Roman emperors
  • 20th British monarchs

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