a ding is an object that can hold food, used for ceremonies or for display

a sacrifice is something given to a god or an ancestor as an act of worship

an ancestor is a person who was in someone's family in past times

a person's rank or importance compared to others is their status

Bronze dings

History

In ‘The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang’ pupils were encouraged to develop their understanding of the concept of civilisation. In ‘Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?’ pupils are now invited to contrast their strong understanding of early civilisations with Iron Age Britain.

In ‘Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?’ pupils encountered multiple early civilisations in overview in order to strengthen the concept of civilisation and to make connections between these. In ‘The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang’ they are encouraged to develop their understanding of this concept even further. 

These units analyse the way in which archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley Civilisation and the Shang dynasty. Whichever unit is chosen, pupils examine the archaeological record of an early civilisation and develop their knowledge of what claims are based on these remains.

The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang

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An object that can hold food, used for ceremonies or for display is called a...

The Shang Dynasty people used bronze dings to offer sacrifices to their {{ }} and ancestors.

Select all the features of a bronze ding.

The people of the Shang Dynasty believed that their ancestors could help them in life.

Owning lots of bronze dings showed that a person had a {{ }} status.

a person who was in someone's family in past times

a person's rank or importance compared to others

an object that can hold food, used for ceremonies or for display

Which of these is the definition for the word 'status'?

Shang Dynasty cities were surrounded by ...

Which of these were the locations of Shang Dynasty cities?

The Shang Dynasty started in the {{ }} Valley in China.

Which of these were inside the Shang Dynasty cities?

The Shang Dynasty began later than the other major ancient civilisations.

Bronze weapons and armour helped the Shang Dynasty kings to defend their ...

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Bronze dings

Lesson outcome

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.