Process

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

Objectives

History

  • Children should undertake a depth study of The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

Art

  • Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.

Lesson Planning

Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; characteristic features of past non-European societies. Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To learn about the bronze-casting process.
  • To make a mould from the blank they created.

Children will:

  • Explain how bronze vessels were made in the Shang period.
  • Make a mould from a blank.
  • Sketch from life or imagination.

You Will Need

  • Air-drying clay
  • Sculpting tools