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Houses

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Indus Valley Cities

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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 and consequence.
  • Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used to make historical claims.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a range of materials.
  • Apply their understanding of how to strengthen and reinforce more complex structures.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the features of a typical Indus Valley house and other buildings that have been excavated; build your own model Indus Valley house.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To describe a typical house of the Indus Valley people.
  • To make a model Indus Valley house.

Children will:

  • Describe the features of a typical Indus Valley house.
  • Describe other buildings that have been excavated.
  • Build a model Indus Valley house.

You Will Need

  • Card, cereal boxes, etc.
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Air-dried clay
  • Brown paints and brushes

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