The Royal Tombs of Ur

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Ancient Sumer Ancient Sumerian Religion

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Objectives

History

To know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; characteristic features of past non-European societies.
To understand the methods of historical enquiry.
To gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between cultural and religious history.

English

To retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction.
To use further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader.
To use devices to build cohesion.

Lesson Planning

Discover the Ancient Sumerian beliefs about death and the afterlife. Discuss the significance of the finds in the Royal Tombs of Ur. Write a telegram in role as an archaeologist.

Teaching Outcomes:

To describe the Ancient Sumerian beliefs about death and the afterlife.
To understand the significance of the archaeological finds in the ‘Royal Tombs of Ur’.
To write a diary in role as Leonard Woolley or one of the excavation workers at the Royal Tombs of Ur.

Children will:

Understand the Ancient Sumerian beliefs about death and the afterlife.
Understand the significance of the finds in the Royal Tombs of Ur.
Write a telegram in role as an archaeologist.

Planning

Provided Resources

Date cookies
The Royal tombs of Ur
Tomb telegram
Telegram template

Unit Resources

You Will Need

A globe
Optional: ingredients and equipment for baking

Weblinks

The story of the Tombs of Ur from mesopotamia.co.uk
Exploration of the tombs from mesopotamia.co.uk
Description of Queen Puabi’s Tomb from anth.ucsb.edu
Video clip: Dressing Queen Puabi - YouTube clip