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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.
  • They should construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.
  • Deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’ and ‘civilisation’.

English

  • Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes.
  • Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions.
  • Consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on the contributions of others.
  • Participate in presentations, role play.

Design and Technology

  • Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria.

Lesson Planning

Give good descriptions, explanations and narratives to explain the nature of Shang cities and society; Evaluate the game design based on design criteria.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explain the game based on their knowledge of the Shang.
  • To present their finished game to the school.
  • To evaluate the game.

Children will:

  • Explain the nature of Shang cities and society.
  • Give good descriptions, explanations and narratives.
  • Evaluate a design based on design criteria.

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