Year Group:3/4

Subject:History - What can we find out aboutancient Egypt from what has survived?

Term: Summer1

DateCompleted

Knowledge &Skills

LearningObjectives

Activities

Resources &Educational Visits

Assessment

PoS 1a, 1b, 2a, 2c,4b, 5a, 5b

PoS 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b,4a, 4b, 5a

PoS 1a, 2a, 4b,5a

To locate ancientEgypt in time and place.

To learn thatinformation can be classified in different ways.

To observe an objectin detail and to make inferences and deductions.

To make deductionsabout life in the past from pictures of the landscape.

To learn how muchlife in Egypt depended on the Nile.

(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/Maps)

Identify and discussknown facts. Group existing knowledge under headings. Use mapsand a time line to locate ancient Egypt in time and place.Establish meaning of ancient and modern. Find and colour Egyptin Atlas and on own map of Africa.

Observe pictures.Make a detailed drawing and describe it.

Discuss what thesource of information tells us about Ancient Egypt.

(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/THE NILE watch video and discuss the differentuses of The Nile.)

You could completethe Investigating video task as a class.

Look at pictures ofthe Nile and the Egyptian landscape. Record evidence ofeasy/difficult life in Egypt.

Complete clozeexercise on The Nile

Discuss importanceof Nile for water and transport. Look at atlas to observe physicalfeatures of Nile and discuss annual flooding.

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Espresso

Globe

Atlases

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Lap Tops

Crayons

Espresso

Atlas

Crayons

Video

Clozeexercise

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Completed activitysheet

Completed activitysheet *

DateCompleted

Knowledge &Skills

LearningObjectives

Activities

Resources &Educational Visits

Assessment

PoS 1a, 2a, 2b, 3,4a, 4b, 5a

PoS 1a, 2a, 2b, 3,4a, 4b, 5a, 5b

PoS 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b,3, 4b, 5c

To classifyinformation in different ways.

To learn about therange of objects which have survived from ancient Egypt.

To make inferencesfrom objects about the way of life in ancient Egypt.

To learn aboutaspects of life in ancient Egypt.

To make inferencesand deductions from objects and pictures.

To learn that whatwe know about the past is dependent on what has survived.

To learn about anduse ancient Egyptian writing and numbers.

(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/EVIDENCE two videos watch just the1^st one, watch video and discuss, you could complete theInvestigating video task as a class.

Use pictures andpostcards to sort in various ways.

Discuss informationgained from objects and why these objects have survived.

Draw one of theEgyptian artefacts from Espresso

(ICT LINK PHOTOSON EGYPTIAN SECTION OF ESPRESSO ALL SECTIONS ARE GOOD ESP.MAGNIFIED PHOTOS COULD USE AN ICT LESSON OR A MORNING SLOT SOTHAT EVERY CHILD GETS OPP TO LOOK AT PHOTOS)

Allocate topics togroups of children. Use pictures and/or objects to get information classify as certain, guess, cannot tell.

Record findings andreport back to class.

(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/EVIDENCE two videos watch just the2^nd one, watch video and discuss, you could complete theInvestigating video task as a class.

Decipherhieroglyphics. Write using hieroglyphic and Egyptiannumbers.

Espresso

Flipbook

Pictures/Postcards

Artefacts

IAW

Espresso

Egyptian Referencebooks

Artefacts

Postcards/Pictures

Espresso

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OralContribution

Completed activitysheets.

DateCompleted

Knowledge &Skills

LearningObjectives

Activities

Resources &Educational Visits

Assessment

PoS 1a, 2a, 2b, 4a,4b, 5a, 5c

PoS 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b,2d, 3, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 5c

To learn aboutEgyptian tombs, pyramids and burial sites

To use sources ofinformation in ways which go beyond simple observation

To select relevantobjects to place in a burial chamber

To learn what we canfind out about ancient Egypt from what has survived

To produce astructured account about life in ancient Egypt.

(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/LIFE (two videos) watch video and discussgruesome details. Pictures of canopic jars in the photossection)

You could completethe Investigating video task as a class.

Draw diagrams andwrite about Canopic Jars..

(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/PEOPLE (two videos) watch video and discuss,you could complete the Investigating video task as aclass.

Discuss what weknow and what is not known from surviving evidence.

Play What am I?(ICT LINK ESPRESSO/HISTORY 2/ACTIVITIES). From clues given ch.have to work out what Egyptian object is beingdescribed.

Espresso

ReferenceBooks

Espresso

Contribution todiscussion.

Oralcontribution.