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Farmers

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

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Objectives

History

  • Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations and characteristic features of past non-European societies.
  • Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change.
  • Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between economic and social history.

English

  • Use spoken language to develop understanding through imagining and exploring ideas.
  • Participate in discussion and role play.

Lesson Planning

Discover the daily tasks of Indus Valley farmers, the crops that were grown and the animals that were raised; act out activities that Indus Valley farmers might undertake.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To describe the life of farmers during the Indus Valley civilisation. List the crops that were grown and the animals that were raised.
  • To discuss the daily tasks of Indus Valley farmers. Act out activities that Indus Valley farmers might undertake.

Children will:

  • Describe the activities carried out by Indus Valley farmers.
  • List the crops grown and livestock raised.
  • Use role play to investigate the daily lives of Indus Valley farmers.

You Will Need

  • Compost
  • Seeds
  • Pots (the children can plant these at the start of the session and take them home to look after)

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