The Aryans

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Indus Valley Introduction to the Indus Valley

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Objectives

History

Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations.
Characteristic features of past non-European societies.
Understand historical concepts such as cause & consequence, continuity & change, and use them to make connections.

English

Identify the audience for and purpose of the writing.
Draw on reading and research where necessary.
Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary.
Use further organisational and presentational devices to structure text.
Ask questions to improve their understanding.

Lesson Planning

(To be taught with Session 3 after the other blocks)

Teaching Outcomes:

To discuss the theories put forward to explain the ending of the Indus Valley civilisation.
To write questions that archaeologists/historians would like to be answered about the Indus Valley civilisation and write an article for a children's book about the ending of the Indus Valley civilisation.

Children will:

Discover more theories that historians use to explain why the Indus Valley civilisation ended.
Write questions that historians would really like to be able to answer!
Summarise the theories about the ending of the Indus Valley civilisation.

Planning

Provided Resources

Skeletons found at Mahenjo-Daro

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Access to internet
Information books about the Indus Valley civilisation

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.