Who were the Shang?

History

The discovery of Fu Hao's tomb

Bronze dings

Jade artefacts

Oracle bones and writing

What archaeologists have found out about the Shang

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

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Ancient Egyptian and Indus Valley civilisations

Put these civilisations into chronological order, starting with the one that began the earliest.

The Shang Dynasty began around the {{ }} River.

Select the features of Shang Dynasty cities. 

{{ }} weapons and armour helped the Shang Dynasty to defend their empire.

The Shang Dynasty lasted for over __________ years.

The tomb of Fu Hao contained almost __________ objects.

Fu Hao’s tomb was found in which country?

Select all the different types of objects found in the tomb.

The hard green stone used for making jewellery and other objects is called...

People lived in the ancient Indus Valley cities.

Fu Hao was a warrior queen in the Shang Dynasty.

The tomb of Fu Hao was discovered in China.

Put the following into the correct order.

Fu Hao was a queen and an important army general of the Shang Dynasty.

Who were the Shang?

Lesson outcome

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