Lively introductory session which creatively gets pupils to find things out for themselves and check their understanding using bells and whistles! before consolidating using short video.
As this is a distant time and place with little by way of immediate iconic images for young Y3/4 pupils can connect to, the lesson is as active and visual (images and video) as possible allowing pupils to feel they have found out a lot for themselves very quickly.
Learning objectives
- Pupils are able to elicit information from a range of sources
- They can work out which clues support which statements, grasping that there is no supporting evidence for some clues
- Pupils can select 5 relevant and significant facts about the Shang dynasty with higher attaining pupils showing greater sense of what is key and distinctive
- Higher attaining pupils are able to make simple deduction from less explicit clues
Step 1
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