Lesson 5: Who was Lady Fu Hao, and why was she significant?

In this lesson, children will work on the key historical skills of evidence and interpretation. The lesson will introduce the children to Lady Fu Hao, a significant Shang Dynasty figure. They will discuss how we know about her and interpret the evidence she left behind.

The file contains the following resources:

-      An editable lesson presentation

-      An editable lesson plan

-      An editable true or false activity (included in the lesson presentation)

-      Three different main activity sheets

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....