Jewellery

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Indus Valley Craftspeople and Trade

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 similarity, difference and significance.

Art

  • Improve their mastery of art and design techniques including working with clay.

Lesson Planning

Describe some Indus Valley jewellery; list the materials that Indus Valley jewellers used and then make a necklace or bracelet in the style of Indus Valley jewellery.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To describe some typical Indus Valley jewellery and list the materials that Indus valley jewellers used for creating various jewellery items.
  • To make a bead necklace or bracelet using air-dried clay in the style of Indus Valley jewellery.

Children will:

  • Describe some Indus Valley jewellery.
  • List the materials that Indus Valley jewellers used.
  • Make a necklace or bracelet in the style of Indus Valley jewellery.

You Will Need

  • Air-dried clay
  • Needles with large eyes
  • Thick thread or thin string
  • Paints, including silver and gold if possible
  • Pasta of various shapes

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.