Introducing the game

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

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Objectives

History

Know and understand the nature of the ancient civilisation of the Shang Dynasty of China.
Gain an understanding of abstract historical terms like peasant, civilisation and empire.

English

Retrieve information from non-fiction.

Design and Technology

Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of a role-playing game.

Lesson Planning

Retrieve information from non-fiction and name some of the Shang cities; develop some design criteria for a board game.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out about Shang cities.
To read about Shang cities and retrieve useful information for the design of a game.
To use research about Shang cities to develop design criteria for the game.

Children will:

Retrieve information from non-fiction and name some of the Shang cities, explain how the capital moved.
Start to explore themes around the ideas of civilisation and empire.
Develop some design criteria for a board game.

Teaching Activities

Provided Resources

Information pack on Shang cities
Design criteria template

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

Information about Shang cities from ancienthistory.about.com
Information about the Shang Dynasty and the other cultures from chinahighlights.com
About the discovery of Huanbei from archive.archaeology.org