How can we find out about the Indus Valley civilization?

Make appropriate use of dates and terms, eg AD, BC, century; demonstrate factual knowledge and understanding about the everyday lives of men and women in the Indus Valley civilisation and use it to describe the characteristic features; show how some aspects of the Indus Valley civilisation have been interpreted in different ways; select and combine information from a range of archaeological sources; communicate their knowledge and understanding of the Indus Valley civilisation in an organised and structured way.

The Indus Valley civilization flourished around 2,500 B.C. in the western part of South Asia, in what today is Pakistan and western India. It is often referred to as Harappan Civilization after its first discovered city, Harappa.

An introduction to the Indus Valley Civilization

Create an interactive big book
Year 6 pupils researched Mohenjo-daro, Leisure Time, Jewellery, Animal bones, Agriculture, Transport, Rulers, Religion, the Decline of the Indus Valley, and the first excavations. They created a "big book" presentation with pages on these topics, pockets for antiqued "journals by the first excavators", and a power point slide show on CD.
www.harappa.com/teach/greasbrough.htm

Create an interactive quiz
Children use the Internet for the information and PowerPoint to create the hyperlinked quiz.
Quiz Show Powerpoint Templates

Information and Worksheets
www.ancientindia.co.uk/staff/indus/main.html

Lesson plan (Teaching Resource Exchange)

Teaching ideas and resources from Haringey

Ancient India Children can explore the archaeological site of Mohenjo-Daro, a major ancient city in the Indus Valley. www.ancientindia.co.uk/indus/home_set.html

BBC Indus Valley	Around the Indus in Slides	www.harappa.com