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Homes and roads

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Maya Cities and Architecture

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Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Undertake an in-depth study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history- The Maya civilization.

Design and Technology

  • Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of functional products that are fit for purpose.
  • Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches and prototypes.
  • Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately.
  • Select from and use a wider range of materials and components.
  • Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria.

Lesson Planning

Discover the palaces of the Maya kings and the houses of the common people; construct clusters of small residential houses to add to the class Maya city; invite guests to visit your Maya city and entertain them with hot chocolate and flour tortillas.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand that Maya lived in small houses outside the city centre, in extended family groups.
  • To construct residential houses and add detail to the class Maya city.

Children will:

  • Be familiar with the residential houses of the ordinary Maya people.
  • Understand that they lived in small houses outside the city centre, in extended family groups.
  • Be able to construct residential houses and make and serve hot chocolate and flour tortillas.

Provided Resources

  • How to make flour tortillas
  • Maya roads
  • How to make a Maya house

You Will Need

  • Lego
  • Art straws, craft matchsticks, lolly sticks,
  • Cooking ingredients: plain flour, baking powder, salt, water, lard, oil, instant hot chocolate, milk
  • Cooking equipment: frying pan, hob, mugs, bowls, forks

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