Lesson 6: What do we know about Shang warfare?

In this lesson, the children will work on the key historical skill of cause and consequence. They will find out why the Shang Dynasty went to battle and how they fought. Children will consider the different weapons that were available and what the consequences of Shang warfare were.

The file contains the following resources:

-      An editable lesson presentation

-      An editable lesson plan

-      Stop and Jot 1

-      Main activity sheet (three versions)

-      An editable challenge activity (included in the lesson presentation)

National curriculum objectives:

KS2 History

Pupils should be taught about the achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and an in-depth study of one of the following: ancient Sumer, the Indus Valley Civilisation, Ancient Egypt, or the Shang Dynasty of Ancient China....