What archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley civilisation
I can explain what archaeologists think they know about the Indus Valley civilisation and why.
What archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley civilisation
I can explain what archaeologists think they know about the Indus Valley civilisation and why.
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Key learning points
- Archaeologists have uncovered all sorts of objects that tell us about the great cities of this farming civilisation.
- Archaeologists have asked lots of questions about the objects to try and work things out about these people.
- From these questions about the objects, they have found out lots of things about these people and their cities.
- However, there are still many mysteries about these people because archaeologists cannot understand their writing.
- A good explanation of what archaeologists think they know about this subject will use knowledge from across this unit.
Keywords
Archaeologists - people who dig in the ground for clues about people who lived in the past are archaeologists
Civilisation - a group of people who live together and follow the same ways of life and the same set of rules are a civilisation
Common misconception
Pupils may associate making guesses with being wrong.
Reassure pupils that making guesses is necessary to learn new things, and essential in jobs like archaeology. Acknowledge that the guesses are educated and based on drawing information from lots of sources to make conclusions.
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people who dig in the ground for clues about the past
a group of people who live together and follow the same ways of life