Ancient Civilisations
Many schools will be familiar with teaching Ancient Egypt, although Ancient Sumer, Indus Valley and the Shang dynasty of ancient China or indeed any other ancient civilisation may form a unit of study. The focus is upon the formation of early civilisations as well as their achievements for example in mathematics, government, trade, building and art. Ancient Greece should be studied separately with a focus on their influence on the western world.
Greece
- How an atlas and a very old map can help us make sense of the ancient Greeks
- Whatever did the Greeks do for us?
- Pull-out posters: Primary History 89
- A cultural legacy: the theatre of ancient Greece
- Film: Primary History at greater depth
- Scheme of Work: Thematic study - Education
Rome
- ‘Miss, did the Romans build pyramids?’
- Up Pompeii: studying a significant event at Key Stage 1
- The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines
- Ordinary Roman life
- Scheme of Work: Thematic study - Education
- Podcast Series: Women in Ancient Greece & Rome
Egypt
- How museum collections make ancient Egypt, and the people who lived there, real
- Subject leaders: supporting colleagues to develop their subject knowledge
- Teaching Ancient Egypt: developing subject knowledge
- Ankhu and Nebu of Deir el Medina
- ‘Miss, did the Romans build pyramids?’
- Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations
Sumer & Mesopotamia
- Ancient Sumer: the cradle of civilisation
- ‘Miss, did the Romans build pyramids?’
- Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations
- Scheme of Work: Ancient Sumer
- So was everyone an ancient Egyptian?
- Ancient Sumer
Shang Dynasty
- Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations
- The Shang Dynasty
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 78
- Scheme of Work: The Shang Dynasty
- So was everyone an ancient Egyptian?
- Primary History 70
Indus
- Think like an archaeologist!
- Bringing an archaeologist into the classroom
- Primary Scheme of Work: Indus Valley
- Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations
- So was everyone an ancient Egyptian?
- Indus Valley KS2 Commonwealth Institute resources